The Media Drop

Over at the HuffPo, Rachel Sklar (shocker!) has the scoop on the new editors at Gawker.
[Thanks, Chris!]

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Hey, props to Robert Cox and the other folks behind Olbermann Watch for getting picked up in an AP item by David Bauder on Sunday. Yet another great example of a blog - or its bloggers - being quoted from a blog in a news article.

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A few years ago, before it was as easy as it is today to manage multiple domain names and such through hosts such as GoDaddy and others, I managed to let one domain slip through my renewal-ready fingers when I missed a renewal notice, and as luck would have it, by the time I got […]

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If there has ever been a moment when I wished that two well-known personalities offline, who happen to have blogs online, would start corresponding back and forth, it’s right now, when Malcolm Gladwell is talking about Kevin Garnett, who plays for the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves. It’s just ripe for Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban to […]

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A few days ago, Anil Dash sorta-kinda called out some mainstream journalists he suggests penned pieces as link bait. Link bait, if you haven’t heard it before, is a simple way of describing what someone else has written purely for the sake of getting others to link to it. Typically it’s obnoxious, insulting, or totally […]

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He’ll never point it out because he’s like that, but I’m going to. Check out Chris Thilk (he writes at AdJab and his own Movie Marketing Madness, among other places) in the Los Angeles Times this week, where he’s provided his seven tips for marketing movies - because that’s like…what he does.
And yes, while […]

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This week, I’ve seen a few links to SCOUT’s tips for corporate blogging, which was a nice addition to the usual rigamarole of things that we’ve seen of late. (Although Waltham is spelled w-a-l-t-h-a-m, you’ve got your “h” and “t” flipped - just joshin’ with ya)
While those ten suggestions are very solid and I’d […]

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Congrats to West Coast pal Irina Slutsky for snagging a title (which comes with an editor gig) at Top 10 Sources. Good stuff!

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In case you’re looking for me, head on over to AdJab and see what Chris Thilk and I are doing with regard to the Super Bowl commercials. We’ll have a ton of great coverage, links, and obnoxious commentary having to do with tonight’s spots - and it’s already started with the pregame show!
Additionally, the two […]

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This morning, Dan Gillmor published an open letter to the community of Bayosphere users, along with the rest of us who are interested (and part of) the citizen journalism community. It’s a must-read, IMHO, and can shed some light on the ins and outs of putting together a successful community of newsgatherers, interested readers, and […]

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