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public relations
How Censorship Finally Helped Wikipedia's Co-Founder
Jimmy Wales had an image problem. After bending his online encyclopedia's rules for a lover and, allegedly, for a benefactor, the Wikipedia co-founder faced rebuke and embarrassment. Then the New York Times made him a hero. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Charax: I don't think that Times link links to what you think it links to. 1 Responses | Other threads
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mysteries
Apple: Den of Secrets
It looks as though Apple did a good job angering the New York Times with the news that Steve Jobs recently underwent a liver transplant. The paper's Tuesday edition dedicates two pieces to Apple's renowned penchant for shadiness. More »
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Comment by ChillbearLatrigue: "It's not that difficult to imagine Apple doing the same thing when Jobs eventually dies..." Don't you mean "if Jobs eventually... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Shut Up, Twitter
Twitter Addicts Bringing Down New York Times Computers
How Twitter-addled is the New York Times newsroom? Well, it's gotten so bad that the newspaper's system administrators have cautioned the Twitter addicts against using their beloved Twitter syringe, "TweetDeck," to get on the microblogging service. It's crashing the system! More » -
the future
New York Times 'Social Media Editor' Playing Out Exactly As Suspected
Today the New York Times named Jennifer Preston its first-ever "Social Media Editor." We speculated she would do comical stuffy-NYT-meets-freewheeling-internet activities like cracking down on newsroom Twitterers (and maybe trying out this "Twitter" herself?). We were correct: More » -
media
New York Times Hiring 'Social Media Editor' To...Do Something
The New York Times is charging face-first into the digital age! They're appointing a "Social Media Editor." It's Jennifer Preston, former editor of the recently-folded Regional Sections! Could this be the beginning of the end of the Golden Age of NYT Twittery? [UPDATED below]: More »
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Comment by daveyjonesisdead: If no one can read your twitters, are you a social media editor? 1 Responses | Other threads
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bloglash
Bloomberg Forbids Mentioning Competitors, or Linking to Them
Bloomberg has distributed a policy to newsroom staff on blogging, Twittering and Facebook updating. And in keeping with the company's tyrannical management culture, the rules are far more authoritarian than similar admonitions recently dispensed at the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and elsewhere. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by lawnsprinkler: Not linking offsite sounds like the kind of forward-thinking policy that will allow old media to compete with the undisciplined... 1 Responses | Other threads
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media
Newspaper Twitterers Will Ruin Everything!
If all you newspaper reporters don't stop Twittering every goddamn thing you see, Bill Keller is seriously going to lose his shit. Can you put down the iPhone so we can have a meeting here? More »
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Comment by ellagood: he should be commending them all for finally showing some real reporting skills. more » | Other threads
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print is dead
Google Planning to Rob Bloggers to Pay New York Times
Give the newspaper bosses this much: In their desperation to fix their dying businesses, they are going after logical targets. Google's rise has exactly nothing to do with their fall — but Google has money. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Antilles_Prime: this should be fun. i do enjoy seeing google getting some hell in no small part because of their smugness. however. I definitely... more » | Other threads
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hackers
Did Someone Hack Into the New York Times Twitter Account?
Earlier tonight I received an email from Gawker's eagle-eyed publisher Nick Denton (Seriously, nothing gets by this guy!) with an iPhone screengrab that contained an ad for naked webcam action on the Times' Twitter feed. More »
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Comment by I do love Sherry: Wow! Isn't Nick so uppity with his iPhone set to the 24 hour clock. How European of you. 1 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
Will David Geffen Gay Up the New York Times?
Hello, Pink Lady! David Geffen, the wealthy friend of Dorothy, wants to buy the New York Times. Fantastic news for the paper's gay mafia. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by WindowSeat: 'd lk t s ths pst r-wrttn s "Wll Crls Slm Spc p Th Nw Yrk Tms?" wth sm clrfl... 8 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
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 »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Pope John Peeps II: Tell that to to CNET News, the tech news site which has won awards for its reporting. Owen, tech reporting isn't... 5 Responses | Other threads
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media
New York Times Leaning Towards Paid Online Access (Of a Sort—Updated)
Twitter has now replaced press releases at the New York Times. The paper is just wrapping up a "strategy" presentation to the newsroom, which is helpfully being live-twitted. Let's listen in! [UPDATED below]: More »
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Comment by El Matardillo: The lesson of Times Select is lost on these people. I look forward to their financial bankruptcy. 4 Responses | Other threads
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wtf
Times Front Page Basically Just Digg Now
This New York Times front-page story is about how the Amazon Kindle can't pronounce Barack Obama's name. That's A1 news? Really? The Times really is just a fancy blog. (Or maybe just feeling defensive.)
