MP3: It’s Only Rock and Roll and The Kids Are Alright MP3: It’s Only Rock and Roll and The Kids Are Alright
Once upon a time there was a struggling young California band. Its music was too loud and its image too unpolished for MTV.
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Siva Vaidhyanathan
The Other Gay Media The Other Gay Media
AOL's buyout of Time Warner may have been this year's largest new media/old media merger, but in terms of sheer market consolidation, PlanetOut's purchase of Liberation Publicati...
Jun 22, 2000 / Feature / Richard Kim
Independence: An Endangered Species? Independence: An Endangered Species?
The hopes of many for the birth and sustenance of independent web journalism took a body blow recently when all 140 employees of the APBnews.com crime news site were let go with ...
Jun 15, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Pacifica: The Last Word Pacifica: The Last Word
"Biased" was the term used most often in the scores of letters sent
in response to John Dinges's "What's Going on at Pacifi
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Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do
The pace of recent events made one of the most significant rulings in the history of American antitrust law seem like an anti-climax.
Jun 8, 2000 / Feature / Eben Moglen
Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol Dad Slinks Off Into Silence on Alcohol
What if First Daughters Jenna and Barbara Bush had been caught lighting up a joint? Would the respectable media play down that story the way they have the Bush children's illegal...
Jun 5, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Going Postal Going Postal
Bravo and Happy Birthday to Harper's Magazine, and to Lewis Lapham and John (Rick) MacArthur (editor and publisher, respectively).
Jun 1, 2000 / The Editors
Exacting ‘the Price of Liberty…’ Exacting ‘the Price of Liberty…’
Generals and admirals often tell us that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty, but they sure don't appreciate being on its business end.
Jun 1, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
Don’t Try This at Home Don’t Try This at Home
At 4 pm on Monday, May 22, Inigo Thomas posted an item in Slate wondering whether New York magazine's Michael Wolff's pan of Inside, the new website about the media not yet o
May 25, 2000 / Eric Alterman
Disinterestedness Dies Disinterestedness Dies
When, in 1980, George Will was discovered to be coaching Ronald Reagan on debating tactics one minute and pronouncing him a "thoroughbred performer" the next, journalists profess...
May 18, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman