“I'm the son of a newsman, I grew up around news, so I can understand the issue, which is that papers are losing subscribers and they're getting less and less outlets... it's a tricky thing. You're going to have to sell papers. The problem is, there's so little reporting anymore.” LittlesI CanProblemIssuesSonGrewPaperGrew UpNewsLosingSellsPapersOutletsTricky Author:George Clooney
“As an emerging photojournalist in the early 70s, my focus was on trying to create stories for magazines to the exclusion of almost everything else. I wish someone had told me then that the most personally important pictures you’ll ever make are those about you and your life. I’m glad I had the chance to work for some great magazines, but I really miss those little everyday images, the ones that take place in and around your own life, which will never make the news. Don’t sell yourself short: photograph your own life, not just everyone else’s.” TryingLittlesImportantStoriesWishChanceFocusMissingNewsSellsEverydayPhotographGladMagazinesEmergingExclusionPhotojournalistsYourself Short Author:David Burnett
“It's easy to sell good news like this, and the authors confidently rely on classic fallacious arguments. They argue by declaration, which is what makes the books so amusing. In matter-of-fact, authoritative tones, the authors tell us how plants and human beings exchange energy - or they describe what angels look like, whether or how they're sexed, how they communicate with human beings, and how they differ from ghosts. Readers might be expected to wonder, How do they know?” KnowsHumansLooksBookMatterFactsMightEnergyEasyHuman BeingsWonderAtheismReaderNewsAngelArgumentSellsPlantCommunicatePositive AtheismExpectedArguingGhostClassicToneRelyDeclarationGood NewsAmusingMatter Of Fact Author:Wendy Kaminer
“People getting along doesn't sell very well in the news. I find that to be deeply depressing. I don't even talk about it on stage, because it would take too long to explain.” PeopleWellsLongStageNewsSellsDepressingGetting Along Author:Mike Birbiglia
“The country's present supply of foreign news depends largely on how best a number of dry goods merchants in New York think they can sell underwear.” ThinkingCountryNumbersNew YorkDependsNewsSellsDryGoodsUnderwearMerchants Author:A. J. Liebling
“People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.” PeopleFeelsWritingCausesNewsNegativeSellsGood NewsTabloids Author:Michael Jackson
“The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.” MediaHigherPaperNewsSellsFaultsGood NewsPapersRatingBad NewsNews MediaGood News And Bad News Author:Peter McWilliams
“When good news about the market hits the front page of the New York Times, sell.” EconomyFrontsNew YorkNewsPagesSellsGood NewsNew York Times Author:Bernard Baruch
“We've got to lift our game tremendously. We'll sell our business news and information in print, we'll sell it to anyone who's got a cable system, and we'll sell it on the Web.” GamesInformationNewsSellsLiftsPrintCables Author:Rupert Murdoch
“There are two sayings that are familiar in every news room across the country: 1) sex sells; 2) if it bleeds it leads.” IfsTwoCountrySexRoomsNewsSellsFamiliarSex Sells Author:Armstrong Williams