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Monthly Archive: August 2003

  • Popbitch made me do it

    Old Jokes’ Home: A man walks into a dentist’s surgery and says, “Excuse me, can you help me. I think I’m a moth.” Dentist: “You don’t need a dentist. You need a psychiatrist.” Man: “Yes, I know.” Dentist: “So why did you come in here?” Man: “The light was on…” and “Grandmother used to take… Continue Reading

    August 31, 2003
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  • Blogger needs help–laptop was stolen

    From Sandhill Trek by the estimable Frank Paynter: Seattle blogger Ann Craig just had her laptop stolen; this follows a bout with melanoma. Here’s the thing:Blogger Gary Turner set up a paypal account for donations–I just gave $10 bucks, even though I never heard of her before (but I feel lucky to have $10 bucks… Continue Reading

    August 31, 2003
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  • Google news–missing from the news rankings

    Online Journalism Review: Google News draws more than 3 million unique visitors a month, but Nielsen and Media Metrix have excluded them from news site rankings. Now both say they are looking into ranking them with the other top news outlets. “Google News is a channel within Google, which has enormous reach. We have Google… Continue Reading

    August 31, 2003
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  • from styleborg: tattoos: not just for rebels anymore.

    Kerry Bodine writes: A few months ago Haven suggested to me that studying tattoos might give me some ideas about the future design of wearable computers. Turns out he’s not so crazy after all… In the book Stylemakers: Inside Fashion, the authors talk about David Wolfe, one of Seventh Avenue’s foremost fashion forecasters, and his… Continue Reading

    August 31, 2003
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  • Department of when will some things change: Women in j-school don’t translate into more women in the newsroom

    Although 64.4% of the enrollees in journalism school are women, that doesn’t mean 64%–or even 20%–of the staffers in newsroom are women, r eports a recent Boston Globe story by Mark Jurkowitz. “And though the pipeline is full of women, the newsroom remains a male-dominated province that presents significant barriers to their success. The new… Continue Reading

    August 31, 2003
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  • Peter Krasilovsky on online newspapers and emerging business models

    The always intelligent Peter Krasilovsky gave a talk to some Knight Fellows this month that was written up by Online Journalism Review. Some sni ppets: “Paid content is a great way to make more money, but the real money is in advertising and marketing, don’t ever forget it, and if you are a consultant you’re… Continue Reading

    August 31, 2003
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  • Department of School is back in session everywhere

    Maximum Aardvark: Overheard verbatim Guy: Wouldn’t that be ill? Girl: Oh, that would be so ill. Girl 1: So, do you guys drink? Girl 2: Oh, yeah, heavily!

    August 30, 2003
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  • Who will be the next editor of The New York Times Magazine and other snarky bits

    WARNING: This is in the you might not give a rat’s $&%#@$ department, but Gawker repeats the current NY city-side specs about who’ll be the next editor of the Times Mag now that Adam Moss has a new Times job. Whispers on the avenues are that Jacob Weisberg of Slate is a front-runner for the… Continue Reading

    August 30, 2003
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  • Tom Curley: Building the new eAP

    Incoming Associated Press president Tom Curley told publishers today that he wanted to lead an initiative to transform the AP into the eAP, or news service of the future. “”We are transforming the AP from a wire service, which we’ve been for 150 years … to an interactive database and news network that connects us,… Continue Reading

    August 30, 2003
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  • Where in the US are the most Internet users?

    The largest percentage of adult U.S. Internet users resided in the Pacific Northwest at the end of 2002, according to a new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Oregon and Washington State had the largest penetration rate at 68 percent, followed by New England (66 percent), California (65 percent), the D.C. metropolitan… Continue Reading

    August 30, 2003
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