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journalismism
NYT Blog Tries to Unpublish 'One of the Best Kept Secrets in Brooklyn.' Fails.
Yesterday, the New York Times' blog about the Fort Greene neighborhood published a post on a "secret underground climbing gym" in Brooklyn. Today, they took the post down. For a preposterous reason! Now it's getting way more attention. More »
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Comment by BadUncle: Does "our bad" appear in the A.P. Stylebook? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Bill Keller's Had Enough of Your 'Jokes.' Jerk
In your famous Friday media column: exclusive thoughts from Steven Brill on the future of paid online newspapers, Rebecca Dana gets a new job, newspapers die and thrive, and Bill Keller will never be on the Daily Show again. More »
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Comment by lawyergay: On first sight, that Rebecca Dana headcut looked like a still from Norwegian supergroup A-Ha's "Take On Me" video. more » | Other threads
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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 »
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Comment by Baroness: I already subscribe to the printed edition, but I suppose I might. I do believe in the Times... 4 Responses | Other threads
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hackers
Kim Jong Il More Web Savvy Than The Average Despot
Remember North Korean's deranged little troll leader, Kim Jong Il, the one firing missiles into the Pacific lately like a ten year-old with bottle rockets on New Year's Eve? Well, he's been hacking into American and South Korean government computers! More »
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Comment by FaceMelter: The Chinese and the Russians are the most sophisticated hackers on the planet, and I imagine their services aren't that... 7 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
New York Times Happy to Consider Story as Long as They Don't Have to Pay Expenses
Hobo broadsheet the New York Times, last seen telling its reporters that text messages are too expensive, has found another way to save precious nickels: getting freelancers to pay their own reporting expenses. With virtual panhandling! More »
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Comment by malden: Why doesn't she just collect soda bottles and get the 5ยข deposit back. Or even better see if she can... 1 Responses | Other threads
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mythbusting
There Must Be a Metaphor in NYT Photoshop Scandal
Last weekend the New York Times Magazine published a beautiful set of photos of abandoned buildings and such, as a chronicle of the end of the gilded age. Now they've pulled them for probably being Photoshopped. Fakery! More »
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Comment by markscottmusic: I thought something was up when I saw this in print on Sunday. I didn't think it was a flip... 1 Responses | Other threads
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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 » -
the internet
50 Cent Squashes Beef With Pubescent Tween Dis Master
Canadian tween 'Pruane2Forever' is best known for calling out 50 Cent for having no street cred, in a YouTube video, filmed in Pruane's South Park poster-bedecked room. Now 50 got him, for real. Click to watch and learn (PR).
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Comment by RaptorAvatar: Unfortunately, we won't really know who the bigger man was until they market the Pruane2Forever Vibrator. 2 Responses | Other threads
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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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Comment by contains_hot_liquid: Out of genuine curiosity/ignorance: Why don't the papers just start charging subscriptions for their online content? I'd pay $5 a month,... 66 Responses | Other threads
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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 »
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By Ryan TateComment by DahlELama: I find it decidedly fascinating that I have not seen a single comment from or mention of Deborah Rowe. Has... 10 Responses | Other threads
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crazy love
Global Visionary Seeks Sexxxy Prostitute Goddess For Love
Love flourishes, with the help of the internet! Are you an intensely sexual, spiritual, non-Scientologist goddess, searching for a meditative high school physics teacher for true love? Hare Krishna prostitutes a plus! The most romantic website ever is here: More »
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Comment by HiredGoons: So basically he's a techie-Wiccan-dresses-like-an-elderly-pe.... Where do I sign up? 10 Responses | Other threads
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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 » -
from the mailbag
Hipster Blog Author Speaks, Comedically
Joe Mande, the NYC comedian revealed yesterday as the author of the Look At This Fucking Hipster blog and recipient of the latest Tumblr-to-Book deal, has shed some comedic light on his book deal, via email. Here it is: More »
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Comment by bytememehard: I looked at that fucking hipster blog and learned something. Mustaches are back in style. Who knew. 5 Responses | Other threads
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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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Comment by hortense: Emerson! That totally makes sense. You go in at 18 as an insufferable hipster and you leave at 22 realizing... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Bill Keller Will Go Wherever He Wants, Suckas
In your waterlogged Thursday media column: Bill Keller defends his Iran trip, Jon Stewart is cruelly eviscerated, the Weather Channel wants big ratings so it can then fail like other TV networks, and the internet reigns supreme. More »
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Comment by MissPeacock: The Weather Channel is my guilty morning pleasure. I love their morning anchors (Kevin Robinson and Nicole Mitchell), but their... more » | Other threads
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what
Okay, 'It's Hammertime'
If you haven't already watched this video (ad, really) of a mob of golden-panted dancers flooding into a clothing store, unannounced, and performing the Hammer dance to "U Can't Touch This," what exactly are you doing on the internet?
