Posted by: on July 08
BusinessWeek skips an issue around the 4th of July, which is why things have been verrrrrry quiet around here lately.
That and seasonal indolence, this being summertime in the great Northeast. I was actually born in Texas, as anyone who talks to me notices immediately. (Or not.) But I grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey. And there is a certain ambient hum I associate with the summer evenings ‘round these parts—light breezes shushing through leafy trees, crickets, and, somewhere off in the distance, a radio tuned low to a baseball game.
Continue reading "What Sport Sounds Better On The Radio Than Baseball? Well . . ."
Posted by: on June 27
AOL: A neverending pinata party for those who write about such things; a gremlin that never stops kicking your shinbones for those running Time Warner.
Continue reading "AOL: Now What? A Few Wisecracks And A Few Notions"
Posted by: on June 27
. . . around five minutes ago.
INTERVIEWER: What about the ad market?
SAM ZELL: What ad market?
Posted by: on June 25
I'm outside of London right now with wacky connectivity, so the following memo may be everywhere already.
But around an hour ago Hartford Courant staffers were told that around a quarter of its newsroom staff and a quarter of its news pages are going away. Memo and some annotation after the jump.
Continue reading "Bloodbath: Tribune's Hartford Courant To Cut A Quarter Of News Pages And News Staff"
Posted by: on June 24
As you may have heard by now, last week Arianna Huffington said the Huffington Post will begin publishing local news Web sites, starting in Chicago. The new venture will unsurprisingly borrow from her site’s current approach: using technology (as opposed to people) to pull in a locally-themed news feed, and have a few editors and reporters flesh out the offerings.
Continue reading "Arianna Huffington, The New News, And The Old Ecosystem"
