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The Great Newspaper Firewall Is Coming. And?
1:57AM Hamilton Nolan | Newsday is going to start charging for its awful website. One columnist there quit over it. The New York Times says it will make a decision on charging for its (good) website “within weeks”. Then what happens? More »
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A World Without The Internet
6:50AM Ryan Tate | Cracked.com has imagined a terrifying post-internet hellscape: Twitter via carrier pigeon, LOLcats on Broadway and the resurgence of porn shops. OK, so it’s not all bad. Via Anna Jane Grossman.
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Was Gourmet’s Death The Magazine Bottom?
4:54AM Hamilton Nolan | In today’s media column: a sunny theory about Conde Nast, and the AP’s crazy scheme, for money. More »
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Seeking Swedish Lesbians, Chinese Men Bring Internet To Its Knees
6:05AM Ryan Tate | Chinese men very, very interested in finding out more about a mythical secret of town Swedish lesbian lumberjacks have reportedly “crippled” the nation’s data networks with a flood of search requests. And they’re inundating the poor Swedes, as well. More »
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Gourmet’s Dead. Don’t Blame The Internet.
1:21AM Hamilton Nolan | The death of Gourmet has prompted plenty of maudlin remembrances. And plenty of suggestions as to why we should mourn it: the food, Ruth Reichl, the jobs, the beauty. One theory to ignore: the internet is ruining smart magazines! More »
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Did Your Email Get Hacked? Maybe.
1:24AM Hamilton Nolan | The bad news is that 30,000 Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and other email accounts have had all their login info posted online, by hackers. The good news is, it’s their own dumb fault. More »
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BusinessWeek : Wasserstein Out, Layoffs Coming
3:56AM Hamilton Nolan | In your revenue-generating Tuesday media column: the BusinessWeek bidding draws to a close, Americans would pay only a pittance for newspaper websites, Peter Shankman’s getting rich somehow, and the WaPo is determined not to write about dwarves. More »
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Everybody Wants Google To Rat Someone Out
11:47PM Hamilton Nolan | That which we feared most hath come to pass: Mean, anonymous people are being forcefully purged from the internet, with lawsuits. First the skankblogger affair, and now it’s happening again! Sort of. More »
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After All That Drama, Google China Loses Leader
7:37PM Andrew Belonsky | Poor Google! The company’s Chinese expansion hasn’t been easy: they’ve been shamed for giving into government censors and continue to play second-fiddle to a state-supported competitor. And now they’ve lost their regional leader. What will become of the company? More »
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