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Tag: New Media
When the Internet Flapped its Wings
While preparing for a series of meetings on emedia strategy over the weekend, one thought kept nagging at me: What…
Rise of the Publetariat
If you’re a self-published author or independent micro-press, these are very interesting times we’re living in as Amazon officially announced the new…
How the Internet (and Advertisers) Killed Journalism
The Atlantic has a must-read essay from James Warren, “When No News Is Bad News” (h/t @guykawasaki), that does an excellent…
Twitter Tips for Writers
I raved about my former Writer’s Digest colleague, Maria Schneider, a couple of weeks back — towards the end of…
Is Print Advertising Dead?
Check out @themediaisdying on Twitter for a glimpse at the convulsions of an industry that’s either at death’s door or,…
Blowing smoke, breaking mirrors
A couple of jobs back, when I still worked only in marketing, I used to joke around with an ebiz…