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October 2007 - Posts
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:28 PM
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Josh Levin at Slates takes a hard look at Sports Illustrated, and doesn't like what he sees. I didn't have to squint very hard to see some of the same challenges he's writing about present in almost every weekly/bi-weekly news magazine on the market right Read More...
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Monday, October 29, 2007 7:30 AM
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Kara Swisher chomps away on her previous writings about Hulu, the joint News Corp/NBC site set up to distribute video. Key points: Let’s just say, it’s crowded and confusing out there, beyond the obvious news that consumers seem to like YouTube’s short Read More...
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Sunday, October 28, 2007 9:49 PM
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One of my favorite parts of the weekend is the chance to read about recipes in the WSJ, in the NYT and in the NYT Magazine, because a lot of times on the weekend I'll actually get a chance to cook one of them. In fact, I'm now working on the assumption Read More...
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Sunday, October 28, 2007 9:29 PM
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Rob Walker, IMHO, totally misses the point in his column in the New York Times Magazine today. He's writing about watches, in particular high end watches that don't really tell time. Today, when I woke up, I did what I usually do -- picked up my cell Read More...
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Friday, October 26, 2007 7:09 AM
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For me, the most interesting part of the coverage around the Microsoft/Facebook deal announced on Wednesday was this post by the snarkiest of blogs, Valleywag. How's that for radical transparency, friendship via Facebook cited as a clue and evidence of Read More...
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007 7:30 AM
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Today's Personal Journal has a column by Jim Fusilli that is a great example of critical writing -- one of my favorite genres. This time, instead of illustrating his linguistic chops by writing about a band, he turns his attention to Blender magazine, Read More...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 4:40 PM
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Yes, Fake Steve was at Microsoft today, finally come to pay tribute. In his mild-mannered (cough cough) alter ego as Dan Lyons, those in the audience discovered: Dan is easily as funny as Fake Steve. There were those in the free software movement who Read More...
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Sunday, October 21, 2007 9:15 PM
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The Sunday NYT has the latest in a series of stories that look at the impact of climate change on lives, this time looking at the implication of persistent drought on the American West. It's a big story about a big topic, and coming as it does at at time Read More...
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Friday, October 19, 2007 10:37 AM
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Ben Worthen over at the Journal's Business Technology Blog asks: So where does tech jargon come from? Of course, the initial answer is "PR people;" to Ben's credit he then wonders if in fact that's too broad a brush. Hmm, maybe, but the more interesting Read More...
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Thursday, October 18, 2007 10:17 AM
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In this battle, my money is on the original content. As the LA Times reports, Viacom will put the entire history of the show up on the web for viewing, and is going to experiment with a variety of ways to show ads. Plus, it's pretty easy to figure out Read More...
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:34 AM
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Three stories paint a pretty clear picture of the bubble we're all seeing. Let's start with the latest in the bubble writings from the NYT. Pegged to the start of the Web 2.0 conference, it's a good look at the overall madness going on in the Valley right Read More...
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Monday, October 15, 2007 12:44 PM
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Hoo boy, I'm surprised that this NYT story has not gotten more traction. In short, Unilever has gotten great PR and good kudos from their "Real Beauty" campaign for Dove, it's a great campaign and it makes a very valid point about the impact of advertising Read More...
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Monday, October 15, 2007 6:53 AM
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P&G has long been acknowledged as the leader in trying new things from a marketing standpoint, and their new soap opera is a great case in point -- running online and via cell phones, aimed at an audience that increasingly is shifting from TV to other Read More...
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Saturday, October 13, 2007 7:55 AM
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This TV review in the NYT this morning had me just chortling, what a great reminder that often the best part of a new TV show is the way it is reviewed. Here are some of the best lines: Isn’t it always the way; just when you think the Internet is going Read More...
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Friday, October 12, 2007 7:04 AM
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Probably a few years later than they should have, the existing media -- TV, radio and print -- are starting to respond better to the new ways that people are receiving news. What's changed? For the first time, the media (or at least some of the media) Read More...
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Monday, October 08, 2007 7:04 AM
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First, from the NYT yesterday, in a story looking at how Halo is being used to get teens to church. “If you want to connect with young teenage boys and drag them into church, free alcohol and pornographic movies would do it,” said James Tonkowich, president Read More...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:49 PM
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Hint: it's not about citizen journalism. Great post here by Jeremy Wagstaff at Loose Wire. It's too easy for us all to get caught up in what we care about -- communications, journalism, new journalism, old journalism, gonzo journalism, citizen journalism. Read More...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007 9:35 PM
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I'm a data hound. Today, I discovered that there is such a thing as wanting too much data. At the end of the day, I went for a run, equipped as usual with my heart rate monitor, accelerometer, watch, iRiver. I've been using these enough so that I've stopped Read More...
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Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:05 AM
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For any company considering blogs as marketing vehicles, a good look at the up and downs via the WSJ. Using Adidas and NBA star Gilbert Arenas as a case study, the article shows both the risks and rewards, not just of using a celebrity endorser (those Read More...
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Wednesday, October 03, 2007 6:44 AM
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It's cold consolation for Wal-Mart to have an entire era names after them, as the WSJ did in an A1 story today. Cold because it's the end of the era that the story talks about, not the start, and while the article notes that Wal-Mart will continue to Read More...
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Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:19 AM
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Robert looks at the current techmeme rankings and says that just maybe blogging is dead. He's making a larger point -- that people who joined the blogging scene as a way to share their life/share information, are being drowned out a bit. Twitter, for Read More...
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