I think there are plenty of people - myself included - who would assure you that you have nothing to feel guilty about. “Gee, I could read Infinite Jest, or in the time that would take I could read 4 or 5 other ‘classics of literature’ and not feel like I got swindled. Tough call.” From what I read of it, it was fine,… Read more

To me, this is all part and parcel with explosive growth in the value of assets held by the ultra-wealthy. The price of media outlets, congressional seats, state supreme courts, etc., is chump change relative to both their total assets and the value they can extract through control of these centers of power. Read more

If your plan is “Get more stuff onto Facebook” and the company name on your paycheck isn’t “Facebook” I think we know how sustainable that stragegy is going to be in the long run Read more

I will confirm for them, yes, pivoting to video is killing them (as this article deftly argues). Read more

Not just work - on your phone while on the train, or at lunch, or anywhere. There are dozens of cases where print is preferable to video. Sure, multimedia is good: your website can include video and podcasts and whatnot. But the whole concept of “pivoting to video” as the only medium an online outlet would use makes… Read more

Internet video is for a handful of things: musical performances, animals doing animal things and drunk people accidentally hurting themselves. Read more

Public libraries and archive libraries used to preserve all sorts of publications. The migration to digital has not only wildly increased the number of publications, but narrowed the audiences for individual publications. So, there are few “outlets of record” that the public at large would consider vital preservation… Read more

This is why I don’t watch cable news. They are constantly inviting (or even hiring) people onto the air that they know, for a fact, are just going to lie on television. Why on Earth do they keep putting Conway on television? To spread lies for the purpose of drumming up ratings? That’s barely better than Fox News. Read more

Yeah, sweetheart deals and efforts to influence the media are a scourge.

$32,000,000. Read more

Honestly Ron, it’s like these bitches don’t understand the difference between Levi-O-sa and Levio-SA. Read more

While reading this, all I can think of is: “nobody cares.” Read more

The title of this alone makes me want to slit my wrists and/or drink a handle of vodka.
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Nope, you don’t get to draft Eminem. Read more

Eminem may be white, but he’ll always be an honorary brotha in my book. Read more

I still can’t understand why anyone at NBC thought this was a good idea. She’s very popular with a specific segment of the population (old white Republicans) doing a certain thing (looking smug while pushing conservative spin).

This job is completely different and the audience you are going for is completely… Read more

Isn’t resurrection of Jesus one of the oldest and most celebrated examples of fake news? Read more

You would think a media company’s management would use something snazzier than MS Office 2000-level ClipArt for their flyers. Read more