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Equivalents to the Slate Gabfest?

Friday, December 14th, 2007

There are lots of things to hate about the U.S. electoral system. However, the Americans do one thing right: they get real characters as candidates. I mean, the Democrats are going to choose a woman or a African-American (er, Halfrican-American?) as their presidential candidate! How cool is that? And the Republican side is full of […]

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Consumer Reports Has Three Million Paying Online Subscribers

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

I just an interesting story on CNET about Consumer Reports, a site that bucks the advertising trend in online content:
A reader of the printed magazine might be “someone who generally wants to be a well-informed consumer,” said Giselle Benatar, editor in chief of online media. “But on the Web site, we’re attracting very transaction-minded consumers. […]

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The Price of Content

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

James pointed me at a fascinating article by Scott Karp speculating on the future of (and the future prices of) print and digital content. There are a number of excellent propositions in the piece. Here are two:
To find the right price for ebooks, publishers need to FORGET the value of distribution in the traditional print […]

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Lazy Journalism is a Major Pet Peeve
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The Vinyl Cafe Podcast
Photos and Videos from the San Diego Fires
We Don’t Hear From the Moderates Enough

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