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January 17, 2007
Bird-dogging Media With An Agenda

A weekly checkup for dozens of reporting outlets.

Since the dawn of time, detractors have claimed the media have an agenda. Now an ambitious project aims to find out just how serious an issue that may be.

Earlier this month, the Project for Excellence in Journalism launched what is believed to be the most comprehensive effort ever to study the U.S. read more
Blogging's No Longer Cool?

The blogging bandwagon may finally have reached capacity.

An estimated two-thirds of all bloggers have quit, with more predicted to follow suit.

If you don't have a blog up and running yet, chances are you're not going to start one now. read more
Executive Rewind: Contentious Interviews

Feeling like you're in a fight that you have to win.

Remember the old saying about wrestling with a pig in mud. Only the pig enjoys it.

Today's boutique media cater, of course, to specific subject matter. Many of these media employ people who have a certain level of experience and expertise in the subject. read more
The Growing Power of Newspaper Websites

No surprise that advertising, and advertisers, are driving the bus.

In a decade, newspaper Web sites could be as huge as the papers that birthed them.

It wasn't that long ago that newspapers had Web sites just because, well, everyone else had Web sites. read more
Newsies Must Think Twice Before Holding That Scoop

More proof that deadlines no longer exist (see Interviewing, October 2006) .

In today's wired world, it's risky to hold stories for press time or airtime. Media outlets are choosing instead to break their exclusives online before being scooped by the competition or bloggers. read more
Media Convergence

CBS chief dispenses with adjectives "old" and "new" media.

Radio Ink reports from the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas on the Less Moonves pronouncement.

From www.radioink.com, January 11, 2007:


CBS President & CEO Les Moonves delivered one of the keynote speeches at this week's 40th Annual International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. read more
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