Daily Archives: Wednesday, August 4, 2004

Findory’s Blogory and a Topix.net clarification

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Findory’s Blogory and a Topix.net clarification: Via comments on a previous post regarding news aggregators offering alternatives to Google News, Italian blogger Luca asks, “What about Findory.com? I found your post by Blogory.com.” Sure enough, I clicked over to Blogory.com … Continue reading →

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Do the “Big 5″ control what we think?

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Do the “Big 5″ control what we think? Slate’s Jack Shafer makes the case they (TW, Viacom, News Corp, Disney, Bertlesmann) don’t. Quote: For all the Big Five’s alleged powers of mind control, consider the list of influential news organizations … Continue reading →

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America’s most literate cities

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 by Rex Hammock

America’s most literate cities: Determined by analysing U.S. Census data regarding newspaper and magazine circulation rates, educational attainment levels, library resources and booksellers, comes this ranking from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (I assume the school was not named for the … Continue reading →

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Magazine website gimmicks

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Magazine website gimmicks: Reuters profiles some “newfangled tools that popular U.S. magazines offer on their Web sites these days in a bid to court readers and advertisers with features that can’t be replicated in print.” Quote: Glamour.com features a virtual … Continue reading →

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Start spreading the word

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Start spreading the word: The NY Post (second item – however, read the first as it’s about a vaporzine) reports that the New Yorker has passed the one-million mark in its circulation for the first time in its 79-year history. … Continue reading →

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Contract of a Life

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 by Rex Hammock

Contract of a Life: Last week, I sent a shout-out to my Quad friends for picking up the contract to print half of the 12 million-run of the new Friday-newspaper-delivered Life. Today’s shout-out goes to the rexblog friends from RR … Continue reading →

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How magazines get started (continued)

Posted on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 by Rex Hammock

How magazines get started (continued): Last week, I broke down the formula for how a local newspaper profiles the launch of a new magazine in its area. Today, the Arizona Republic includes the formula-profile of the magazine Personal Real Estate … Continue reading →

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