11-06-2004, 10:56 PM
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Cheesesteak GURU! Wiz with
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Southwest Center City aka South Rittenhouse
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Ah, I see Dan Gross wrote this up a few weeks ago in his Daily News column:
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/9914047.htm
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A FEW GUYS are trying to launch a new paper in town. They're calling it the Evening Bulletin.
That name worked for a century and a half for a Philly broadsheet published from 1847 to 1982.
Kevin Williamson, who recently stepped down as editor of the Main Line Times, appeared on Michael Smerconish's Big Talker 1210-AM show yesterday morning to announce he would be the editor of the Evening Bulletin, which he said would be on the streets before Thanksgiving.
Williamson declined comment yesterday, but e-mailed us a statement:
"The Evening Bulletin, a general interest daily newspaper serving Philadelphia and its suburbs, will begin publishing in November.
"The Evening Bulletin will be published afternoons, Monday through Friday.
"The Bulletin's mission is to present timely local news, commentary, cultural reporting and advertising in an accurate and comprehensive fashion."
On Smerconish's show, Williamson likened the paper to the Fox News Channel, which he called an alternative to mainstream media.
Williamson, 32, is a motorcycle-riding former Texan described by a former colleague as "scary"-looking, and also "Catholic, very conservative, very bright, very hard-hitting, with a shaved head, and leather pants."
On Smerconish's show, Williamson said Narberth-based investment banker Tom Rice would be the publisher and financier.
Rice is also said to be conservative. He could not be reached yesterday for comment.
Williamson hopes to put honor boxes on the street and use newsboys to hawk the paper, which for now has only a Center City office and a barebones Web site, theeveningbulletin.com.
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But calling Fox News an alternative to mainstream media is like calling a pile of manure an alternative to a salad bar. :droool: :twisted:
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