The Media Drop

Last night I joined my first online-networking system, LinkedIn. I figured it was worth just checking out, even if I stopped using it after a while. I’m not a big fan of them, as people use it for too much of the online dating type stuff, which is fine, but seriously - leave […]

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John Robb thinks he knows what you have to do to get a “hot weblog”.
I think it’s kind of unfortunate that he groups people who are thinkers and topic owners as “second tier” bloggers, though. Following this theory, do you just have to “connect” to a lot of folks through your […]

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I was just perusing the NYTimes through bloglines and came across this front-pager, “Michael Wolff to Leave New York Magazine for Vanity Fair“.
Wow - pretty big deal. It seems to be expected, according to the article, after Wolff and a group of investors didn’t win the recent bidding battle over Primedia’s one-thought-of gemstone, New […]

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After reading this article over at Reuters entitled “Most US consumers get local news from papers-study”, I got to thinking…. Is that for real?
I have gotten to the point where the *only* print medium that comes across my desk or couch cushions is Sports Illustrated. Oh, and we get the Sunday paper at […]

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Well hello there, and welcome to The Media Drop.
I’ll give a brief overview of what’s going on here, and from there it’s up to you what comes out of it. I’ve always had an interest in hearing from various folks in the media, such as television and radio broadcasters, journalists, and especially […]

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