Daily Archives: Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Exceptions: I really hate linking to gossip about people in the magazine industry, but, well, sometimes I just can’t help myself. (via: iwantmedia.com)

Ya’ll ever heard such nonsense? Are southern accent reduction courses cropping up across the south? Despite the “faux trend story,” apparently not, says linguist Mark Liberman at Language Log. He can’t find a trend and says it’s dumber than dirt, anyway. … Continue reading →

Continuing paper power: Last year, I blogged about the paper company, Sappi, and its Life with Print advertising campaign. An e-mail newsletter (I can’t find it online, sorry) from BusinessMediamag.com reports that Sappi has renewed and expanded the campaign in … Continue reading →

Google cheatsheet: I don’t know how long this has been around, but www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html is a page on which Google provides lots of helpful hacks. For example, I can never remember how to use Google as a calculator. A nice link … Continue reading →

Richards Group gets magazines: Adweek is reporting that the Richards Group (agency of Home Depot, Motel 6, Chick-fil-A and others) is setting up a new media buying and planning group focused specifically on magazines. “As audiences continue to fragment, the … Continue reading →

Listen to what you are saying:  Verlyn Klinkenborg writes an appreciation of Eleanor Gould Packard, the New Yorker’s arbiter of style, who died on Sunday at 87. Quote: “…a writer soon learns to welcome anyone who can offer real insight … Continue reading →

Kept media: Since its launch, Gary Price (ResourceShelf.com) and I have scratched our heads about Keep Media‘s ability to get people to pay for something that is so easily and legally available for free: online access to vast magazine archives. … Continue reading →