media
October 31, 2009
- The so-called mainstream media, once defined as the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal and the three major network TV stations, no longer have a monopoly on the opinion making process in American life. Why belabor the obvious? We all know why. Eyeballs are migrating to the Internet, that vast endless, timeless cloud of ...
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October 30, 2009
- With as many as 3 million e-book reader sales predicted by the end of this year, and the ever-rising trajectory of e-book sales -- now estimated as high as 5 percent of all book sales -- publishers have a vested interest in controlling the royalty rate, especially since they have such a difficult time telling Amazon (AMZN), Wal-Mart (WMT), and other retailers how to price books. via DailyFinance
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October 26, 2009
- Today we have a the first black woman as a favorite for Frances top literary award; the celebrity novel with the million dollar pay-outs leaving no money for the [rest] of [us] writers; and an insight into how Malcolm Gladwell writes and how he spends his day.enjoy________Michael "In a historic first, a black woman writer [Marie NDiaye] is a hot favourite to scoop France's top literary prize ...
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October 25, 2009
- Greg Watts just linked to an interesting article in the Financial Times about the recent spate of media hoaxes, like a boy supposedly trapped in a balloon and a fake US Chamber of Commerce press conference on climate change, and the wider questions of media credibility. For me, the hoaxes are definitely a symptom of something wider, and not as worrying as the use of reheated press releases. One ...
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October 23, 2009
- Here is a good example of the White House's hypocrisy and it demonstrates that the real reason the administration is attacking Fox News is NOT that Fox News is not a real news outlet, but because the White House cannot tolerate any opinion that disagrees with theirs.First, background. In case you haven't noticed, the White House has declared a war on Fox News. The administration has not provided ...
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October 18, 2009
- In today's media saturated world, I knew a book trailer was a must for my new website. A daunting task, I thought. It turned out to be more fun than the time I taped a remote control fart machine to the bottom of a co-worker's chair at the Monday morning board meeting.BTW, Dario, if you're reading this, I'm sorry. Really, I am.Writing a short script, hunting down emotionally complementary music, ...
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October 3, 2009
- Two days later...I've completed my first book trailer for Ice Song. Check it out!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldb3l2VS95IAmbient fan that I am, I love the original music created by swansinleather. Check out more ambient and electronica from swansinleather here: http://www.myspace.com/swansinleather.
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September 29, 2009
- It doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that, should government extend bailout funds to the nation's newspapers, the end result will be the state dictating media content.For did not Obama determine the minutest aspects of GM and bank operations when these institutions fell for government wiles such as where conferences would be held and what models of automobiles would continue to roll off ...
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September 28, 2009
- Dear Reader,Traveling to foreign countries, being on TV and the radio, it all sounds so glamorous! And it is ... but it's also very hard work.I arrived in Stockholm at about 4 p.m., to greet my publisher Shadi Bitar of Earbooks, waiting for me bearing a sign with his own name on it (a security precaution). After a warm handshake he drove me to the Rival Hotel, a truly wonderful place (especially ...
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September 25, 2009
- When I first opened David Baldacci's, The Whole Truth, I thought it appeared as another good book by my favorite author. "Good?" I need to work on my adjective storage shed. "Good," doesn't even come close. I began to imagine the implications and the possibilities of his story-line actually being the real thing. My God, is it possible that humans have ...
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