This is a fascinating interview. “Newspapers have a lot more power, in my view, because of their deep belief in reporting. And I grew up having a deep belief in reporting—that you prove it."

"Journalists at the New York Times and its own standards editor say that getting continually dragged by other journalists for not giving credit is embarrassing."

"The ridiculous corporate media freakout over Senator Bernie Sanders’ entirely legitimate accusations of pro-establishment bias continues today, with shrill, absurd new headlines like “Sanders campaign continues attacks on journalists” and _...Read More_

Filter bubbles aside, news outlets often view climate change as a "ratings killer" and coverage suffers as a result. Royal Baby coverage dwarfed CC coverage this spring, for example. Yet climate change is proving relevant to readers, with _...Read More_

"Mr. Lopez said employers were often more comfortable expressing a bias against older workers, as opposed to bias based on gender or race. 'But it is against the law', he said, 'even in the media industry.'"

"I remember something Roger Ver told me, right around when he was explaining why he trusted markets more than democracies. “No amount of coercion,” he said, “can solve a math problem.” That’s true. But it’s also the case that no amount of _...Read More_

“A critically important lesson from CNN’s firing of Marc Lamont Hill is that mainstream media will tolerate just about anything, from white supremacy to climate denial, but never clear, open and principled support for Palestinian rights.”

"Andy Warhol’s magazine is dead. No wait, it’s back! Inside Peter Brant’s latest magic trick."

Being one of the few pre-Internet media companies to still be around in some form today, their story is pretty fascinating. It clearly hasn't worked out for the better though. Vice on HBO, while covering a massive breadth of topics, suffer _...Read More_

Just discovered Daniel Drezner, will definitely be sharing more his work in the near future. İn this Google talk he discusses major ideas in his book- a nice variety of themes he's able to pull together. - "The Ideas Industry: How _...Read More_

Real view on subscription-based media and paywalls from a consumer perspective. Seems like a universal tiered subscription service could easily solve these problems.

"Media coverage of Israel's massacre of Palestinian protesters during the first weekend of multiweek demonstrations in Gaza offered textbook examples of how syntax and word choice shape, and even distort, representations of the _...Read More_