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Boycott the Associated Press!

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Ban APAssociated Press stories have long been banned from my personal blog because of their copyright-trolling ways, but now they’ve hit a new low. Now they’re implementing DRM wrappers around their content and cracking down on anyone who so much as quotes a headline and links to an article without paying a fee.

AP CEO Tom Curley clearly does not grasp the referral economy of the Web. Hey, if he doesn’t want link love, then I sure as Hell won’t give him any. I have better things to do than give him my Google juice and get sued for it.

So do you. Don’t ever link to these copyright trolls. Don’t direct your audience’s hard-earned attention to people who will only charge you for it. If you really must talk about an AP story, Google up some alternative coverage from their many more clued-in competitors. Boycott the Associated Press.

Originally posted on July 25, 2009 @ 6:25 am

Mad Avenue Blues

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With the rise of new media comes the fall of old media, and with the fall of old media comes the fall of old advertising models. Mad Avenue Blues brilliantly laments that fall, to the tune of American Pie.

When it comes to earning ad dollars in this technologically-enabled age of accountability, algortihms and analytics trump martinis and golf. Call it the revenge of the nerds against the suits. Sing along with me now, while the Long Tail wags and Madison Avenue burns.

(Via Nalts.)

Originally posted on July 2, 2009 @ 10:59 am

Tribune Co. files for Chapter 11

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Chicago-based Tribune Co., owner of Los Angeles Times, KTLA Channel 5, and Chicago Tribune, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it seeks relief from $12 billion in debt. The company has $300 million cash, enough to cover the $70 million due today, but its lenders are said to be not keen on undertaking broader restructuring of debt.

Originally posted on December 8, 2008 @ 3:12 pm

How to Decipher if the News About U.S. President Donald Trump is Fake

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Donald Trump speaking to the media

It is undeniable that the new U.S. president in the person of Donald Trump has become a hot media item. Since he declared his candidacy up to the campaign period, he has attracted international attention not only from the public but as well as from the various media outlets covering his story.

Unfortunately, Trump’s presidency has been tainted with numerous fake news resulting in a war against the press. Fake news is often associated with trolling and lies. Trolling originally refers to certain websites that publish made-up news stories while a lie is equivalent to deception wherein someone committed a wrongdoing. [Read more…]

Originally posted on February 15, 2017 @ 4:50 am