We haven’t asked your opinion in a while, but when we did ask about how you came down on the looming spectrum war between over-the-air broadcasters and the wireless community, an overwhelming majority sided with the TV stations to keep as much spectrum as needed to maintain free service. The education reporter at the Erie [...]

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This week, I’m stepping from out behind the curtain to try being a contestant in a local social media contest. A local Saab dealership is holding a contest where 100 people each week receive a Saab to drive around. Our goal as drivers is to get people to be our “fan” on a contest page [...]

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Here’s a tribute for the newspaper carriers. These sleep-deprived adults from all over our area awaken at 2 AM and drive their ink-stained vehicles to one of the district distribution centers for the Erie Times-News. There they will do by hand what machines used to do just a few months ago; assemble each newspaper they [...]

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Recently, I came across a website called The Setup which interviews a variety of people about what they use on a daily basis to get their work done. I thought it was brilliant idea. After this article posts, check for me in the Community section of their website.

Who are you and what do you do?

I [...]

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I don’t know about you, but September was kind of a lost month for me. It is traditionally the busiest month of the year at work for me, and it went super-fast. Meanwhile loads of change occurred on the Erie media landscape in the past few weeks. We will try to get to most of [...]

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Darby Patton Scalise of Erie just picked up her $25 gift card, and you can too. It’s payday for Lake Erie LifeStyle readers! Join us on Facebook at Friends of Lake Erie LifeStyle magazine, and tell us about your favorite local teams, restaurants, small towns,  foods and more. Tell us what you like and why. [...]

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Is your hometown newspaper experiencing “shrinkage”? What apparently seems to be an unintended consequence of outsourcing the Erie Times News to the Butler Eagle is the actual shortening of the newspaper by about 2 1/4 inches, losing in the vicinity of 12 column inches per page. This rather significant reduction in available space is forcing [...]

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Three years ago today Press and Tower was born. Since our humble beginnings on Sept. 1, 2008, we’ve generated 488 posts, received 3,362 approved comments, and almost 160,000 visits to the site, including almost 18,000 different visitors in the past year. Our Facebook page for Erie radio old-timers called “We Rocked Erie in the 20th [...]

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Stay connected with us in 2011

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And the winner is…. Moski!

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Saturday, July 10, 2-4 p.m. – Erie Book Store – Book Signing

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Congrats to local bloggers Adam and Camille on the birth this week of their son Henry. If you haven’t taken a moment to enter our $25 gift certificate giveaway for Sluggers Sports Bar and Grill, you can do it right here. President Obama gave a speech yesterday in Iowa, talking about Earth Day and energy. [...]

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This week, we’ve started adding even more content to our Twitter feed for ErieBlogs.com. If you haven’t started following us, now’s the time. As Rich and I find interesting Erie blog posts, stories, interviews and news posts from around the world, we’ll tweet them. Over the last few weeks, we have been adding more and [...]

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Today’s high temperature: 13 degrees. It’s only the middle of January but man it feels like it’s been winter for about a million years. We’ve got a lake effect snow warning that runs until Friday at 7 p.m. and the forecast is calling for about a foot before the warning’s expired. More power to the [...]

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A commenter at the Press and Tower asked us to post on our site about Twitter, and some local companies and media organizations that are using Twitter as a social media tool. So, first, what is Twitter? That’s a tough question. I think this video explains it best. Twitter is a great way to keep [...]

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