Journalism, Technology, History

The edge of the future is a Netscape

Eric Berlin says more eloquently than I did in June that the Netscape dreamed up by Jason Calacanis – a hybrid between traditional media news sites and the social news approach of Digg/Reddit/Techmeme -- may be the “Future of News.”...

Blogging on Blogging

Nielsen//NetRatings said Wednesday the number of unique visitors to blog pages within the Top 10 online newspapers was up 210 percent in December from a year ago, while overall readership grew by only 9 percent.

Tennessee River from Lakeshore Greenway

I always like this view of the Tennessee River from atop the hill at the Lakeshore Greenway. Today the temperature was 66 when this was taken, but there was a good breeze (wind gusts of 25 mph forecast) and you...

Think and Leap

If you’re preparing for a career in the shrinking world of mainstream journalism … or just trying to get a journalism job … here’s some good posts to study. It should go without say (but apparently it needs to be...

A cycle of irrational negativity ...

A superb line about the newspaper environment today … The spin on newspapers is … “A cycle of irrational negativity about their prospects.” -- Steve Yelvington Tags: newspapers

An expert quote

“He’s probably the leading expert in buying businesses he knows nothing about.”

The Duhks

I guess I’m a latecomer to the Duhks. I bought the band’s latest album Migrations” over the weekend and am enjoying it. Best of luck in your Grammy nomination for “Best Country Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal”...

The biggest sale isn't in the newspaper; it is the newspaper

Are newspaper the new railroad stocks? Normally, with a question like that, I’d assume it’s just another newspaper industry doom and gloom story. AOL “Blogging Stocks” blog doesn’t quite draw that map. Zac Bissonnette notes that railroad stocks have performed...

The campaign bus rolls into YouTube

John Edwards may not win the Democratic nomination for president in the 2008 campaign, but his use of online video is being viewed as a tipping point in defining online video as a serious medium ready to content with traditional...
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