What’s in store for Alaska Governor Sarah Palin after she resigns her seat on July 26?
“She plans to take a brief vacation, shooting media jackals from an airplane.
“Then she may hit the paid-speaker circuit with her inane ability to spout random strings of words that underscore her refreshing lack of knowledge and experience.”
That according [...]

The Los Angeles Press Club has named BlogTalkRadio’s own Ted Johnson Blogger of the Year.
But we can’t say it came as a surpise to us; we’ve been a fan of the Varierty managing editor’s incisive writing ever since he joined the network last year.
Ted was honrored for his Wilshire & Washington blog, which “highlights the [...]

Sadly, not a week goes by these days without news of some vener- able newspaper filing for bankruptcy, slashing editorial staff, moving exclusively to cyberspace or dying outright.
From the Boston Globe to the Chicago Tribune to the Seattle Post Intelligencer to the Rocky Mountain News to the Christian Science Monitor it seems the entire industry [...]

In October 2008, WNET.ORG’s Worldfocus traveled to eastern Congo as fighting in the decade-long civil war there - which has been called the deadliest conflict since World War II - intensified.
The crew was comprised of correspondent Michael J. Kavanagh and cameraman and producer Taylor Krauss.
Two months later, Worldfocus anchor Martin Savidge would take to [...]

Democratic though it may be, social media can still breed petty jealousies.
Case in point: John Roberts, who gives fellow CNN news- man Rick Sanchez a good ribbing this week.
Interviewed on Morning Media Menu, John and his American Morning co-anchor Kiran Chetry discuss their show’s newly-launched Facebook and Twitter applications with host Steve Krakauer.
“How many people [...]

If there’s one American whose objectivity we trust, it’s Carl Bernstein’s (and of course Bob Woodward’s; but as Bob has yet to grace BlogTalkRadio, his homage will have to wait).
As half of The Washington Post team that brought down the Nixon administration, Carl proved that the press is mightier than the presidency.
So when he chats [...]

Nick Clooney is no fan of cable news – from either end of the political spectrum.
The one-time local-market anchorman, who’s better known these days as George Clooney’s dad, believes that bottom-rated MSNBC and top- rated Fox News Channel are breeding a nation of nefarious citizens.
“MSNBC in its primetime is not news. Fox, generally speaking – [...]

USA Cares official spokesperson, Emmy award winner and four-time Writers’ Guild award winner, DENNIS MILLER, joins Navy Homefront Talk on BlogTalkRadio for a live, exclusive interview.
Called “one of the premiere comedy talents in America today,” Miller will talk about USA Cares (www.usacares.org), a non-profit organization serving military service families of all ranks and branches [...]

Martin Varsavsky is hosting his second Menorca TechTalk this weekend. Among the who’s who on the roster is Alan Levy, BlogTalkRadio CEO.
Alan, who wrote a post earlier this year about Martin, will be attending the four day event with some of the web’s greatest minds. From Martin’s blog post:
Last year we celebrated our first Menorca [...]

Looking back at April 2008 shows us we’re still growing strong. In addition to all the conversations we’ve facilitated, we continue to add content to The Long Tail and provide a breadth and depth of content you’d be hard pressed to find housed on any other site. With over 70 categories and thousands of hosts, [...]