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The NYTPicker looks like a fair, thoughtful critique blog focused solely on the New York Times
Unlike the multitude of mouthfrothing right wingers or woe-is-me media-is-dying types, these people clearly want the Times to be the best it can be.
tumbl  media  nytimes  newspapers 
december 2009 by jimray
Knight Foundation will fund a plug-and-play Everyblock
Trying to figure out what to do with open source projects once they get bought.
media 
october 2009 by jimray
Magazine publishers want to build a Hulu for print
Unlike music and video, though, most of the problems of delivering text and ads have already been figured out -- via the browser. Unless they're planning on shrouding their content in magical DRM that they expect to also be completely interoperable, in which case, best of luck with that.
magazines  print  media  tumbl 
october 2009 by jimray
Google's working on micropayments
Will work as an extension to Google Checkout, a distant second also-ran to the near ubiquitous PayPal.
google  micropayments  media  tumbl 
september 2009 by jimray
The Hacker Journalists
I stood onstage with Mediashift's Mark Glaser a couple weeks ago and talked about what I do at my day job. This is a great rundown of what we talked about.
work  vanity  tumbl  media 
august 2009 by jimray
Probably Bad News
News fails, because journalism isn't dying fast enough
media  fail  tumbl  funny 
august 2009 by jimray
Consider the lobster trap
Probably the smartest thing written about Facebook yet
facebook  culture  media  social  tumbl 
july 2009 by jimray
The new NPR.org looks great
And add Scott Simon to the long list of people who look nothing like they sound on the radio
npr  design  media  webdev  tumbl 
july 2009 by jimray
The 10 most hated online ad formats
No huge surprises here. Also, I wonder if BusinessInsider ran a usability test on dumping content in a lame slideshow format to gin up pageviews?
advertising  design  media  tumbl 
june 2009 by jimray
Your Publication Can Suck As Badly As TechCrunch
Make money and destroy your credibility in four easy steps
techcrunch  media  punditry  tumbl 
june 2009 by jimray
Hulu desktop looks pretty badass
Also helps explain the whole Boxee unpleasantness.
hulu  media  tv  entertainment  tumbl 
may 2009 by jimray
Lens, the New York Times' visual journalism blog, looks nice
Clean design that highlights the photos well. I like the forward/backward hinting and the full screen mode in particular.
photography  weblogs  nytimes  media  tumbl 
may 2009 by jimray
Newsweek is framing links to external sites/partners with their very own DiggBar
I have no clue if this is a previously agreed upon partnership thing or if they're treating all external links like this but it looks pretty lame.
media  web  dumb  newsweek  magazines  tumbl 
may 2009 by jimray
Times Wire, a Digg-spy/Twitter-like news feed
Smart work from the New York Times, strikes the right balance between customization and new content. I wonder, though, if there will be enough updates to keep watchers happy.
media  nytimes  tumbl 
may 2009 by jimray
Holy crap, Google's news timeline was built by Andy Hertzfeld
Yeah, *that* Andy Hertzfeld. Pretty slick news visualization.
google  design  media  tumbl  visualization 
april 2009 by jimray
Mike D has a great post on the end of the Seattle P-I
A thoughtful, respectful but realistic look at the news business. Dispenses with easy snark and instead focuses on the future of media.
newspapers  business  media  economy  tumbl 
march 2009 by jimray
"Techcrunch are full of shit"
Grammatically, I prefer "is full of shit" but that's just one of those delightful Britishisms. The sentiment is still the same as it ever was.
music  techcrunch  dumb  media  awesome  tumbl 
february 2009 by jimray
Right wing blog network Pajamas Media shuts down their ad network
Lost money from day one, they are instead focusing on their TV efforts. With such compelling content as Joe the Plumber reports from Gaza, best of luck with that one.
advertising  idiots  conservatives  awesome  media  tumbl 
february 2009 by jimray
An elegy for us
Julia Klein writes an obit for newspapers in Obit magazine. "Don’t be fooled. Those newspapers will someday be as historic as the headlines."
