Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
It’s hard to pick a side in the Gawker-Thiel-Hogan lawsuit, reported today in Forbes, but the lawsuit and its outcome are a mere sideshow to the main story, which is that this case is a terrifying development for those of us who value a free, democratic media. What is most frightening about this lawsuit is that…
As I’ve spent the last several months looking for a full-time journalism job, I keep noticing something depressing. When you search job sites for “journalism,” “reporter” or other similar keywords, what you’ll find is a whole bunch of roles that have nothing to do directly with producing the news. For every one job result for…
Mediator By JIM RUTENBERG Wrong, wrong, wrong — to the very end, we got it wrong. Just a couple of weeks ago, political prognosticators in television and print media were describing Indiana as the “most important test” for Donald J. Trump and a “firewall” where Ted Cruz “should do well.” It was one of those…
Last Friday, the head of Bloomberg Media told The Guardian that publishers are “feeding on the scraps” of Facebook’s ad business. Justin Smith said that Facebook makes a lot more from ads in its News Feed than publishers do from linking content on the social network: It’s a problematic situation. On its current trajectory this…
The White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner has grown into a nearly week long event. In the documentary “Nerd Prom: Inside Washington’s Wildest Week” Patrick Gavin exposes a private world of excess and extravagance surrounding the celebration. (Patrick Gavin) During last year’s White House Correspondents Dinner, I remember nodding along with my television set when Christi Parsons,…
A Brief Encounter with Alexia Tsotsis (Credit: Getty Images — I’ll get rid of it if you really want me to I promise just email me.) I did not know Alexia when I worked at HuffPost. I still don’t know her. I don’t engage with her on Facebook, I don’t write witty replies to her tweets. I’m…
paging_filter Late on Tuesday night, Esquire.com removed a satirical article written by Rurik Bradbury that it had published online earlier in the day. The faux op-ed — an archived version of which can be read here — was written in the voice of “Prof Jeff Jarvis,” a satirical Twitter character created by Bradbury who parodies…
John Hermann, who writes about media industry for The New York Times, is one of my favorite writers. His incisive and cutting commentary at his previous home-on-the-web, The Awl, was on my “read first and do everything else later” list. About ten days ago, we had a conversation about the shifting media landscape and the…
Photo: AP Maybe he’s the ego-buster journalism students need. About a month ago, a parody account called “Guy at your J-school” began tweeting insights into life, with posts that range from delusional to chokingly smug. No doubt, “Guy at your J-school” hits notes that can make any jaded reporter sneer. The caricature might even cause…
At BuzzFeed, a 32 percent miss in 2015 revenue and a halving of its 2016 revenue target, according to the Financial Times. At Mashable, a massive layoff after the company failed to sell itself. At Yahoo, an upcoming sale of its news-producing assets, portending great uncertainty for journalists employed there. At Medium, a new way…