The Press and Tower
Blog URL http://www.pressandtower.com
Located Erie, Pennsylvania USA
Tags erie, media, pennsylvania, dtv, newspaper, television, radio, new media, blogs
The Press and Tower is a web community for the producers and consumers of newspapers, radio and television stations, and new media outlets in Erie and Northwestern Pennsylvania.
Latest Blog Posts
- Happy Thanksgiving, Erie Media! on Nov 25, 2009 in From The Editor Adam Q. Frase Bob Bohen Dave Kaelin Dwight Miller Erie Erie Seawolves ErieBlogs.com Grace Church John Kanzius John Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation media Mike Richwalsky Raychel Vendetti sports Tom Lavery Twitter WABC WBEN WCTL WJR WQLN
At some times in the past 12 months, these pixels have fraught with negativity. I for one am tired of the gloom and doom, so for a least a moment, lets turn our thoughts to what we can be thankful for from the local media that we produce and consume.
- Poll: gadgets? We need gadgets! on Nov 24, 2009 in Polls Erie media
Scrooge was out in force on our last poll. When asked whether you would participate in a media fundraiser for the holidays, almost two-thirds said they would not. Thank goodness plenty of others have been out for the various food drives and year-end...
- Deep Background for November 22-28, 2009 on Nov 23, 2009 in Deep Background Erie media Twitter
The cool snap in the morning air and the interesting looking clouds in the west (help me Weather Jedi Masters with the nomenclature) signal that although there’s no snow on the ground, that weather phenomenon known as lake effect is sure to be...
- Old media: We’re not dead yet! on Nov 19, 2009 in Metrics Nielsen Scarborough Research
A couple recent studies reveal that somebody didn’t tell the consumers that old media like newspaper, radio and TV is dead. A Nielsen study found that 77% of adults were reached by broadcast radio on a daily basis, which was second only to tele...
- Taking care of business on Nov 16, 2009 in From The Editor blogging Quantcast
Over the past 14 months, Press and Tower has become one of the most read blogs in the region, averaging 2,500 page views per week, while doubling that at times in recent months. We are the “go to” source for news about the media climate in Erie,...
- Deep Background for November 15-21, 2009 on Nov 15, 2009 in Deep Background Brenda Savelli Chuck Priestap Citadel Broadcasting Erie Erie Times-News Jerry Del Colliano WQHZ WRIE WXKC WXTA
Whispers became a shout this week as executives at Citadel Broadcasting are indicating that they may have to go Chapter 11 ahead of a scheduled January debt payment that the owners of WXKC, WXTA, WQHZ, and WRIE don’t have. To hear Jerry Del Col...
- Post columnist Dionne visits Erie on Nov 14, 2009 in Newspaper David Bruce E. J. Dionne Erie Erie Times-News George Will Jefferson Educational Society Obama Reagan Washington Post
Due to a series of unfortunate events, I was not able to attend the concluding lecture at the Global Futures summit conducted by the Jefferson Educational Society last night. Washington Post and syndicated columnist E.J. Dionne was the speaker on the...
