The Media Drop

L.A. Observed’s Kevin Roderick reports that three Los Angeles Times writers are moving to the New York Times, creating an exodus of sorts from one paper to another.

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Last week, Steve Rubel posted about an interesting email signature he received from a contact of his.
While I can’t expect that the rest of the world would adopt something like this, I can see bloggers doing it to assist one another in figuring out what is post-able and what isn’t. Plus, it can cut […]

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CableNewser has another scoop - this time, it’s a letter from Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz to journalists who are covering the war in Iraq.
The letter is in response to a statement Wolfowitz made on Tuesday in front of the House Armed Services Committee that “came out much differently” than he expected. He was […]

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Jonathan Dube has the scoop on why CMP Media links aren’t working when clicked through from Google News.
[Google News] has chosen to reproduce a significant amount of our content in a manner that we deem to be outside the bounds of fair use on the World Wide Web.
Ouch. A reasonably large publisher removed […]

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The Associated Press reports that Spokane, Washington is the proud parent of a 100 block “hot zone,” giving Internet access to anyone in the downtown area for up to two hours a day - for free.
The network is also set up for police and government use, allowing for parking tickets to be written up faster […]

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I think I just made a Dennis Miller-eque reference, but that’s okay… Jeff Jarvis gives Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11″ a 2,252-word spanking over at Buzz Machine that should create some good conversation for a Thursday.
[ed: if you’re interested, more on Kelvin here]

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This morning, the New York Times announced that it had made significant improvements in its ability to print color pages in its daily and Sunday papers, creating an overall increase of 40% more color.
Most dramatically changed will be the National and Northeast editions, which will have a color increase of 75%, moving from 16 to […]

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Steve Rubel from Micro Persuasion informs us about an upcoming ANA conference (actually, two) where bloggers will be given press credentials in order to attend. Details in the block.

The Association of National Advertisers, the industry trade association that represents 340 companies with 8,000 brands that collectively spend over $100 billion in marketing communications and […]

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The New York Daily News‘ Lloyd Grove writes in today’s “Lowdown” column that one of the gossip columnists from crosstown rival New York Post has been shown the door after writing a nasty email that made it back to his superiors.
Ian Spiegelman, who was a staffer on the “Page Six” section was canned after sending […]

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One of the first things I learned when I was a media buyer was what *not* to ask the salespeople from publications about - editorial details. Sure, there’s an editorial calendar that is available to the public, but nothing too specific in order to maintain some integrity. Publications have two sides to their […]

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