Random Media Notes
Design your own magazine. Mine from Time Inc. Interesting commentary here.
Calling bullshit on the Wall Street Journal’s 500,000 professional bloggers story.
“What if there were a website that zippily surveyed a wealth of resonant, weird, important, frightening, amusing bits of news and ideas? And what if it weren’t totally clogged with reality show linkbait?” (wait, there is…) From the about page of The Awl, the new website (blog?) from Gawker editor Choire Sicha. Tagline: Be less stupid. Sponsored by Butterfinger Buzz, which promises to be a chocolate bar with “as much caffiene as the leading energy drink.”
Seattle P-I sinks without boost from print edition.
April 21st, 2009 at 1:14 pm
These Media Notes remind me of our “art-film and other-non-gossipy gossip” site idea.