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HOW ESPN MANUFACTURES ITS OWN NEWS 23 Aug 2013 | 10:27 pm
A friend recently noted that what passes as sports “news” these days is simply former athletes and a few “journalists” sitting around giving their opinions on topics of the day. When you combine that...
YAHOO! OVERTAKES GOOGLE IN UNIQUE VISITORS 23 Aug 2013 | 02:03 am
In the battle for US web traffic, Yahoo! has overtaken Google for the first time in two years, according to figures released today by digital analyst comScore and reported by Information Age (LINK). ...
MAYBE IT’S TIME TO APPRECIATE JOURNALISM 20 Aug 2013 | 02:43 am
It is a huge paradox. People appreciate when journalists uncover corruption and expose bad people and bad companies. During the Watergate scandal that brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon th...
FORMER KC STAR STATS EDITOR COMMITS SUICIDE 16 Aug 2013 | 09:18 pm
Martin Manley, who was highlighted on this site in March 2012 shortly after abruptly leaving the Kansas City Star, committed suicide on his 60th Birthday on Thursday. Manley, who was considered one o...
PAULA DEAN: DEATH BY NEWS MEDIA 14 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
Charges of racial discrimination against Southern celebrity chef Paula Deen have now been tossed out in a lawsuit filed against her by a disgruntled employee. Although the charges were clearly silly ...
BEZOS BUYS WASHINGTON POST: WISE BUSINESS DECISION 6 Aug 2013 | 07:56 pm
Years ago my boss asked me, “What is the main role of a newspaper?” As a former newspaper journalist, I spewed out all kinds of lofty answers. “To be the watchdog for the public.” ”To shed light on...
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER BATTLING FOR SURVIVAL 1 Aug 2013 | 09:42 pm
It is a sad day for journalism when a once-proud newspaper is now in the throes of a death spiral. That now seems to be the situation with The Plain Dealer in Cleveland. On Wednesday the newspaper c...
ESPN’S RATINGS PLUNGE 32% COMPARED TO LAST YEAR 31 Jul 2013 | 02:39 am
This certainly is not a good time for sports giant ESPN’s ratings to be dropping like a lead balloon. With new competition in the form of Fox Sports 1 which will launch on August 17, ESPN’s ratings w...
CUMULUS MAY DUMP LIMBAUGH, HANNITY 29 Jul 2013 | 06:57 pm
Cumulus Media, the second-biggest broadcaster in the country, is planning to drop both Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity from its stations at the end of the year, an industry source told Dylan Byers of P...
SHIRLEY JONES SUCCESSFULLY TRASHES WHOLESOME IMAGE 25 Jul 2013 | 07:12 pm
Katie Couric seemed genuinely shocked that actress Shirley Jones was totally undoing the squeaky clean image she had cultivated for decades. Jones was on Couric’ show to promote her new book, “Shirle...
