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The future (and history) of newspapers, continued | tomstandage.com [del.icio.us]
Adrian Monck —
Authority: 121
If I was setting up a newspaper today I’d want it to look a lot like Bloomberg: global network of reporters, cash-cow terminals/financial information business to pay the bills, and (now) a consumer brand in the form of BusinessWeek.20 hours ago -
WordPress: Plato’s Academy Today
The Hannibal Blog —
Authority: 121
Some of you may have noticed that my thread on Socrates was going strong all through the summer and then, seemingly, stopped. Something similar, you might have thought, occurred with my thread on America . Well, no, the two threads did not stop. They went into overdrive, albeit in a different form. Indeed, they ...2 days ago -
E-reader Technology: E Ink, SiPix, Bridgestone
BOOK SA - News —
Authority: 480
Now that the Amazon Kindle is finally available in South Africa , can we start to be more discerning about which e-reader technology we choose? Over 90% of existing e-readers use a display technology called E Ink, made by a firm of the same name that was spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in ...2 days ago -
Norway Central Bank Hikes Rates By 0.25% To 1.75%, Gives Clueless Bernanke A Hint
zero hedge —
Authority: 740
While Bernanke is preparing to hit the TV circuit (after hiring Obamas exhausted teleprompter team) to cash in on his Time Warner accolade, even as he is set to do nothing at all about the liquidity bubble forming in every aspect of the economy, the much more logical and efficient country of Norway is doing the right ...4 days ago -
David Nicholson in The Economist
High Quality Care For All —
Authority: 118
David Nicholson, NHS Chief Executive NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson spoke to The Economist about the achievements of the NHS and how, in a harsher economic climate, it plans to improve quality and reduce costs. You canlisten to the interview at economist.com . As ever, thoughts and comments welcome. ...4 days ago -
Quiet (December 2009) Tuesday
Kanlaon —
Authority: 432
Self simply in no mood to go anywhere. Oh, she did venture to Woodside Plaza and stocked up on some of son’s favorite food (Self expects him this weekend), but after that she went straight home. Now, she is multi-tasking: watching The Food Network (Yesterday she was on The Animal Planet and watched a very ...4 days ago -
Poorly Made in China
Kelsey Timmerman —
Authority: 119
Earlier this year I got an email from Paul Midler . His book Poorly Made in China was about to be released by Wiley (my publisher). He’s a first-time author as well and we’ve become quick friends talking about first-time author experiences — things like how to best fight off mad hoards of groupies. (If ...5 days ago -
Larison and the Economist
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen —
Authority: 641
This interview with Daniel Larison over at The Economist is quite good. You should read it. Related posts... How to get through airport security (with your toiletries intact) You say Obama, I say Osama Larison endorses the McChrystal surge?6 days ago -
Beet.TV Roundtable on Online Video News
Prof. Kobre's Guide to Videojournalism —
Authority: 126
The Beet.TV Roundtable on "The Influence of Online Video: A discussion of technique, technology and impact" included panelists from top media outlets such as NBC and the Economist. Among the questions pondered at the Wash. D.C. gathering: Could the "fast food" approach to news creation work for video? Conclusion: " ...6 days ago -
Roy Greenslade: Paywalls will restrict online newspaper promiscuity
Media: Greenslade | guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 139
It is supposed that the best chance newspapers have of attracting lots of subscribers for online content depends on them setting up paywalls at the same time. Then readers will have nowhere else to go. That theory has several flaws. There is the BBC factor, of course, and the certainty that at least one group will ...6 days ago -
The decade that reality bit
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 986
The Noughties began with Big Brother – and ended with Saturday-night showdowns between ITV and the BBC. And when we werent voting by text, we were using social networks, reading papers online, and wondering how we coped without Google 2000 January In the US, America Online merges with Time Warner ; and in ...6 days ago -
Alone in the crowd - Loneliness is a contagious disease
Integral Options Cafe —
Authority: 142
From The Economist . Alone in the crowd Dec 10th 2009 From The Economist print edition Loneliness is a contagious disease ON THE surface, Framingham, Massachusetts looks like any other American town. Unbeknown to most who pass through this serene place, however, it is a gold mine for medical ...1 week ago -
The shoe doesn’t fit
Regret the Error —
Authority: 626
We described Lee Daniels’s new film, “Precious”, (”Escaping from hell”, November 21st) as a shoe-in for the Academy Awards. As any horse-racing fan will know, it should have been—and will be—a “shoo-in”. Also, William Trevor’s “Love and Summer” (December 5th) is a novel and not a collection. ...1 week ago -
More bubbles than Guinness: the woman who rules Britains biggest advertising agency
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 986
Farah Ramzan Golant, chief executive of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, tells how her optimism has helped her firm weather the recession Farah Ramzan Golant may not be a household name but her advertising campaigns have touched every home in Britain – from helping Sainsburys beat the recession to getting people to ...1 week ago -
Demand for meat doubles by 2050
The Inquiring Mind —
Authority: 439
A couple of weeks ago The Economist carried an interesting piece on food prices and the prospects for feeding the world :- None of the underlying agricultural problems which produced a spike in food prices in 2007-08 and increased the number of hungry people has gone away. Between now and 2050 the world’s ...1 week ago -
The Economist on Climate Change
The Inquiring Mind —
Authority: 439
The Economist has a Special Report on Climate Change as we enter CarbonHagen. It is not behind their paywall as far as Adam can tell. There is also a free audio download as well. Take a look, useful context and background.1 week ago -
Oprah and the Voice of a New Generation
Community Marketing Blog —
Authority: 143
"You work and work and fight and struggle and all the time, youre dreaming of this moment when its all going to happen, when people will listen to your opinions and team up to make your ideas happen. Im in that moment right now and its unbelievable. Everything Ive worked so hard for is coming together right now," ...1 week ago -
Op-Ed in Economist! California drowning in debt
HALFWAY TO CONCORD —
Authority: 431
The good news is Californians don’t have to fear any longer about falling into the ocean after some cataclysmic earthquake as we are already drowning in debt. See this in article in the recent print edition of The Economist , which suggest that the more states (and federal government) resembles California, the more ...1 week ago -
Climate change in Copenhagen
The Mediavore —
Authority: 134
With the climate summit now underway in Copenhagen, we’ll offer a number of reports and perspectives over the next several days. From WNET’s Worldfocus , here’s a preview of the summit with Robert Guest, Washington correspondent for The Economist .1 week ago -
Gay Coupling in Vermont
Latest entries from houseoflemay.blog-city.com —
Authority: 129
The Economist, one of my first reads in the morning (yeah, right) is reporting where gay couples live. According to research based on census data by the Williams Institute, a gay rights think-tank at UCLA, Vermont ranks 9th.1 week ago
