This blog post is basically just what the title says it is: a round-up.
In order to add a little bit of editorial content to the info, I'd like to present to you, for your entertainment, a news rating system.
Bad news gets a "Damn!", kind of like my own profane version of a "thumbs down" which I believe is now copyrighted by movie critic Roger Ebert.
Good news however, gets a "Yay!"....yeah, we're classy around here on the Nossip blog.
Well, here goes.
The first "Damn!" goes to my old employer, The St. Petersburg Times for suspending its employees' 401-K contributions and for initiating pay freezes. You've got to love Editor & Publisher's headline for this news item: "Even St. Pete Times announces Pay Freeze, Suspends 401-K Contributions." That word "Even" is there for a reason. The St. Petersburg Times doesn't have your "regular" business model when it comes to ownership so they were thought to be immune from the economic trends.
The first "Yay!" goes to new Website theloop21.com for partnering with a newly launched search-engine for the black community called RushmoreDrive.
RushmoreDrive bills itself as a "first-of-its-kind" search engine for the black community that delivers a blend of mainstream search results influenced by the black community. While the search is the Website's core offering, users also get news, black opinions and an opportunity to search for jobs with companies that value diversity, all at the same Web destination."
Nossip's second "Yay!" goes to the blog "Reflections of a Newsosaur" by self-proclaimed old dude extraordinaire, Alan D. Mutter.
In his latest entry, Mr. Mutter calls the idea of a paperless newspaper "suicide"....I think I like him.
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That's really interesting -- RushmoreDrive. I'll be interested to see if it has legs.
ReplyDeleteI share your propensity to favor the old-fashioned paper-in-hand news. Im holding out that there is more to it than just nostalgia.
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