Category Archives: Media
Some newspapers, tracking readers online, shift
-->Some newspapers, tracking readers online, shift Jeremy W Peters, The New York Times Editors at The Wall Street Journal, like those at other large newspapers, follow the Web traffic metrics closely. The paper’s top editors begin their morning news meetings … Continue reading
All the propaganda that’s fit to print
-->All the propaganda that’s fit to print By Isaac Stone Fish and Tony Dokoupil, Newsweek In Xinhua’s world, the Tiananmen Square massacre never happened, Falun Gong is an evil cult, and the Dalai Lama is the Guy Fawkes of Tibet. … Continue reading
The Economist mindset
-->The Economist tends its sophisticate garden Jeremy W Peters, The New York Times “One of the things people say is, ‘You go after an affluent audience.’ But we don’t define our audience by their demographic. We define our audience based … Continue reading
A new journalism on the horizon
-->A new journalism on the horizon By Andrew Marr From BBC News Magazine The next media age may be differently configured. We may have a group of very large “aggregators” bringing busy people the most important new news of the … Continue reading
Penthouse owner to fight Hefner for Playboy
-->Bloomberg reports Friendfinder Networks Inc, owner of Penthouse adult magazine, plans to submit a bid for Playboy Enterprises Inc., following a $123 million offer from Playboy’s founder Hugh Hefner.
Why blogger escaped The Times’ paywall
-->From Guest post: Why I escaped The Times’ paywall (Paul Bradshaw/Online Journalism Blog) Blogger Tim Kevan explains why he resigned from The Times over the paywall: