Media

• The media isn’t invited to cover Kay Hagan’s after-party

  Result 1

  Discovered January 6, 2009 at 8:45 am

  U.S. Sen.-elect Kay Hagan will be sworn into office today. But don’t expect to find the local media at the open house after the ceremony. She didn’t invite them, the N&O reports.

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• Herald-Sun and Chapel Hill Herald swapping metro editors

  Result 2

  Discovered January 5, 2009 at 3:33 pm

  The Indy’s Fiona Morgan has the details on the metro editor swap. It seems Durham’s metro editor Dan Way will swap jobs with Chapel Hill editor Neil Offen, and it doesn’t sound like Offen is too happy about it.

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• WRAL launches iPhone app

  Result 3

  Discovered January 5, 2009 at 10:09 am

  Awesome! Now we can get WRAL weather, traffic cams, headlines and all the rest with a free app from the iTunes store.

  From: Lisa Creech Bledsoe | (1) Comment

• Durham is one of the most smoke-free places in the country

  Result 4

  Discovered December 24, 2008 at 9:29 am

  It’s a strange ranking for a city with a huge tobacco heritage. Durham was ranked as the fifth most smoke free MSA in the country by US News & World Report, according to Reyn Bowman. Bowman runs the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau, so he’s up on all these rankings. He explains it on his [...]

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• Is the News & Observer turning to product placement in news stories?

  Result 5

  Discovered December 24, 2008 at 8:13 am

  A dishwasher at Sullivan’s Steakhouse was murdered Sunday outside his apartment. The N&O is running a story that tries to show the contrast between the Mexico-native’s life and the life of the upscale restaurant he worked in. Instead, the story sounds like an advertisement for this restaurant, complete with its New Year’s Eve specials.

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• Worst Christmas Gift Ever?

  Result 6

  Discovered December 19, 2008 at 3:01 pm

  I tried and tried to come up with something worse and couldn’t. Really, I tried. Your turn.

  From: Lisa Creech Bledsoe | (2) Comments

• Polish up your crystal ball

  Result 7

  Discovered December 16, 2008 at 10:45 am

  Everybody’s doing it. The News & Observer posted a recap of Pew and Elon College’s “Future of the Internet III” and included a bit about Triangle blogger Jeff Cohen, who is living the predictions…

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• Time Warner no longer only cable option for some Triangle residents

  Result 8

  Discovered December 15, 2008 at 8:31 am

  Starting today, AT&T is offering its “U-verse” cable service to select neighborhoods in the Triangle. Time Warner is paying close attention to the launch, the N&O reports. U-verse is Internet based, allowing users to customize their menu with weather, stocks, etc. Would you switch to U-verse?

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• WRAL sports anchor stepping aside

  Result 9

  Discovered December 4, 2008 at 7:23 am

  I rarely watch WRAL, so I’m not familiar with longtime WRAL sports anchor Tom Suiter. But I figured some of you might watch it, so here’s some news: Suiter is stepping aside. He’ll hand the post over to Jeff Gravley. This article explains the change and profile Suiter’s time at WRAL:

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• Judge rules RDU must allow newspaper vending boxes

  Result 10

  Discovered December 3, 2008 at 7:31 am

  Many of you know I’m still a fan of the good ol’ fashioned print editions of newspapers. When I travel, I love to buy a copy of the paper from the town I’m visiting. But it sounds like folks passing through RDU can’t always find a copy of the N&O or H-S.

  From: Ginny Skalski | (1) Comment