Morning Dump: Box office brevity, cage raging, is journalism dead yada yada, Doubting Dora
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 22. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
This is just a short news story, but Brooks Barnes of the New York Times just wrote a too-true piece about how movie titles are all stupidly long these days. I think most of us would concur with Mr. Barnes. For example, do you know how inefficient it is for me to type a colon [...]
Journalism: The Not Snarky Side
Posted by Simon in Internet, Politics on 06. Apr, 2010 | 0 Comments
Listen, I like to crack jokes and play Modern Warfare 2 as much as the next pseudo-employed guy. But sometimes, real journalists — people like Namir Noor-Eldeen, a 22-year old photojournalist for Reuters, die during the job. As beautifully encapsulated (perhaps fittingly) by The Atlantic intern Kevin Charles, I am reminded journalism is actually an [...]
Vanity Fair and existential questions at the Royal Ontario Museum
Posted by Simon in media, Uncategorized on 06. Jan, 2010 | 5 Comments
As I strolled the halls of the Royal Ontario Museum’s Vanity Fair exhibit, all I could wonder was; is this a tomb to magazines? Conde Nast was once the gatekeeper of high culture. Now the storied publishing house is struggling simply to stay relevant (and financially stable) closing previously untouchable halo titles such as Gourmet. [...]
Gawker starts the year with industry leading cynicism.
Posted by Simon in Internet, media on 03. Jan, 2010 | 0 Comments
In this case perhaps, the dour snark is warranted as the site presents its Gawker Guide to a Journalism career, 2010 Edition. Predictably equal parts sardonic and sadistic, there are some gem one liners that are painfully funny only because they are painfully true. To wit: As newspapers and magazines desperately lay off talented people, [...]
Toronto Star about to go all Slumdog Millionaire
Posted by Simon in media on 04. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
More bad news from the world of print journalism today as the Toronto Star announced yet another round of layoffs. According to the article found on The Globe’s website, big blue is looking at roughly 60 job cuts in its advertising and graphics departments while up to 100 unionized editing positions may be outsourced. For [...]
