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Two takes on news, and one on journalism
Three quotes to chew on, one from soon-to-be Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff: You can’t put this too starkly: the news as a pastime, as a form of media, is vaudeville. The news business — our crowd of overexcited people narrating events as they happen — is going out of business. This from a guy called…
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Barry Diller on the future of newspapers
Just because you’re on the board of the Washington Post doesn’t mean you can’t keep it real. Barry Diller has been sharing his thoughts on the future of newspapers with Portfolio: “I think that the print business, the ink business, is deeply challenged. But I also think that’s just the distribution mode. I think that…
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The last word on noddies
In response to criticism that this blog is “turgid” and “heavy-going” – here is a clip from an old Aussie sketch show, suggested by one reader, in the hope that it “will lighten things up”:
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Wonkette for Westminster
Good luck to Lloyd Shepherd’s new political blog venture Westmonster. Sadie Smith takes on the Ana Marie Cox role, tasked with being Westminster’s answer to Wonkette. She’s kicking off from Bournemouth.