It's a great story. A magician posts videos of him shipping himself to Vegas from upstate New York via UPS. The Feds investigate. Turns out it's a hoax and a publicity stunt. Hilarity ensues. So …
More evidence that social media works
Susan Mernit -- another prolific and incisive writer that may not be yet be among the bookmarks of enough journalists -- shares a long excerpt of an even more exhaustive White Paper on how she and her …
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“Predisposed to miserabilism”
While we're thinking Big Thoughts about what to do after the last press wheezes to its end, I thought I'd share this funny graf about newspapermen from James Lileks, newspaperman: You can’t avoid …
Einstein proves advertising and content are not necessarily opposites
The current newspaper business revenue crisis has led to some old ideas being dusted off and presented as new (Paid content! Micropayments! Preservation of print circulation!), and who knows? Maybe …
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The “new newsroom” is being created one reporter at a time
(Cross-posted to Nieman Journalism Lab) What does the journalist of the future look like? PR whiz Steve Rubel says he looks a lot like Peter Abraham, who is not some vaporware demo from 2015, …
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Will paid content work? Two cautionary tales from 2004
Given the recent secret memos and TIME cover stories, the topic of "paid content" has once again grabbed the spotlight, offering at least a slim hope of revenue redemption to some newspaper people -- …
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