Is the beginning of MyAlltop the solution to the death of the Seattle P-I?

I thought people were kidding when they said the Seattle P-I was closing up shop. Come on how could that paper be in trouble? Well, I guess it was because the last print edition rolled off the conveyors today. Oh, of course the Seattle P-I will live on in the virtual world. We were having this very discussion yesterday. Based on the fact that the NYT could buy every print subscriber a Kindle and make money if they stopped printing the “dead... [Read More...]

Smart journalists tweet while newspapers wrap fish

It’s no secret that I’m into Twitter. It’s also no secret that I strive to think unconventionally about journalism, publishing, and new media. So I had to smile about this post from the editor in chief of Reuters on scooping “himself” (Reuters the wire service) on Twitter:While it is vital to read the five as a whole, I take the fifth (”That no effort shall be spared to expand, develop and adapt the news and other... [Read More...]