What makes a blogger a blogger?
Being a blogger is a bit like being an alcoholic: if you say you are one, you are
After a distinguished and sometimes controversial journalism career that included stints at the AP, the LA Times, and the New York Post, Nikki Finke landed at the alternative LA Weekly Finke: I'm pleased to say I'm every PR person's nightmare
The Blog, The Press, The Media: Newspapers, Disney battle same problem
It seems Disney is at a "crossroads" as it struggles to maintain relevancy and profits in these changing times.
That's what we reported this week. We could have written the same story about us. We are in same boat, those of us in theme parks and newspapers.
Both of us have a huge capital investment in a product that seems a tad antiquated. We both have gotten hooked on hefty profit margins that are increasingly unrealistic. But our corporate owners demand them and so we cut our costs. With Disney, it's off-the-shelf rides and maybe a little less maintenance. With newspapers, it's off-the-shelf wire stories and smaller news holes.
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• · · · It's not that the Alboms, Braggs, Barnicles and Blairs of the news world are preternaturally unethical or lazy. I believe it's more that they are removed — and not just by physical distance — from the people they are paid to serve. They might be distanced by worldview or lifestyle, background or disposition ...Being so removed, journalists lose touch with the human beings who read and react to what they report, who trust them to deliver an accurate record of events and to be disinterested parties only, as far as the gathering and presentation of information is concerned Don’t forget where you’re from ; What makes a blog a blog?
• · · · · Yesterday, a rant. Today, a deep water jaunt. I write of Postmodernism here, for two reasons: One, I'm convinced that our culture is in the throes of a massive change, the evidence of which is everywhere. Somebody needs to be explaining change in the context of this cultural shift, so why not me? Secondly, I take this position, because it's utterly fascinating to me. I've always been a guy who marched to a different drum beat, and this one resonates deep in my soul. The most underreported story in our world ; Dave Winer turns 50 this week, and all he wants is a little link love. Dave is the original blogger and the creator of RSS A birthday request
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