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508 #50: Worcester Magazine (August 29, 2008)

508 is a show about Worcester. This week's panel includes former Worcester Magazine News Editor Noah Schaffer, Jeff Barnard, and Brendan Melican.

Worcester Magazine has been sold. We discuss why Allen Fletcher sold it and what this will mean for the future of the magazine. Key documents: memo from new publisher Gareth Charter, Jeff Barnard's overview of WM history, Fletcher's farewell editorial, and Mike's old analysis of WM.

So what is Worcester Magazine's role?

Jeff Barnard: Filling in the backstory.

Noah Schaffer: Today you've got podcasts, like the one we're on now. You've got blogs. So it's not just a matter of providing another voice. Because, you know, if someone wants to get a viewpoint out there, they have plenty of channels these days. But what's really hard to do, unless you're a full-time reporter, is to find the stories that aren't being told in the blogs, or on talk radio, or in the daily paper, and to really fill them in in a rich, detailed way.

We discuss "Brendan Melican, celebrity blogger" and his appearances on the Dianne Williamson radio show and as the last interviewee in One On One.



Also mentioned: Dianne Williamson's FCC violations, Konnie Lukes and Brendan talking about ICANN.

City Councilor Gary Rosen is back teaching school; City Councilor Rick Rushton is gonzo blogging from the DNC. People have marched on behalf of DCU janitors. (Old article by Mike on day labor in Worcester, which mentions cleaning up at the DCU.)

The Research Bureau is standing on the verge of having a blog. Joe the Dispatcher Guy is blogging a lot: "I have been thinking of doing just a summary of the entire day versus every hour or every 2 hours."

We discuss the prolific, boring commenters who hang out at Brendan's blog, and also traffic.


This audio is part of the collection: 508 - A show about Worcester

Date: 2008-08-29
Keywords: Worcester; 508; podcast; Worcester Magazine

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