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Entries from April 2008

EPpy Awards Contain a Common Thread

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Sure, awards are subjective — they subjectively good when you’re included in the finalists and winners, and subjectively bad when you’re not. But there is an interesting commonality running through many of the media websites nominated for 2008 EPpy Awards, the top interactive contest put on by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek.
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Tags: General

Texas Monthly’s Salute to a Legend

April 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Texas Monthly’s May issue features a celebration of Willie Nelson’s 75th birthday. If the amazing cover photo is any indication, the story inside should be terrific.

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Wired’s Anderson Proposes a Glass-Half-Full Perspective

April 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Over on his Long Tail blog, Wired magazine editor Chris Anderson takes a more optimistic view of the financial situation the newspaper industry finds itself in. The recent news that advertising revenue had taken its biggest drop in 50 years set off the latest round of doom-sayers calling for the end of the newspaper era.
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Tags: Newspapers