Maybe Lawyers Can Save The Media (With Their Cash!)

The non-profit, non-partisan, public media organization Texas Tribune website launched this week to accolades from the journalism community, but the effort is sponsored in part by attorneys. 

Fulbright & Jawaorski, Graves Dougherty and Wilson Sonsini are listed as founding corporate sponsors and six Vinson & Elkins partners also contributed to the cause, according to the Tex Parte Blog. Ellen Susman, the wife of legendary litigator Steve Susman, is also listed as a founding investor.

Read the rest of this story »

See Also:

• Meckler: Mainstream Media Still Has Its Head In The Sand
• Why The Media Is Taking So Long To Die
• How The Media Moguls Blew It (NWS, DIS, CBS, VIA)