This from a recent story from the Wall Street Journal on line: “Richard Spencer, the editor of InTouch Weekly, which is published by New Jersey-based Bauer Publishing USA, says most A-list celebrities who seek publicity will choose a magazine with a wider circulation over a payment that gets them fewer […]
Bob Benz and Mike Phillips in The Online Journalism review slammed a recent decision by the AP to charge extra for content used on newspaper’s websites. “The Associated Press is planting the seeds of its own demise. AP’s most recent act of self-destruction was its April 18 announcement that it […]
Jennifer Loviglio is a columnist for the Rochester City news, who just won an award from the folks who congratulate alternative weeklies. Her column, “the XXX files, looked at a study showing that female orgasms are relics from the biological past, like nipples on a man, not needed any more. […]
The Wall Street Journal on line opined today about News Corp’s plan to launch fox business news…soon but not today. “A former Republican strategist, Mr. Ailes is known for thinking like a political tactician, so his public diffidence about the new venture may well be an attempt to lower expectations. […]
Jomathan Klein has moved aggressively to make CNN’s prime-time producers shift their focus to longer, more-polished pieces, eventually creating a sort of “60 Minutes” every night. It’s an art he knows personally: for two decades he worked as producer at CBS and, as the network’s executive vice president, he oversaw […]
Kevin Coughlin wrote a piece for Newhouse news service sunday about Google’s special blend of young and old employees, that has propelled them to the top of the internet, and pushed their stock up in the $300 range. Rob Pike is one stand-out who was profiled. “Google treats employees like […]
Lisa Baertlein writes on Reuters, “Nearly one-fifth of Web users who read newspapers now prefer online to offline editions, according to a new study from Internet audience measurement company Nielsen//NetRatings. The first-time study found that 21 percent of those Web users now primarily use online versions of newspapers, while 72 […]
Last week was a big one for GoNOMAD. We began the week with news that the Wall Street Journal included a mention of us in a story about where to find info. about family vacations. Then Channel 40 ABC news came up to interview me for the 5:30 news. Later […]
Joseph Elwell, 37, has a problem on his chest. It all started when he decided to get a tattoo. A troubling tattoo. Police in Medford arrested him last week after he tried to run a cop over with his car. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. It […]
A month ago I mentioned some Nantucketers were going to find out first hand what it’s like living next to a windfarm. So they went, courtesy of a lobbying group, to Scandinavia and met Danes who live near these facilities. Ack.net, my favorite source of Nantucket news, said this. “After […]
All night I tossed and turned, thinking about what time I needed to wake up. I had agreed to do a phone interview on Springfield’s WHYN-560 AM at 7 am, and these guys get up early. I kept imagining I had missed it, then dozing off, then waking up suddenly. […]
