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Wall Street Journal Executives Reveal Debut Issue Of New Supplement WSJ.

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:36:10 -0500

Executives from the News Corp.’s Wall Street Journal held a breakfast today at Manhattan’s Morgan Library to introduce WSJ., a luxury supplement to the paper. (And, no, that's not a typo--the magazine has a period finickily appended to its title.)...

Obama Candidacy Continues To Inspire Spontaneous, High-Minded And Idealistic Viral Videos

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:16:57 -0500

Well, at least the "viral" part applies to this one:...

Edwards' Affair And Media Behavior, Mach 2: Just When I Think I Was Out On Vacation, They Pull Me Back In

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:45:54 -0500

Hmmm, wonder why this comes out on a Friday, in August, just as the Olympics start? (You mean they timed this for when people would be paying less attention? Geddouttahere!) So Edwards owns up, ABC gets the big get, and...

Gone Fishin'

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:59:31 -0500

I'm on vacation until around the 19th of August, so things are going to be pretty quiet around here until then. I will still be approving comments, so keep 'em coming, and I reserve the right to weigh in should...

A Thought For Time Warner Regarding AOL: Keep The Access Business And Sell Everything Else

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 18:33:55 -0500

There is now a case to be made for Time Warner to hold onto AOL’s dial-up subscriber business and sell the troubled online unit’s advertising and content businesses. As they say on lousy sitcoms: it’s a crazy idea, but it...

Weird Newspaper Story Of The Day, Part Two: Street Hawkers Spot Potential Reader, Freak Out

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:24:37 -0500

A pal who resides in Manhattan texts me: Yesterday both sides of my cab got attack-accosted by dueling Post and Daily News salesmen actually offering free papers. In one case, my pal says, "offering" a free paper was more accurately...

Weird Newspaper Story Of The Day, Part One: Wall Street Journal Cuts Service To Some Rural Subscribers

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:13:49 -0500

A reader who lives in Wyoming, around 30 miles away from the nearest decent-sized town, recently sent me the following email about his Wall Street Journal subscription: >>> i got a wsj email today announcing that i would no longer...

Weird Press Release Of The Day

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:43:14 -0500

For all I know this is an elaborate hoax. But there's no way I'm gonna let the facts get in the way of posting the following, which I received from an AOL address at 12:19 Eastern time. Extra points awarded...

Former Microsoft Media Exec Does Not Think Too Highly Of Recently Announced Company Changes

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:59:02 -0500

Had an email exchange late last week with a former Microsoft executive familiar with the company's media operations, and I asked said former exec's opinion on the reorganization apparently spurred by the departure of Kevin Johnson, the head if Microsoft's...

Obama, Berlin, And A Very Lame Attempt At Parody

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:19:31 -0500

A friend sent the following video to me and asked "Does it suggest he is a commie?" To which I replied "It does. It also suggests that drug use is a problem across the political spectrum."...

Is The New York Times Co. Really Worth Less Than CNET?

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:11:28 -0500

I had the honor of backstopping Jay Yarow on this fun, complex and uglifying analysis he did regarding the New York Times Co. According to his calculations, the New York Times itself--you might of heard of it, seeing that it's...

Sub Pop And The Indies Circa 2008: Not One Other Mention Of Nirvana, I Swear

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:33:04 -0500

I wrote about Sub Pop and other similar labels in my column this week, and in the course of reporting it I went out to Seattle earlier this month for some of Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary festivities. Sub Pop’s actually...

John Edwards, The National Enquirer, And The Mainstream Press

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:37:43 -0500

(UPDATE 8/8: A new post discusses all the below in light of John Edwards' confession.) The National Enquirer comes up with what appears to be some evidence for their previous allegations on John Edwards’ infidelities. (Caveats apply. I haven't done...

Breaking: Dow Jones Lays Off Around 50 Editors At Wall Street Journal's South Brunswick, NJ Offices; May Rehire Some

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:24:33 -0500

Well, that didn't take very long. Wall Street Journal augments its five dismissals on Monday with around 50 job cuts in its South Brunswick, NJ offices, as those jobs shift to the Journal's New York headquarters. Some of those staffers--perhaps...

More On That Speech Given By Dean Singleton: An Interesting Perspective From A Commenter Who Used To Work For Him

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:09:26 -0500

Commented DDDenver, who identifies him- or herself as a former newspaper new media type, posted a frank and sharp response to this post concerning MediaNews Group CEO Dean Singleton's recent speech to the World Newspaper Congress. I found it so...