Daily Archives: Monday, July 26, 2004

Blogger followers, no doubt

Blogger followers, no doubt: It doesn’t take much to connect the dots between this story and the convention-bloggers story, no? (via Dave Barry)

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Suffering succotash

Suffering succotash: Slate’s Susan Daniels rounds-up examples of sour-grapes coverage in the international press of Lance Armstrong’s sixth Tour de France victory. Most ironic is the Swiss paper that chided Lance with this remark: “Mankind is not fond of those … Continue reading

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Paper money

Paper money: Paperloop.com, a paid-subscription site, is reporting that in June, North American factories that mill the type of paper used for printing magazines were operating at 95% capacity, up from 88 % a year ago. Quote: Tightness in North … Continue reading

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Vaporday

Vaporday: Another announcement about an October magazine launch, this one an extension of the Ward’s Auto World brand called “Ward’s Auto Electronics,” according to this one-day-only link to B to B online.

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Two men “charged” with publishing a magazine

Two men “charged” with publishing a magazine: As incomprehensible and disgusting as I regard a magazine about dog fighting, I am still somewhat surprised that AP would spin this story to make it appear the individuals are being charged “with … Continue reading

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This just in

This just in: Here’s a headline from mediapost.com that ranks right up there with “John Kerry served in Viet Nam”: “Convention Coverage Could Boost Blog Traffic, Ad Rates, and Awareness.” What? There are going to be bloggers at the conventions … Continue reading

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Convention magaziners

Convention magaziners: In the absence of real news, reporters typically resort to stories about other reporters, as in this NY Times article about magazines producing daily versions during the political conventions. Still, this angle is in no way a threat … Continue reading

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Extremezine

Extremezine: Ziff Davis made a vaporzine announcement this morning. Quote from the press release: Ziff Davis Media Inc. announced today the launch of the ExtremeTech magazine series; the first issue will debut on newsstands in October. ExtremeTech magazine is a … Continue reading

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Move over convention bloggers

Move over convention bloggers: The kid reporters from Weekly Reader may be trying to infringe on your hype juggernaut. Weekly Reader kid reporters carry some big credentials to the Democratic Convention this week. Four student reporters and two teen editors … Continue reading

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The great outdoors

The great outdoors: MediaPost’s Michael Shields profiles the magazine Outdoor Life. Quote: When a magazine announces that it is increasing its frequency from 9 to 10 issues a year, it is usually a sign of a startup publication growing bigger, … Continue reading

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Why we’re voting for Rafat Ali

Why we’re voting for Rafat Ali: Rafat, the journalist-blogger (blogalist?) of PaidContent.Org (and other properties) fame, displays why he’s one of this weblogs ‘roll’-models with this honest review of a conference of which his company was one of the sponsors. … Continue reading

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