Friday Week in Review: It’s Finally Over Edition

Another week, another roundup. A look back at the Week That Was:
U.S. Senate hopeful Kim Hendren stepped in it, and The Tolbert Report was (virtually) there! He might have buried the lede, but he still got linked the hell out of!
In times of confusion and doubt, the world turned to Zack Stovall. Don’t worry. Daddy’s [...]

Media Notes: Blogfight! Plus, Google in Talks With Major Newspapers

More media notes for folks who love them some media!
Brummett v. Everyone – John Brummett quotes David Simon re: “newspapers, you’re gonna miss ‘em, etc.” and stirs up some lively debate from The Arkansas Project, Blake’s Think Tank and their respective commenters. It’s even inspired this helpful chart.
Micro Machines – The Wall Street Journal is [...]

Media Notes: Kindle! Newspapers = Saved!

The latest media notes from around the InterWebs:
Saved! – The Kindle DX is finally here, and it will save newspapers! Except that it won’t. And here’s why. Also: there’s no real reason for news readers to buy one. Oh, and it still needs work — and advertisers were left out. Well, nice try!
Idol Minds – [...]

Friday Week in Review: 28 Days Later Edition

Day 5 of the Swine H1N1 Flu and we’re all holding our own! Let’s celebrate our fortitude in the midst of this pending societal meltdown by taking a short look at the Week That Was:
The Arkansas Times was obsessed — obsessed — with Judge Willard Proctor.
Ms. Adverthinker pondered why it matters that more women are [...]

Video: Today’s THV on Twitter in Emergencies

Last night, ArkansasBusiness.com news partner Today’s THV talked to Renee Preslar of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management about her agency’s use of Twitter to communicate with workers, volunteers and the press during Thursday night’s storms.
(We blogged about this very topic last week and got some great comments.)
Click here to watch the THV story, by [...]

The Oscars 2009: Let’s Go to the Movies!

Alright. I’ll bite. It’s the Oscars! Let’s blog about it, shall we?
I should disclose that I’ve only seen a handful of the nominated films this year, “The Wrestler,” “The Dark Knight” and “Wall-E” among them. So I’m not qualified to make any definitive picks. But as a blogger, that shouldn’t stop me, right!
Still, I’ll refrain, [...]

More on the Expanding Arkansas Twittersphere

If it’s one thing the media (and bloggers) love talking about it, it’s Twitter! None of us can resist spilling hundred of words at a time on a 140-character free service that makes no money and almost no one uses! Well, no one outside the hyper-communicative, anyway.
Add our Arkansas Business sister publication, the Northwest Arkansas [...]

Beebe’s Cigarette Tax Bill Gets 75, Heads to Senate

From ArkansasBusiness.com:
Gov. Mike Beebe’s 56-cent hike in the cigarette tax, an important part of his legislative package, was approved in Arkansas House on Thursday with 75 voting for the bill and 24 voting against.
The full story here, including snippets from floor speeches for and against the bill.
Click here to see who voted for/against the bill.
More [...]

The 87th General Assembly: The Most Watched Arkansas Legislature Ever?

If you’re not blogging, Twittering, podcasting, videocasting, columnizing, editorializing or reporting on the 87th General Assembly, you might be in the minority.
A quick glance around the Interwebs reveals several sites claiming to keep an eye on the Capitol, and many of them publish continually as news happens.
Among them:

My day job, ArkansasBusiness.com: In addition to posting [...]

Beebe Hints at Cigarette Tax and Other Notes Ahead of Next Week’s Legislative Session

Arkansas Business Editor Gwen Moritz files this report from a meeting today between jouralists and legislative leaders ahead of next week’s legislative session.
At the meeting, Gov. Mike Beebe, Rep. Robbie Wills, D-Conway, and Sen. Bob Johnson, D-Bigelow fielded questions from journalists. The mid-day meeting was sponsored by the Arkansas Associated Press Managing Editors Association, the [...]