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A bright light at the end of the tunnel? Green Issues a Tough Sale at the Newsstand - Media Blog - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media - Portfolio.com: "As global warming was first becoming a cause célèbre... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit http://amateureconblog.blogspot.com/ for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jeff Bercovici of Conde Nast Portfolio reports that former Wall Street Journal managing editor Paul Steiger spoke last night at a Northwestern University function and said he hasn’t seen new owner Rupert Murdoch hurt the paper. Bercovici wrote, “‘I see no evidence, nor do my friends there report any evidence, of the bad Rupert showing up, [...]
SeekingAlpha Media Stocks (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Jeff Bercovici submits: There may be a light at the end of the tunnel for The New York Times Co. (NYT), but right now it's still too far off to see with the naked eye. On Wednesday morning's second-quarter earnings call with analysts , president and CEO Janet L. Robinson said the dismal trends that have afflicted the paper and its corporate kin all year are all but certain to continue...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Jeff Bercovici submits: As the son of a doctor and the husband of another, I'm always on the lookout for irresponsible health journalism. And, boy, did I find some this weekend. Yesterday's New York Post featured an "EXCLUSIVE" headlined "My girl died as 'guinea pig' for Gardasil." The article , by Susan Edelman, tells the story of Jessica Ericzon, a 17-year-old who died of unknown causes...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Jeff Bercovici submits: If you're a regular reader of blogs like this one, you might have concluded there's nothing positive to say about the current state of the newspaper industry. So it's striking just how much good news there is to be found in a major study released today by the Project for Excellence in Journalism . PEJ's researchers surveyed editors at hundreds of dailies for the...
Times emit (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
... Ironic, no?” Guest post by Joe Wikert Engineering the Risk Out of Book Publishing - Media Blog - Jeff Bercovici - Mixed Media - Portfolio.com - “The idea behind HarperStudio [..] is to do away with the “mega-risks”: large advances, high marketing costs and, for books that sell poorly, the added expense of pulping unsold copies” Piracy | Look for the silver lining | Economist.com -...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
As Jeff Bercovici revealed late yesterday afternoon , the staff of HarperStudio invited some people with their eye on the publishing industry (myself included) to tell us a bit about where the newly formed imprint is headed and to pick our brains about some of the key issues the publishing industry is forced to deal with right now. One topic that came up during the conversation, that...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Jeff Bercovici submits: Is HarperStudio the future of book publishing? That's what HarperCollins is calling its new unit dedicated to changing the high-stakes economics of the book business. This morning, I went to a breakfast hosted by Bob Miller, publisher of the imprint, and learned a little about his plans and thinking. Complete Story »
CJR Daily (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Good news for all you tired, you poor, you huddled bloggers yearning not to work for free: you might be getting paid! Well, someday! Down the road! Maybe! In an interview with Colby College's alumni magazine (h/t: Jeff Bercovici), Huffington Post CEO Betsy Morgan allowed the possibility that the "newspaper of the future" might eventually—gasp!—compensate its...
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You cannot tell me that the research on this vaccine was thorough enough. How many girls have to die or contract warts from the vaccine before something...
anonymous - 07/22/2008