If you are looking for a sweet deal on a NY Times subscription (non-subscribers for the last 90 days only), you can get 50% off the regular rate for 6 months. Best discount for the NYT that I have come across yet. Convenient timing as I am ready to give up on the Houston Chronicle. … Print media, advertising, and recycling
The Nonconformist. Now that I’m no longer a subscriber, I occasionally miss some good tidbits from the NYT, especially when it’s in the magazine. Mass Appeal. For someone who works with technology as much as I do, I’m quite the laggard when it comes to Web 2.0 stuff. I really admire some of the Threadless … Missing the NY Times
Submitted this for the Chronicle Viewpoints section nearly a month ago, but it was never published so it has languished in my mailbox. The Virginia Tech tragedy has been blamed partly on lax gun control laws, bad decision-making by university officials, and even loose immigration restrictions in the eyes of a few poorly-informed individuals. I … Just don’t be pointing one of them guns
Media outlets battle it out over free-speech rights. Disney’s ABC tries to bully blogger. Mike Stark, another blogger and a Spocko ally, said: “The way to fight free speech that you disagree with is to engage in more free speech. And that’s exactly what Spocko did.” Gonzales says the Constitution doesn’t guarantee habeas corpus. One … …
Why the FCC Needs a New Chief. Michael Powell’s ill-advised efforts to help Big Media united left and right alike. After such a fiasco, resignation is the honorable option.
In Courtroom, Laughter at Fox and a Victory for Al Franken. Judge Chin said the case was an easy one, and chided Fox for bringing its complaint to court. The judge said, “Of course, it is ironic that a media company that should be fighting for the First Amendment is trying to undermine it.”
Well, I found out today why there have not been any recent movie reviews by Steven Rosen in the Denver Post. According to a staff writer, he has resigned and moved to L.A. I have always found his write-ups to be excellent despite the fact that they were often filled with spoilers. Amusingly, I would … …