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Jozef Imrich, name worthy of Kafka, has his finger on the pulse of any irony of interest and shares his findings to keep you in-the-know with the savviest trend setters and infomaniacs.
''I want to stay as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.''
-Kurt Vonnegut
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Saturday, October 02, 2004
How Many media dragons, bloggers, googlers really exist?
In just over one month since going public, shares in the Internet giant Google Inc. reached an all-time high, recording their largest percentage rise in a single day yesterday. The stock finished trading for the day at US$126.86, a rise of almost 7.3 percent- or US$8.60- and almost double the company’s initial price of US$85. Google Surges As Wall Street Says Buy
The Blog, The Press, The Media:
I honestly do not understand how Bob Novak, with all the slimy stuff he's done over the years, is still not only on the air with CNN, but one of their main players, says Vanity Fair columnist and blogger James Wolcott. I think it's an inside Washington thing. It's an elite thing, he's been there forever. They all take each other for granted. They don't see how corrupted they've become. And how sleazy things are. To have Novak sitting on Crossfire when they're actually discussing the Valerie Plame case!
• Wolcott wants to know why Novak is still working for CNN; [It seems every political blogger secretly believes he's James Carville]
• · Prof Jane Kirtley tells Adam Liptak: Every time I hear about one of these reporters going in to speak about their sources, my stomach drops to my shoes. We're in a crisis on this Media ethics prof is worried about CIA leak probe subpoenas; [Boing Boing Too bad the WSJ doesn't allow this reporter to write these kinds of stories for the paper
• · · Journalists have to give up certain things for the sake of their job What limits should there be on political activity by journos?
• · · · Politicians with Skylights Political Blogging in Practice; [Warning!!! Lileks gives the honest political breakdown of your average newsroom: Oh, let me tell you about Nick Coleman! ; Nick Coleman’s essay on political blogging ]
• · · · · First Open News Aggregator Standard New Bloglines Web Services; By relying on algorithms, Google News completely automated the news-gathering process Google Backroom
• · · · · · Mobile iMrich and his iMac How much mobility is there in the blogospheric ecosystem?; [Media Dragon Awards Politics and Elections Readers Choice Awards]