Andrew Golis

I’m not sure which is more depressing, the fact that things are so bleak or the fact that I know exactly what all of this jargon means.

• Newsweek Turns to Tina Tricks: Meet Guest Editor … Stephen Colbert! | The New York Observer
  Pretty desperate. And kind of confusing, since he's doing it in character.
  (tags: colbert newsweek magazines satire)
• CHART OF THE DAY: The End Of Newspapers
  Brutal chart of the ad drops reported by the Newspaper Association. Note the 42% drop in classified ads. Wow.
  (tags: advertising visualization charts newspaper silicon.all)

• Heresy on the Right : CJR by Ben Adler
  Ben does a nice rundown of the right's media problem. All opinion and Burke, no reporting or reality.
  (tags: cjr ben.adler new.media tpm conservative.movement)
• Beet.TV: John Battelle: It's All about "Conversational Media"
  Smart smart dude.
  (tags: new.media advertising beet.tv video marketing john.battelle)
• Secret of Googlenomics: Data-Fueled Recipe Brews Profitability
  Interesting piece on googlers ad auctions.
  (tags: auctions metrics advertising google wired)
• The Puffington Host – Isaac Chotiner, The New Republic
  Maybe a necessary reminder of Huffington's basic opportunism, but too much a pure hit piece with too obvious a motives. He doesn't like her, he doesn't like her site, so he trashes her. Nose up, pinky in the air.
  (tags: huffpo new.media tnr isaac.chotiner blogging)
• Beet.TV: "Metabolism" of News Production at Journal is Way Up, Almar Latour
  Afraid of the word blog, but speeding up and lots of video!
  (tags: wsj video blogging new.media beet.tv)

• Officially Sponsored by Starbucks: MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ – MediaBuyerPlanner
  Surprised it took this long.
  (tags: starbucks morning.joe television msnbc advertising)
• comScore Announces Media Metrix 360
  Good. Their numbers are whack.
  (tags: comscore metrics marketing new.media)
• 50 Great Examples of Data Visualization | Webdesigner Depot
  Lots of pretty.
  (tags: visualization design statistics metrics)