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Local Rags

City PagesAssn. of Alternative NewspapersThe Best Local Alternative Weekly and one of the best in the country, AND a GREAT web site...for what's left of the alt.print.media nationwide, surf The Association of Alternative Newspapers.

PioneerPlanetStarTribuneThe PioneerPlanet, from the daily that figured out faster than the competition that the Web is where it's at...as well as the Strib.

Minnesota Daily The U's rag regularly scoops the dailies, especially on university news & sports...always worth a look...and my alma mater!

Insight NewsInsight News, Minnesota's progressive African-American newspaper.

Law & PoliticsMinnesota's Journal of Law and Politics: the relentlessly smart-ass chronicle of matters political and legal...

St. Paul Riverfront TimesOne of the Twin Cities' best neighborhood newspapers, from the West Side of St. Paul (not West St. Paul)...

MN Online MN On-line, the service of Minnesota Public Radio, Twin Cities Public Television, and the absolutely vital Minnesota Regional Network.

RequestRequest, a locally based national music rag, with an eclectic mix of new bands below bigger rags' radars, as well as original takes on current biggie bands...plus its another place I've written for.

Finance and Commerce F&C is the legal and business paper of record in the Twin Cities: bankruptcies, court decisions, leins, and more.


Establishment Oracles

New York TimesL.A. TimesSigns of the Times: The Newspaper of Record (if not humility) and its West Coast counterpart, the L.A. Times.

Washington TimesWashington PostFrom the mainstream left: The Washington Post's excellent site...and on the Moonie right: The Washington Times.

Christian Science MonitorAtlantic MonthlyThe underappreciated Christian Science Monitor...the wonky but useful Atlantic.

Wall Street JournalGood reportin', great features, frothin' editorial page, and a comprehensive website: The Wall Street Journal...

TimeU.S. News The un-wonky but occasionally entertaining Time...the OS/2 of the newsmag world, U.S. News

USA TodayCNNCNN's big move to the web...also, USA Today: Did they know 15 years ago how much their paper would look like a web page today?

The London Daily & Sunday Times: The Newspaper of Record for John Bull (a.k.a. Rupert Murdoch).

ABC NetworkMy new home network...with ABC-TV links as well...

EconomistA selection of weekly articles from the densest general interest newsmag in the world (and I mean that as a compliment!)...the Economist.


Politics

Mother JonesThe NationMother Jones has been showing some spunk of late, with a pretty good job of Net-enhanced hypertext...The Nation, another lefty rag of note, offers selections.

Left Business ObserverThe Left Business Observer: Who says that lefties know nothing about capitalism?...published by respected economic gadfly Douglas Henwood, who afflicts establishments left and right.

NetizenNetizen is Hotwired's better-respected political/hipster thang, featuring some way-insider media insights...

The Village Voice Worldwide: from the nation's most venerable (but fading) lefty weekly. (Now free in N.Y.C...)

GeorgeGenetic fade? JFK Jr.'s hipster Vanity-Fair-meets-politics tabloid, George, now without wigs on the cover..

CounterMediaCountermedia's lefty and neighborhood types send guerrilla reporters to break through in-bred maistream media coverage.

American SpectatorThe American Spectator: The right-wing Enquirer...


Cyber-Culture

SlateMSNBCSlate, Mike Kinsley's and Bill Gates's attempt to conquer cyber-media (we'll see)...and MSNBC, NBC's and Bill Gates's attempt to conquer cable- and cyber-media.

Hotwired Around long enough to acquire a patina of un-hipness (due in part to its own self-congratulatory nature), Hotwired is still worth a glance.

Underground OnlineInternet Underground, newer, less un-hip, and spunky enough to justify sampling.


Journalism Resources

Editor & Publisher's excellent guide to all the Newspapers on the Web in the world!!

The Positive PressPositive Press - Good News Everyday: for every listener who thinks that we media types are too cynical.

MN News CouncilGot a beef against the media? Do the First Amendment Folks actually police themselves? Check out the Minnesota News Council. As Edward R. Murrow said, "Journalists don't have thin skins, they have no skins."


Culture & Lifestyle

Entertainment WeeklyMr. MediaEW: The mass mag of mass entertainment...Mr. Media tracks mostly glitzy or entertainment-oriented magazines, but some good links here.

Out.comAmerica's largest-selling gay mag...

CosmoAll the cleavage that fits: Cosmo Magazine (from the Mischke reading library) on-line!

Natl EnquirerYes, the Tabloid of Record (all the nudes that fit..).