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BusinessInsider.com had the following headline: How the Huffington Post’s traffic is killing rival news sites It’s a quick-and-dirty post based on an analysis by Ken Doctor, who headlined his post Happy Birthday HuffPo (Hint: Give money) The Huffington Post ‘s birthday isn’t until May 9. Doctor salutes the tabloid for its explosive growth, but notes [...]
Fri, April 23 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Jim Brady of Allbriton Communications – and head of its online-only, Washington, D.C. news startup – tweeted the following today: Our name is no longer TBD. Our name IS TBD: http://bit.ly/b6WRTz.
Thu, April 22 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
From the April 22 Globe and Mail: Final offers to buy CanWest’s newspapers are starting to filter in, but in a twist, the highest bidder won’t necessarily walk away owning Canada’s largest chain of dailies. Instead, cash will be king.
Thu, April 22 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Wed, April 21 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, multimedia, politics » Comments Off
Andrew Weaver, holder of the Canada Research Chair in climate modelling and analysis, has filed a libel lawsuit against the National Post and three of its writers who have pounded him in their columns. Weaver wants the paper to not only remove what he sees as false allegations from its website(s; the paper is part [...]
Wed, April 21 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, Media » Comments Off
If the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers had to do it all over again today, he’d be scanning documents and posting them to the Internet, not leaking them to the New York Times.
Mon, April 19 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
NYT public editor Clark Hoyt yips at the paper for a number of instances in recent weeks where anonymous sources were improperly used.
Sun, April 18 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
TV newsrooms are doing more with social media and less in terms of streaming their actual newscasts, according to this RTNDA study.
Sun, April 18 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
An as-yet-unnamed, online-only news operation in Washington, D.C., headed by the former executive editor of of washingtonpost.com, isn’t aiming to be the top predator in the news food chain there.
Sun, April 18 2010 » Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Bob Marley performing at Rufaro stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe on April 17, 1980 to help that country celebrate its independence: Robert Mugabe, a hero of the insurgency against white minority rule, became the new country’s first president. Thirty years later, he has become a despicable despot who has presided over the ruin of his nation.
Sun, April 18 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off