10 Jul, 2010
Posted by: Mark In: this week
[This review was originally posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab on June 18, 2010.]
The FTC’s last round of input: The U.S. Federal Trade Commission wrapped up its series of forums on journalism and public policy Tuesday, and this forum got quite a bit more attention than the others — partly because it’s the last one, [...]
17 Jun, 2010
Posted by: Mark In: this week
[This review was originally posted at the Nieman Journalism Lab on May 7, 2010.]
Has Newsweek’s time come?: This week was a relatively quiet one until Wednesday, when The Washington Post Co. announced that it’s trying to sell Newsweek, which it’s owned since 1961. A possible sale doesn’t always signal the demise of a news organization, but [...]
05 Dec, 2009
Posted by: Mark In: this week
After taking Thanksgiving week off, we’ve got two weeks to catch up on, instead of just one. And while that first week was relatively slow, this week has been a pretty eventful one, both in terms of media happenings and in important thoughts about journalism.
— Almost a month after Rupert Murdoch first said he plans [...]