Archive for July, 2007

The Survival of Newspapers

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Web portals profiting from the news business help the news industry. The survival of newspapers rests in the hands of those willing to adapt to changing reader demands.
On NPR’s Marketplace today, Neil Henry argued that Google should subsidize news reporters and editors because its free Google News service is responsible for declining newspaper readership.
Readership is […]

Three Month Anniversary

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Transcript
It’s July 16th.
It’s been three months since Seung-Hui Cho murdered 32 people before committing suicide on the Virginia Tech campus.
April 16th was a gray and overcast, much like today, which is rare in Los Angeles.
I heard about the shootings on NPR as I drove into work. My stomach cringed when I heard an RA had […]

Quote: Wine

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

You got a $10 off coupon for you next bottle of wine purchase. Every time you spend $200 on wine with your Ralph’s card, you get a reality check. –cashier at Ralph’s

Celebrate Independence

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Do something Al-Qaeda wouldn’t let you do. like shave.

Universal-ly Not Cool

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

I haven’t purchased a new CD in over four years. I spend about $20 monthly in the iTunes Store. Universal Music Group doesn’t like this.
Sources close to Universal told Billboard Magazine that the oligopoly member would only continue to offer its music catalog in the iTunes Store on a month-to-month basis.
This means that one-third of […]