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Update on my Gannett CEO bid
Well, I haven’t heard from Gannett yet about my application to become their new brand/wealth/good will destroying CEO. So, I can only assume that either my bid is going really well and they are just figuring out how to break the news to Dubow (my best guess) or they are gearing up for a proxy [...]
Job application for CEO of Gannett
To whomever it may concern, I’m writing to apply for the position of CEO of Gannett. I think I can do the job cheaper, quicker and better-ish than your current CEO Craig Dubow. As I’m sure you’re aware, Gannett lost 79% of its market value in 2008. Now, I can’t guarantee that I can lose [...]
The real community journalist position the Post needs
The Washington Post has launched a new “community reporter” position that requires more skills than a typical reporter and pays less. What a new media double whammy! In a letter to the newspaper guild that represents Post workers, the Post says the Community Journalist will write for the paper’s Extras, Web, and the daily paper [...]
Shirt of the year
Yes! I’m totes getting this. That is all. Good night.
How can we honestly ask people to pay for news?
All this talk about setting up an iTunes for news and getting people to pay for news is rather silly. Steve Yelvington nails it on Twitter: Repeat something I said years ago: How can you expect somebody to pay for content if they won’t read it regularly when it’s free? There isn’t one news source [...]
Is David Carr a troll?
Seriously. I’m not trying to be funny. There is no way that his columns are real. No way. I’m convinced they only serve as link bait. He writes some of the most asinine, unresearched, unfathomable crap ever. There is no way the NY Times hired him to do anything other than troll and bait people. [...]
The NYT is selling front page ads. Oh nos!
Seriously, it’s not that big of a deal. Well, it is, but it doesn’t mean the quality of The New York Times will diminish. Nor do I think for a second that front page ads will influence editorial decisions. But this is a big move for the Times, just not in a way traditionalists think [...]
I’m not a charity case. Are you?
There is a new Facebook group called, “Don’t let newspapers die.” It encourages journalists to try to get people to buy a newspaper again. Not by producing a better or a more relevant product mind you, but by badgering people to buy a product that they no longer find valuable. The official logo for this group is [...]
What would you tell a journalism student?
What advice would you impart on today’s students? What would you say to students who are graduating this winter and next spring, during one of the worst economic times in recent memory? Would you comfort them? Would you tell them to flee? Would you tell them to believe? Would you be honest about how many [...]
I have ethics, yo
Yes, it is true, I’ll be at the Kent State/Poynter Workshop on blogging and ethics tomorrow. I just wanted to clear this up really quick. I do have ethics. Jay Rosen contends that if blogging didn’t have ethics, it would have failed. But it hasn’t failed. So what does that tell you? I’ll be tweeting [...]