Michael Tanenbaum

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Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.


tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

October 3, 2015

Investigation

Police: Man beat woman to death inside Philly boarding house

Philadelphia police have arrested a man they say beat a woman to death inside a boarding house Saturday afternoon.

October 3, 2015

Television

Analyst: Comcast should buy Netflix, not compete with it

Earlier this year, Comcast hit a pivot point that shows just how much its business is transforming: cable ceased to be the top product for America's largest cable provider.

October 3, 2015

Investigation

Father of two killed by armed robbers in North Philadelphia

Philadelphia police are searching for two suspects after a Friday night shooting that left a flower shop deliveryman dead during an armed robbery.

October 3, 2015

Investigation

Police: Woman fatally stabs man in Northeast Philadelphia

Philadelphia police have arrested a woman accused of fatally stabbing a man in Northeast Philadelphia on Saturday night.

October 3, 2015

Videos

WATCH: Penn Dragon Boat team chops through the Schuylkill

Anyone who attended a college situated near the Schuylkill River knows that members of the university crew team embody a rare, borderline masochistic dedication to their physically taxing sport.

October 3, 2015

Accidents

Police: Suspected DUI driver strikes, kills man in Delaware

Police in Delaware arrested and charged a suspected DUI driver after he struck and killed a man in Odessa on Saturday afternoon.

October 3, 2015

Crime

14-year-old boy charged in 15 robberies near Drexel University

A fourteen-year-old boy is in the custody of Philadelphia police has been charged with committing 15 armed robberies near Drexel University during a 30-day period.

October 3, 2015

Universities

Bookstore apologizes for selling 'inflate-a-date' doll at West Chester University

Weeks after students at West Chester University protested the sale of inflatable dolls at its bookstore, the company responsible for stocking the $7.99 "perfect female specimen" on shelves has issued a formal apology.

October 2, 2015

TV

Controversial 'Peeple' app foretold on 'It's Always Sunny'

As critics and the public discuss the potential calamities of the upcoming Peeple app, revealed this week as a Yelp-style rating service for human beings, it turns out that our beloved local sitcom "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" predicted something like this would come to pass in an episode earlier this year.

October 2, 2015

Investigation

Woman fatally shot in Southwest Philadelphia home, found by brother

Philadelphia police are investigating a southwest Philadelphia homicide that left a man to find the body of his sister at her home on Friday afternoon.

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