Comments on: Inside baseball’s navel http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/ by Jeff Jarvis Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:26:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tim Walker http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358591 Tim Walker Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:04:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358591 How right you are. While it's sensible to cover a genuinely big media story like Murdoch buying the WSJ, the *exhaustive* lengths of coverage over every little detail of the deal and its sequelae reveals just how convinced the Times is that *anything* that changes the look/feel/format/perceived editorial slant of the Journal is Really Big News Worth Covering In Great Depth. *sigh* How right you are. While it’s sensible to cover a genuinely big media story like Murdoch buying the WSJ, the *exhaustive* lengths of coverage over every little detail of the deal and its sequelae reveals just how convinced the Times is that *anything* that changes the look/feel/format/perceived editorial slant of the Journal is Really Big News Worth Covering In Great Depth.

*sigh*

]]> By: Mike G http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358520 Mike G Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:05:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358520 I remember when Collier's did a whole issue on Look changing its masthead design. And who can forget the tempest over American Heritage switching from hardbound to softcover? I remember when Collier’s did a whole issue on Look changing its masthead design.

And who can forget the tempest over American Heritage switching from hardbound to softcover?

]]> By: steve baker http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358515 steve baker Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:31:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358515 Jeff, you let me down. I clicked on it expecting to read something about baseball. Jeff, you let me down. I clicked on it expecting to read something about baseball.

]]> By: David http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358511 David Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:47:21 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2007/08/29/inside-baseballs-navel/#comment-358511 Funny! Nice post - sometimes it's very easy to forget the needs of your customers when you're in as insular a business as this one. Funny! Nice post – sometimes it’s very easy to forget the needs of your customers when you’re in as insular a business as this one.

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