Syndicates
Roger Ebert is becoming an honorary life member of the Directors Guild of America.
The Florida Times-Union is facing a dilemma no newspaper ever wants to experience -- an action that is guaranteed to anger its readers.
Given the deep staff cuts in the newsroom this year, as a group, editorial cartoonists are likely feeling the downturn the most.
Editorial cartoonists agree that the president-elect is easy to caricature but few of his personal features stick out -- except for his ears. But that "messiah" thing might be fun to draw. Or will he get a "free shave"?
Those who enjoy E&P's Editorial Cartoon of the Month in our print edition will want to pay a visit online to Time Magazine, which has posted its top 10 editorial cartoons for the year.
United Feature Syndicate is set to go "Haywire" in January.
Syndicated cartoonist Mike Luckovich will be the opening keynote speaker for "Responding to Change," the May 2009 annual conference for the Media Financial Management Association (MFM), and the Interactive & Newsmedia Financial Executives (INFE).
Columnist Randy Cohen, who writes "On Ethics" for Universal Press Syndicate, will have two off-Broadway performances of his play "The Punishing Blow: An Illustrated Lecture Delivered by Order of the Orange County Criminal Court," on Jan. 7 and 8 at the Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Auditorium in New York. Showtime is 8 p.m.
Still got some holiday shopping to finish? Lulu.com might be the place to visit. Products by several Universal Press Syndicate creators, including some holiday-themed ones, are now available on the site, including new holiday collections featuring the comics "Close to Home," "Non Sequitur" and "Stone Soup."
Brian Duffy, it would seem, is taking the high road.
The Daily Cartoonist reports today that following Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy filing, Mary Elson, managing editor of Tribune Media Service?s content-syndication division, has e-mailed its creators to reassure them that TMS isn't going out of business.
The board of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, in a meeting Tuesday evening, amended the organization's bylaws to include as regular members freelancers, self-syndicated or independent writers, or writers published on the Internet in any medium as online columnists or in blogs.
In her column this week, Creators syndicated columnist Susan Estrich asks a question that's been on the minds of many since President-elect Barack Obama started naming former rivals to his cabinet: Where is John Edwards these days?