Category Archives: journalism
This is News? Ridiculously Obvious Headlines
From the department of the painfully obvious, shocking, SHOCKING news headlines culled from the interwebs and newspapers: Bowl-Bound Schools Spend Millions on Football AP, 12/30/10 Lobbyists Won Key Concessions in Budget Deal NY Times, 4/12/11 Elizabeth Edwards Leaves John Edwards … Continue reading
Filed under journalism, media business
Goldman Scapegoat
Is Goldman Sachs the victim of anti-semitism? Continue reading
Filed under business, financial crisis, journalism, media business, Politics
Take My Money … Please UPDATE 2
A while back I wrote about the necessity for media / content companies to charge for their online products. You can find the original post here: http://thebrokentail.com/2009/08/11/take-my-money-please/ Well, the New York Times is finally, belatedly, coming to their senses. Take … Continue reading
Filed under content delivery, copyright, journalism, media business, media business
Lessons from NBC’s Train Wreck (and the Other O’Brien Who Works in the TV Business)
Conan got hosed, again. NBC is to blame. But they did do SOMETHING right… Continue reading
Filed under content delivery, journalism, media business, media business
Same Story, Two Headlines … or Why I Read Fox First This Morning
Fox sells stories better than the Times! Continue reading
Filed under journalism, media business
Now That They Are Free: Questions for Current, Laura Ling and Euna Lee
Laura Ling and Euna Lee received a hero’s welcome home after being imprisoned in North Korea. Now it is time for them, and their employer, to answer some questions. Continue reading
Filed under diplomacy, foreign policy, journalism, media business