newspapers  media  death  tumbl 
december 2008 by jimray
Pulitzer expands to web-only outlets
But you still have to print it out to submit! It's good to see that they've finally caught up to 1997. However, "printed magazines and broadcast media, and their respective Web sites, are not eligible" - so, then again, maybe not.
media  awards  tumbl 
december 2008 by jimray
Liberal rag 'The Economist' endorses Obama for president
Laments, as I'm sure does he by now, the Palin pick and wonders what could have been if only the real McCain had been running.
media  politics  election2008  tumbl 
october 2008 by jimray
10 reasons why newspapers won't reinvent news
Quite well written, pulls no punches look at the problem with newspapers, in particular newspaper culture. Sad but sobering.
newspapers  media  via:magnebox  tumbl 
october 2008 by jimray
The New York Times is shutting down the IHT website
Once one of the most innovative news sites going, it's languished for years. The Times is hoping to roll up more international users into its main site and brand.
media  newspapers  nyt  tumbl 
october 2008 by jimray
Ask a (video) journalist
My pal Chrys Wu is having a virtual sit down with USA Today video journalist Garrett Hubbard on Thursday.
video  media  bloggers  tumbl 
september 2008 by jimray
PublicMarkup.org
Sunlight Foundation project to increase transparency of how a bill becomes a law
legal  politics  media  awesome  democracy  opengovernment  tumbl 
september 2008 by jimray
Adrian Holovaty and Everyblock get featured in the Chicago Tribune
Nice article and some well deserved praise for Adrian and crew.
holovaty  media  everyblock  chicago 
august 2008 by jimray
Howell Raines has a pretty compelling piece on the story that isn't being reported about gas prices
Rather than focus on the supply/demand angle, reporters should be looking at what oil companies are doing with those record profits.
energy  economics  media  tumbl 
july 2008 by jimray
Kottke proposes a new method for dealing with idiots: stop giving them attention
If this actually takes hold, Gawker media might have to shut down, along with half the blogs in New York, LA and silicon valley. Which is to say, I'm all for it. Curiously timed around the release of NonSociety (couldn't resist).
awesome  media  weblogs  bloggers  tumbl 
july 2008 by jimray
Everyblock adds two new cities, Philadelphia and Charlotte
With some design tweaks and a new listing for libraries. I guess I'm going to have to start sending Adrian weekly shipments of beer and smoked salmon to get Seattle on the list.
local  media  tumbl 
june 2008 by jimray
Huffington Post is going local
Launching a Chicago edition next month that will expand beyond just politics.
media  weblogs  local  tumbl 
june 2008 by jimray
Outside.in launches a new Radar feature
Puts your address at the center of a 1000 foot radius of news happening around you. This'll have to do until Everyblock comes to Seattle, I guess.
local  media  tumbl 
june 2008 by jimray
New York Times launches a social network of sorts
Pretty interesting idea, actually - it works as a Firefox plug-in that behind-the-scenes connects you to other users who share similar interests.
nytimes  socialnetworking  media  tumbl 
june 2008 by jimray
Media Bistro talks to new LA Times editor in chief Russ Stanton
Some thoughtful, straightforward answers, I'm optimistic that the Times will do well under Russ.
latimes  media  newspapers  tumbl 
june 2008 by jimray
Everyblock starts special reports
Really interesting way to dig into big, one-off stories. Love the way the map widget works.
local  media  tumbl 
june 2008 by jimray
Turner forms online ad network
Ending third party ad relationships, the new network will serve all of Turner's online properties, including CNN.com
media  cnn  advertising 
june 2008 by jimray
Are you awesome? You might want to work at Newsvine
Warning: occasionally, some of us show up and grill various meats, particularly when the weather is nice. Honestly, though, the Newsvine team is amazing and incredibly sharp.
work  msnbc  newsvine  media  tumbl 
may 2008 by jimray
Cory Bergman's coming to work with us at msnbc.com
Smart guy, he's done great work at Lost Remote
work  msnbc  media  bizdev  tumbl 
may 2008 by jimray
The last six editors of the LA Times talk to Los Angeles magazine
Not much love for the mother Tribune but some good, candid responses
newspapers  media  via:macdiva  tumbl  business  latimes  tribune 
may 2008 by jimray
Yahoo stock plunges?
