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Unfounded lesbian smears sell! (Well, almost)
The Times (of London) should have found itself generating big web traffic thanks to its print edition making the front page of Drudge. So how did it (nearly) happen? With a little help from unfounded allegations of a lesbian affair involving Hillary Clinton and an aide. Last week the Drudge Report originally linked to this…
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How to fall off your editorial soapbox
There is occasionally a danger in moralising. From the Daily Mail: The Mail accepts that countless people working for the state are dedicated and conscientious. But the fact remains that too many are feather-bedded and infused with a clock-watching, careless culture… From the Daily Mail: In an article of 6 November 2007 about Tom Sykes,…
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Should CEOs be bloggers or bosses?
Reuters CEO Tom Glocer thinks it is no longer either/or. He writes on blogging, Facebooking etc: …it could be argued, I suppose, that imagination and experimentation should be left to more junior or younger staff, and the chief executive should only perform “serious” duties like strategy formulation and ordering people around. I think this is…
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Roger Ailes: Fox News caused the run-off in Florida
Roger Ailes gave an interview to members of Britain’s House of Lords Communications select committee. You can read it below: Minute of the meeting with Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO, Fox News17 September, New York 24. The Committee met with Mr Ailes accompanied by his colleagues David Rhodes, Vice President of Fox News, John Moody,…