Nov 26, 2008
Times-Dispatch Print Circulation Increasing With Launch Of Shit-Awful New Web Site
November 26, 2008 | 5 Comments
New site ’30 percent shittier’ than original, company says The Richmond Times-Dispatch last week unveiled its newest and latest strategy for increasing declining newspaper circulation: providing readers with a Web site so incredibly shitty that people actually return to buying the print edition of the daily newspaper. Though the print-media industry has struggled to maintain subscribers [...]
Nov 11, 2008
TV News Reporter Getting Pretty Good At That TV News Reporter Voice
November 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
WTVR-CBS 6 reporter Jon Burkett said today that he thinks he’s getting pretty good at that TV news reporter voice, including his pitch, tone, and overall TV news-reporting-voice dexterity. “I’ve been at this for some time, and I gotta say, I think the TV news reporter voice that I’ve matured into over the years works well [...]
Oct 31, 2008
Area Blogger Hoping Media General Buys Him Next
October 31, 2008 | 7 Comments
Hours after Media General Inc. announced the purchase of local news Web site Richmond.com, city blogger John F. Sarvay told reporters that he “really, really hopes” the Fortune 500 company buys him next. “It would be so super awesome,” said Sarvay, who since 2002 has written the Buttermilk & Molasses blog, and estimates he could be “picked [...]
Guy Who Lives Above 3 Monkeys Tired Of Asking Everyone To Keep It Down
Nick Cavalieri, who has lived in the apartment directly above 3 Monkeys Bar and Grill since November, is getting "more than fed up" with having to continuously tell his neighbors to be quiet, the 30-year-old said today.
"Monday through Sunday, I hear those guys partying pretty much every night," Cavalieri said. The University ...
