Web Media Needs To Move To Tv

Google And Others Truncate Headlines At 70 Characters. On The Manti Teo Story, Deadspin's Scoop Fell Down The Google Search Results, Overtaken By Copycat Stories With Simpler Headlines. Deadspin's Headline Was 118 Characters. Vital Information - 'hoax' - Was One Of The Words That Was Cut Off.

I Think People Are Sort Of Waking Up To It Now, How Probably The Biggest Change In Internet Media Isn't The Immediacy Of It, Or The Low Costs, But The Measurability. Which Is Actually Terrifying If You're A Traditional Journalist, And Used To Pushing What People Ought To Like, Or What You Think They Ought To Like.

Publishing Should Be A Collaboration Between Authors And Their Smartest Readers - And At Some Point The Distinction Should Become Meaningless.

That's Always Been My Test For What Makes A Story: Is This Something Journalists Would Gossip With Each Other About?

An Employer Would Be A Complete Fool To Let An Image Like College Partying Influence Their Hiring Decisions.