Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.comIs Sarah Palin on drugs? We don’t know, but maybe! We hear Alaska is a great place for scoring meth, to buy with your government hand-out checks from sweet drill-baby-drilled oil profits. And maybe those drugs have eated up the itsy bits of Palin’s brain? We’re just asking, with question marks,…
Photo Vincent Musetto Credit New York Post Vincent Musetto, a retired editor at The New York Post who wrote the most anatomically evocative headline in the history of American journalism — HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR — died on Tuesday in the Bronx. He was 74. A former colleague, Myron Rushetzky, confirmed the death, at…
Benny Johnson has become admired and loathed for his addictive brand of political Web journalism. “A hate click is just as valuable as a love click,” he says. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) Benny Johnson needed to escape the Internet. In less than two years, he had built himself up into a Washington media-insider celebrity: one…
Overview: Do you always know what the biggest story of the day is before anyone else? Can you smell an internet hoax from a mile away? Do you love to game the things you post online to see how viral you can make them, even if it’s just on your own Facebook feed? Do you…
paging_filter THE OPT OUT FIGHT—Capital’s Jessica Bakeman: High Achievement New York, a pro-Common Core coalition that includes business groups, has launched a six-figure radio and digital advertising campaign encouraging parents to “opt in” their children for state exams. The campaign aims to combat the growing movement of children refusing state tests, which has been fueled…
America has responded mostly positively to Caitlyn Jenner’s transition into womanhood and her wishes to use female pronouns when referring to herself. On last night’s The Daily Show, Jon Stewart lauded her bravery and as an official welcome to American womanhood listed off the media outlets immediately commenting on – and reducing her to –…
In 2012, Twitter made the decision to allow Sunlight to curate the deleted tweets from lawmakers and those seeking elected office. Last night all that changed. When we launched Politwoops three years ago, our goal was to create accountability and a public record for the messages elected officials and candidates for president, vice president, Congress…
Credit: Reddit Attempting to measure engagement is “one of the great neurosis” of the modern media industry, according to The New York Times’ James G. Robinson. Discussions around metrics often focus too much on measurement and not enough around insights, Robinson, the outlet’s director of analytics innovation, told delegates at the World News Media Congress…
Gawker Media may become a union shop. The company’s editorial staff will hold an election on Wednesday to determine if its reporters will join a union, including all staff writers of its popular sites like Jezebel, Gizmodo, and Deadspin. It’s a watershed moment not just for Gawker, but for the media industry as a whole—the first time…
Photo Arianna Huffington, editor of The Huffington Post, reportedly has said she is not sure her ambitious plans for the site can be executed under Verizon. Credit Andrew Burton/Getty Images Over the last couple of years, an array of media companies, venture capitalists and wealthy individuals have quietly explored buying a stake in The Huffington…