Sunday Link-Off: Media Massacre

We’ve got a pretty packed linkdump for you today. And I thought I’d be too busy with the 2012 Hottest Canadian bracket to put this post together. Okay, not really. I just wanted an excuse to plug it. In the meantime, here’s Sofia Vergara who is ineligible for our bracket because she’s Columbian.

Has Google gone completely evil? With all the changes they’re shoving down our throats, there’s a case for that claim. (Gizmodo)

The Onion is making the move from New York to Chicago but it hasn’t exactly gone over well or even very smoothly. (The Atlantic Wire)

Under the leadership of AJ Daulerio, Gawker has not only grown but become a more fun place for writers to work. (Nieman Journalism Lab)

After the jump, Tim Tebow got traded, a first look at CBS’ upcoming Sherlock Holmes disaster and Samuel L. Jackson does NBA intros. Continue reading

It’s The Blog’s Third Anniversary

I’m just as shocked as the rest of you that this little corner of the internet has actually reached three years of existence. It was three years ago today that I decided to start a blog  to keep our little campus radio show going in some form or another. In that time, we’ve made over 1,500 posts, had over 625,000 page views, been commented on almost 1,200 times and pissed off countless people along the way.

So let’s look back at our most popular and favourite posts from the last three years on the internet. Continue reading

The Best of The Lowdown Blog 2011

With the start of a new year today, let’s take a look back at the last 12 months on the blog. Last year was a massive year at Lowdown HQ. We set blog records for total page views for the year and crossed 500,000 page views all-time. Hell, we had more page views in 2011 than we had in the last two years combined. So let’s look back at the year with our most read posts from 2011 and the most read posts overall in 2011. Continue reading

Lowdown Monthly – October 2011

It’s time to once again take a look back at the past month here on the blog with Lowdown Monthly. It’s a recap of our favourite and most popular posts from October in one handy spot. If we did a Best of The Lowdown Blog, this would be it. Continue reading

Don’t Adjust Your Monitor – Change Is Coming October 30

Just in case you really liked our current blog layout and appearance, I’ll forewarn you that changes are coming this weekend. We’ll be changing the blog’s layout/background, font colour and adding our logo. The contents of the blog will remain the same and all the old posts will still be there. It’s really nothing much to worry about. Just a fresh coat of paint.

If you’re interested in writing for The Lowdown Blog or just want submit a guest post, drop us a line at thelowdown@live.ca.

Lowdown Monthly – September 2011

It’s time to once again take a look back at the past month here on the blog with Lowdown Monthly. It’s a recap of our favourite and most popular posts from September in one handy spot. If we did a Best of The Lowdown Blog, this would be it. Continue reading

Lowdown Monthly – August 2011

It’s time to once again take a look back at the past month here on the blog with Lowdown Monthly. It’s a recap of our favourite and most popular posts from August in one handy spot. If we did a Best of The Lowdown Blog, this would be it. Continue reading

Lowdown Monthly – July 2011

It’s time to once again take a look back at the past month here on the blog with Lowdown Monthly. It’s a recap of our favourite and most popular posts from July in one handy spot. If we did a Best of The Lowdown Blog, this would be it. Continue reading

Lowdown Monthly – June 2011

It’s time to once again take a look back at the past month here on the blog with Lowdown Monthly. It’s a recap of our favourite and most popular posts from June in one handy spot. If we did a Best of The Lowdown Blog, this would be it. Continue reading

Lowdown Monthly – May 2011

It’s time to once again take a look back at the past month here on the blog with Lowdown Monthly. It’s a recap of our favourite and most popular posts from May in one handy spot. If we did a Best of The Lowdown Blog, this would be it. Continue reading