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Now we get to see if AOL can do to HuffPo what it did to Time-Warner…
That relies on underpaying writers. Great.
Somebody leaked the manual (http://www.businessinsider.com/the-aol-way#) given to new editors at AOL’s various properties, presumably including Politics Daily, Patch.com and now HuffPo. Among the discouraging highlights:
Quality considerations aside, that is a sweatshop level of productivity. Even John Sanko couldn’t write 10 stories a day.
I think 5 – 10 stories/day for writers is doable. You’re not going to get the attention or length for 1/day but that’s not their market.
And I think reporters can do more. What each accomplishes today compared to 15 years ago is gigantic.
But you’re fucking crazy.
5-10 stories a day? Maybe for someone with your limited attention span, but certainly not 5-10 stories with actual original content.
New sig line! New sig Line!
But for the short attention span of most people reading on the web – yes I think it’s doable.
It’s just too long to read!
You’re the guy who says it takes four hours just to do an interview.
How long does it take to listen to a legislative hearing and write a story about it? How about a floor vote? You might have to listen for hours only to find the bill was laid over.
Sometimes journalism involves more than cell-phone pictures and 140-character tweets.
But you’ll notice even the Post isn’t doing much in the way of long in depth articles anymore. I think the trick is to bang out 7 real quick ones, 2 that take some time, and 1 long thoughtful piece each day.
This is why a lot of the “articles” you see are repackaged press releases – you have to generate a lot of content quickly. Not saying that’s good, just that that’s the world today.
ps – If I was a professional I would probably be writing those interviews in 1½ hours, both because I would be more efficient from constant practice and because I would cut some corners.
you’d “cut some corners”?
If you were a hack, maybe. And those certainly exist. But your suggestion that the brave new world of journalism requires “1 long thoughtful piece each day,” much less all the others, is ludicrous. You have no idea what you’re talking about.
Who knew?
I wish to congratulate the Green Bay Packers on their Superbowl win. A job well done.
I was on cloud nine. These Super Bowl rings come so few and far between (well, more often for Steeler and Packer fans!).
The Steelers are a classy team, and they have classy fans.
Rematch in 2012?
I hope the NFL owners/players negotiations are conducted artfully and mutually satisfactorily.
…best Super Bowl Commercial.
Despite the leak of the spot, VW’s Darth Vader commercial wins hands-down. Their “Beetle” spot wins for best CGI, but the best produced spot of them all was the Chrysler “Imported from Detroit” 2-min movie.
Amazing photography, color-corrected to get the right emotions for different scenes, excellent editing, perfect VO (a local guy!) and a soundtrack that was just familiar enough to let you know who was driving the car.
My buddy who works in Detroit has reported that local press and talk radio are abuzz with discussion about this spot. Locals love it, and they’re hoping for more.
Now, while only Eminem could pull off the attitude for the final shot, I’m still surprised this wasn’t made with Kid Rock. He’s done so much more for his hometown than the skinny rapper they used.
This was.
But you can’t even get a good read on the lines on the car. As a car commercial, it’s lacking.
I hated every Super Bowl commercial that I saw. I came to realize that mainstream America is far more crass than I (who doesn’t watch TV all that much) had ever imagined — or had even thought possible. And that’s saying something.
WHat an incredible waste of OUR money. $9 million? Way to go, Chrysler assholes.
Maybe the CEO should have waited before he uncorked this gem:
This is like someone who owes you a shitload of money taking you out to a really expensive dinner and ordering a bunch of Louie XIII for himself.
Shysters are lawyers. Shylocks are loan sharks.
Works for me.
that is horribly anti-Semitic.
Shakespeare did.
I had no idea. My apologies. I thought it was related to the German scheiГџer. or. “shitter”.
as in the separation of two bodies from each other, which I guess is a pretty fancy way to talk about dropping a deuce.
Even the way you used it wasn’t really that offensive. It was more offensive and anti-Semitic the way that the Chrysler CEO used it. In reference to “shyster” interest rates. What a douche.
Shylock Shakespearean anti-Semitic for loan sharks, Shylock being the Jew who wants his pound of flesh. Let’s keep our slurs straight, people! And I just looked up shyster and, while it’s used for shady lawyers and politicians, it’s literally from German meaning , ahem, deficaters. I’m sure you can see the root similarity to one of our common potty words, especially when pronounced Irish style.
It’s like your hockey teams signed a crippled, washed-up forward that dives like an Olympic Swim team to try and bring people back to the Pepsi Center!
Oh, wait….
Ho ho.
But, but, but…they still have all of March and April to come back from the brink…or so that’s what one says when his team is sucking it big time and turning into the hockey version of the Cubs.
Juuuuuuuuuuuust wait.
for fans of losing teams, honey.
… have about 90 years before Cubs comparisons are legit. You’re mistaking them for the Maple Leafs.
Hehehe.
Foppa shatters something and is out for good? I’m thinking 3.
I was thinking more like one.
the Cubs didn’t sign Mark Grace or Ryne Sandberg out of retirement this week.
Hahaha. Oh man. Now that was just plain mean; I bet you made LB cry.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/1703…
so was I but I thought I was maybe being too harsh.
would be suggesting he’ll probably injure himself getting into the car on the way to the game.
for being mean girls.
