“When you're kept by a patron you don't have to duke it out in the media marketplace for dollars and for readers. In some ways that's a blessing because it takes a lot of pressure off you.” WayLiteratureMediaReaderBlessingPressureDollarsMarketplaceDukesPatron Author:David Talbot
“Big money, big Liberal Party politics and big media are trying to get rid of us, of course, by letting Packer take over Fairfax - a media-only company. But we're hanging in there and doing the best job we can for our readers while we can.” TryingBigsJobsCoursesPartyCompanyMediaReaderBest JobPackersLiberal Party Author:Margo Kingston
“If one person in America had starved over the last 20 years, you, reader, would know his name. The media would see to that. It would be the most thoroughly documented death since John Kennedy's.” IfsKnowsYearsPersonsWould BeLastsAmericaNamesMediaReaderJohn Kennedy Author:Joseph Sobran
“Most of promoting seems unnatural to me, and I wish I didn't have to do it. I'm not especially good at tooting my own horn. However, I do love to connect with readers. That's why I try to keep up with my social media even when I don't have a new book coming out.” TryingBookSeemsWishSocialMy OwnMediaReaderSocial MediaComing OutPromotingHornsUnnaturalNew Books Author:Linda Conrad
“Even non-commercial media rely on transferring cost to users through licence fees, donations from listeners, viewers, or readers, or grants from companies and foundations that have wrestled their funds from the public in some form of earlier commercial activity.” FormCompanyMediaReaderCostActivityFoundationRelyFundGrantsUsersListenersViewersFeesDonation Author:Robert G. Picard
“The inherent non-linearity of the digital allows for more input from others, including the subject and reader as collaborators. The top-down, bedtime-style story is of limited use. A non-linear narrative that allows for increased complexity and depth, and encourages both subject and reader to have greater involvement, will eventually emerge more fully from the digital environment. This, in a sense, is the more profound democratization of media.” StoriesUseEnvironmentGreaterSubjectsMediaStyleReaderProfoundDepthIncludingNarrativeComplexityDigitalInherentInvolvementLinearInputBedtimeCollaboratorsTop DownDemocratization Author:Fred Ritchin
“TV and film are very different media with different requirements. In a TV show, you have actors and fellow writers and directors, who are interpreting your work. With a novel, you only have ink, words and your reader.” DifferentShowsFilmActorsNovelMediaTvsReaderDirectorsFellowsTv ShowsRequirementsInkInterpreting Author:Howard Gordon
“I only know what it's like to be an author with social media. I can't compare. I do think we lose the mystery of the author. Today, I get tons of e-mails and Facebook messages from readers, and my goal with Twitter and Facebook is, if someone reaches out to me, I'm going to respond to them. I don't want to be an elitist author who is untouchable. I'm just a regular person, too. I will always respond to everybody.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantPersonsI CanTodaySocialGoalLosesMysteryMediaReaderMessagesSocial MediaCompareReach OutMailElitistUntouchablesTwitter And Facebook Author:Matt de la Pena
“I know "accessibility" is a term that's kind of thrown around wantonly today, especially with talking about visual media. But I think that the strength of comics [is how they] really allow you to transcend those last barriers between a reader absorbing the information of an experience, and a reader being able to project themselves into the [experience of the] people about whom they're reading.” PeopleThinkingKnowsKindTodayAbleLastsReadingTermTalkingMediaInformationReaderProjectsVisualsThrownBarriersAbsorbingAccessibility Author:Nate Powell
“In the media, a reviewer has his personal vision but it's passed along to a million readers or whatever. He might think that this particular song sounds like Jo Blow. Or like a Bo Diddley record that he heard six years ago. But the artist who made the record may never have even heard the Bo Diddley song. We all respond differently.” ThinkingYearsMayMadeMightArtistSongSoundVisionMillionsRecordsHeardMediaParticularReaderSixYears AgoBlowReviewersPersonal Vision Author:Van Morrison