I recently saw a webinar from Vocus about the “State of the Media 2010” (http://tinyurl.com/ybglakz). Some interesting facts in the presentation and its accompanying white paper. (http://www.vocus.com/state-of-the-media/index.asp). Here are some highlights of their report about magazines. I will report on newspaper and broadcast media in subsequent blog posts. About 1,126 magazines folded last year, and […]
Where the News Comes From — And Why It Matters
“When we imagine the news ecosystem in the 21st century, the newspaper is still the largest originating, gathering source.” That’s the opinion of Tom Rosenstiel, Director of Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. He made these comments in an opening statement before the Joint Economic Committee hearing on “The Future of Newspapers: The […]
A Failure of Over-Communication
Fineman PR just released its 15th annual top 10 PR blunders list. http://www.prsa.org/SearchResults/view/8469/105/Fineman_PR_releases_15th_annual_Top_10_PR_Blunders I don’t think anything this year compares to the “top gaffe” years ago. Seems the District of Columbia Housing Authority sent out a news release announcing a drug bust, the night before the raid. Naturally, as the Wall Street Journal put it: […]
Fun with English
Ran into these tidbits from British examination papers, evidently reported in “The Mexican Herald” on Oct. 14, 1912. Enjoy Louis XVI was gelatined during the French Revolution. An angle is a triangle with only two sides. Geometry teaches us how to bisex angels. Horsepower is the distance one horse can carry a pound of water in an […]
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