Back in the glory days of the daily newspaper getting a scoop meant beating the competition by half-a-day or possibly by a full day. With newspaper boys screaming, “Extra!” on every corner, a good scoop meant thousands of additional newspaper sales. Thus, being first with a story had a huge bottom-line impact. Back in...
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Gotta lead with the good stuff. Crank this one to 11. In re: McCrystal. A couple of things that should pop right out as the nut graphs of this whole affair but that (typically) have been totally buried by the media in the whole scandaliciousness frenzy surrounding the Rolling Stone article by , Michael...
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I’m not sure what to make of this posting on the Clinton Herald forums that the Forums will be shut down on September 1. Newspaper management’s only public reply has been in the forums and it isn’t exactly clear what will happen next Tuesday. Editor, Charlene Bielema posted this on Monday, the 24th: Yes,...
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As a follow-up to yesterday’s post below is a chart showing Fox News viewership alongside GOP approval (as measured by CBS/NYT polling). Per Gawker’s post: But while cable news is niche, politics is mass. The chart above shows GOP party approval in as reported by New York Times/CBS in national polls going back to...
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At least not for now. If you want to get the skinny on the might-be-revolution you will need to get on the Internets. In case you missed it, Iran had a presidential election on Friday. In Iran’s quasi-theocratic regieme the office of Presidnent is secondary to that of the Supreme (Religious) Leader, Ali Khameni,...
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EYTYK = Everything You Think You Know. The relentless drumbeat from the music and movie industries for the last ten years can be summarized thusly: “Help! Illegal downloads are killing us. We need Big Brother to squash our customers for us!” Wrong!! There are two things killing (at least) the music industry. The first...
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It is almost an article of faith at this point that Barack Obama is “the Internet President,” having perfected the medium as a campaign tool, he is using it to open up the workings of government. For example,recovery.gov, data.gov and the White House Open Government Initiative. Obama has also hired the first-ever national Chief...
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Danger Mouse is probably the most brilliant writer-producer working in music today. But his musical skills aren’t really the point here. This blog is about technology and change. And Danger Mouse is showing the recording industry just how powerless it has become. His latest project is a collaboration with alternative dalrings, Sparklehorse, and featuredsa...
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This sign reads: I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO GO OUT INTO THE STREETS, DEFEND MY LIBERTY, UPHOLD THE LAW, DEMAND JUSTICE, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID TO LIVE IN MY HOMELAND AND CHANGE ITS FUTURE…. GUATEMALA, I WILL NOT ABANDON YOU. How does mass collaboration and open, instantaneous communication change the political rules?...
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Now, that’s some Photoshoppin’ skilz.
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