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media
Would You Pay $5 a Month to Read the New York Times Online?
At long last, the New York Times may have figured out how to make money off its website: by charging for it. More » -
celebrity computer science
Internet Somehow Survives Michael Jackson Funeral
Sure, the Department of Defense designed it to be military-grade rugged, but no one really knew if the internet could handle a memorial service webcast of a pop megastar. Oh, it was brutal. From a network engineering perspective. More » -
bright ideas
Let's Screw Up the Entire Internet to Save Newspapers
The hot new idea among people who think about "journalism," and the sanctity thereof: let's ban linking, on the internet! Let's also ban wheels, in order to save the horse industry. Let's also ban talking about things!
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the internet
Michael Jackson Traffic Melts Entire Internet
Any doubts about Michael Jackson's megastardom should have ended after news of the singer's death tripped up Google and crashed AOL Instant Messenger, Wikipedia, TMZ and, of course, Twitter. A survey of the epic traffic: More » -
blogging for gold
Nikki Finke Did Not Make $15 Million Today
News broke earlier today that Nikki Finke had sold her Deadline Hollywood Daily blog to Jay Penske's Mail.com Media Corp. Now, fantastical numbers are being floated around about how much she got. Who would do a thing like that? More » -
blog wars
Getty Heir Giving Up on Feud Already!
The costume-wearing heir to the Getty oil fortune is back with a new entry on the "What's it like to be rich?" blog! Did Peter Getty bring the funk right to our face?? (No). Click through to find out! More » -
the internet
Best Tumblr-to-Book Deal Yet
Look At This Fucking Hipster, a blog about looking at hipsters, and then making fun of them, has scored a book deal. Plus the formerly anonymous, self-loathing author has been revealed!
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foreign affairs
Fidel Castro's Son Tricked Into Flirting With Man on Normal Day on the Internet
A guy in Miami made up a fake woman's online profile and lured Fidel Castro's son into sexy internet chats. Big news, or just like every other unintentionally male-on-male sexy internet chat? More » -
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advertising
Bing Will Annoy You Into Submission
Microsoft's new search-dealie "Bing" is going up against The Google, which is hard! Fortunately, Bing's marketing wizards have devised the world's most annoying ways to promote it. (*Bing* sound)! More » -
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 » -
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 » -
Useful Things
As Kanye Sees It
Download "Kanye Vision": Lets you browse the internet through shutter shades. Do it now. [F.A.T. via Animal NY] -
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 » -
crime
MySpace gossip about an affair allegedly ended in a Staten Island murder.
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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 » -
cyberterror
Internet Becomes A Never-Ending Nightmare For One Family
Nikki Catsouras, 18, died in a horrifying car crash in 2006. Days afterward, her father received an email with a picture of the bloody accident scene and the caption, "Woohoo! Hey daddy, I'm still alive." [Jezebel] -
print is dead
No Social Networking in the Newsroom, Says Gannett Editor
The editor of some Gannett paper issued a memo asking reporters to "reserve social networking... for your private time," since it's not like you can find sources on Facebook and Twitter. More » -
Shut up, brain
Twitter's Brain API Was Inevitable
A University of Wisconsin researcher posted a 23-character message to Twitter using his brain — instead of the random muscle spams that have been customary on the microblogging service until now. Breakthrough! -
books
Xkcd's Rebel Book Deal
Randall Munroe, creator of the awesome (and popular) Web comic xkcd, skipped past the overtures of large publishers when it came time to publish his work on paper. Instead he's working with "breadpig." WTF? More » -
the rich
How Celebrity Tech Guru 'Stimulates' Waitresses
Join Jason Calacanis' internet guide Mahalo and you can expect to work to exhaustion in a poorly-lit strip mall for barely more than San Francisco minimum wage. You'd be better off as Calacanis' waitress. More » -
the internet
YouTube's Sad Studio Deal Just Highlights Hulu's Superiority
In the war between video sites, Hulu might have the Daily Show, 30 Rock and 24, but YouTube just signed big studio deals to bring you... Harper's Island and The Addams Family. Oh, Google. More » -
Shut Up, Twitter
Katie Couric's 'Very Selective' Twitter Not So Selective
At USC to receive a Walter Cronkite award, Katie Couric was downright grumpy about Twitter. Except for her Twitter, which kind of rules, supposedly.
