As someone who has a top eight favorite places to see the city skyline (The magazine revealed its favorite view during last year's Best Of Cleveland issue), I was intrigued when I heard about Positively Cleveland's latest selection for its lunchtime DVD Series.
The film's tagline: "If you think you know Northeast Ohio...Think again" has me jonesing to find out more hidden gems that I haven't found yet. Sites Unseen will be aired at noon and 1 p.m. on Friday in their downtown offices, where Higbees used to be in Tower City.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
It's Important to Have Goals
The Cleveland's A Plum blog has been lobbying for inclusion in our pages as a "Hot Blog" for some time now. Though we haven't done another installment of the roundup in the mag since the campaign started, we're detecting a note of ... hmm ... let's call it "turning it up a notch" as of late. From today's Cleveland's A Plum post:"why does cleveland magazine hate me? my only goal when i started this flippin' awesome cleveland themed blog a year and a half ago was to get a cleveland magazine mention. seriously, they won't even follow me on twitter! don't make me beg - i preach cleveland for christ's sake."
Right now, we'd like to emphasize, as our parents did to us: a.) it's important to have goals, and b.) all we expect of you is to do your best. As long as you've done that, everything else will take care of itself.
Anyway, we recommend checking out Cleveland's A Plum ... and, we're now following on Twitter.
Even better, follow us on Twitter, too.
LeBron Says Cheese
The Cavs might be resting this week after sweeping the Pistons to move on to the next round of the playoffs but that doesn't mean you can't get your fill of LeBron highlights. ESPN The Magazine puts King James on its cover and names him part of its NBA All-Hunger Team. Not sure what that means? Read the story and check out some video from the photo shoot of the cover and team photo at the Cavs practice facility here. Our favorite part? The never camera shy LeBron telling everyone: "I'm hungry for a championship, I mean so hungry that my belly right now is grumbling for that gold trophy so I'll see you all in late June." We'll be there.
It's Five O'Clock Somewhere
I won’t be home this afternoon. I’ll be out drinking. And I’m not ashamed to admit it. Whole Foods in University Heights is hosting a Meet the Winemaker event today from 3-5 PM. Bonterra Vineyards’ assistant vintner Jeff Cichocki (originally from Ohio) will be on hand to chat about these organic 
wines from Sonoma, and I plan to be there. It’s an informal drop in type gathering, and two more are planned: Friday May 8 French winemaker Diane de Puymorin will be in the store representing Chateau d’or et de Gueles, and Saturday May 9 it’s all about Tuscan reds with Sebastiano Capponi of Villa Calcinaia. Cost for each is just 25 cents per pour. These offer a great opportunity to try new things and learn about how they are produced in a casual, unpretentious setting. More info here
wines from Sonoma, and I plan to be there. It’s an informal drop in type gathering, and two more are planned: Friday May 8 French winemaker Diane de Puymorin will be in the store representing Chateau d’or et de Gueles, and Saturday May 9 it’s all about Tuscan reds with Sebastiano Capponi of Villa Calcinaia. Cost for each is just 25 cents per pour. These offer a great opportunity to try new things and learn about how they are produced in a casual, unpretentious setting. More info here Tuesday, April 28, 2009
1970s Swine Flu
Here's why we were scared of the Swine Flu 40 years ago. (Thanks to WCPN's Dan Moulthrop's twitter for the link)
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Plain Dealer's circulation falls 12%, to below 300,000
The latest big-city circulation figures are out, and the Plain Dealer's decline looks dire.
Its circulation has fallen to 291,630, down from 330,280 a year ago — an 11.7% drop. That's even faster than the average newspaper's scary-enough decline of 7%.
In my January 2007 article, "The New Dealer," I wrote: "Many more ad dollars are leaving the paper than readers. Unlike people in Web-savvier cities, we’re not abandoning the newspaper for online news." Not so today.
I can see a few plausible explanations for the steep decline.
1) Perhaps the Plain Dealer's readers are just going to cleveland.com. Editor Susan Goldberg told an audience of Cleveland State students this February that the web site's readership has doubled since 2004. As of late 2007, cleveland.com had a readership of about 1.2 million unique users a month, up from about 1 million a year earlier.
2) Maybe people are canceling subscriptions to save money during the recession.
3) Some newspapers these days are deliberately stopping circulation in areas far away from their home city and expensive to deliver to.
4) Perhaps, as the paper gets smaller, a vicious cycle kicks in: people cancel, thinking they're not getting their money's worth anymore.
We'll see if the Plain Dealer covers its own circulation decline in tomorrow's paper. They've been making a point of commenting on news about themselves lately, instead of leaving it to others. For now, cleveland.com just has a wire-service story about the new numbers.
Its circulation has fallen to 291,630, down from 330,280 a year ago — an 11.7% drop. That's even faster than the average newspaper's scary-enough decline of 7%.
In my January 2007 article, "The New Dealer," I wrote: "Many more ad dollars are leaving the paper than readers. Unlike people in Web-savvier cities, we’re not abandoning the newspaper for online news." Not so today.
I can see a few plausible explanations for the steep decline.
1) Perhaps the Plain Dealer's readers are just going to cleveland.com. Editor Susan Goldberg told an audience of Cleveland State students this February that the web site's readership has doubled since 2004. As of late 2007, cleveland.com had a readership of about 1.2 million unique users a month, up from about 1 million a year earlier.
2) Maybe people are canceling subscriptions to save money during the recession.
3) Some newspapers these days are deliberately stopping circulation in areas far away from their home city and expensive to deliver to.
4) Perhaps, as the paper gets smaller, a vicious cycle kicks in: people cancel, thinking they're not getting their money's worth anymore.
We'll see if the Plain Dealer covers its own circulation decline in tomorrow's paper. They've been making a point of commenting on news about themselves lately, instead of leaving it to others. For now, cleveland.com just has a wire-service story about the new numbers.
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