Action News!!!
01/06/10 10:17 PM Filed in: Play
Probably Bad News
10/25/09 08:43 AM Filed in: Play
You've no doubt seen late-night comics displaying odd local news headlines. If you like the joke (and who doesn't?), get your fix here.
On the Media
10/24/09 01:43 PM Filed in: Work
Working for Fox
10/19/09 09:54 AM Filed in: Work
A few years ago I was employed as a writer working on several Fox Network TV shows. Even then, while the paycheck was nice, I had some qualms about working for an organization whose news division was so... well, idiotic. And dangerous. Now Newsweek's Jacob Weisberg has a few thoughts.
Update: Jason Linkins on Huff Post. Some galling video, too.
- That Rupert Murdoch may tilt the news rightward more for commercial than ideological reasons is beside the point. What matters is the way that Fox's model has invaded the bloodstream of the American media. By showing that ideologically distorted news can drive ratings, Ailes has provoked his rivals at CNN and MSNBC to develop a variety of populist and ideological takes on the news. In this way, Fox hasn't just corrupted its own coverage. Its example has made all of cable news unpleasant and unreliable.
- And weepy Glenn Beck has begun to exhibit a Strangelovean concern about government invading our bloodstream by vaccinating people for swine flu. With this misinformation campaign, Fox stands to become the first network to actively try to kill its viewers.
Update: Jason Linkins on Huff Post. Some galling video, too.
Newspapers Lose the Paper
10/16/09 02:17 PM Filed in: Play
It's going to happen. And with this, subscription-based "print" media will finally be justified.
From Wired: Picture a free magazine app that offers one sample issue and the ability to purchase future issues afterward. Or a newspaper app that only displays text articles with pictures, but paying a fee within the app unlocks an entire new digital experience packed with music and video. This is an example of the “freemium” model that Wired magazine’s Chris Anderson explains in his book Free. It’s a model that some publishers, including Wired’s parent company Condé Nast, are already experimenting with on their websites. (Our sister publication Ars Technica, for example, offers its general content for free, as well as a “Premier” subscription option for readers to access exclusive content.)
From Comedy to Horror
09/13/09 01:26 PM Filed in: Play
This pretty well nails the current shenanigans going on with the Right.
How We Got Here
03/01/09 08:20 AM Filed in: Play
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Get Well Soon
01/15/09 08:38 PM Filed in: Play
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Murdoch, Redstone & The Credit Crunch
10/21/08 08:03 AM Filed in: Work
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Distracted? Let Colin Explain It All For You
10/19/08 10:52 AM Filed in: Rant
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