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    Image of Bunsy Bunsy
    12:25 AM

    In reply to Former New York Observer Editor Peter Kaplan Tells Charlie Rose He's "Evangelical"
    Foster -- why can't you charge people for information (gathering it, assessing it, presenting it)? Am I missing something here? #peterkaplan
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    01:36 AM

    @Bunsy: Sure, you can. But if the person being charged is me - who can take it, repurpose it in my own language, and make it more profitable (the cost of paying for the NYT vs. the cost of reporting the NYT) - the value of the information drops dramatically, as quickly as I can make it my own. And I just don't think you can't protect the value of something like a huge scoop to justify what it costs to get it anymore. You've got to offer something else.
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    Edited by Foster Kamer at 11/09/09 1:38 AM Foster Kamer was starred Foster Kamer was unstarred
    Image of skt.smth skt.smth
    01:42 AM

    @Bunsy: Because eventually the information makes its way into the public space. In other words, if information has any value at all, that value pretty much disappears the instant it hits the air. The pay wall only works if you can control, in a very narrow way, the limits of the medium (in this case the internet). #peterkaplan
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    Image of ampersandparade ampersandparade
    11/08/09

    In reply to Former New York Observer Editor Peter Kaplan Tells Charlie Rose He's "Evangelical"
    I kind of love the quote about how it takes a single day to decipher whether a reporter is worth his or her weight. That really speaks to an intuitiveness amongst quality journalists, something that perhaps cannot be taught at school but merely refined (or alternately, stunted) by grooming.

    And Tina Brown is a lot [many things-er] than all of us, but that does not make her in any way something we should continue thinking about. #peterkaplan
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/08/09

    @ampersandparade: True, on both points. But Tina Brown's going to be someone we're going to have to keep thinking about. The question remains: when (or if) Diller will tighten the purse-strings on her operation. #peterkaplan
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    11/08/09

    In reply to Former New York Observer Editor Peter Kaplan Tells Charlie Rose He's "Evangelical"
    Also, neither of these men are wearing pants. #peterkaplan
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    Image of paul7777 paul7777
    11/08/09

    @Foster Kamer: Evangelical pantslessness is more fun than Jazz Age broadsheet evangelism. #peterkaplan
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    Image of El_Gato El_Gato
    11/06/09

    In reply to Andrew Ross Sorkin Was a Finalist for the New York Observer Job
    Actually, what I heard from a close relative of Sorkin's -- I can't be more specific without blowing that person's identity -- is that one of Sorkin's ambitions is to go into finance and work for a private equity group. That's what this person told me about a year ago.
    Obviously a lot has happened since then, so his plans might've changed, or maybe that was just one of several things he was considering. But that's what this person told me. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of daveyjonesisdead daveyjonesisdead
    11/06/09

    In reply to Andrew Ross Sorkin Was a Finalist for the New York Observer Job
    Sorkin is a star. Too much so to go to the Observer, unless it were to be remade into a real newspaper, maybe focusing on real estate and finance (and the incestuous relationship between the two). But that would take an investment by Jared, which he doesn't need to do if his whole point is to promote his wife. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    11/06/09

    In reply to Andrew Ross Sorkin Was a Finalist for the New York Observer Job
    I'd heard a reasonably well-sourced estimated that Sorkin was making about $200,000 a year. But that included something for DealBook.

    The real question would be this: what is the nature of Sorkin's fee for running the financial blog and email newsletter?

    Even if it's only a flat amount, other New York Times writers would start asking questions about compensation for their own blogging.

    And if these "unusual incentive arrangements" included some kind of bonus for hitting targets for DealBook subscriptions, for instance? That would go against Times orthodoxy, the belief that journalism is necessarily compromised by any obvious quest for popularity. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    11/06/09

    In reply to Andrew Ross Sorkin Was a Finalist for the New York Observer Job
    Maybe he didn't take it because he was smart enough to realize that he has no idea how to run a paper, nor does Kushner?

    I am sure he loved being approached by Kushner, very flattering; enough so to continue to appear interested in the gig. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of Awesome X Awesome X
    11/05/09

    In reply to New York Observer Names Kyle Pope New Editor
    At this juncture, the Gawker night editor jobs are significantly more appealing than editing the Observer. At least Denton seems to be a competent overlord. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of If_I_Had_a_Poodle If_I_Had_a_Poodle
    11/04/09

    In reply to Jared Kushner Is Like Michael Corleone
    The WSJ covering NYC could be interesting, depending on whether its beat structure consists of Plutocrats and Their Pleasures, or actual investigative work.
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    Edited by If_I_Had_a_Poodle at 11/04/09 9:44 AM If_I_Had_a_Poodle was starred If_I_Had_a_Poodle was unstarred
    Image of Phyllis Nefler Phyllis Nefler
    10/28/09

    In reply to Just Jared: New York Observer Loses Its Editor
    I hope his new media venture is that he is going to revive WOOD WAR. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of Foster Kamer Foster Kamer
    10/28/09

    In reply to Just Jared: New York Observer Loses Its Editor
    This sucks. Everyone I know/have talked to there genuinely enjoyed working with Tom and they product they put out. Considring the job he had (that of filling Peter Kaplan's shoes), this is pretty impressive. And now: sad. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of son of spam son of spam
    10/28/09

    In reply to Just Jared: New York Observer Loses Its Editor
    Dig deeper. That bastard Kushner skinned McGeveran for a wedding gift and then canned him. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of The Marble Faun The Marble Faun
    10/28/09

    In reply to Just Jared: New York Observer Loses Its Editor
    It's truly a shame (to me) that the Observer has become the paper it now is. It went from witty, irreverent and, yeah, sort of fun, to this glorified real estate and socialite pamphlet. Kushner has neutered the content to such an extent that I go straight to the crossword puzzle and then throw it away. And sidebar: you lose Andrew Sarris but keep Rex Reed? #newyorkobserver
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    10/28/09

    In reply to Just Jared: New York Observer Loses Its Editor
    McGeveran's hiring of Goran Cipel to cover the sports beat left Kushner with no other choice. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of Nick Denton Nick Denton
    10/28/09

    In reply to Just Jared: New York Observer Loses Its Editor
    The extraordinary thing about the relationship between Kushner and McGeveran: neither of them even pretended to have much time or respect for the other. It's a testament to the misery of this economic downturn and the paucity of other options that they stayed hitched even this long. #newyorkobserver
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    Image of Gabriel Snyder Gabriel Snyder
    10/28/09

    @Nick Denton: It's not just McGeveran. There have been a number of unemployed senior editors talking to Kushner in recent months. #newyorkobserver
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