This is from an AP DISPATCH FROM MAINE: A Maine newspaper that horrified author Stephen King by dropping its local book review coverage used his complaint to boost digital subscriptions.King, who lives in Bangor, complained Friday about the Portland Press Herald’s decision to stop publishing freelance-written reviews of books about Maine or written by Maine … Read moreStephen King fans love newspapers…?
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong wants the change the way people consume news on social media.. he called the platforms the “cancer of our time.” “The short attention span we’re creating in this millennium is actually very dangerous,” said Soon-Shiong, the new owner of the Los Angeles Times. “It’s the unintended consequences of social media.” He told … Read moreBillionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong says social media is the cancer of our time!
It was once the biggest print magazine of the year..They were the days.. NOW THIS, AS REPORTED BY Alexandra Steigrad: Days before the issue hit newsstands, usually in early August, executives from Vogue, InStyle, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Glamour and W would brag about the thickness of their telephone book-sized glossies. They’d boast of the “thud” … Read moreIt’s over. Print dies: September VOGUE does not matter
This may be the best video of the entire year.. a serious interview on the BBC interrupted by a family and frantic mom herding the children off of live TV. We need to laugh more. This video helps. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY]
Yesterday before Savanah Guthrie even was able to finish her sentence that NBC executives suddenly and decisively fired MATT LAUER from the company, news outlets already were running blazing headlines.. Drudge’s siren rolled out from the 1990s GIF graveyard.. People were able to commentate on Youtube live streams within seconds. Reactions on Twitter were ferociously … Read moreThe apocalypse is now. Institutions destroyed across America
I am preparing to write up a lengthly post about why I think, all of these years later, so many people are still fascinated and constantly watch footage of the attacks of September 11, 2001. And in the mean time I realized that on this day in 2005, August 7, Peter Jennings met his fate. … Read moreA moment in history
Here is how things unfolded.. This past slow news weekend, President Donald Trump initiated first blast when he posted a MEME of him from 2007 clothes lining Vince McMahan.. but the head of the WWE owner was replaced with CNN’s logo. The media was shocked! Scrutiny began! Such hate! Vitriol.. And some Americans most likely … Read moreMEME WAR I
I figured something was up last week when Megyn Kelly visited the set of Alex Jones.. Jones told her to sit in the same chair that Matt Drudge sat in in 2016.. She was joking with him while on his set of his daily syndicated Youtube and radio program.. All friendly..Then ..The real interview.. people … Read moreMegyn Kelly Exposed by Alex Jones in Leaked Audio Recordings
A few people asked me yesterday: Did you hear about Florida? I was taken aback.. As I did not ‘hear about Florida.’ I thought.. did the state finally sink? Did a shock hurricane form out of no where and strike it? Did it secede from the union? None of the above. Instead, the people told … Read moreSpeak-a the Zika: Fear and loathing in Florida
I’m hopeful that someday soon major news sites will figure out that the deluge of politics in their locations is the most annoying thing ever.. Chile quake anyone? Or will we talk about whether Carly or The Donald are ugly and which one more so? This is going to be a long long season of … Read more