Comments on: New Times Media: About as "Alternative" as Maroon 5 http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/09/new-times-media-about-as-alternative-as-maroon-5.html The Idea Grove is a full-service agency specializing in public relations, marketing and Web design. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: SB http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/09/new-times-media-about-as-alternative-as-maroon-5.html/comment-page-1#comment-112 SB Sat, 03 Sep 2005 21:51:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=124#comment-112 Many dailies don't focus on investigative journalism anymore because of the time and expense involved, concerns about advertisers and potential legal liabilities, so I do credit New Times with creating a business model that is built around stirring up the muck.<br/><br/>That said, I think it's somewhat disingenuous to position yourself as an iconoclast when you've got suits from Goldman Sachs, et al, on your board. Many dailies don’t focus on investigative journalism anymore because of the time and expense involved, concerns about advertisers and potential legal liabilities, so I do credit New Times with creating a business model that is built around stirring up the muck.

That said, I think it’s somewhat disingenuous to position yourself as an iconoclast when you’ve got suits from Goldman Sachs, et al, on your board.

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.ideagrove.com/blog/2005/09/new-times-media-about-as-alternative-as-maroon-5.html/comment-page-1#comment-111 Jeremy Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.ideagrove.com/weblog/?p=124#comment-111 As a Phoenician, I still get a huge kick out of the fact that the largest alt-weekly is the legacy of a Goldwater state. But, as conservative as the state is, and as much of a corporation New Times is, it does not take away that they are the only true investigative journalists in Phoenix.<br/><br/>That's the truly sad part. As a Phoenician, I still get a huge kick out of the fact that the largest alt-weekly is the legacy of a Goldwater state. But, as conservative as the state is, and as much of a corporation New Times is, it does not take away that they are the only true investigative journalists in Phoenix.

That’s the truly sad part.

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