A few online newspapers lucky enough to have pro sports teams in their markets have been trying to make a go of subscriptions services. The folks in Dallas found out that their biggest source of potential subscribers came from people…
Month: November 2003
Why you deserve a raise
MediaPost analyzes results from eight major newspaper chains and finds that business is improving across the board. Why you won’t get that raise: because, chances are, you work for one of those eight chains.
Killing the maestro
Another fine Testy Copy Editors thread, this one about a newsroom cleanup that uncovers a booklet about one of those “maestro” gurus from the mid-’90s, which includes swell advice like this: -To begin setting up a Display Desk, first take…
Dart to Howie Kurtz?
CJR thinks he deserves one for appearing on HBO’s “K Street,” and promoing it on his CNN show. Howard Kurtz, who already wears a somewhat precariously balanced second hat as host of CNN’s Reliable Sources, recently added to his millinery…
Seeing what you wanna see dept.
Pentagon reacts to right-wing newsies who think they know more than the folks on the ground in Iraq.
Publishing industry humor
Satirical (I suppose) look at candidates to be the next editor of the New York Times book section. I was going to post an excerpt but none of them are remotely funny.
Another editor’s blog
Travis Smith, editor of variety.com, chronicles his writings via his blog. Like anybody who matters in web newsdom, Travis was at the Online News Association’s confab over the weekend (notice yours truly was blogging from home as usual). For more…
Jarvis on Jonestown
It’s the 25th anniversary of the Rev. Jim Jones massacre; Jeff Jarvis recalls his days as a San Francisco Chronicle reporter. I sometimes feel as if I’ve lived at the edges of too much tragedy, a cursed Zelig: near Jonestown,…
Proof that good triumphs over evil
Conrad Black resigns. Hollinger stock soars.
Willcopy meet-up report
I spent yesterday afternoon watching the Packers’-Bucs game with Willcopy of Stylin’ & Smilin’ fame. Two things you need to know about Will: he’s a Bucs’ fanatic, and a lifetime of disappointment countered by a single Super Bowl victory has…