In “Think Tanks for Sale,” Slate’s Timothy Noah exclaims: Among the many revelations of the scandal surrounding the Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff is the remarkable degree to which the capital’s think tank “scholars” can be bought. It’s absolutely true. The sleaze Noah documents so well in this posting is well worth a look (and, I […]
Posts on ‘March 29th, 2006’
State Department Recognizes Global Media Shifts
The U.S. State Department has posted ‘Media Emerging’, a look at how conversational media forms are changing the nature of news and communications. I contributed a short piece on blogging.
Yahoo's Deepening China Crisis
Rebecca MacKinnon: Yahoo! Abomination.: Yahoo! executives keep framing this issue as black and white: Either you’re in there and do everything the Chinese authorities tell you without question, or you can’t do business in China at all. That is false. Companies can and do make choices. You can engage in China and choose not to […]
Early Bids for Knight Ridder's 'Orphans'
Mercury News: Bidding begins in McClatchy sale of 12 KR newspapers. Los Angeles investment firm Yucaipa Cos. and a group of Philadelphia investors made offers Tuesday for all or some of the 12 Knight Ridder newspapers McClatchy is selling. A spokesman for Yucaipa, which is allied with the Newspaper Guild, confirmed it had made a […]
Still No Answers on Vermont Reporter's Firing by AP
Editor & Publisher: Vermont Paper Wants to Cancel AP In Protest Of Bureau Chief Firing. At least one Vermont newspaper wants to cancel its Associated Press membership in protest of the news organization’s recent firing of longtime Vermont statehouse bureau chief Christopher Graff. Someone — either Graff or his former bosses — needs to start […]