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The New Media Way Is Better Than The Old Media Way

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  • Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by User ImageRick

The New York Times ran a story yesterday on a new group known as The Coffee Party. What follows is a classic contrast in how old media handles a news story vs. how new media handles a news story. Leave your politics aside for the moment and look at this excerpt from Le-gal In-sur-rec-tion:
Update: Interesting, [...]

Dr. Trades in Medical Practice for Blog

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  • Posted on July 21st, 2008 by User ImageRick

Doctor Arnold Kim better know as the publisher of super blog Mac Rumors has just quit the medical gig to become a full time blogger.
From the New York Times:
Dr. Kim’s Web site now attracts more than 4.4 million people and 40 million page views a month, according to Quantcast, making it one of the most [...]

Join Us Friday June 20th for BlogWorld Radio Our Guest Will Be Bob Cox of the Media Bloggers Association

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  • Posted on June 19th, 2008 by User ImageRick

***Update 10:09 pm PST****
The link below now points to the archived interview Jim Turner and I conducted with Bob Cox today. A very interesting discussion and I encourage you to listen to the whole thing and share your thoughts in the comments below.
The Media Bloggers Association has posted an update here.
Join Jim Turner, me and [...]

When Will Old Media Learn?

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  • Posted on March 15th, 2008 by User ImageRick

To listen to good advice from people like Scott Karp,
Why publish in reverse chronological order on the web? Because news is 24×7, breaking throughout the day. Which means that news consumers come to a news site more than once a day — checking the homepage is just a click away, and news consumers on the [...]