Ripe for the Plucking (6)
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I get asked a lot about the relationship between old media and new media, on the editorial and publishing side. And my usual line is that I think the relationship is much more symbiotic and convergent than people often realize. But when folks ask what scrappy little outfits like TPM would do if the big papers with their cadres of reporters went under, I have to wonder, what would big papers like the Washington Post ...
Snap Judgment: TV on the Radio usher in a "Golden Age" (2)
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And, the medal for fastest rapper to name-check Usain Bolt goes to... (2)
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3AM Calls (4)
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Jacob Heilbrunn and Brian Katulis talk about why the combination of our weak intelligence and Pakistan’s shaky state apparatus mean the next president’s “3AM call” will likely be about Pakistan. On the other hand, imagine the nightmare scenario in which Matchbox 20 turns against the United States prompting the ultimate 3AM call: It’s truly a chilling possibility, and not one that I think either party has addressed adequately.
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I love when otherwise serious blogs throw in a little deadpan hilarity. (Is "deadpan hilarity" an oxymoron?)
Former staff starts independent newspaper after college postpones printing (1)
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GEORGIA — As students returned to classes Monday at Macon State College, they found the bins of their student newspaper, The Matrix, empty, but with former editors nearby distributing copies of an independent paper, The Student Free Press.
The Text Message (2)
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Announcing a running mate via text messages is only the latest indication that the Obama campaign is really the first 21st century campaign in American politics. Not only is it an absolutely brilliant way to have active voters volunteer what is probably their most reliable contact info (you can gloss over an email, ignore a call via caller ID, but text messages cry out to be read), but it also provides the campaign with an ...
Spectra newsreader (1)
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CNN news crawl, meet your younger, colorful, more animated brother. If you’ve ever said to yourself, “I hate reading the news. But if it were color coded by topic and then put into a swirling vortex of Flash animation, then maybe I’d know what the hell was going on in Myanmar. Behold, the Spectra newsreader from MSNBC, a visually stylized way for daily news junkies to manipulate their content. Select your top stories and the ...
Judge backs hackers in Boston subway dispute (1)
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Three students from the elite Massachusetts Institute of Technology who found a way to hack into Boston's transit system to get free rides can talk publicly about the security flaw, a court ruled on Tuesday in a decision hailed as a victory for academic freedom.
Muxtape and the RIAA (15)
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Reporter moves on - The Boston Globe (1)
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Jill Carroll, the Christian Science Monitor reporter held hostage in Iraq for more than two months in 2006, will start recruit training at the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department in Virginia on Monday, said department spokesman Dan Schmidt. Carroll will undergo five months of full-time training to become a firefighter and emergency medical technician. But she's not up for talking about her career switch, Schmidt said. In late 2006, Carroll was named a fellow ...
MST3K crew appears during the Summer Olympics broadcast? (28)
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Filed under: Home Entertainment Now look, we're not sure if this was someone's drug-induced fever dream or not, but if it did really go down, it might be the best thing that's happened at the entire 2008 Summer Olympics. According to the Dirty Red Commie, sometime on August 17th between 2:00 PM and 3:13 PM Mountain Time, Joel, Tom Servo, and Crow T. Robot from Mystery Science Theater 3000 appeared on NBC's broadcast of the ...
Despite Assurances, McCain Wasn’t in a ‘Cone of Silence’ - NYTimes.com (1)
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ORLANDO, Fla. — Senator John McCain was not in a “cone of silence” on Saturday night while his rival, Senator Barack Obama, was being interviewed at the Saddleback Church in California.Members of the McCain campaign staff, who flew here Sunday from California, said Mr. McCain was in his motorcade on the way to the church as Mr. Obama was being interviewed by the Rev. Rick Warren, the author of the best-selling book “The Purpose Driven ...
Dr. Doom - Profile - Nouriel Roubini - Predicting Crisis in the United States Economy - NYTimes.com (2)
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For months Roubini has been arguing that the true cost of the housing crisis will not be a mere $300 billion — the amount allowed for by the housing legislation sponsored by Representative Barney Frank and Senator Christopher Dodd — but something between a trillion and a trillion and a half dollars. But most important, in Roubini’s opinion, is to realize that the problem is deeper than the housing crisis. “Reckless people have deluded themselves ...
Before He Was a Campaign Liability, Mark Penn Was a Crimson Reporter (1)
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A man who has been likened to Karl Rove if Karl Rove were far less cautious with his private emails, Mark Penn is possibly heading toward the nadir of his political career. But Penn wasn’t always infamous. Back in the early seventies, Penn was just a reporter for the Harvard Crimson. Rick Perlstein writes that Penn, ‘76, displayed an early interest in public relations in a profile of a traveling encyclopedia salesman. Of the salesman, ...
Before He Was a Campaign Liability, Mark Penn Was a Crimson Reporter (1)
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A man who has been likened to Karl Rove if Karl Rove were far less cautious with his private emails, Mark Penn is possibly heading toward the nadir of his political career. But Penn wasn’t always infamous. Back in the early seventies, Penn was just a reporter for the Harvard Crimson. Rick Perlstein writes that Penn, ‘76, displayed an early interest in public relations in a profile of a traveling encyclopedia salesman. Of the salesman, ...
sashafrerejones: Who will be the first MC to say "run the tracks like Usain Bolt"? Or do "100 Meters and Running"? (1)
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