Wednesday, January 5, 2005

A Spirited Life Will Eisner Obituaries Most newspapers took the easy route and ran the vanilla obits produced by the Associated Press and Reuters. But there were some reporters around the country who did their own research and interviews about the life and times of Will Eisner. (His passing was also on the front page of the Wall Street Journal; on the web site of the Hindustan Times, a picture and caption of Walt Disney Chairman Michael Eisner appears with the paper?s obit on Will.) Here are links to some of the best reports: NPR (Audio; Michael Chabon interview): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4259517 NPR (Audio: Commentary by Dallas Observer?s Robert Wilonsky): http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4266952 Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48732-2005Jan4.html Washington Post (Appreciation by Paul Fitzgerald, former editor of PS Magazine): http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48718-2005Jan4.html Entertainment Weekly: http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1014089_10_0_,00.html New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/05/books/05eisner.html Sun-Sentinel: (Alan Bellman, Michael Uslan interviews) http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-ceisner05jan05,0,4879876.story?coll=sfla-news-broward Miami Herald (Ann Eisner, Mike Richardson, Paul Levitz interviews) http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/broward/sfl-ceisner05jan05,0,4879876.story?coll=sfla-news-broward Chicago Tribune: (Neil Gaiman, Jules Feiffer interviews) http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-050104willeisner,1,6640060.story?coll=chi-news-hed http://www.aspiritedlife.com 11:10:41 PM

Gray Wolves Thriving in Western U.S. Article from Yahoo News. 10:36:43 PM

Doctors Without Borders "Medecins Sans Frontieres / Doctors without Borders" [Daypop Top 40] 10:27:44 PM

Daypop, 'Will Eisner' "Will Eisner" [Daypop Top 40] 10:23:21 PM

Yahoo Services Yahoo offers content to set-top makers. Hoping to branch into consumer devices, Yahoo will let makers of cable and satellite TV set-top boxes license its content and services. [CNET News.com] 10:14:51 PM

TuneTribe.com Testing Testing Tune Tribe Service Ramps Up. Tune Tribe , a new online music service created by Groove Armada, is accepting beta submissions from bands and artists. The deal is exceptional: 80 percent cut to the artist for download sales. Contracts are available in PDF format for perusal. [The Digital Music Weblog] 9:14:33 PM