by Matthew L. Schafer Note: This report originally appeared in the media blog Lippmann Would Roll. Today, the conservative website The Daily Caller released excerpts from what has been dubbed the “Journolist.” The Journolist was created by rising Washington Post reporter Ezra Klein in February of 2007. The Journolist is an email listserv that was […]
FCC’s Genachowski Takes Respite With Media Moguls, Skips Public Hearing
by Matthew L. Schafer Note: This report originally appeared in the media blog Lippmann Would Roll. Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski stopped by the yearly Allen & Co. media mogul retreat Tech Daily Dose reported. The retreat, hosted by the boutique investment firm, began last Wednesday and continued on into the weekend. Noteworthy attendees included […]
The Fourth Estate or the Fourth Stooge? Mainstream press react to Rolling Stone access
by Matthew L. Schafer With the fanatic interest around Michael Hasting’s controversial Rolling Stone article about General Stanley McChrystal beginning to subside, a much more interesting question than “What was McChrystal thinking?” is emerging. The article, which landed McChrystal in early retirement, has many in the mainstream media arguing over whether Hastings broke the journalistic […]
BP to Reporters: Please Leave (Again)
After an underwater robot knocked a cap that was collecting the spilling oil on Wednesday, oil began leaking into the Gulf at an increasing rate. <hr> by Matthew L. Schafer After sixty four days and over 162 thousand gallons of oil flooding the gulf, there appears to be no end in sight for the BP oil spill. […]
Lawmakers Propose to Axe Funding for Public Media
In mid June, Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO.] introduced a bill to cut all government support for the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, which funds public media like NPR and PBS. Lamborn called the CBP “low hanging fruit,” saying, “We have to make hard choices if we’re going to get our deficit under control… [or] we’re going […]
Steve Jobs’ Flash Diatribe: Thoughts on Flash
"Thoughts on Flash" by Steve Jobs, originally published on Apple.com. Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe’s founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and owned around 20% of the […]
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