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Fresh Dispatches From The Culture Wars
The William Talley Burn Notice: Final Update
June 3rd, 2013
Picture via the Tennessean. The following update has been added to The William Talley Burn Notice: Bill Talley, a former health-care [...]
William Talley Sentenced To Prison
May 29th, 2013
William Talley aka @Political_Bill on Twitter was sentenced to one year in prison and eight years of probation for possession of child porno[...]
What We Talk About When We Talk About Drones
May 24th, 2013
So on Thursday, May 23rd 2013, President Obama made this speech. It's a good speech. I agree with quite a lot of it (by no means all of it.[...]
Ken White Knows Who The Real Bullies Are
May 22nd, 2013
Los Angeles Deputy DA John Patrick Frey aka @Patterico posted unredacted documents (.PDF) at his blog revealing Nadia Naffe’s personal and[...]
Not Your Personal Army: How Unite Blue Ignited A War With Anonymous And Then Tried To Blame Their Critics
May 15th, 2013
The Anonymous hacktivist collective likes to say they are Not Your Personal Army (NYPA), meaning they do not care about your petty dramas [...]
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Category Archives: Print is Dead
The truth finally comes out. Republicans are intimidated by Obama
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Share the post “The truth finally comes out. Republicans are intimidated by Obama”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBy Captain Coolaid Presented without commentary.
Morning Awful: Newspaper Website Fails
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Share the post “Morning Awful: Newspaper Website Fails”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThe New York Times paywall is an annoying fail. Once you’ve read twenty articles, the paywall pesters you to subscribe. But delete everything in the URL bar after “.html,” and hit “enter”: Ooo! I’m … Continue reading
Is Print Dead?
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Why Print Is Dead
Share the post “Why Print Is Dead”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone writer whose article took down General McChrystal, was asked why he risked his access by telling the truth: “Look, I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising. My … Continue reading
GO TIMES DAILY
Share the post “GO TIMES DAILY”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI can’t believe I’m actually reading this: FLORENCE – The TimesDaily is asking a Lauderdale County Circuit judge to temporarily halt the sale of Coffee Health Group and its assets to a private company until … Continue reading
What Was I Saying About Paywalls?
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Share the post “What Was I Saying About Paywalls?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOh, yeah. I was saying the New York Times ought to give up on paywall strategies. They might look at their Long Island neighbor, Newsday, which erected a paywall three months ago … Continue reading
NY Times To Repeat Paywall Fiasco
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Share the post “NY Times To Repeat Paywall Fiasco”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailSo the geniuses in charge of the Titanic Gray Lady have come up with another paywall plan. Because the last one worked so darn well they had to abandon it the following … Continue reading
Print Is Dead: Electronic Ink Edition
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Share the post “Print Is Dead: Electronic Ink Edition”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailThis is why I follow William Gibson on Twitter: Speculative fiction writers have come up with innumerable ways to deal with the issue of paper in their novels. The golden era of … Continue reading
Print, 570, Dead
Share the post “Print, 570, Dead”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailInvented by Gutenberg in 1439, print was declared dead yesterday with the closing of Editor & Publisher magazine. Print is survived by the internet and a family of wireless content devices, including the Kindle. Video … Continue reading
Print is Dead: Condé Nast Edition
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Share the post “Print is Dead: Condé Nast Edition”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail In the wake of yesterday’s announcement that Condé Nast is cutting three well-known magazines from its lineup, Fortune‘s Stanley Bing is not surprised. Noting that Condé Nast hired a well-known hatchet … Continue reading






Are Comment Trolls An Endangered Species?
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Share the post “Are Comment Trolls An Endangered Species?”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailArticle comments and opinion forums have been problematic for news sites, particularly newspapers, because the anonymous nature of comment systems makes them havens for slanderers, trolls, and paranoiacs. But comments have also … Continue reading →