The CBS Evening News anchor was on some sort of panel discussion with George Stephanopoulos at the university. The conversation took an inevitable and lengthy detour onto the topic of microblogging, says Variety. Couric: More » -
Crack-ups
The Scary Knife Rites of an Apostate Fameball
Hipster millionaire Jakob Lodwick can't stop seeking web attention. Yet even the dim lights of internet semi-fame drive him up the wall. So he's left to stab in frustration, in the dark. More » -
flackery
Why Amazon Can't Just Call Gay Blacklist a 'Glitch'
(UPDATED) After stripping sales rankings from a variety of gay-themed books, from romance novels to histories, Amazon.com now blames "a glitch" for the changes and promises a fix. Good luck selling that line. More » -
things we actually like
Web Ego Map
Sure, the fourth "Web Trend Map" from branding firm Information Architects is a nifty piece of graphic design. But that's not what makes it viral. More » -
videuhoh
Watch a Google Street View Car Hit a Bridge
Apparently Google's drivers sometimes forget they're driving around with pole-mounted cameras on their car roofs. More » -
media wars
Outrage: WSJ In Blog Duplicity Scandal
As any political campaign manager knows, sanctimonious attacks only invite a more outraged rebuttal. The Wall Street Journal's Google-slamming editor just learned how quickly anger boomerangs online. More » -
politics
The Twitter Revolution
Iran's reformers used blogs to circumvent government media controls. Dissidents in the Philippines used text messaging to help topple the government in 2001. For Europe's armpit, Moldova, Twitter is the protester's technology of choice. More » -
trendwatch
Web Makes Losing Things Obsolete
Remember that woman who used Facebook to track down the drunk who stole her laptop? It turns out she's part of a trend toward never losing anything ever again, thanks to the internet. More » -
print is dead
A Big Secret Meeting to Save Newspapers, 10 Years Too Late
A group of newspaper CEOs is planning a hush-hush meeting this week outside an industry convention. First, they'll have a barely-legal chat about all charging for online content. Then? Oh this is hilarious: More » -
journalismism
Pirated Wolverine Review Puts Fox Newser's Job on the Line
(UPDATED) Despite reports he was fired for reviewing a pirated copy of Wolverine, Fox News columnist Roger Friedman will have a chance to argue for his job, a Fox News source said.
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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 » -
the internet
Brit School Kids To Learn Twitter, Podcasting Instead Of WW2
A proposed overhaul of British elementary schools, commissioned by the government, would make mandatory education in blogging, podcasting, Wikipedia and Twitter. Queen Victoria and World War II, not so much. More » -
the internet
Viral Videos Just as Deadly as Viral Illnesses
People who inadvertently starred in Youtube videos that got huge are the child TV stars of the internet, their lives defined by some awkward, emasculating moment. So it goes for the "Numa Numa" guy. More » -
dirty tricks
Newspapers Demand Google Welfare
For years, newspaper executives whined that parasitic bloggers thrived by merely linking to newspaper stories. But they're no longer linking enough: Newspapers now demand Google rig its link-counting system in their favor. More » -
marketing
Twitter No Longer All About the Art
Marcelo Tas is a Brazilian TV host described as "a tropical version of...Jon Stewart." But you could also describe him as "the first celebrity to trick a company into paying him for bullshit on Twitter." More » -
book deals
HarperCollins Paid $50,000 For Book of Re-Tweets: Source
We'll concede that former Valleywag Nick Douglas is, in our limited experience, among the wittiest Twitter users out there, and an entertaining chronicler of internet culture. But, really, $50,000 for his book of re-tweets? More » -
anniversaries
The Web at 20: Not Quite Old Enough to Drink, Yet Drives Us to It
Dear important scientist Tim Berners-Lee: Thank you for inventing the World Wide Web 20 years ago. It's really great and stuff! But were you aware of the crimes committed in your name? More » -
art
Animated GIFs to stare at all weekend (maybe forever). (Via)
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things we actually like
TwitterFall: Because Twitter Isn't Distracting Enough
Curious about what friends or random Twitter people are saying about, say, 30 Rock or the State of the Union address or some obnoxious riot as its happening? Tired of hitting "reload" constantly? More »



















