November 29th, 2008
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That's a shit ton of money.
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Huh. That's not bad at all. Wonder what cut kindle takes.
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Interesting point about the tragedy in Mumbai.
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Even the "growing" ad market for newspapers is shrinking.
Archive for November, 2008
November 20th, 2008
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Q4 #s will tell the tale.
November 20th, 2008
Ganz on what will happen to the Obama Movement.
One of the big questions right now is what will happen to the Obama Movement now that its leadership is shifting from insurgent campaign to governance. Will they try to keep it alive from the WH, from the DNC? Allow it to spin off as an independent organization a la Democracy for America?
That’s the question Micah Sifry asked of organizing guru (and my organizing trainer and mentor on the Dean campaign and at the DNC) Marshall Ganz. Many of the field leaders in Obama’s organization are Ganz proteges, and they brought him in to lead the Camp Obama trainings attended by 23,000 organizers.
So, while no one knows what will happen yet, Marshall is worth listening to on this front:
November 19th, 2008
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They're asking their people what they're interested in.
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This strikes me as smart, albeit a little cruel.
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Upward pressure on Huffington?
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TOTALLY agree.
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The local non-profit watchdogs get some great ink. Cool beans.
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Interesting.
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Something tells me that only someone who knows they aren't gonna get the gig back would say something this obnoxious and arrogant.
November 19th, 2008
Jay Rosen explains TPM.
Jay’s description of our model is spot on:
The point about inflow and key, and something that a lot of people miss. We focus a lot of attention on cultivating a good inbox. Emailing back readers who have helpful things to say to keep them emailing, pushing back on or ignoring lame stuff, filtering out spam. It’s as important as managing our RSS feeds. When you combine the two, if you do it right a lot of the information just comes to you.
November 18th, 2008
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App store for a blogging platform. Smart.
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What do you do when you have neither ideas nor power nor a-list talent? Save the day Kavula!
November 18th, 2008
Great talk on the future of media.
Jeffrey Cole, the director of the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future, gave a fantastic keynote talk at the “Summit on Saving an Industry in Crisis” on the future of the news business. Notice specifically his point about the film and music businesses losing audience without disappearing or even ceasing to be a prominent part of our information culture:
November 17th, 2008
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Interesting point about the clarity and discipline Hulu has brought to the video market.
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They're really sticking w/ Double X. Blech.
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It's funny to watch someone describe things that we don't have words for here at TPM because they're more instinctual than rationally constructed.
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They're saying it's staying. In what form?
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Watch this story like a hawk. VERY IMPORTANT.
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Love this line:
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They're taking away Obama's BlackBerry. That's just cruel.
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Growth is leveling off in the overall market.
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Funny thought, rating MyBO as a video game rather than a social network, but definitely brilliantly hints at tools to come.
November 16th, 2008
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Interesting money on Conde Nast and the future of magazines online.
November 14th, 2008
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More optimistic than Henry and Denton. You could attribute that to them being business men who are naturally conservative and prefer to set a low bar. Or you could say that they just know the business better than the analysts.
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Henry at blogads puts in his word of pessimistic agreement with Denton.
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Interesting walk through of how MSNBC.com built their elections maps.
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Jarvis, in light of the recent smear Slate posted, reflects on being in the public sphere and handling trolls. This is a major part of handling an online presence that isn't often discussed: how do you deal with critics who don't engage productively, but seek to destroy you?
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They really don't see to know how to get their act together online. Maybe that's why they keep buying companies (Ars Technica) instead of building them.
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Logical, cool.
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Got a digital footprint? Good luck getting a job in the Obama Admin.
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Interesting.
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Denton does more consolidating.