by David | Nov 21, 2008 | Digital Migration, journalism, new media, Politics & New Media
This came in through the comment threads, and is thoughtful enough that it merits more attention: It sounds like both media channels worked as I would expect them too. The mainstream media sticks with the low risk stories that are easy to substantiate and defend while...
by David | Nov 19, 2008 | Blogging, Digital Migration, new media, Politics & New Media
Nobody directly involved will admit it, but this is looking more and more like one of the more nasty, yet brilliant, scams of the last couple years. It may have been pulled off by the legendary Nigerian internet scammers, but it’s beginning to look like it...
by David | Nov 16, 2008 | Amusing Nonsense, Digital Migration
This is just too funny to keep to myself – back in the halcyon days of comedy, before broad ethnic stereotypes became Verboten, and even the Muppets’ Swedish Chef became “edgy” … people used to post things like this in public places:...
by David | Nov 13, 2008 | Digital Migration, new media, Newspaper Deathwatch, Newspapers
Let’s set the stage. First, Ron Rosenbaum unloads on Jeff Jarvis for being “increasingly heartless” about newsroom cutbacks, layoffs & the general death spiral. A sampling: Not all reporters had the prescience to become new-media consultants. A...
by David | Nov 8, 2008 | Digital Migration, Online Video, Politics & New Media
Man, check out John Stewart. Is it me, or does he look just a little bit like the Muppet Beaker? Ah yes. The pardon of Marc Rich. Makes you nostalgic for a time when this was the worst crime that could be laid at the feet of the outgoing president, don’t...
by David | Oct 31, 2008 | Digital Migration, Newspaper Deathwatch
Just as a follow-up to my earlier post on the Time, Inc. restructuring — CEO Ann Moore spoke in front of the Audit Bureau of Circulation about the generally dismal state of the magazine publishing industry, which she reckoned is being hit by “an economic...