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Comment by dolemite1975: + Watch video This is so much friggin' better. Sheesh. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Popular Gay Books
Amazon.com Outs Barry Diller
Ho ho, what do people who buy a copy of "Dillerland," a biography of married media mogul Barry Diller, also buy, according to the Amazon.com robots? More »
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Comment by kjack: Huh. I would've guessed "The Man Inside Me" by Tobias Funke. 3 Responses | Other threads
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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 » -
media
The Internet Screws(?) Foreign Reporting
Current TV freelancers Laura Ling and Euna Lee are locked in a North Korean prison. Do you know whose fault this is? That's right, the internet's! It's true. More »
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solutions
Bright Idea Saves Newspapers
Here it is, at long last, the idea that will save print and the newspaper industry as a whole! It's deceptively simple! And the chances of it backfiring horribly are...even or better! More » -
Media Crack
There Are Pennies to Be Made In Media!
In your all wet Friday media column: Hachette figures out how to get money, ABC figures out how to save money, the NYT Co. vows not to lose money, and a website that will not make money: More »
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Comment by hatchetman: Hachette Filipacchi Media: the trailer trash of the media industry. Watch Bonnier really do something with those mags. What's Hachette... more » | Other threads
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corporate america
Starbucks Robot Martian Commenter Approves
Why did Starbucks decide to sponsor MSNBC's Morning Joe? To "promote its ethical commitments." Whatever that bullshit means. One human-like online Starbucks advocate supports them strongly!: More »
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Comment by Fry_Bread_Power: I hate it when doctors order healthy interaction with other people. 2 Responses | Other threads
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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 »
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Comment by Kid Twist: Microsoft has a history of annoying marketing startegies and devices. Like that goddamn paperclip from a few years ago. 2 Responses | Other threads
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drugs
The Salvia Meme Is Back!
For a hot minute last year, funny internet videos of idiots smoking salvia were the thing. Then smokin' Smarties came along, and the appeal of salvia faded. But now it's back! This is just what America's funemployed citizens need: More »
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Comment by metoometoo: This is so stupid. It's really strange to me that so many people can treat Salvia like some casual, fun... 6 Responses | Other threads
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fox news
Bill O'Reilly's Webtardation Sends Michelle Malkin Into a Frenzy
Oh now this is just funny—-Bloviating ballsack Bill O'Reilly still can't seem to differentiate between a blog post and blog comment, and conservatwat extraordinaire Michelle Malkin, who occasionally fills in as host of O'Reilly's show, has had enough of it! More »
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Comment by Kenneth Gibson: the scariest part is the easy with which he lies, his assertion that he monitors comments on his site was... 1 Responses | Other threads
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media
The Quiet Newspaper Meeting That Could Have You Paying For Online News. Soon.
Right this minute, executives from the largest newspaper companies in America are meeting in a hotel outside of Chicago to discuss how to "Monetize Content." Is this the first step towards a (necessary) industry-wide move to charge for online content? And, uh, is this legal? More »
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Comment by Nic Fit: Can the music business please have this meeting? 4 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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newspapers
Who Will Save the NYT From its Saviors?
So far the possible financial saviors of the New York Times are a shady Mexican billionaire, a shady Hollywood billionaire, and a plan to give free t-shirts to anyone who donates. Anyone see a problem? More »
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Comment by i'm a bottle: God that meter system would really annoy the shit out of me. 7 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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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]
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Comment by El Matardillo: Without a cashfan, this will go nowhere. 2 Responses | Other threads
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viral
Hey look, a tumblr about bad hospital food! Now please stop sending this to us.
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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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q&a
The Self-Loathing Creator of 'Look At This Fucking Hipster' Speaks
Look At This Fucking Hipster is a very popular website. The site's writer is a good friend of mine, and though he'd rather stay anonymous, he agreed to answer some questions.
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Comment by JeannieGrrl: I'm actually incredibly upset with this man. He has a photo posted which he stole from the private photos that... 8 Responses | Other threads
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citizen journalism
David Simon: Dead-Wrong Dinosaur
The creator of the brilliant television series The Wire today asked Congress to legalize monopolistic collusion by newspapers. Only they can really cover City Hall, he said. Apparently he hasn't been there in a while.
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By Ryan TateComment by Solomon Grundy: The San Francisco and New York markets are not good examples of how local online investigative journalism works in general.... 8 Responses | Other threads
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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 »
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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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commenters
Tina Brown's Kids Will Rip You a New One, Anonymously
Tina Brown told NY1 tonight that the internet is a lot like theater; the audience gives instant feedback. But what to do about hecklers? Brown's two college-aged children knew: Heckle back, viciously and covertly. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by if_i_only_had_a_heart: she has an aeron chair? omg. 1998 is calling. 3 Responses | Other threads
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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]
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By DodaiComment by jianna: I have to assume 4chan's /b/ was involved and they thought it was funny as hell. That story is truly... 24 Responses | Other threads
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wtf
Creepy People on The Internet: 'The Schnoz'
The good thing about the internet is that it gives any old nut a chance to put himself "out there." That's also the bad thing about the internet! This man loves 30 Rock. TO DEATH. More »
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Comment by Golly Gee Holly: He is not creepy. He is....wonderful. Where does he live? How can I meet him? Does he like younger women? 3 Responses | Other threads
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