Comments on: At the Media Summit http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/ by Jeff Jarvis Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:38:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tomko http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371324 tomko Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:26:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371324 Wallace was answering a question about what the NYT should do, not what she wants to do with the AJC. Wallace was answering a question about what the NYT should do, not what she wants to do with the AJC.

]]> By: DirtySouth http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371301 DirtySouth Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:04:50 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371301 Wallace: “Become that voice for the intellectuals of America on any platform.” What a joke! The editrix of the AJC wants us to believe that she will turn that paper into some warehouse of intellectualism. Their lead stories on their websites are about baby names, home makeovers and whatever the latest schlocky thing suburban Atlanta housewives want to stuff in their new Pulte home. Their official in-house intellectuals -- Jay Bookman, Cynthia Tucker -- are very pedestrian (being nice here) because they would never hire someone with education and experience who actually KNEW something and could write with authority on a topic, other than what occurs to them as they stare into their navels. This would take a revolution in management. And as for effective newsroom managers, ha! Gimme a break. Bunch of former C-student journo major undergrad potsmokers from ho-hum schools who can only adequately flatter their equally ignorant superiors into a false sense of competence. I hope the paper's owners recognize how untethered from reality this notion is... Most of the best reporters/journos left that paper and the industry in general. I speak from experience. The AJC and others have to rebuild from basics, like reporting the G*D damned news! She's trying to teach flying squirrels to become astronauts. Won't happen. Circ is down nearly 20 percent during her tenure. Nuff said. Wallace: “Become that voice for the intellectuals of America on any platform.”

What a joke! The editrix of the AJC wants us to believe that she will turn that paper into some warehouse of intellectualism. Their lead stories on their websites are about baby names, home makeovers and whatever the latest schlocky thing suburban Atlanta housewives want to stuff in their new Pulte home. Their official in-house intellectuals — Jay Bookman, Cynthia Tucker — are very pedestrian (being nice here) because they would never hire someone with education and experience who actually KNEW something and could write with authority on a topic, other than what occurs to them as they stare into their navels.

This would take a revolution in management. And as for effective newsroom managers, ha! Gimme a break. Bunch of former C-student journo major undergrad potsmokers from ho-hum schools who can only adequately flatter their equally ignorant superiors into a false sense of competence. I hope the paper’s owners recognize how untethered from reality this notion is…

Most of the best reporters/journos left that paper and the industry in general. I speak from experience. The AJC and others have to rebuild from basics, like reporting the G*D damned news! She’s trying to teach flying squirrels to become astronauts. Won’t happen.

Circ is down nearly 20 percent during her tenure. Nuff said.

]]> By: The FASTForward Blog » Future of TV - YouTube open their API - Tivo YouTube New Offer - Response of Disney - Go to where the customers are - Go where the staff are: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371288 The FASTForward Blog » Future of TV - YouTube open their API - Tivo YouTube New Offer - Response of Disney - Go to where the customers are - Go where the staff are: Enterprise 2.0 Blog: News, Coverage, and Commentary Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:20:35 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371288 [...] what to do if you are invested in regular TV? Here is Jeff Jarvis speaking to a presentation by Disney’s Bob Iger. Disney is going where the people are - the customers and the staff. Iger knows that he cannot [...] [...] what to do if you are invested in regular TV? Here is Jeff Jarvis speaking to a presentation by Disney’s Bob Iger. Disney is going where the people are - the customers and the staff. Iger knows that he cannot [...]

]]> By: Charley http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371270 Charley Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:12:24 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371270 None of the newspaper people have a single shred of business sense, and that includes the owners. The new ones, too. They overlook such obvious revenue sources that I can only conclude that they <i>want</i> their companies to die. Which, of course, would make wingnuts like Jarvis happy as clams. But Jeff, when the NYT shuts its doors, Murdoch won't have to offer as much. Be careful what you wish for. None of the newspaper people have a single shred of business sense, and that includes the owners. The new ones, too. They overlook such obvious revenue sources that I can only conclude that they want their companies to die.

Which, of course, would make wingnuts like Jarvis happy as clams. But Jeff, when the NYT shuts its doors, Murdoch won’t have to offer as much. Be careful what you wish for.

]]> By: Next Move for the New York Times Co: More Investing in Boston’s Sports Franchises? « RaceTalk http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371236 Next Move for the New York Times Co: More Investing in Boston’s Sports Franchises? « RaceTalk Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:42:54 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371236 [...] Jeff Jarvis is over at the Media Summit at the McGraw Hill building in New York and posted on this interesting panel discussion on what the New York Times should [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis is over at the Media Summit at the McGraw Hill building in New York and posted on this interesting panel discussion on what the New York Times should [...]

]]> By: Graham http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371226 Graham Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:01:57 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/03/12/at-the-media-summit/#comment-371226 I wonder if Klein has seen how easily his iReport site can be nobbled? http://www.scunnered.com/?p=9 Why not ask him? I wonder if Klein has seen how easily his iReport site can be nobbled?

http://www.scunnered.com/?p=9

Why not ask him?

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