The Friday Week in Review: You Lie! Edition

It’s Friday, and time for another long look back at a brutal week in politics, sports and the Web. We’re going to try for a reasoned, respectful debate here, so no shouting! But feel free to call us out in comments if we start going on about death panels. Remember: There remains some significant details [...]

KARN’s Ratings Boost, Newspapers Woes and Gene Cauley in This Week’s Arkansas Business

This week’s Arkansas Business is online now. Among the stories in the June 8 edition:
KARN’s Dave Elswick claims an Obama bump in the latest Arbitron ratings survey, with the conservative talk channel perfoming well in light of a Democratic president who lost in Arkansas.
Arkansas’ newspapers saw advertising revenue declines of between 30 and 40 [...]

Gwen Moritz: Sticking Up for Bank of the Ozarks

Arkansas Business Editor Gwen Moritz this week sticks up for Bank of the Ozarks of Little Rock, which the New York Times called out last week in a story about the extravagances of banks that take federal TARP money.
In its story, the Times noted the $43,432 the bank holding company paid an assistant who works [...]

UPDATE: Springsteen at the Super Bowl

UPDATED: Steelers, 27-23.
And congrats to Rob Moritz, ace Capitol reporter for Arkansas News Bureau, die hard Steelers fan and host of the best Super Bowl party, 10 years running!
Also: Slide malfunction? Springsteen hurtles crotch-long into NBC camera – Video – The inevitable animated gif – Re-enactment

Liveblog: Deadspin
ESPN ‘Madden’ sim score: 28-24 – close!
Original item:
Super Bowl [...]

Media Notes: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Hires Online Director

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has hired 32-year-old Conan Gallaty has its new online director. Gallaty is in charge of expanding “original content” at ArkansasOnline.com. He previously worked as director of online operations and strategy for the New York Times Regional Media Group in Sarasota, Fla.
If you like reading PDFs online, then we know you can’t wait [...]

Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States

At noon, Barack Obama officially became the President of the United States.
Drudge: The speech
More
Blake Rutherford live in Washington D.C.: Twitter, Think Tank Blog, Facebook, Flickr; ‘People waiting in line for more than an hour to get in …’
Rep. Steve Harrelson liveblogs at Under the Dome (includes live video)

Kristin Fisher live in Washington D.C. for WUSA: [...]

The Barack Obama Inauguration

Today’s the day.
Follow the Inauguration Online
Live streaming video, Silverlight-powered stream here
Blake Rutherford live in Washington D.C.: Twitter, Think Tank Blog, Facebook, Flickr; ‘People waiting in line for more than an hour to get in …’
Rep. Steve Harrelson liveblogs at Under the Dome (includes live video)

Kristin Fisher live in Washington D.C. for WUSA: Twitter, Twitter photos; [...]

Blogging the Inauguration

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is getting all bloggy to cover the historic inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. The newspaper fronts Jennifer Godwin’s blog at ArkansasOnline.com.
From Godwin’s inaugural inauguration post:
This is doubtless the most significant event I will ever get to cover. And cover I will!
And read we will!
Meanwhile, the other [...]

As 2008 Draws to a Close, A Look at the Year’s Top Stories

Arkansas Business published its round-up of the year’s top 10 business news stories (you can see the complete list here), and how the Associated Press here in Arkansas has come out with its top 10 of 2008.
Read the full AP story here. The full list, in short, is:
1. Bad weather rakes the state.
2. Arkansas Democratic [...]

ArkansasBusiness.com’s 2008 Most-viewed Stories

Arkansas Business’ new edition tomorrow is our annual double-issue look back at the year in business. Among other stories, the editors round up the best and worst of 2008 and name the year’s 10 most important stories.
As editor of ArkansasBusiness.com, I rounded up the stories readers deemed most important, to present this look at the [...]