The Audit Bureau of Circulations released its latest Monday-through-Friday circ stats this morning, and The Dallas Morning News, like most of the Top 25 dailies in the country, reported a substantial drop from the same period in 2007 — nearly 10 percent, to 338,933 copies daily. But, far as A.H…
Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk was in North Carolina on Saturday, rallying the troops on behalf of his good pal and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Kirk — whose biggest accomplishment as mayor, apparently, was “building coalitions — namely between the city council and school board” — spent the day…
No doubt, you already knew those handwritten signs “placed illegally on utility poles, bus stops and inserted in the right-of-way” that “frequently advertise real estate, health aids, garage sales and dating services” were referred to as “bandit signs.” No doubt, this is how you roll. And perhaps you already knew…
Former city council member James Fantroy In February, it took a federal jury all of 20 minutes to convict former Dallas city council member James Fantroy of embezzling $21,000 in federal funds from Paul Quinn College, where he’d been a member of the board of directors and the treasurer of…
The November issue of Texas Monthly features a piece by Michael Hall titled “The Exonerated,” which offers testimony from the 37 men who spent a combined 525 years in Texas prisons for crimes of which they were later cleared. Actually, not all the men spoke to Hall: Michael Blair, convicted…
No doubt you recognize the man at left in the photo above — that’s Dr. Evil. The guy to his right? That’s Alan Zweibel, among the finest, funniest writers in the history of Saturday Night Live, where, during the first (and, natch, best) five seasons of the NBC late-night series…
In case you were wondering when and where the Etsy Dallas Jingle Bash was taking place, well, wonder no more. –Robert Wilonsky…
Texas A&M University Press Jon Stewart put it quite perfectly Wednesday night, when he was speaking of political pundits whose anonymous mugs have filled every last inch of TV-screen real estate in these weeks leading up to some kind of election we’re having. (Dunno, haven’t really been following it.) Said…
On Beliefnet, Rod Dreher shines some light on the darkness spreading through 508 Young St. today: “Just came into work to find that the long-announced layoffs have commenced. A dear friend and colleague whose husband works here just learned moments ago that he got the axe. Names are rolling in,…
Hulu, the greatest time-waste in the history of the second hand, takes us on a trip down Amnesia Lane with Historic Campaign Ads. Among them is this one from Dick Cheney’s 1978 Congressional campaign in Wyoming — and it’s all about his heart attack. Also, after the jump, Lyndon Johnson’s…
A Friend of Unfair Park directs our attention to the News Buyout 2008 blog, where, breaking news, Dallas’ Only Daily has begun laying off employees: “Newsroom staff members from across the building have been called into meetings and notified that they are being cut.” This follows Robert Decherd’s wage-freeze announcement…
Red Woof Inn, based in Rockwall, is one of them fancy-schmancy doggy-daycare joints; its Web site touts 7,200 square feet of free-range fun, along with other boarding and boutique-ing options available for your pup. Red Roof Inn, based in Columbus, Ohio, is a 325-locations chain of discount hotels, with no…
Former Unfair Park-er Matt Pulle this morning asks a familiar question: Why doesn’t Dallas County post political candidates’ campaign information online? The City of Dallas does it; the State of Texas does it. But if you wanna peek at a county candidate’s campaign finances, well, you must put on your…
First, the good news this a.m.: Gas prices around the DFW are drop, drop, dropping — in some areas down to $2.25 a gallon, well below last year’s $2.70 and the current local average of $2.57. The bad news? Stock prices are drop, drop, dropping worldwide — it ain’t looking…
I see MediaBistro just reported that Dallas-based virtual advertising agency imc2 just laid off 17 percent of its workforce — due, of course, to the economy. It has even posted a letter sent to the staff from president Doug Levy, in which he writes: “In preparation for what might be…
Early last month, we broke the news that city officials were going to begin courting corporations who might be interested in buying the naming rights to the Cotton Bowl. Yesterday, the city council approved the idea, and, as expected, it’s looking for a 10-year commitment and between $5 and $10…
A Friend of Unfair Park sends us this locally produced car ad and wonders: “When does this make The Daily Show?” Soon, I hope; no doubt Absolute Hyundai hopes even sooner. Incidentally, speaking of Sarah Palin impersonators, you do know you can see next week’s 30 Rock season premiere right…
The so-called Barnett Shale Gallery in the new Tom Hunt Energy Hall, from which they will not broadcast Shale.tv, sadly. After the jump, the world’s longest press release, sent to media folks today following the unveiling of plans for the Tom Hunt Energy Hall at the Perot Museum of Nature…
Ernie and Jay are very, very generous — at least, in theory. Says so in a missive I received in the mail moments ago from 1080 on your AM dial: “Just to confirm …You’re now officially entered to win with NewsRadio 1080 KRLD AM. We’re giving away cold hard cash…
No doubt about it, the Katy Trail is awesome. But this just-posted video on behalf of the Friends of the Katy Trail makes it look even awesomer. Still, seems the plot feels unresolved: Do the dude in the red shirt and the limber lady ever hook up or what? And…
Yesterday, just as New York City- and Atlanta-based Atalaya Capital Management was rescuing Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale from Chapter 7, their parent company was putting more of its chains into Chapter 11. Plano-based Metromedia Steak House is trying to reorganize the Ponderosa and Bonanza franchises in the hopes of…
American Airlines debuted a new ad yesterday promoting the Fort Worth-based carrier’s international routes. And it features a cameo from the owner of Your Dallas Mavericks, who’s now moonlighting as a financial adviser. Much less scarring than Jerry Jones’ pizza ad. –Robert Wilonsky…
