Nelson Ha-Ha’s Old Media
Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 Posted in Behold, the Internet, Media | 1 Comment »This just cracks me up: Leave it to the Simpsons to poke fun at old media (though aren't they getting kind of old?). Ha-ha, indeed. (link via Carl Bliss, and my apologies for the crappy video site—couldn't find the clip on ...
89.3 The Current Playing More Repeats
Friday, March 28th, 2008 Posted in Media, Music, Twin Cities | 3 Comments »OK, enough politics. Apparently my favorite radio station, 89.3 FM The Current—which extols listeners to "expand their playlist"—is shrinking their playlist according to City Pages. With falling ratings songs are getting played more often. In March 2007 one song was played ...
Church Marketing Sucks in the Door
Thursday, March 31st, 2005 Posted in Media | 3 Comments »Two potentially offensive organizations came together when the Wittenburg Door covered Church Marketing Sucks. It's an interview with Brad Abare and I, and I think for the most part it went pretty well. Being interviewed isn't easy. Now I know why ...
CNN: At Your Command
Wednesday, December 15th, 2004 Posted in Media | No Comments »CNN has a great series of commercials hyping the power of CNN.com.
Publishers Toy with Magazine Cover Prices
Tuesday, September 7th, 2004 Posted in Media | No Comments »If you've recently bought a magazine on the newstand and balked at the cover prices approaching $5 a pop, you'll appreciate news that publishers are experimenting with lower cover prices, some in the $2 range.
No Olympic Blogging
Tuesday, August 24th, 2004 Posted in Media | No Comments »You can swim the 50 meters in record time, you can be crowned the fastest man on earth, you can tumble your way to gold -- but if you blog about it you're done. The olympic athletes, coaches, support staff ...
No More Capitalization for the Internet
Tuesday, August 17th, 2004 Posted in Media | No Comments »Except in headlines. Wired News has made the bold stylistic move of no longer capitalizing the 'i' in Internet. The casual references Web and Net will also no longer be capitalized. These kind of changes in style really only matter ...
Reflections on Watergate
Monday, August 9th, 2004 Posted in Media | No Comments »The Miami Herald's research editor Elizabeth Donovan reflects on the tension in the newsroom the day President Richard Nixon announced his resignation, 30 years ago yesterday. She also reflects on whether or not today's new organizations could break such a ...
Bloggers as ‘Pretend Journalists’
Wednesday, July 14th, 2004 Posted in Media | No Comments »The verdict is in: Republicans and Democrats are giving bloggers press access to their national conventions this year. Of course not everyone is happy: "They're certainly not committed to being objective. They thrive on rumor and innuendo," says Tom McPhail, journalism ...
Bloggers Want Press Access
Thursday, July 8th, 2004 Posted in Media | No Comments »Republicans and Democrats are wondering what to do with bloggers for their upcoming national conventions. Bloggers are applying for press credentials in hopes of covering the events in ways the mainstream media can't or won't. The two major parties have ...
