“Mathematical equations do not work in media,” [Hinton] said. What works in media is: If the reader and the advertiser don’t like what they’re seeing, then they ain’t going to be coming back.”

[W]hy was PP using its philanthropic funding to, essentially, subsidize the cost of a segment for 60 Mins, the most financially successful news show in the history of US TV? Second, how can PP be filling a grievous gap in the information available to the

“Corporate bloggers are apparently struggling to sustain a conversation, while many B2B marketers are failing to realize that good blogging style should resemble a coffee shop conversation, not a whitepaper.”

“If the Washington Post, which has a very strong brand, can reach people who want sound, thoughtful, balanced journalism — free of cant, free of slant — they will come to The Post in print, online, on mobile phones, expecting those qualities.

“As much as journalists like to pretend that editors shape newspapers, the real power has always belonged to publishers.”