Justin.tv proves to win live video wars, break the law

YouTube got to the top of the online video clip industry by systematically flaunting copyright laws until it could get big enough to be bought by Google and let their lawyers handle it. It seems that in ... Read >

Banhammer! ESPN blacklists NY Post over Erin Andrews debacle

Oh, snap! Earlier this week, the venerable NYC-area paper of record the New York Post posted some stills of the internet sensation Erin Andrews peephole video and published them in print. Despite the sensitive handling of the story- ... Read >

It is definitely one way to get attention

So … you are walking down the street and all of a sudden your attention gets caught by what looks to be fish swimming around is the sign for a restaurant. Guess what – ... Read >

An Open Letter to the Publishing Industry

Dear Publishing Industry, You’re screwed, and everyone knows it - especially since you whine and moan about it on what seems like a daily basis via the very pulpits you are trying to protect.  Crying over spilled milk ... Read >

Seen on Fox News: Taliban should do us a favor and kill captured soldier

Professional jerk-off "military analyst" and retired Army colonel Ralph Peters, appearing on a Fox News show, tripped a collective WTF wire when he suggested the Taliban should just off captured US Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl and "save us a ... Read >

Perez Hilton to expand gossip empire with new mainstream site

There have been a lot of hints over the past month about heavyweight gossip blogger, Perez Hilton, setting up a new friendlier site. The 'Queen of all media' has teamed up with Henry Copeland, founder and CEO ... Read >

At what point will news exec’s get a clue?

I like newspapers, really I do. I like stopping at the newsstand and having a look at the headlines and then carrying on my merry way. Now if I’m not the type ... Read >

Google to Newspapers: learn how to use Robots.txt

After being pounded by media owners in three continents for providing links to their content, Google has finally returned fire by suggesting the papers learn how to use Robots.txt. Media owners and high ranking officials in Australia, the ... Read >

(Video) Blogger, please… don’t say BJ on the news

Kind of scary looking blogger Marcy Wheeler raised a few eyebrows by using a common euphemism for oral sex on a MSNBC segment. Marcy's expressing frustration at lack of investigation into the recent news that Dick Cheney supressed ... Read >

The inevitable? New York Times floats $5 per month access

Newspapers as they move away from the print world and try to embrace the online distribution of news are being faced with how they are going to make money. Advertising might work for blogs ... Read >

Sheepish NY Times admits manipulation in “Ruins of the Second Gilded Age”

It was jarring, stunning, moving and very sad. And it was also shopped. The New York Times Magazine piece "The Ruins of the Second Gilded Age" was an essay composed of atmospheric shots, each depicting the stagnation of ... Read >

Newspapers really need to learn to share

Generally when blogs talk condescendingly about the newspapers moving online we like to point out how they never link out to blogs that they mention or one’s that they quote. To a point I ... Read >