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By Ryan TateComment by DevilsAvocado: And here was me thinking Rupert Murdoch bought out the Wall Street Journal. Man moves fast. He's like a Ninja. more » | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Help Us Realize What Blueprint Cleanse Tastes Like
Twitter is like a real-time conversation! And just like many conversations, sometimes you want to cover your ears, Eric Eldon, Micki Maynard, Ellen McGirt and others teach us: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by stanhalen: How come theres no dirt floating around on PBS/NPR on air personalities? Not that I'm paying that close attention, but... 3 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
A Bigger Kindle Makes Jeff Bezos Richer and Newspapers Poorer
Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled the Kindle DX, a large-screen e-reader, today at the site of the New York Times's former headquarters in Lower Manhattan. The message: He's the future and newspapers are the past. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by stanhalen: But can you use this contraption as a blanket when you're sleeping on a park bench? The broadsheet is the classic... 2 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
New York Times Editor Joins Ranks of the Twitterati
Everyone's joining Twitter, did you know? Even New York Times editor Bill Keller has gotten on board, we hear — and he's just as self-promotional as the rest! Today's other Twitter trivia. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by stanhalen: What? no one wants to weigh in on this silliness?.. @douchebag i had a hard booger today. it hurt. more » | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Feel Awkward, Innocuous, and Sad
Did you know Arianna Huffington's godson is so afraid of Gawker, he can't say its name aloud on Twitter? Or that Ruth Reichl can be bought? The things one learns from the media's Twitter addicts: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by timeoutofmind: how much will i pay for used twits at the cabbage patch convention in Ypsilanti next February ? more » | Other threads
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the internet
How Long Before the NYT Shuts Down Its Scandalous Twitterers?!
In January, the New York Times' standards editor issued guidelines about how editorial staffers are allowed to use Facebook and other scary online tools. Is reporter Twittering making a mockery of those guidelines? Let's explore! More »
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: Name me two people who wish The Times ill! Okay, name me two million, along with their middle initials... 1 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Listen to Blowhard Electronica
This is the media life on Twitter: Readers daring to call on the phone, bloggers taking each other out to lunch, and blowhard predictions made about blowhard predictions! Today's Twitterati: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by TalbotSmith: That reminds me...another 'just dessert' of the Times going under will be Jenny Lee sinking with it. more » | Other threads
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journalismism
Sarah Lacy Is the Interviewer Elon Musk Was Looking For
Uh oh! Silicon Valley journalist Sarah Lacy laughed when Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk called a New York Times writer a "douchebag." Now the Times is in a snit and she's calling the newspaper sexist! More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Figaro: Sarah Lacy is probably the worst tech journalist in the Valley. She has no style, is pretentious and her questions... 3 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Get a Shot of Lidocaine at Their High School Reunion
Life in the media is rough. CNET's Natali Del Conte got stuck in the foot, while Fox's Nancy Loo suffered a wound in makeup. These and other reports of suffering from the twittering class: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by SpecialK: So it would have been fine to take away the young mother's water bottles if she DID speak English? Stelter's... 1 Responses | Other threads
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the chart
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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By Owen ThomasComment by UmaGaleo: But the chart supports the newspapers' central complaint: Papers' sites would still get traffic without search engines. But those search... 2 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Times Nukes Itself On Google
The New York Times has been demanding Google welfare, which would artificially promote the newspaper's stories in search results. Yet inept Times webmasters just killed hundreds of thousands of their own Google hits. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Mike Schinkel: Yes, but they will loose any "Google Juice" (a.k.a. PageRank) they had from any links pointing to the older articles.... 8 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Why NYT gadget reviewer David Pogue succeeds despite always being late to the game.
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twitterati
The Twitterati Drink Alone, or with Jenny 8. Lee
What's Twitter good for? Knowing that your life of quiet desperation is shared by the rich, powerful, or merely well-read, for starters. Steve Case, Sasha Frere-Jones, and Rob Corddry deserve twitty pity: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Golly Gee Holly: Why don't these people just text their twitter things?!? I have a blackberry but I don't have twitterberry. IT'S NOT... 4 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Oh, So, You Twitter? Bully for You!
