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February 17, 2009
The most-visited newspaper websites — errantly labeled the "top sites" by the Nieman Journalism Lab — all posted big gains in readership in 2008. While the absolute numbers from Nielsen... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Researchers at the George C. Page Museum have excavated a major new deposit of Ice Age fossils adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits — found under the former May... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Freshman Republican Curt Hagman from Chino Hills tells Capitol Weekly that he was at home in Sacramento last night when he heard a crash. Outside he found a man and... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Admittedly I pay no attention at all to horse racing, so everyone may know this. Still I was surprised to read over the weekend that it's considered a good year... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
Joe Mathews, who left the Los Angeles Times last year to write and be a New America Foundation fellow, says in the New Republic that reading the paper these days... $MTEntryExcerpt$>
The Legislature remains stalled, so layoff notices are headed to at least 10,000 state workers. Rough & Tumble Inside the new Washington journalism force that is Politico. New Republic... $MTEntryExcerpt$>