“The Lazysphere - a working definition - is a group of bloggers who I won't name by name, but you can spot them a mile away. Rather than create new ideas or pen thoughtful essays, they simply glom on to the latest news with another "me too" blog post.” IdeasFunnyNamesGroupsNewsDefinitionsMilesSpotsPostsThoughtfulPensNew IdeasEssaysBlogsBloggingMiles AwayBloggers Author:Steve Rubel
“I read the 'Times' and 'Post,' but I have nothing against the 'Daily News.' I also fish around the Internet for entertainment news but find most of what I read to be untrue or partially true.” InternetNewsFishesEntertainmentPostsUntrueDaily News Author:Andy Cohen
“I've never really been interested in the vintage photos people pay lots of money for -- civil war tintypes or old daguerrotypes of famous people. Nor do I have any interest in the really gross, dark stuff that some people pay top-dollar, like post-mortem photos of babies (yuck) or press photos of old murder scenes or whatever. I collect in these little niches most other people don't care about -- dark-and-weird-but-fun -- and photos that have been written on, which a lot of sellers think hurts their value. All of which is good news for me!” PeopleThinkingLittlesHas BeensWarCareValuesFunStuffInterestHurtDarkPayWrittenBabySceneNewsMurderPressesDollarsDon't CarePostsCivil WarLots Of MoneyGood NewsGrossNicheVintageSellersYuck Author:Ransom Riggs
“At The Huffington Post, we thought of the front page as a one-stop shop for everything you'd need in news.” NeedsFrontsNewsPagesPostsShops Author:Jonah Peretti
“Near yonder thorn, that lifts its head on high, Where once the sign-post caught the passing eye, Low lies that house where nut-brown draughts inspired, Where graybeard mirth and smiling toil retired, Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round.” LooksEyeLyingHouseNewsLowsProfoundInspiredRoundsCaughtPassingPassingsPostsLiftsBrownVillageNutsToilRetiredStatesmenMirthInnsAleDraught Book:The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: with a biographical memoir of the author, written expressly for this edition Source: The miscellaneous works of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B.: with a biographical memoir of the author, written expressly for this edition
“Most days I only go out to the post office or to get some food. Otherwise I work on my art or music. I check out the news, and generally spend a lot of time on Tumblr or Facebook or whatever.” ArtOfficeNewsChecksPostsPost Office Author:Ed Askew
“Note that both of these papers [the New York Post and the New York Daily News] are big sellers in a city whose residents like to go around saying they'd never live anyplace else on account of they'd miss the opera.” BigsCitiesModernMissingNew YorkPaperNewsAccountsNotesPostsOperaPapersModern LifeResidentsSellersDaily News Author:Dave Barry
“If conservatives come to control the White House and both Houses of Congress, there will be very little change in Hollywood, the network evening news, universities, church bureaucracies, the New York Times, or the Washington Post. Institutions that are overwhelmingly left-liberal will continue to misinform the public and distort public discourse.” IfsLittlesChristianHouseLeftChurchReligiousWhiteNew YorkNewsHollywoodInstitutionsUniversityCongressEveningPostsWhite HouseDiscourseBureaucracyNew York TimesPublic Discourse Author:Robert Bork
“A handful of us determine what will be on the evening news broadcasts, or, for that matter, in the New York Times or Washington Post or Wall Street Journal. Indeed it is a handful of us with this awesome power.And those [news stories] available to us already have been culled and re-culled by persons far outside our control.” PersonsHas BeensMatterStoriesStreetsNew YorkWallNewsDetermineAvailableEveningPostsJournalHandfulNew York TimesNews StoriesWall Street Journal Author:Walter Cronkite
“In a fashion similar to the leftist occupiers on Wall Street, their antics would be the target of rabid moral indignation on the front pages of the New York times and Washington Post and on the lead stories of every cable news show.” StoriesShowsWould BeMoralStreetsFashionFrontsNew YorkWallNewsPagesPostsTargetCablesNew York TimesIndignationLeftistsAnticsCable NewsMoral Indignation Author:Jamie Glazov