The future's so bright for Twitterer Matt Cooper, he had to adjust his shades. Things looked darker for bullied gadget reviewer David Pogue, while CBS's Natali Del Conte got unwelcome stares at Starbucks. Today's tweets: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by iplaudius: David, you are obligated friend him for the sole purpose of having sex with his wife/daughter. 3 Responses | Other threads
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blogging for dollars
New New York Times Survival Strategy: Become a Fancy Blog-Software Company
Why has the Gray Lady assigned full-time reporters to communities in Brooklyn and New Jersey? Even a Times editor admits the paper will never make money on microjournalism. But they could market software to bloggers. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Jasper Reardon: This isn't a new strategy for the Times, really. For instance, the About.com deal that everyone derided was mostly in... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Shut Up, Twitter
Criticizing Twitter Takes Too Many Words
Julie Engel Manga, an executive coach, is so deeply concerned by Twitter that she wrote to the New York Times. At 194 words, her letter is way too long. Here it is in Twitter-compliant form: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by DarellIshank: Jinkies! This hit the spot! Just sent the below note to my sig. other this PM. We... 2 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
The New York Times Battles a Googler for New Jersey
Why is the Gray Lady building websites for the obscure suburbs of South Orange, Maplewood, and Milburn? Perhaps because those are the exact same towns Google executive Tim Armstrong picked for Patch, his local-news startup. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Tremonius: I read that the LA Times has online revenue exceeding its editorial costs, minus printing. That means if they went... 5 Responses | Other threads
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environmentalism
The Green Movement Goes Down the Crapper
When did the New York Times Op-Ed page decide to revert to the loopy environmentalism of the 1970s? The latest commercial disguised as a broadside features an author who wants to change the way we wee. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by saythatscool: This article just gives me the shivers but to women, I suspect it means squat. 7 Responses | Other threads
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attention deficit
Why We Don't Go to Tech Conferences
What if you threw a conference and everybody came, but no one paid attention? A New York Times event for Web developers drew a crowd who sat and Twittered instead of listening to the speaker. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Aaron Altman: ...and the Twitter folks are hosting a seminar next week to teach journalists how to become citizen journalists. 5 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Hold Hands with George Clooney's Hose
On Twitter, no brush with celebrity can go unremarked. Guess which member of the Twitterati slept with George Clooney and which one held hands at Ryan Seacrest's workplace! More » -
geek love
Twosome Try for Google-New York Times Merger
Who's dating Chinese-food obsessive New York Times reporter Jennifer 8. Lee? We hear the eclectic reporter has gotten herself a Googler boyfriend. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by resipsaloquacious: As long as you are going to critique his appearance, it is only fair to mention that she is no... 5 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
The Twitterati Are Alive and Lazier Than Ever
Why work when you can Twitter? David Pogue from the New York Times played copy editor, Tina Fey contemplated cookies, and Internet-celebrity expert Paul Carr was just glad to be alive. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by LuisDobbs: Cannot emphasize this enough: TinaFey on Twitter is not the real Tina Fey. 7 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Almost All of Twitter's Mysteries Solved
Karen Tumulty of Time told us how senators handle their snuff. John Battelle explained why tweets seem so brainless. But who stole a Wired editor's lunch? Twitter still has secrets. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by dclarus: So let me get this straight: people on Twitter tweet about crap that no one cares about. And this... 3 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
How Not to Save Newspapers
Micropayments are the future of content! If I had a nickel for every time I heard that one. Walter Isaacson, a former managing editor of Time, is the latest to pick up this tired banner. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by izzyrowlands: Whatever you say Mr. Thomas, but that is a pretty sweet cover. 7 Responses | Other threads
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facebook
New York Times Unfriender Speaks Out
Douglas Quenqua, former Facebook friend Ehren Seeland is not afraid of your fancy New York Times article! After Quenqua wrote up his heartbreak over the snub by "Ehren S.," his victim dropped us a line. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Hamilton Nolan: I can confirm that doug is in fact a funny guy. 6 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Life Is Good for the Twitterati
The media live deeply ordinary lives. Okay, deeply ordinary lives in which their bosses buy them caviar. The Twitterati report in with a feast for the senses: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by contradicto: Today I had a diet greek salad for lunch. The "diet" part confused me because it was basically a gyro... 4 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
NYT's Genius Geeks Don't Know How to Save It, Either
Did you know that the New York Times has a crew of "digital renegades" who are reinventing journalism through interactive graphics and databases? It's true! Too bad they're not working on fixing the newspaper's business. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by diorist: Reportage? Is that as in "roughage" or "sewage?" more » | Other threads
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journalismism
Pulitzer Prize Now a Menace to Web Publications, Too
A little late, no? The Pulitzer Prize, conventional journalism's most sought-after award, is opening its doors to Web publications, eleven years after Internet reporters first tried to submit their work.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Sproing: "It also requires a thoroughly snobbish definition of "public interest," which does not have much to do with what the... 2 Responses | Other threads
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