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#nerdery
Fake AP Stylebook on Twitter: Because real grammar geeks dig linguistic satire. (via)
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#badideas
AP's Betting the Farm Microsoft Will Crush Google
The Associated Press, self-declared enemy of internet evildoers, says it has seen some awesome new Microsoft search technology — top secret stuff — that will return its content to a position of total world domination. Google is so history. More » -
#printisdead
If AP Can't Beat the Google Spammers, It Will Join Them
Ever clicked on some high-ranked Google result, only to land on a useless page of links, obviously created by spam software? Infuriating. Well, prepare to be maddened further; the Associated Press, avowed hater of the internet, will spam Google too. More » -
#copyfight
Reuters Implores AP to 'Stop Whining'
Huzzah: A president at newswire operator Thomson Reuters says traditional journalism is not actually being strangled by Google, blogs and the rest of the internet. And that anyone who thinks so — *cough* AP *cough* — should get a grip. More » -
#copyfight
You Must Pay AP to Quote Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson's compositions are in the public domain, but Boing Boing discovered the AP's licensing system demands $12 to quote 26 of the American statesman's words. To think the wire service only began tinkering with ridiculous fees last year. Innovative! -
#modernandawkward
Associated Press vs. British Bureaucrats: Who's More Uptight about Twitter?
A British bureaucrat has published a guide to Twitter etiquette and strategy, intended for use throughout the government. The stiff, formal document about a casual microblogging service is generating worldwide headlines, but it's hardly the first of its kind. More » -
#mediawars
Online News Theft a Truly Teeny-Tiny Problem
The Wall Street Journal is up in arms about it; the Associated Press is building a robot army to fight it. But it turns out online news piracy is at most a $250 million-per-year problem. Just how small is that? More » -
#printisdead
AP to Finally Invent Indexing of Text on Internet
This is great: The Associated Press is going to set up a "news registry," so it can finally tell where its text content is, on the internet. What a fresh concept! But the revolution doesn't end there. More » -
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#memos
AP Tells Reporters To Muzzle Facebook Friends
Someone sent us the Associated Press' guidelines for staff social networking and, in keeping with company tradition, they're on the paranoid side. You should probably read them, since basically everyone in the world must now follow them. More » -
#journalismism
AP Spanks Reporter for Patently True Facebook Post
Richard Richtmyer is in trouble with his bosses at the Associated Press for something he wrote on Facebook. Did he burn a source? Trash a story subject? Worse: He mildly criticized one of AP's hundreds of members. More » -
#printisdead
How to Pry Money Out of Google
The New York Times and Washington Post are in informal talks about the online news business. The obvious subtext: The newspapers want Google to pay for their headlines. They're going about it all wrong. More » -
#shutupinternet
The AP's War on the Web Reaches New Heights of Incompetence
The Associated Press wants to be the Internet's content sheriff—as soon as it figures out how it works. It demanded a radio station in Tennessee take down videos embedded from the AP's own YouTube channel. More » -
#thechart
Debunking the AP's Aggregation Aggravation
Online aggregators are financial vampires sucking the lifeblood out of the news business! You know — evil digital upstarts like the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and the New York Times. More »
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#printisdead
Google CEO: Newspapers Need to Speed Things Up
What's the mysterious plague that's killing newspapers? According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, it's not search engines, Craigslist, or Monster.com. It's those agonizingly slow-loading websites! More » -
#journalismism
Associated Press: Shut Up, Internet
Dean Singleton, the chairman of the Associated Press, has unveiled a new initiative to "protect news content from misappropriation online." Translation: People, please stop Googling the news! More » -
#twitterati
The Twitterati Wear Shorts to a Cage Match
Things that the media's Twitter addicts are savoring: onion rings, Hulk Hogan, and weather warm enough for shorts. Michelle Malkin, Sarah Lacy, Xeni Jardin and others reveal their not-so-hidden desires: More » -
#twitterati
Guns, Profanity, Paranoia, and Fear on Twitter
Twitteronia is a scary place to be. A Googler got violent, an NBC TV host swore, and we frightened a top AP editor — while Michelle Malkin had a breakdown. Today's twittiest tweets: More » -
#oops
"Obama bin Laden" Error Hits Yahoo's Homepage
It's not just angry rightwingers who mix up "Obama" and "Osama." Yahoo News has joined CNN and the Associated Press in confusing the most powerful man in the world with his terrorist enemy. More »
