Comments on: New Media’s Credibility Problem

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Where has the Credibility Gone? | B2B Marketing Blog — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:27:45 +0000

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By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:28:17 +0000

Overall, I've been rather unimpressed with HuffPo's Books section; most of the posts I've read are barely worthy of a personal blog, and I'm still confused about who their audience is supposed to be.

You make a fair point that comes back to the issue of ad-supported new media's insatiable thirst for quantity over quality when it comes to content, not to mention wanting as much of it as possible for free. I think it's the curse of the 24-hour news cycle combined with our celebrity-obsessed culture that social media has tapped into and perverted. Amusing Ourselves to Death 2.0.

By: JaneFriedman

JaneFriedman — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:39:42 +0000

This is really a comment on Pinter's argument rather than your post, Guy, but I can't say I find Pinter any more compelling than Coker.

Not enough people read books? Well no e-reader currently on the market has suddenly made book reading sexier or more fun, at least to non-readers. And I'd argue that lack of book readers isn't exactly a problem to be solved, but a cultural shift that publishers will have to adapt to.

When the biggest e-readers on the market stop focusing on pushing purchases from a specific retailer, and really focus on frictionless acquisition and sharing of content (whether newspaper, magazine, book, site, etc), maybe then we'll have something to talk about.

By: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 19:06:02 +0000

Guest posts certainly have the potential to dilute what I'm doing here, but the two I've had so far both fit well within the theme of “Old and New Media Pragmatism with a Marketing slant,” and neither have been completely random missives; Tara is actually a long-time personal friend from the poetry world.

Also, this is my personal site, not a fledgling new media brand trying to maximize eyeballs for advertising purposes, which ultimately is the only POV HuffPo has that matters.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:50:28 +0000

I don't know. I just read a guest post here. Doesn't permitting someone else access to *your* soapbox dilute its vision?

Same difference with the HuffPo stuff. If HuffPo has a POV, I'll be damned if I can find it anyway.

Eh. And now you also see why I say No to requests to do labor for others.

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Posts about Huffington Post as of October 6, 2009 » The Daily Parr — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:00:51 +0000

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