Social Media Detox
“When I was in my early-twenties, I made a new year’s resolution to stop looking at myself in the mirror so much. It didn’t work, of course–what else can one…
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Fabricated
In a truly modern media scandal, Tommaso Debenedetti (of the esteemed Italian Debenedetti) literary family has been publishing fake interviews in Il Piccolo magazine with the likes of Phillip Roth,…
Jon Adams Is King of the World
Today is the two-year anniversary of Rumpus comic artist extraordinaire Jon Adams‘ strip, Truth Serum. But that’s not all, the San Francisco Chronicle has revamped its weekend insert, 96 Hours, creating a…
Scarface Success
The fact that the “Scarface School Play,” which we posted yesterday as a video interruption, was staged (no pun intended) should come as no surprise (plus, staged or not, those…
China’s Media Crackdown
Earlier this week Google pulled out of China. The Chinese government is now seeking to “control how Chinese media portray Google’s decision.” The Washington Post has “reprinted the government’s instructions”…
The World’s Largest Book Club
“What if everyone on Twitter read the same book at the same time and we formed one massive, international book club?” Jeff Howe (@CrowdSourcing) lays out his “scheme” to create…
Twestival NYC 2010
This Thursday, New York’s New Media set, including Natasha Hafez, Rachel Sklar, Brooke Moreland, Soraya Darabi and Amanda Rose, will gather for what promises to be one of the largest…
Is Google Just the Beginning?
“A new survey by the American Chamber of Commerce in China says that a growing number of U.S. companies feel unwelcome in China—thirty-eight per cent, up from twenty-three per cent…
Google Pulls Out of China
“Earlier today we stopped censoring our search services—Google Search, Google News, and Google Images—on Google.cn. Users visiting Google.cn are now being redirected to Google.com.hk, where we are offering uncensored search…
The Return of Dr. Viper and Reverend Bruiser
Robert Darnton has a great post over at NYRB on precursors to blogging:
DoD vs. WikiLeaks
WikiLeaks, “the Internet service that offers whistleblowers an opportunity to publish documents that expose corruption and wrongdoing by state and private actors,” has drawn the ire of many corporations in…
“Some rats are going, most rats are staying.”
Over at The Awl Choire Sicha talks with Paul Ford, the now-former web editor of Harper’s, about why he quit, what’s going on at the magazine (“Jennifer Szalai, a senior…