USA Today Launches Worst Idea Ever: e-Newspaper That You Pay For

Who wants to pay for "an electronic replica" of USA Today? That's what I thought. Except, here's the thing: USA Today actually thinks this is a good business idea. So good, in fact, that they're launching a new...

Has Obama Embraced Muslim Principle of Al-Takeyya?

After hearing President Barack Obama’s address to the Muslim world from Cairo yesterday, I concluded that it matters little whether or not President Barack Obama calls himself a Christian or a Muslim.  What...

Swine Flu Not Front-Page Worthy for USA TODAY

Front-page editors at USA TODAY International Edition must be wishing they had picked a different top-of-page teaser to appear on the front-page of their print edition published today.  Nowhere was there a...

Gannett Newspaper Employees Told to Take a Week Off From Work

Alida Antonia Cornelius January 14th, 2008 Gannett, owner of USA Today and other newspapers across the USA, has stated that they are asking nearly 40,000 employees to take an unpaid one week furlough. Newspapers...

Gannett Q2 Profits Down 36%, Shares Tank (GCI)

More pain in the newspaper business today."Thanks to a write-down of nearly $3 billion, we knew Gannett (GCI) was looking at an ugly Q2. And Gannett delivered, announcing 36% earnings drop in preliminary results...

Blogger Launches ‘Pardon Peter Lynch’ Effort

By Bob McCarty at BobMcCarty.com“I don’t feel welcome in this state anymore, and I feel really bad about that. It’s a beautiful state here. After my six months of probation is completed with no...

CBS Launches Local Widget Ad Network

The new news business model for 2008:1. Hyperlocal content2. Content widgets on social media sites3. Ad rev share with 3rd party partnersOnly thing is, it's an unproven model. Will it work?"Television stations...

Media Coverage of War Casualties Skews to Left

I find it odd how members of the mainstream news media choose to report on matters such as the combat death toll among members of the U.S. military. Instead of focusing on the fact that the number of deaths during the so-called Global War on Terror has been extremely low when...

Reporting Errors in San Francisco Oil Spill.

gCaptain's editors have been amazed lately by the number of errors in both media reports and political commentary related to the the container ship Cosco Busan that allided with San Francisco's Bay Bridge. We...

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 Jigsaw puzzles have been entertaining children and adults for centuries. Wooden puzzles were originally created by painting a picture onto a flat piece of wood, then using a jigsaw to cut out the pieces. Puzzles Information

USA Today: 24-Karat Gold Nugget of Baseball History Found

USA Today: 50th Wedding Anniversary brings discovery of a "24-karat nugget of baseball history rare color home movie of Don Larsen's Perfect Game in 1956 World Series" between the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers.

USA Today Editor Defends Story

USA Editor-in-Chief, Ken Paulson says: "Our sources have told us they think we got it right %u2014 they know we%u2019ve got it right,%u201D Paulson says. %u201CAnd they reiterated that what they told us is what...

US spy agency building database of every call ever made

"After report says millions of Americans' phone records have been given to the National Security Agency (NSA), Bush says privacy is ''fiercely protected.''"

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