Online
Online
Hollywood Invents Celebrity Twittering For Dollars
12:37PM Richard Rushfield | When show business spots a corner of public consciousness not colonised by product placement and paid endorsements, its experts spring to work to take care of that. More »
Online
If AP Can’t Beat The Google Spammers, It Will Join Them
3:29AM Ryan Tate | Ever clicked on some high-ranked Google result, only to land on a useless page of links, obviously created by spam software? Infuriating. Well, prepare to be maddened further; the Associated Press, avowed hater of the internet, will spam Google too. More »
Online
Newspapers Purging Websites Of ‘News’
12:21AM Hamilton Nolan | The LA Times has a new website! So does Newsday! And you know both these papers are in some serious trouble, so these redesigns better work. What’s their secret success formula? Not so much boring “news”. More »
Online
CocoPerez: Perez Hilton’s Sad Bid For Legitimacy
2:41AM Ryan Tate | It’s not officially launched, but Perez Hilton sporadically allowed access this morning to his new publication for discerning 26-year-old women. Intended to class up the internet cockroach’s image, the new site looks like it will just dilute his sleazy reputation. More »
Print
Bright Idea Saves Newspapers
6:14AM Hamilton Nolan | Here it is, at long last, the idea that will save print and the newspaper industry as a whole! It’s deceptively simple! And the chances of it backfiring horribly are…even or better! More »
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