New Media Kicks Old Media’s Butt (Again)

Facebook’s plan for an IPO starkly illustrates the diverging paths of new and old media.

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Fit To Print?

Prior to last Monday night’s game between the New York Jets and New England Patriots, a piece from columnist William Rhoden appeared on the Times site depicting the Patriots as a franchise in decline. The headline touted, “The Day The Patriots Empire Began To Crumble” and the story proclaimed, “The shift has occurred: the Jets are in ascendancy, while New England is in retrograde.”

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Take a Bow, Dan Barry

For my money, this gorgeous bit of reporting on the demise of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as we’ve known it captures what’s happening in the newspaper industry better than anything I’ve read so far.  Inspired work, Dan Barry. Sadly, there’s not just a hole in New Zealand …

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