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How (and why) to replace the AP

The Associated Press is becoming the enemy of the internet because it is fighting the link and the link is the basis of the internet. From Richard Perez-Pena’s New York… Read more »

How to handle an ass (like me)

I want to love my cable company – honestly, I do. They bring me things I love and depend upon. I love TV. I really, really love the internet. (The… Read more »

Hyperlocal sites: Please help

Hyperlocal sites of any flavor: Please help us with the New Business Models for News Project and fill out our survey. Last chance before we start compiling data. The information… Read more »

Cablevision sucks

Well, but that’s not news, is it? Everybody knows that. But that hit home – again – tonight when I returned after three days away to find our internet not… Read more »

Charity or collaboration?

The New York Times has accepted free stories from ProPublica. It has endorsed a journalist getting help from the public via Spot.US to underwrite a story that might appear at… Read more »

Why I empathize with Prof. Gates

The last time I was hurt by an anti-Jewish comment, I was 13-years-old and attending Boy Scout Camp. I've experienced occasional anti-Semitic comments since then, but they didn't much get… Read more »

Why I don't like the Amazon-Zappos Deal

[Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. Photo by laughingsquid.com. ] Amazon.com, world's largest retailer, announced yesterday that it will acquire Zappos.com, the Internet's largest merchant of shoes and accessories. At the time… Read more »

Braiding Businssweek

About a week ago, traditional publishing giant McGraw Hill announced it wanted to sell or spin BusinessWeek, one of the most venerable of all American business publications. The news, I… Read more »

SM Global Report: Richard Edelman

Edelman PR is the world's largest independent PR agency, but I'm not really one to be impressed by the largeness of an organization. PR Week has voted Edelman the best… Read more »

Twitterville excerpt: Introduction

NOTE: With permission from my publisher, Portfolio, I am posting Twitterville's entire Introduction as it will appear when the book is published on Sept. 3. I certainly hope you like… Read more »