The Golden Age of Pirates as Reported by Newspapers of the Day
Arrrgh. Shiver me timbers. To honor International Talk (or Blog) Like a Pirate Day, I thought I’d write about the real thing. And what better way to get the scoop about real swashbucklers than via historic newspapers? To help, I tracked down the legendary Timothy Hughes of Timothy Hughes Rare & Early Newspapers. By the ...
Media is Biggest Loser in 2008 Political Race
I thought this CBSNews interview with former Clinton Chief Strategist Mark Penn had some noteworthy snippets. Penn believes the media so far has been the biggest loser in this political race and argues that the press has lost its credibility: CBSNews.com: Your former colleague Howard Wolfson argued that you all unintentionally paved the way for ...
Google Historic Newspapers Archive!
I am so pumped! As a collector of historic newspapers, Google has just made my day with news that they’re digitally archiving millions – and eventually billions – of old newspapers dating back to 1764. According to Google’s announcement, “you’ll also be able to browse through them exactly as they were printed – photographs, headlines, ...
Further Evidence That Newspapers Will Someday Only Be Read on Trains and Toilets
The Tribune and Sun-Times once fought vicious daily readership battles in Chicago. Now, amid declining circulations and ad revenues, they’re just concentrating on turning a profit. Both the Tribune and Sun-Times had major news break today that demonstrates their struggles to stay afloat: 1) To help revitalize the suffering Chicago Tribune, radical redesigns are being ...
Daily Deadlines Did in the Newspaper Industry
Daily deadlines did in the newspaper industry is the insightful theory of technology gossip site Valleywag. “The pressure of getting to press, the long-practiced art of doom-and-gloom headline writing, the flinchiness of easily spooked editors all made it impossible for ink-stained wretches to look farther into the future than the next edition… The newspaper industry ...
Skyfire Eliminates My iPhone Envy
Last week, my iPhone envy practically disappeared when I downloaded the beta edition of Skyfire on my AT&T Tilt. Skyfire is a free web browser for mobile devices that delivers desktop-like and iPhone-like surfing experiences. With Skyfire, I get lightening-fast page loads and ALL video, audio, flash, ajax, java, etc. Even better, websites appear in ...
Newspapers Outsource Reporting, Editing to India
According to this BusinessWeek article, the business model for India-based Mindworks Global Media is purely to receive outsourced work from international media. Mindworks has eight overseas clients – including the Miami Herald and South China Morning Post – and is aggressively targeting more U.S. publications. At Midworks, “90 young men and women peer into their ...
