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Alan Black

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Books Are Good for Leaving Messages

Alan Black | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


While in the library the other day, the man next to me was looking at A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. His laptop buzzed and he quickly abandoned his reading continuum for a short blast of finger pulses transmitting data to followers everywhere across the cyber universe. He...

Joshuah Bearman

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Journey's With George (Saunders), or Why Magazines Should Hire More Fiction Writers

Joshuah Bearman | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


A while back, as a nice gesture, a publishing pal gave me George Saunders' (at the time) new book, The Braindead Megaphone. Exciting: here in my hands was one of the few perks of being in a publishing-related field -- an advance copy book! And free! Plus, I like...

Michael Wolff

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Who Was the Fort Hood Shooter?

Michael Wolff | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


It seems to be coming to this: Was he a Muslim or a nutcase?

The nation's two most sententious conservative columnists have weighed in with their view. Both David Brooks, in the Times, and Dorothy Rabinowitz, in the Wall Street Journal, believe that the evidence--ie, he was a practicing...

Current TV’s “Vanguard”

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Porn 2.0: Once a leader, porn industry falters in search for Internet profits

Current TV’s “Vanguard” | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


From music to movies to newspapers, the media industries are struggling to figure out how to use the Internet without losing their shirts. With some combination of envy and disgust, they've watched from the sidelines as the pornography industry seized every opportunity to get before the wider audience all of...

Shelly Palmer

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Google Brings Location History to Latitude App, Wi-Fi to Airports: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 11, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


Google is stepping up its mobile tracking services. The company added a Location History feature to its Google Latitude application, which specifies locations users have visited, as well as a Google Map which outlines where users can receive flu shots....

Brian Ross

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Media Racism: Why Two White Kids are a Senseless Tragedy but an Arab American is Terrorism

Brian Ross | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


When a couple of white kids shoot up a school, it is a tragedy, and a search for mental defect. Bring on a shooting at a military base that involves an Arab-American though, and the media does everything that it can to shout "TERRORISM" without really saying it.

Sadly, in...

Craig Newmark

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"We Got Your Back" -- Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America

Craig Newmark | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


091110-hood-memorial-hmed-315a.h2 A year ago today, the Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of America, with the Ad Council, launched a big campaign to welcome new veterans home and help 'em...

James Rucker

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Does Murdoch Agree With Glenn Beck or Not?

James Rucker | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


Rupert Murdoch is now trying to backpedal after saying in an interview with Sky News that Glenn Beck was right when he called President Obama a "racist." Now that he's been called out and the spotlight is squarely on him, Murdoch says he doesn't agree with Beck, but he...

Andy Plesser

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New York Times: Video Ads for Online News Is Hot: WSJ Getting $50+ for Pre-rolls

Andy Plesser | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media



While search and display are far bigger categories than online video advertising, the digital advertising sector that is hot right now is online video advertising around premium news content.


The Wall Street Journal's sale of pre-roll advertising...

Steve Marmel

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Hey, Carrie (and Chris Brown, and Jon Gosselin, and Others) -- You Can Leave Now

Steve Marmel | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


So, Carrie Prejean is having a bit of week, isn't she?

I mean, one week you're the darling of the conservative movement, and the next thing you know, you're being called a hypocrite as your image as a high-falutin' blonde ball of judgment stops meshing with the low-falutin'...

Greg Mitchell

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For Veterans Day: The Great Atomic Film Cover-Up

Greg Mitchell | Posted November 11, 2009 | Media


On this day, a special tribute to two of the most memorable, and remarkable, veterans I've ever encountered. It comes just two days after President Obama -- perhaps under new pressure as a Nobel Peace Prize winner -- said he would like to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki during his presidency....

Bob Woodruff

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Families, Caregivers Bear the Biggest Burden

Bob Woodruff | Posted November 11, 2009 | Politics


This Veterans Day, as we honor those who defend our country, our thoughts are with the injured overseas and here, at Fort Hood. While the facts are still developing, this tragedy exposes the true toll of war's hidden injuries -- not only on our nation's service members, but on the...

Andy Ostroy

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You Are Not a "Great American," Sean Hannity

Andy Ostroy | Posted November 10, 2009 | Media


I have a huge problem with Sean Hannity. And we all should. He is anything but the "great American" he and his brainwashed listeners delusionally call each other every five minutes. In fact, to the contrary, he's about as unpatriotic as they come. He roots for America to fail just...

Jane Isay

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Remembering Ramparts

Jane Isay | Posted November 10, 2009 | Media


If you used to read Ramparts, raise your hand. You probably would enjoy A Bomb in Every Issue, Peter Richardson's biography of Ramparts magazine. If you hated Ramparts, don't bother; this book will probably raise your blood pressure. If you never read Ramparts, read this book, because it tells the...

Dr. Susan Corso

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A Challenge to Magazine Publishers -- Especially Jon Meacham

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted November 10, 2009 | Green


This past week's Newsweek with Al Gore on the cover was illuminating. Consider this: 20% of CO2 is attributable to deforestation--more than all of the world's cars and trucks combined.

If this is true, and I have no reason to believe it isn't, why aren't all magazine publishers rushing to...

John L. Esposito

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Rush to Judgment: Media Reporting or Making the News?

John L. Esposito | Posted November 10, 2009 | Media


In the immediate aftermath of the breaking-news of the massacre at Ft. Hood, a shocked nation and media scurried to find out who did it, how many were killed and injured and why? As is true in all such tragedies, in the initial chaos surrounding such events, facts are hard...

Cathy Whitlock

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Support the Magazines

Cathy Whitlock | Posted November 10, 2009 | Media


It's a scene that is becoming all too familiar as yet another magazine closes and more space opens up on the newsstands. The formula is simple -- a bad economy means consumers aren't spending therefore no advertising which equates into fewer and fewer editorial pages and less money -- you...

Daisy Whitney

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"Crush It": Gary Vaynerchuk on How to Follow Your Passion Now (video)

Daisy Whitney | Posted November 10, 2009 | Media



Executives and employees alike at digital startups, media agencies, and television networks should still build their personal brands.

That's the advice of Gary Vaynerchuk, the multi-million dollar businessman, uber-popular video star, and now New York Times bestselling author....

Eric Boehlert

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The GOP's Looming (Media) Civil War

Eric Boehlert | Posted November 10, 2009 | Media


We're entering a sort of Fox News Era where media outlets -- where alleged news organizations -- essentially co-sponsor political campaigns. We've moved well beyond the time when Fox News, for instance, leaned right and gave conservative candidates more air-time and tossed them lots of softball questions. We're now watching...

Barry Levinson

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The Delusions of Alessandra Stanley

Barry Levinson | Posted November 10, 2009 | Media


As I write this, I realize I am about to do something that, for the most part, is never done. I am going to criticize a critic. Filmmakers are never supposed to respond to a critic about their work. It's an unspoken rule of engagement. But in this case, I...

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