I did some research – not a big baseball guy.
Here’s what I learned about the Cubs from Wikipedia!
Wow! That’s terrible!
Hey Dan – you’re a Kings fan, right? I thought I’d show you this because you might not know what it looks like…
🙂
that his Hot Swede ain’t so hot these days? Does the Phenomenal One need a hankie? 🙁
He’s playing Weds. or Friday.
You’ll see!!!!
* SNIFF *
From the GJ Sentinel “breaking news”
Forsberg snuck into the country in a Swedish lutfisk ship by concealing himself in a barrel of oily, lye-soaked fish.
And I’m a racist viking.
Actually, he was only able to get here because he could ride his horse from Ornskoldsvik because there were fields of green, green grass in the arctic circle where snow used to fall.
🙂
On a serious note…
This happens a lot with NHLers when they sign contracts. In Forsberg’s case, he went from a tourist visa to a work one, which actually, in some cases, requires one to physically leave the country and re-enter.
Just kidding around. I don’t really care where he’s from – the only reason I know he even exists is because of references to him on CO Pols.
Frankly, from my perspective, the long cold dark season began the night of Nov. 1, 2010 and ends Mar. 31. In between there are no sporting events worth paying money to watch. (Not to say that I don’t enjoy other sporting events as an excuse to be among friends and drink beer and eat shrimp.)
If you enjoy any sports, you will grow to love hockey if you see it live from the lower bowl.
In the corner.
My dad used to take me to hockey games. However, we both think that fighting is pretty stupid. It’s a game, boys. I find furious “fans” pretty distasteful too. Thus, I have absolutely no interest. None at all.
Of people carrying clubs, knocking each other down, shooting a hard rubber thing that goes 100 mph, skating around at 35 mph with knives on their feet–and then somebody does something dirty.
It’s easy to lose your temper.
if people aren’t able to control themselves. It’s really childish for adults to get so worked up over a silly game.
I’m 100% with you on the fans, but the rough stuff in hockey serves a purpose. Some hate it, some like it. I think it’s great, and wish there were more of it because I think it cuts down on dirty play, but I certainly respect the camp that doesn’t like the fighting.
I can find something in hockey that I can relate to any sport.
that involve lions and Christians!
Also, baseball, running events, rowing, volleyball, spelling bees, etc. However, baseball is the only professional sport I care to watch, but any evidence of “prima dona” symptoms really turns me off.
There’s nothing lovable about the Cubs.
They are losers, though.
P&C on Sunday.
I expect her to move straight to the top of your list, not near.
Booo, Pera. Booo.
So it’s been 102 years since the Cubs won the thing?
The Nationals/Expos have never won it. Neither have the Astros, Rangers, Brewers,nor Mariners.
Neither have the Rays or Rockies= but they’ve been int he league about 15 minutes, so I can let it go.
They are in a slump. They’ll break out of it. This year. Or next.
Until last year the Giants were o-fer San Francisco.
All time, the Subs have won it twice, more than 12 other teams.
(The problem is Wrigley Field – o-fer Wrigley)
Which is why I now hate Pera.
That and I don’t want to end up on the list.
Though if it’s be hated or hide my loathing for the Cubs, I will just have to suck it up. I welcome your hatred!
Not really. I grew up in Cardinals territory, and we had a team we could be proud to support. You can understand … well, you could if you knew how it felt to be a fan of a team that actually won the World Series. Again and again and again. Second only to the (evil and loathed) Yankees.
You all just go ahead and root for your Cubbies. Isn’t that precious?
…over the sound of that second-straight goose egg the Avs laid last night. This team couldn’t score on a Texas cheerleader.
Should I send you some links to where you can buy me my Rockies Hockey jersey? Or do you have a source already…
Let’s see how the rest of the season goes. I have a feeling the Avs are just pretending to play like total dogshit just to build up a false sense of confidence in the rest of the league.
to be ignorant buffoons? In preparation for a come from behind landslide victory for Palin/Bachmann in 2012? Sweet dreams, dear delusional LB.
At 1:25 into the clip…
I just found my new sig line.
Hardly anyone writes off the Cubs in March or April.
Well, March anyway.
The loan is obviously going to be high interest, because Chrysler is a steaming pile of man loaf ! Nobody else would’ve even given them the loan.
What a dick.
But this one did, and I’m not from Detroit.
Not as evocative, but a great use of wordless branding, was the commercial that showed an animated insect flying like a maniac through the rain forest. It alights and its silhouette takes on a sheet-metal gleam. It’s not an insect, it’s a BEETLE. VW logo. Click!
I thought the Chevy ads were clever all night, including the ones that ran during Glee. My favorite auto ad was the Suzuki one –attacked by zombie snowmen.
One can dislike Chrysler if they wish, but the commercial is beautifully conceived and executed. It reached me at a gut level, and intellectually.
non-front paged diaries and the one 2/4 one about the delay in Susan Williams case got me to thinking about whatever happened to her son, Tod, who was seriously injured. Can’t find any updates with the google. Suppose family doesn’t want info released. Anyone know how he’s doing? Well enough to be able to give any evidence?
She said he’s doing better, but he’s still recovering from a shattered hip.
Too bad, Republicans might actually win a statewide race without him one of these days.