The Boston Globe carries an interesting nugget today that has significance beyond just that one media market. Local AM radio station WRKO has decided to drop Rush Limbaugh in favor of local Republican operative Charley Manning. Donna Halper, a radio consultant and college professor, is quoted in the piece saying, “There’s just so many stations [...]
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Perhaps moderation is on my mind because we just started a “Biggest Loser” contest in my office. Or maybe it is has something to do with hearing this weekend about a great quote attributed to Julia Child (“everything in moderation, including moderation”). Moderation again came to mind this morning as I work from home before [...]
I had a conversation recently with an ad sales rep for a prominent web publisher who quite bluntly pitched a pay to play scheme. While I understand that the editorial side of the publishing business is not blind to the needs of advertisers (nor am I a purist who believes that business interests should not [...]
MG Siegler over at TechCrunch rolls out a litany of claims about the future of news that simply cannot be reconciled with reality. It’s a target-rich environment so I almost don’t know where to begin. So let’s just dive right in. First, let’s summarize MG’s case. MG writes: “Earthquakes, the massive San Diego fires, the [...]
Interested in an entertaining if tortured analogy of the progression that individuals and companies can make through social media? Check out my latest column at Media Bullseye.
Here’s a good one. Wendy Davis of MediaPost says that Rupert Murdoch is “clueless” for wanting the names of Wall Street Journal subscribers on the Kindle. She rolls out the phrase “tone deaf to the privacy concerns” as it regards the News Corp leader.
This year will mark the second time that Doug Haslam has ridden his bike in the Pan Mass Challenge to support the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the Jimmy Fund. In this 30th annual event, the 2009 PMC expects to have 5000 cyclists and more than 2500 volunteers.
My friend Mark Story has decided to try to kick off a #blogmonday effort (sort of like the Twitter #followfriday campaign). Told him I’d play along, at least this once (I don’t know that I’ll do it weekly, but certainly periodically). Let me start with my must read blogs …
Today’s most successful political and issue advocacy movements have already come to recognize the growing influence of web-based media. Yet coming to terms with the “twitter generation” is only the first step towards using modern technology successfully.
Ad Blocking Isn’t Evil, Just Misguided
by Chip Griffin on March 8, 2010
Ars Technica kicked off a hullabaloo by blocking content for those who use ad blockers. The “experiment” lasted only about 12 hours over the weekend, according to editor Ken Fisher. In a blog post, Fisher argues that “ad blocking is devastating to the sites you love.”