2009 January | Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

From the monthly archives: January 2009

How the Internet (and Advertisers) Killed Journalism

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez On January 28, 2009 · 15 Comments · In Publishing

The Atlantic has a must-read essay from James Warren, “When No News Is Bad News” (h/t @guykawasaki), that does an excellent job of putting into perspective how the Internet played a role in the death spiral of newspapers. Most interestingly, he makes it crystal clear how precarious the road ahead is for real journalism’s survival [...]

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Is the Future of Publishing…GOOD?

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez On January 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Marketing, Publishing

The bad news in the publishing industry didn’t let up last week as reports of cutbacks and layoffs and dramatically decreased revenues continued to pour in, and TheMediaIsDying tweeted every depressing bit of it, from major publications to small local radio stations, the rare bit of positive news they offered up paling in [...]

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Random Reviews: Inkheart, Wanted, Chalk

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez On January 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Reviews

We’ve been having a lot of Blockbuster nights since we bought the house last summer, while managing to catch whatever kid-friendly movies worth seeing in theaters whenever possible, and I’ve been reviewing a lot of them on Flixster but wanted to round up the most recent batch and post them here, including expanded [...]

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Spindle Update: We’re Back!

By Guy LeCharles Gonzalez On January 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Uncategorized

Can you believe Spindle “officially” launched just over a year ago? Or that it has been 9 long months since we had a full update?!?

Of course you do because you’ve been anxiously refreshing the home page ever since, or triple-checking your favorite RSS reader in a desperate attempt to make some fresh [...]

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