The ‘curse of Billy Penn’? Local news site is looking to sell Philly, Pittsburgh operations.

Spirited Media is seeking buyers for Billy Penn in Philadelphia and TheIncline in Pittsburgh, local news sites employing about five staffers at each location. Spirited Media also announced on Monday that it sold the Denverite to Colorado Public Radio. Terms were not disclosed. RELATED STORIES Cost-slashing hedge fund that owns Philly-area newspapers makes run at Courier-Post, News Journal and…

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Temple professor Francesca Viola accused of spreading conspiracy theories and making anti-Muslim remarks online – The Washington Post

A journalism professor at a public university in Philadelphia has admitted to making some of the posts attributed to an anonymous account that spread baseless conspiracy theories and maligned Muslims on far-right sites, according to the school. Francesca Viola, who teaches journalism at Temple University, was identified on Twitter by Joshua Benton, the director of Harvard’s…

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Temple professor outed as user behind controversial commenting account, criticizes ‘doxxing’ – Philly

googleon: all A Temple University journalism professor has been publicly outed as the user behind an anonymous account linked to conspiracy-theory comments on news websites, and is criticizing the site that identified her. line 459 Francesca Viola, a former reporter for WPHL (Channel 17) and WTXF (Fox 29), was named on Twitter over a comment made on the…

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Family of Syrians Deported From Philadelphia Voted for Donald Trump | NBC 10 Philadelphia

Sarmad Assali’s relatives, who are all Orthodox Christians, had visas and proof of green cards, the family said By David Chang, Alicia Victoria Lozano and Gabe Gutierrez endclickprintinclude loadInlineNwsModule | $loadInlineNwsModule nwsLetterEmbedded | $nwsLetterEmbedded nwsModuleAttached | false NEWSLETTERS   Receive the latest local updates in your inbox startclickprintincludeProtests against President Donald Trump’s immigration ban continued…

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Trump in Philly for GOP retreat: Live updates

googleon: all   President Trump spoke to Republicans attending the GOP retreat in Philadelphia, hitting on familiar themes from his campaign, including helping American workers, ending illegal immigration and rebuilding the country’s military.   Thousands of people protested in the streets surrounding the Center City hotel as Trump spoke. 2:18 p.m.: President Trump claimed in…

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Philly Pizza Shop Owner Calls 911 After He Says He Was Profiled on Flight Home | NBC 10 Philadelphia

Only NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal spoke with two Philadelphia men who were delayed from boarding a flight home from Chicago after they say another passenger complained about them speaking Arabic. (Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2015) A Philadelphia pizza shop owner and his friend had to call 911 in Chicago’s Midway airport Wednesday night in order to…

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