Tropical Storm Barry
So Tropical Storm Barry kicked off the season at about 5:00 last night, and I joked that now that the rain will have a name, The Weather Channel will send crews and stuff and cue up the hurricane...
View ArticleIs 96Wave coming back?
I saw a note in the “RIP 96Wave” Facebook group that 96Wave’s website is back — it looks as if, at the very least, the Wave will return as a webcaster. There’s no sign, though, that it will hit FM...
View ArticleMy comm professors would shoot me if I said this on air
The big loser is O.J. What else do I need to say? On the very day his confession-to-murder book comes out, he decides to pull off an armed robbery. Does he want to go to jail? Seems like it. — John...
View ArticleFor Sale: The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel’s days as a privately owned cable network are numbered. There’s a lot of wondering why they’re up for sale for as much $5 billion. They certainly have prime-time Web real estate...
View ArticleThe Web’s relationship with newspapers
This is lazy of me, but I want to know from you: What relationship do you think newspapers and other reporting outlets have with the Web? My thoughts are forthcoming, but I’m interested in what YOU...
View ArticlePost & Courier offers buyouts to employees
The Post & Courier is offering to buy out their employees to help cut back salaries without layoffs. This scares me. We need newsrooms; despite the rise of citizen journalism, there is still an...
View ArticleWCBD’s Social Media Push
WCBD, Charleston’s NBC affiliate, is launching a huge push into social media today by getting a majority of its news staff on Twitter. This is huge — I can’t say I’ve seen too many news agencies place...
View ArticleTheDigitel closes a round of funding!
Belated congratulations to Ken Hawkins and his team at TheDigitel for landing their recent investment. TheDigitel is a true asset to the Charleston community, both tech and otherwise; I know that I’ve...
View ArticleAssange’s arrest
Julian Assange is in British custody this morning on Swedish sex-crimes charges. The next few hours, I suspect, will be critical in seeing if additional companies begin to cut off WikiLeaks’ platform...
View ArticleSAY ReadWriteWeb (Three Times Fast)
ReadWriteWeb’s acquisition by SAY Media is an exciting development, the fruit of many years of hard work by Richard MacManus and the ReadWriteWeb team (which I have been fortunate to be a part of for...
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