Kottke runs the numbers on the real winners and losers in the Microhoo story. Loser #1: tech journalism (but when has that ever been a winner?)
media  microsoft  yahoo  tumbl 
may 2008 by jimray
Adobe's open screen project is going to open up the SWF format
Removes all of the licensing restrictions and publishes full APIs
flash  actionscript  adobe  webdev  mobile  multimedia  media 
may 2008 by jimray
Airbag and The Nation redesign
Jiminy, that's a good looking site.
media  design  magazines  tumbl 
april 2008 by jimray
Why Pentagon talking heads piece in New York Times had no legs
"the biggest hurdle for the story's impact may have been one journalists have trouble seeing. Many Americans confronted with stories of media manipulation by government officials aren't, at this point, shocked and awed. Instead they've come to expect it."
media  newspapers  government 
april 2008 by jimray
CNN Shirt puts CNN headlines on a t-shirt
Where's the inevitable WTFCNN mashup? (Joke stolen from my officemate Ben)
cnn  tshirts  media  tumbl 
april 2008 by jimray
LA Times apologies, retracts Tupac story
Said the Smoking Gun, who broke the story: "We greatly respect your paper and Chuck and Chuck’s work. But I think what happened here is that this guy Sabatino is a master con man, and they got caught up with him.”
latimes  media  hoaxes  tumbl 
march 2008 by jimray
Did the LA Times get hoaxed in their story that Diddy was behind a brutal 1994 attack on Tupac?
Apparently, the "FBI documents" they were relying on for their story were forged by an imprisoned con man.
latimes  media  hoaxes  tumbl 
march 2008 by jimray
Bush's war
Four-hour Frontline documentary that will be broadcast online and on air with impressive web supplements as well
pbs  awesome  war  iraq  media  video 
march 2008 by jimray
Hot dog, the new NYMag homepage is sharp
Very nice magazine feel, which is hard to pull off in a website and still keep functional.
design  media  tumbl 
march 2008 by jimray
The tragedy of Britney Spears
Rolling Stone's takedown on the monstrosity it helped to create
celebrity  culture  media  tumbl  2read 
february 2008 by jimray
Getty sold to a private equity firm
San Francisco based Hellman and Friedman has offered $2.1B plus will be assuming $300M in debt to acquire the Seattle stock photo agency.
photography  media  business  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Some interesting thoughts on the "local" food movement and how it's reported in American media
Local isn't necessarily better nor is it necessarily more efficient, just assumed to be.
food  media  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
AdSense for video now in beta
Contextual, overlay ads, will also apparently work on non-Google video networks like Revver.
advertising  google  video  media  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Marshall Kirkpatrick argues that "social" news sites fail on breaking world news
Compared coverage of Castro stepping down across several social news sites, decides that mainstream news is still the best bet for breaking coverage. Curious that there was no talk of Newsvine.
media  social  work  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
About our maps
Paul Smith, Everyblock dev, talks about one of the most-asked questions: why they decided to roll their own map platform instead of use a third party like Microsoft, Yahoo or Google
maps  via:colin  media  local  webdev  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
AngryJournalist.com - Why are you angry today?
