Journalism, Technology, History

Hit the pause button for a second

In this break in the action, I’d like to ask: Other than greed, what is up with the proposed Net Radio copyright fees, which some say will drive radio off the Internet? Mashable says there has been a slight reprieve...

Al Gore Inc.

Must reading for Gore watchers is Fast Company’s “Al Gore’s $100 Million Makeover.” Here’s a guy who was worth, oh maybe, $2 million in 2000, who is worth well north of $100 million today, with a mere $30 million in...

A broadcast imbroglio

The NashvilleisTalking/WKRN imbroglio has caught my attention again. Lost Remote points to a Cable & Broadcasting piece that says the upheaval at WKRN may be a symptom of a rift between old and new media that has led to the...

Power grid is for the birds

It’s amazing that with all the high tech mumbo jumbo and fail-safe systems we have available in modern society that a bird on a suicidal swoop at a substation can hold the newspaper and 4,299 other customers powerless.

Good week except today

Did pretty well Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Sunday I waited until mid-day and was hot. I walked and jogged, but because of the heat, I still averaged 145 bpm today. Anyway, ahead of schedule for the week.

She's on the hot list

Oh, wow, Ilana Arazie, is getting hyped on Jewlicious.com and snuck in an AP The Hot List and is doing stuff for Amaldo.com. Check out her vblog, Downtonw Diary, for her latest. The video below is a recent one on...

The audience loves its brands

More evidence that brand matters on the Internet – maybe more so than in the non-digital realm. Participants in this study ranked the performance of brand name search engines Yahoo! and Google higher than the not-really-a-brand-MSN Live and an unbranded...

Jack Hammer?

Our two summer interns, R&B; (Rem de Rohan and Lauren “Bama” Bell), have done a video on life as a intern. Not to be missed. Tags: interns newspaper video
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