Apr 20, 2009

paidContent.org Ad network provider Adify hopes to give a jump to its Cox Enterprises sibling AutoTrader.com, as the two will partner on a vertical net targeting in-market car shoppers. As newspaper classifieds show, there are fewer auto ads chasing even fewer car buyers. And so, it seems like as good a time as any for Cox Enterprises to s (Read More)

Feb 11, 2009

eHub After three years on the web, Twitter has become more than just another micro-blogging client. A whole industry of web applications have sprung up to extend and capitalize on its capabilities, from the ridiculously silly, to the gobsmackingly useful. If Twitter is not already a part of your daily life, these applications ca (Read More)

Feb 12, 2009

The Journalism Iconoclast Few journalists would have had the audacity (or is it stupidity?) to pitch a story idea to Time Magazine about micropayments for journalism.Even fewer journalists would have gotten that story idea accepted. And almost none of those journalists would have had their story wind up on the front cover of Time Magazine.Enter Walt (Read More)

Dec 10, 2008

Mashable! Dan Schawbel is the author of Me 2.0: Build a Powerful Brand to Achieve Career Success (Kaplan, April 09), a Social Media Specialist at EMC Corporation, and owner of the award winning Personal Branding Blog.Instead of scaring you with the harsh reality of the economy, I would much rather give you hope and advice on how to t (Read More)

Dec 12, 2008

Submitted by Mangle: The publisher of the Detroit Free Press, the country's 20th largest paper by weekday circulation, is expected to announce next week that it will cease home delivery of the print edition of the newspaper on most days of the week.The publisher hasn't made a final decision, said this person, but the leading scenario set to be (Read More)

Nov 25, 2008

Submitted by Svartling from Google Reader: Today John Haydon (@johnhaydon) from Corporate Dollar looks at some tools to make you be a more useful Twitter user for your followers.Image by me and the sysopIf you’ve been using Twitter for a while, you might notice that some of the most successful folks on Twitter make a concerted effort to help out their friends / foll (Read More)

Nov 25, 2008

Mashable! David Spark (@dspark) is a veteran tech journalist and the founder of Spark Media Solutions, a storytelling production company.De-friending has always been awkward. Social networks offer one click “remove a friend” options, but it still doesn’t make the decision any easier.What follows is a collection of s (Read More)

Nov 26, 2008

Submitted by Mangle: Ken Edelstein, editor of Atlanta Creative Loafing for the last ten years, "was fired in a time of crisis because he talked back to [the CEO]," says one staffer. Last week, Edelstein told Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason that he should trim the general administration staff before cutting the editorial side. (Read More)

Oct 12, 2008

Submitted by Mangle: Saturday, civil rights leader John Lewis, a Democratic congressman from Georgia, became the latest advocate to provoke the racial debate, condemning Sen. John McCain for "sowing the seeds of hatred and division" and accusing the Republican nominee of potentially inciting violence. In a provocative twist, Lewis invoked the m (Read More)

Sep 02, 2008

Submitted by Michaelfidler: Hurricane Gustav and the fellow New Orleanians whose lives were upended by the storm, the service turned into an invaluable source of information, he said. (Read More)

Sep 02, 2008

Submitted by Mangle: As for Palin, herself, Luntz offered: “Nobody knows anything about her. And it’s not her background. Don’t try to sell her – Actually, sell her as a mother of five,” Luntz suggested. Her family status is very powerful. But selling her as a mayor of a community that has less people than are in this room doesn’t work.”. (Read More)

Sep 02, 2008

Submitted by Billfishkin: So. This is what being pandered to feels like.John McCain picked Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and mother of five, to be his running mate to woo women like me.He seems to think that my girlfriends and I are so disappointed that an utterly qualified woman is not going to be president that we will jump at the chance to vote (Read More)

Sep 02, 2008

Submitted by Raavi: A week ago I wrote about Essential Shortcuts for Wordpress. Which recieved a few comments and one of the comments wanted me to share my photoshop shortcuts. Well I have a good list of photoshop shortcuts memorized and some on the table attached. So I will share the ones that I know. If you know more feel free to add in the (Read More)

Jul 31, 2008

Submitted by Scbalazs: Everyone knows about social media sites like Digg and Reddit, but the fact is, they are incredibly hard to penetrate, and the traffic they offer is often superficial. For many bloggers, niche sites are a refreshing alternative to these behemoths, offering more targeted links and a much smaller base of competition. Read on t (Read More)

Sep 02, 2008

Submitted by Mangle: The Tampa Tribune may soon begin publishing as a one-section broadsheet newspaper weekdays, with very few stories "jumping" or continued off the front page. Under this scenario, weekend papers would remain the same and some specialized sections might also publish on Wednesdays. (Read More)

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