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Tag Archives: jewish media
JTA Struggles To Survive
Steven Ira Weiss blogs: In a new twist on what’s become the near-constant pleading for donations from JTA, President Elisa Spungen Bildner insults producers of new media explicitly: Without a strong JTA, the storytelling will be left to bloggers, twitterers, … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Jewish Journalism, Journalism, JTA, Steven I. Weiss
Tagged bildner, Jewish Journal, jewish media, jewish newspapers, media producers, philadelphia jewish exponent
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Israel’s New York Times
Jason Maoz — the most underrated writer in the Jewish media — writes for The Jewish Press: It takes a time like this for the full fury of Israel’s leftists to erupt in the face of their own country and … Continue reading
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Tagged ed pieces, haaretz, jewish media, jewish press, maoz, representative sampling
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Joey Kurtzman Out As President Of Jewcy Media
Jewcy.com has been the brightest addition to the Jewish media in the past two years. Until this week, Joey Kurtzman was the president. Now he’s out. I’m not sure where he’s going and why he’s gone from presiding over Jewcy … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish media, joey, musical differences
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Where Was The Coverage Of The First Jewish Bloggers Conference?
Joe says: "Am I having search problems or did none of the big Jewish media outlets cover the bloggers convention? I can’t find it on the Forward, JTA, Jewish Week or Jewish Press websites. I’m not saying it is the … Continue reading
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Tagged israeli news, jewish media, jewish press, jewish week, search problems
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