Porn sites get own domain
Friday the porn industry received special recognition in the world of the Internet. Porn sites now have their own domain: .xxx. CNN.com reported it Friday […]
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Vogts misses posting
Dear readers, I just wanted to apologize for not posting a “Front Page Friday” piece last Friday (though I did get one posted today) and only posting […]
Woman blogs the end of her life
On March 27, Eva Dien Brine Markvoort, of Vancouver, Canada, died after battling cystic fibrosis. She was 25 years old. Itself, her death isn’t that […]
Recent Reads: LA Times, plagiarism, Wi-Fi
Recently, I have been happening upon quite a few interesting articles. I haven’t had the time to write about each of them individually, so I […]
Kansas broadband gaps to be filled via stimulus
Earlier this month, Kansas received a $2 million slice from the $7.2 billion pie that is the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s program to expand […]
Google partners with NYT, WaPo to create ‘living story pages’
Today The Washington Post announced the start of a new partnership with Google. The search-engine giant is working with WaPo and The New York Times […]
Newsy Bits Next To The Giblets: Posts I read during Thanksgiving
The Monday following the Thanksgiving holiday is always busy. Some people are taking part in the Cyber Monday insanity, but me personally, I’m trying to […]
Small Papers Can Use Social Media
EDITOR’S NOTE: I wrote the following piece as a contribution to a scholarly paper being written by Wichita State University communications professor Les Anderson, who […]
GateHouse Media Sues New York Times Co.
A desperate media company is making a desperate move. GateHouse Media Inc., which owns several Kansas newspapers and 125 local newspapers across Massachusetts alone, is […]
Daily Show: Newspapers Are Dead
“What’s black and white and completely over? Give up. It’s newspapers,” Jon Stewart said Tuesday night on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” Citing several news […]
Personal Branding Is Important
I consider my name to be my brand. I won’t attach it to anything I don’t believe in or like. I believe everyone should take […]
Curley set to leave Washington Post
On Saturday, Rob Curley posted a blog on his site, www.robcurley.com, that said he is leaving The Washington Post for The Las Vegas Sun. I […]