“Here's some exciting news - according to The New York Post, both Al Gore and John Kerry are thinking of running for president in 2008. Gore and Kerry again! Political experts say it's too early to tell who would lose bigger!” ThinkingRunningPoliticalPresidentLosesNew YorkNewsBiggerExcitingPostsExpertsAlsGoreJohn Kerry Author:Jay Leno
“I think people are attracted to The Huffington Post's blend of up-to-the-second news and thoughtful opinion, delivered with an attitude. Plus, I think they enjoy that we cover so many different things - from politics and entertainment to style and satire. There is always something interesting to read and think about - and even to laugh at.” PeopleThinkingDifferentEnjoyInterestingAttitudeOpinionLaughingStyleNewsEntertainmentPostsThoughtfulDifferent ThingsSatirePlusSomething Interesting Author:Arianna Huffington
“Aggregating is only a part of what we do: HuffPost offers a combination of original blog posts (approximately 200 a day), original reporting, syndicated news (like from AP) that we pay for, and licensed content (via content-sharing partnerships). Original blog posts and pieces from our reporters account for more than 40 percent of all content viewed on HuffPost.” PayPiecesOffersNewsPercentAccountsOriginalsPostsCombinationPartnershipReportersBlogs Author:Arianna Huffington
“The Huffington Post Investigative Fund's goal is to produce a broad range of investigative journalism created by both staff reporters and freelance writers, with a focus on working with the many experienced reporters and writers impacted by the economic contraction. The pieces will range from long-form investigations to short breaking news stories and will be presented in a variety of media - including text, audio, and video.” LongStoriesFormGoalFocusPiecesEconomicMediaProduceNewsIncludingVideoJournalismVarietyPostsRangeFundBroadsInvestigationStaffReportersAudioContractionsNews StoriesBreaking NewsInvestigative Journalism Author:Arianna Huffington
“For example, because I'm a lapsed geologist, I followed the eruption of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in 2010 in great detail, amassing a huge number of links to news articles, blog posts, scientific papers, web cams, video and photos. That archive came to the attention of Chatham House, and they then commissioned me to research the way in which the media responded to the ash cloud crisis. I think that's the only time that my degree and my career have fully intersected, and it really was a lovely moment!” ThinkingWayMomentsHouseNumbersAttentionCareersMediaExampleHugeDegreesPaperNewsResearchCrisisCloudsDetailsLovelyVideoPostsLinksArticlesAshesPapersOnly TimeBlogsVolcanoesArchivesEruptionGeologistHuge Numbers Author:Suw Charman-Anderson
“My local paper, The New York Times, Yahoo News, CBS, and The Washington Post, all agreed to stop using the word 'mistress.' The big one was the Associated Press. They made a style change, and it's the gold standard that sets the guide for news outlets around the world. That's a small step for the American language, a medium step for feminism, and a huge step for me personally.” WorldMadeBigsLanguageStepsFeminismStyleNew YorkHugePaperNewsStandardsGoldPressesGuidesLocalsMediumsAround The WorldPostsOutletsMistressNew York TimesSmall StepsGold StandardAmerican Language Author:Paula Broadwell
“The queen of aggregation is, of course, Arianna Huffington, who has discovered that if you take celebrity gossip, adorable kitten videos, posts from unpaid bloggers and news reports from other publications, array them on your website and add a left-wing soundtrack, millions of people will come.” PeopleIfsCoursesLeftMillionsNewsWingsAddVideoPostsQueensReportsGossipSitePublicationKittenLeft WingAdorableSoundtracksBloggersCelebrity Gossip Author:Bill Keller
“If you look at the New York Times, it says X; if you look at the Washington Post, it says the same thing. And if you turn on any television newscast it's the same thing you already heard, that's research. And that's one of the ways it's done. Authority ends up being imputed simply because of volume. I mean, all of these different news organizations reporting the exact same thing.” IfsWayLooksMeanDifferentEndsDoneTurnsHeardNew YorkTelevisionAuthorityNewsResearchOrganizationPostsVolumeTurn-onNew York Times Author:Rush Limbaugh