Boy, do I feel old (chapter 2,895) (1)
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Reading the NYT on line just now, I see a review of a "historical documentary" movie of something I can remember vividly but that apparently happened forty years ago this week: the Harvard-Yale football game in which Harvard scored 16 points in the last 42 seconds to "win," 29-29. (Touchdown with 2-point conversion; onside kick with recovery; another touchdown as the clock ran out and 2-point conversion.) Tick-tock footage of the game, from a Harvard ...
Greenslade on New Media: The 2008 AMEC Awards Keynote Speech (1)
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Amid last night’s awards and celebrations, media commentator Roy Greenslade gave a fantastic keynote speech which balanced nostalgia for print journalism with the realities of a modern media world: “Even those of us with print in our veins” must recognise that newspapers are doomed, as print is a “dying business model”. While the basic premise of the speech was simple – that newspapers are a dying medium – the speech drew on many wider issues ...
A fascinating document about the internet and "public opinion" in China (3)
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Outsiders who follow Chinese events have known for years about Roland Soong's EastSouthWestNorth site*, which draws from Chinese-language and English-language sources for reports and analysis.I've just seen this post, from a few days ago, which strikes me as something that people who don't normally follow Chinese events should know about. It's the text of a speech Soong prepared for last weekend's annual Chinese Bloggers conference (but did not deliver, for family-emergency reasons). In it, he ...
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Soong seems to place too much blame on George W. Bush for the decline of the West and Western media in the eyes of the China.It is not the case that before George W. Bush, the US was perfect and faultless. What is different is that the explosion of media in China has exposed Chinese citizenry to a more nuanced and volatile image of the United States and the West than was once perceived.
The Press on Capitol Hill Auctioning 18 Units (1)
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A reader sent in the following photo: Looks like 18 units, 1 and 2 bedrooms, starting at $185,000. The auction date is December 13, 2008. For more details call 800-522-6664. This sucks for existing buyers but The Press has had a hard time moving units for a long time now and has gone through several different marketing firms. I’m a little surprised they aren’t waiting until the spring but I guess they have their reasons ...
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"...those guys are jerks." (1)
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Sarah Palin calls out the unnamed McCain staffers who criticized her:Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska fired back Friday at the unnamed McCain campaign aides who have been maligning her in recent days, saying that their criticism was “cruel and it’s mean-spirited, it’s immature, it’s unprofessional, and those guys are jerks.”Ms. Palin spoke out upon her return to the governor’s office here, defending herself from a barrage of criticism that has been aimed at her from ...
Is online news killing print? (2)
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Following my post earlier this week about media trends, we have been asked specifically about how the drive to online is affecting newspaper readership. We have updated the Media Trends report with some new statistics to highlight this. The report can be downloaded by clicking the link below: DOWNLOAD MEDIA TRENDS REPORT There is a popular perception that people are buying less newspapers because they are consuming their news online. However the reality is not ...
Latest media trends for audiences and advertising (1)
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In response to a growing number of requests from clients for information regarding current media trends and how they will affect their measurement, we have compiled some top-line statistics concerning audience and advertising data which are available for download by clicking on the image below: Overview The figures deliver some stark findings, particularly in relation to advertising, with falls in advertising revenue across most media types. Given the ongoing debate regarding the use of advertising ...
Proof that John McCain has reached the "acceptance" stage (13)
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His appearance in the opening skit of SNL last night. (Clip from official NBC site here, with intro ad.)The premise and execution of the skit were very funny. Much funnier, except for the physical-humor thrill of seeing Tina Fey and "the real" Sarah Palin on screen on the same show, than Palin's appearance a few weeks ago. This time, McCain and Fey, in the roles of McCain and Palin, were QVC hosts shilling for fine ...
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SOFA Chicago Nov 9-6 at Navy Pier Art Show Gallery (1)
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The International Exposition of Sculpture Objects and Fine Art (SOFA) is planned for Festival Hall in Navy Pier in Chicago on November 6-9. This is an amazing contemporary art show and well worth the admission to attend. The work on display at SOFA ranges from glass to ceramics to textiles and sculpture. Even if you are not [...]
10 Power Tips to Help PC Users Switch to Mac (1)
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Seems like more and more people I know are making the switch from Windows to Mac. Apparently, no one cares that the economy sucks and pundits are telling them that people just like them, Joe the Plumber as it were, are saving their money and not buying bling products like Apple. Perhaps people are realizing that the total cost of ownership for a Mac is generally cheaper than a Windows computer, and that, for the ...
A day of conciliation (1)
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Before these items get too far out of date, let me say:1) I generally am on the opposite side from David Frum on questions of politics and public policy. But I have to admire the sobriety and fairmindedness with which he makes this case about the future of the Republicans.2) As Thomas Friedman knows, I am more impressed by the many ways in which the world is not at all "flat" than those in which ...
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