Anonymously share what makes you mad as hell and why you're not going to take it any more. If this site didn't exist, David Simon would have to create it after The Wire finishes.
via:buzzfeed  media  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
New York Times won't unite digital and newspaper staffs for Newspaper Guild
Digital staff to be treated differently until at least 2011 if this holds true
newspapers  nytimes  media  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Interesting New York Observer article on the future of the LA Times
Still worth a read even thought the LA Times just announced Russ Stanton, former innovation editor, as the new editor in chief. I met and talked with Russ once, he's a smart guy who will serve the paper well.
newspapers  latimes  media  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Reuters releases an incredibly cool looking tagging and topics creator
Open Calais will ingest unstructured documents and extract relative keywords. Available as an open API. I want this for about twenty projects right now.
media  search  taxonomy  tagging  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
In memory of chicagocrime.org
Adrian is shutting down chicagocrime as it's been replaced by Everyblock. A definite milestone, chicagocrime was one of the first sites to dare folks to dream big dreams with Google Maps.
chicago  google  maps  media  tumbl 
february 2008 by jimray
Waxy discovers that The Times (UK) is spamming just about every social network out there
The SEO consultant they've used is astroturfing sites like Maholo, Digg and del.icio.us to post timesonlin.co.uk articles with no transparency. Fear not, Encyclopedia Baio is on the case!
awesome  media  newspapers  spam  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
The Wall Street Journal may not be going but The Atlantic just dropped their pay wall
Sadly, no the entire archive, which you need to be a subscriber for, but every web article published since 1995 is up
magazines  media  via:waxy  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
EveryBlock is live!
Local news finally gets done right
local  media  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
Last.fm will stream full tracks and albums
Agreement with the big four labels includes an ad revenue model that will share with artists based on how often a track gets played
via:daringfireball  music  web  radio  media  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
New York Times is among group investing $30M in WordPress
Will hold a minority stake in the company, allowing them to expand past blogging
nytimes  media  blogging  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
LA Times editor in chief Jim O'Shea fired
Reportedly over refusing to carry out $4M in budget cuts, which would have most certainly led to some layoffs. I worked with Jim in Chicago and almost again in LA, he's a top notch journalist and editor. This is certainly a loss for the Times.
latimes  newspapers  media  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
I really wish Choire Sicha's response to Daniel Schorr wasn't so goddamn predictable
Schorr, a veteran journalist who, at the very least deserves a modicum of respect, makes some salient points about the inevitable friction between bloggers and journalism. Sicha responds with a boring, unfunny dolop of snark.
media  dumb  bloggers  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
Las Vegas Sun relaunches
Congratulations to Josh and crew
media  design  newspapers 
january 2008 by jimray
Why ringtones are more valuable than mp3s
Some sharp thoughts by Nick Martens on the intangible values of music
music  technology  mp3  tumbl  media  smart 
january 2008 by jimray
Turns out reading on the web isn't any better for the earth than reading print
Which is why I read everything on a 30" LCD and *then* print on non-recycled paper
environment  media  recycling  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
Top 10 most pirated movies and television shows of 2007
See? Even people who understand bittorrent have bad taste!
media  bittorrent  piracy  television  movies  tumbl 
january 2008 by jimray
Rex published his best blogs of '07
Much like how I was TIME's person of the year last year, I'm pretty sure I got the number one spot since I've got a Twitter *and* a Tumblr.
weblogs  friends  media  tumbl 
december 2007 by jimray
John Moe is leaving Seattle for St. Paul
Wait, that's the opposite of what you're supposed to do! Everyone knows that you move *from* Minneapolis *to* Seattle. The aloofness is part of our charm, baby!
seattle  media  tumbl 
december 2007 by jimray
Holovaty's Django book has shipped
Just in time for Christmas! Hope you've got a big, square shaped stocking...
django  books  webdev  programming  media  tumbl 
december 2007 by jimray
Greg Allen rather neatly summarizes everything I hate about the New York Times travel section
"I realized that almost without exception, the "reason" to go is the opening at long last of that destination's first "luxury" accommodations. Which seems about the dumbest reason I can think of for choosing where to travel."
travel  media  awesome  tumbl 
december 2007 by jimray
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