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Convention coverage: Awaiting the You Tube moment

Four years ago, a handful of of bloggers received credentials to cover the Democratic National Convention. The controversial credentials, opposed by MSM, were mocked as gimmicks. Silly, we opined back then, because nearly everyone attending the 2008 conventions would be a blogger. Our forecast is at hand. This will be the most blogged, v-logged, streamed, […]

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Barack, I’m at my one home. Text me.

The text thing is more than cool. But does it demonstrate a new kind of leadership? I want more follow up than a form to donate money. Still, I’m happy to get the message about your veep candidate at the same time as everyone else, dude. And what a tool for voter turnout in November […]

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What went wrong keeps going wrong for newspapers

Alan Mutter, an astute analyst who formerly served as editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, now puts the combined value of ten major news companies at only $3.6 billion. Mutter documents the $3.9 billion plunge in the value of newspaper stocks since the first of this month – a period marked by successive new lows […]

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Brazil takes it out on the web

The men’s soccer team lost to Argentina, the women’s soccer team lost to the U.S., the beach volleyball team lost to Dalhausser and Rogers. And that was just the beginning. Brazilians are so upset with the performance of their teams at the Olympics that they hacked the Brazilian Olympic Committee’s Web site, forcing the organization […]

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