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The New York Times innovation report in three takeaways

Posted on June 26, 2014 by

The New York Times innovation report has been described as one of the most important documents ever for the digital media business. Given where we are in digital media – a place that has seen media transform greatly in the … Continue reading →

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Here’s a great lesson on reporting from The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin

Posted on April 15, 2014 by

Recently, Jeffrey Toobin wrote a compelling piece in The New Yorker about the Baltimore City Detention Center, and today he had a post on the Internet about how he found some of his sources for the piece. Toobin’s editor wanted … Continue reading →

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Nick Bilton’s ‘Hatching Twitter,’ part I

Posted on April 6, 2014 by

We’ve got two new books in the mix currently, and let’s start with the one I’m most excited about (and thoroughly enjoying): Nick Bilton’s ‘Hatching Twitter: A true story of money, power, friendship and betrayal.’ Bilton, a tech reporter and … Continue reading →

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Now Reading: True Detective, journalism in the new media world, Elisabeth Moss, Peter Lanza

Posted on March 11, 2014 by

A selection of stories I read around the Web today … True Detective finale Slate’s David Haglund and Willa Paskin exchanged emails immediately after the finale and break it down … Haglund is more OK with all of the show’s … Continue reading →

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The archive of the Internet

Posted on February 3, 2014 by

Apropos of nothing, over the weekend I was thinking about the mere hours a significant amount of content is relevant on the Internet. It probably was spurred by the deluge of stuff around the Super Bowl and how something posted … Continue reading →

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Chuck Culpepper will go anywhere for anything, damn it, and good for him

Posted on January 27, 2014 by

I could be totally wrong about this, but it feels like digital media is just beginning to figure out that it’s, in the vast majority of cases, supposed to be something altogether different than media in the predominantly printed-page time. … Continue reading →

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Now Reading: Junod on George Clooney, women in sports, Lee Harvey Oswald

Posted on November 14, 2013 by

‘Now Reading’ is a collection and sharing of online stories and is meant for minimal consumption by the few readers of this blog. Topics include books, food, culture, photography, media and technology … there are no rules. Have a story … Continue reading →

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