Eat the Press

Every day, Romenesko sings the doom of the newspaper to my Twitter feed.
Today, I burst out laughing when I read “Washington Post profit falls 77% in fourth quarter.”
There are sections describing journalistic “ethics” at the front of every style guide. 
Journalists think that they know about ethics. I feel sad thinking about this. They know nothing about [...]

Greedy Family Annihilates Business

This article about the impending doom of the New York Times in New York Magazine by Joe Hagan is a very good read, particularly because of the family corruption angle.
The Sulzberger family is a different clan from the Bancrofts, who were divided by trust funds and populated with restless socialites and horse enthusiasts whose hobbies [...]

A Brief Chat

Yesterday, I had a brief exchange with journalist and media entrepreneur Nick Denton on Gawker about the recent media coverage of the financial sector. I didn’t recognize that it would probably be of interest to my readers until I was gobbling bacon this morning – particularly since some of you have been hankering for some [...]