Twitter continues to be hot. It wracked up more than 5 million new users in March, according to ComScore Media Metrix. The total number of users is on the verge of crossing 20 million (although figuring out the true number of users is difficult because so many people access the platform through desktop and mobile [...]
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Is the Internet Mean?
May 4, 2009
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Yes, but not always. I just finished reading David Denby’s polemic on Internet rudeness called “Snark: It’s Mean, It’s Personal, and It’s Ruining Our Conversation.” Here’s how Denby describes Snark: “This is an essay about a strain of nasty, knowing abuse spreading like pinkeye through the national conversation – a tone of snarking insult provoked [...]
Read moreBoston Globe Shuns Readers
May 1, 2009
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Today is the “alleged” deadline for the Boston Globe unions to provide $20 million in givebacks to the New York Times Co. – or face the prospect of the newspaper being shuttered. The Globe reported today that the largest union – the Newspaper Guild – has asked for an extension. But who knows what to [...]
Read morePortfolio Magazine to Shutdown
April 29, 2009
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The Great Media Collapse of 2009 continues unabated. Latest victim: the upscale business magazine Portfolio. Despite having collected more than 450,000 subscribers in two years, the magazine launched by Conde Nast to compete with Fortune and Forbes will lay-off more than 80 workers and then close in May. Portfolio hit the market with a lot [...]
Read moreMainstream Media Kicks Craigslist While Its Down
April 27, 2009
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There is nothing the mainstream media likes better than a juicy slab of bad news for a new media company. Case in point: Craigslist. You can feel the smug arrogance raditating from newsrooms across the country. The last couple of weeks have been cruel to the online classified site. Craigslist is under fire after a [...]
Read moreA Twitter Race to Nowhere
April 16, 2009
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Despite the fact that he can’t spell very well, B-movie actor Ashton Kutcher is on the verge of having one million followers on Twitter. In a publicity stunt that is being breathlessly covered by the mainstream media, the blogosphere and on Twitter, Kutcher has been racing news cable station CNN to be the first one [...]
Read moreHighTalking: Steve Rubel on PR’s Future
March 31, 2009
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Steve Rubel, senior vice president and director of insights for Edelman Digital, has become a strong voice for public relations on the web. His blog Micro Persuasion explores the intersection of communications and the social web – and is a must read for PR professionals. I recently had the chance to interview Steve about his [...]
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