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Monthly Archives: January 2011
The Art of Good Writing
[The art of good writing - By Adam Haslett] Published: January 21 2011 22:02 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/8c60799c0in20in0-895d-00144feab49a.html#axzz1CRgv1NGX In 1919, the young EB White, future New Yorker writer and author of Charlotte’s Web, took a class at Cornell University with a drill sergeant … Continue reading
BoSacks Speaks Out: Twitter tries to turn 140 characters into money
[Twitter tries to turn 140 characters into money - By Jessica Guynn, Los Angeles Times] January 30, 2011 Reporting from San Francisco On “The Tonight Show,” Conan O’Brien used to get big laughs for mocking Twitter as an egotistical stream … Continue reading
Publishing Industry Waits to See if iPad Paper to Be Barometer of Acceptance
[Publishing Industry Waits to See if iPad Paper to Be Barometer of Acceptance - By John Seidenberg] http://www.suite101.com/content/industry-waits-to-see-if-ipad-paper-to-be-barometer-of-acceptance-a339430 The coming introduction of the first newspaper in iPad form may show how receptive many readers are to this expanded means of … Continue reading
David Carr Is Journalism’s New Superhero
["Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle … Continue reading
BoSacks Readers Speak Out: On B&N Subs success, Truth, Esquire, Hearst, and iPads
["In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane." - Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet, Novelist, Dramatist and Critic, 1854-1900)] BoSacks Readers Speak Out: On B&N, Subs, Truth, Esquire, Hearst, and iPads RE: Why Barnes & Noble’s Nook Subscription Sales May … Continue reading
An Irreverent Campaign From Condé Nast
["In America few people will trust you unless you are irreverent." - Norman Mailer] An Irreverent Campaign From Bon Appétit By STUART ELLIOTT http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/24/business/media/24adcol.html?_r=1&src=busln ADVERTISERS have long used cheeky entreaties to pique the curiosity of consumers. For example, Doral cigarettes … Continue reading
Barnes & Noble: 650,000 NOOK Newsstand Buys in Two Months
["All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light … Continue reading
Why Barnes & Noble’s Nook Subscription Sales May Spell the End of Its Stores
["Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time" - Edwin P. Whipple (American author and lecturer 1819-1886)] Why Barnes & Noble’s Nook Subscription Sales May Spell the End of Its Stores By Lydia Dishman http://www.bnet.com/blog/publishing-style/why-barnes-noble-8217s-nook-subscription-sales-may-spell-the-end-of-its-stores/1286 Barnes & Noble’s … Continue reading
A J-Student’s Perspective on Media These Days
["In order to keep a true perspective of one's importance, everyone should have a dog that will worship him and a cat that will ignore him." - Unkown] Media these days By Alex Gregory http://www.statepress.com/2011/01/25/media-these-days/ From “Are You Smarter Than … Continue reading
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The Brutal Truth From Two Years In The Twitterverse
["You can bend it and twist it... You can misuse and abuse it... But even God cannot change the Truth." - Michael Levy] @Themediaisdying: The Brutal Truth From Two Years In The Twitterverse http://paidcontent.org/article/419-themediaisdying-the-brutal-truth-from-two-years-in-the-twitterverse/?utm_source=Daily+Buzz&utm_campaign=91b0224f28-_nb_DB_01-24-2011&utm_medium=email By Paul Armstrong @themediaisdying The facts … Continue reading