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• 05.10.10
  Cameron’s ‘failing’ – according to one of our former masters – was to have a conversation; engaging in debate is not how the Old Order works. Ask Adam Boulton. General, Misc | (0)

  I might have trouble finding the quote again; so many ill-thought gems have passed across our screens of late as politicians and pundits alike fail to square this electoral circle. So, bear with me. Gotcha... http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/09/tory-activists-blame-david-cameron-chums In particular this paragraph:  'One senior Tory said: "If we had not had the television debates we would now be in government with an overall majority. Debates, plus big society and gimmicky nonsense equals a hung parliament. '"No debates, plus core message and proper politics would have equalled victory."' For me, that is a fascinating piece of societal naievity; from someone who clearly still resides in the 20th Century; about 1911, if I was pushed. 'No ...
• 05.08.10
  Two more expressions for our troubled times: ‘high frequency trades’ and ‘flash orders’. Cue a complexity for Messrs Brown, Cameron and Clegg to deal with… General, Misc | (1)

  As we all sit and wait this weekend to discover what electoral system can be made to best fit our growing conception that a new, networked world might be afoot - Clue: 660 silos into one, collaboratively-attuned, X-Factor-literate populace doesn't go - this caught my eye. Courtesy of Mike Riddell. One of Addiply's friends ooop north. http://bit.ly/d2kOjx It is the story of the sudden, near-instant and - as yet - unexplained 'dip' in the New York stock exchange last Thursday. It sent the markets into a potentially fatal tail-spin, from which they just about recovered... albeit at the expense of 000s and 000s of little investors from SmallTown, ...
• 02.12.10
  Fascinating to watch the rise of ’sociable media’ – of which Totnes Monster and coffee shop Hayley are a proud part… Advertising, General, Misc | (1)

  It's been a while; been 'on the road' of late... jobs to do, people to see, family to bury... All of which means that I've missed much of the 'buzz' that accompanied Google's latest concoction; stepping onto the social media toes of both FaceBook and Twitter. Or not, as the case may be. I have to be honest, I've not done FaceBook for a while now. I've been dragged back to it of late if only because a couple of people do... that's where they 'hang out'. Both, interestingly, are over 40. And post pics. Of holidays. And friends' weddings. But FaceBook has cropped ...
• 01.12.09
  Of all the sports franchise owning Internet billionaires in all the world, this one has to have something else to worry about… Misc | (1)

  http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5175978.ece Bugger.
• 12.11.08
  Tis likely to be a very, very bleak mid-winter for 80 Bolton printers as the men from Gannett come a-calling… Misc | (0)

  Given the blood that appears to be splattering around the walls of Newsquest's NW operations right now... some 80-odd Bolton printers look the next to go; six days before Christmas... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/dec/11/downturn-pressandpublishing ... it took me back to this... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=180 Or rather this particular line from Newsquest's digital head... “All I can say is that it is welcome news and the Trust have made a very sensible decision,” said Roger Green, managing director of Newsquest Digital Media.Three Counties Radio says it all,” he said, explaining that this type of coverage illustrated the BBC’s approach to local news… “They [the BBC] are totally irrelevant to local audience ...
• 10.15.08
  One little chapter that’s long been book-marked as a ‘must read’ when Jeff’s worthy tome hits the streets Misc | (0)

  As ever there was much to commend in Jeff's latest WWGD posting... http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/13/the-wwgd-world/ And the book, as and when it arrives on the streets of Norwich, promises to be a provoking read. But anyway there was a little line that stood out re the future belonging to those that come with a platform attached. * Be a platform. In an economy built on networks, you want to be a platform. Google is. It enables countless businesses to run thanks to its revenue (AdSense)... Suffice to say that that particular chapter will, trust me, be the first one I turn to...
• 09.30.08
  Nothing more for us to add. It’s Craig’s baby now. Misc | (0)

  Here we go, Craig's 'pitch' to his potential advertisers... http://www.thisfrenchlife.com/thisfrenchlife/2008/09/new-advertising.html His words, not mine. Just as that opportunity to regulate, source, promote and monetise his own self-published site is now his too...
• 06.30.08
  Read the TrinityMirror news today and the words ‘upbeat’ and ‘very’ wouldn’t be the first two to spring to mind. Misc | (0)

  Given events that are fast befalling TrinityMirror today... http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=41543&c=1 and, of course, here... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/30/trinitymirror.pressandpublishing and here... http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/2008/06/trinity_mirror_the_end_is_nigh.html ... you do have to wonder just how that all sits with the Newspaper Society's 'very upbeat' view of the world. The best line came from Citi Investment Research. "The advertising environment remains volatile and there is no sign of the classified market bottoming yet," they warned. "While the new bank facility gives some comfort on the capital structure near term we believe the pension will remain a cause for concern in the longer term. We remain sellers." We remain sellers... Just don't ask Lord Fowler to buy it. �
• 05.08.08
  Robert C. Wonderling – a champion of our times. Didn’t ever expect to say that about a Republican senator from Montgomery… Advertising, General, Misc | (1)

  Stumbled across this from sources too various to mention... started off somewhere at BuzzMachine and then kind of fell through link after link. As you do. Anyway, on the back of this.... http://outwithabang.rickwaghorn.co.uk/?p=60 ... it was fascinating to find it is all kicking off in Philadelphia about just the same subject... http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20080430_Pa__newspapers_fight_Senate_bill_on_legal_ads.html In discussing the passage of Senate Bill 428, there are some great one-liners, not least from the bill's sponsor... to quote: "Sen. Robert C. Wonderling (R., Montgomery), downplayed the controversy, saying the bill would merely provide another option for municipal leaders. "Local officials, not Harrisburg, know how to best serve their constituents, ...
• 04.23.08
  OK, to get this newsprint quart into this web pint pot, how many pint pots is it actually going to take? Misc | (0)

  There was many a line in this that caught my eye; most of which can be saved for another day. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/23/bbc.pressandpublishing It was Myners' line right at the end, however, that maybe deserves some thought - the bit where he suggests that, when it comes to the regional press "there will be continuing pressure for consolidation of ownership to bring scale..." We have been down this road a little before; in wondering just how Trinity Mirror's excellent local community web-sites in Teesside - soon coming to a Coventry suburb near you - can be made to work in downtown Loddon. It clearly can ...

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