February 8, 2009 | 16:05
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I've been in the U.K. for about a week now -- long enough to feel guilty for neglecting my blogging duties, but not long enough to really get my head around what's going on over here.
I was in Preston last week for the Journalism Leaders Programme at the University of ...
January 30, 2009 | 18:37
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I rarely opine about the print side of the newspaper industry, because it's not my area of expertise and I don't usually read printed newspapers. But humor me:
As part of its continued downsizing, the Los Angeles Times has announced that it's getting rid of the standalone California section and folding ...
January 26, 2009 | 11:14
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Today in Brussels, I sneaked into the kickoff seminar for the European Blogging Competition, at which about 90 bloggers and would-be bloggers, representing every European Union nation, are getting a crash course in E.U. politics and blogging techniques.
Good panelists, good Q&A. But oddly, one of the liveliest discussions revolved around ...
January 23, 2009 | 10:25
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By now a lot of people in the media have discovered how to use Twitter as a promotional tool, judging from the growing number of auto-generated messages populating (polluting?) the Tweetstream.
But I think relatively few journalists are actually listening to what the community is saying. Which is a shame, because ...
December 8, 2008 | 19:35
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Above: Los Angeles Times employee entrance, Dec. 21, 2007. Those signs seemed a bit disingenuous even then, given the structure of the deal to take the Tribune Company private. Now they seem, well, ridiculous.
Update: Ex-Daily News ed Ron Kaye's thoughtful reaction to TribCo's bankruptcy filing: It's the beginning ...