Author Archive
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Guide to Online News Startups
IGN
January 5, 2011 04:06 PMSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — IGN, which began in 1996 as just another video game site in a flood of similar sites with a similar... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Slant
January 3, 2011 06:03 PMWEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY — Founded in 2001 as an outlet for its editors' frustrations with their day jobs, Slant Magazine began humbly as a... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Salon
January 3, 2011 05:34 PMSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Just because Salon is the oldest general interest publication on the Internet doesn't mean that it's been standing still. Founded... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
PopMatters
January 3, 2011 05:17 PMCHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Back when the Internet was still the sole purview of academics and nerds, journalist Sarah Zupko, then working in marketing at Tribune Media... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
indieWIRE
January 3, 2011 04:54 PMNEW YORK, NEW YORK — IndieWIRE is a daily news site and online resource that covers all aspects of specialty and independent film. Founded... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
GigaOM
January 3, 2011 04:31 PMSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — What started out as a personal blog that combined former Forbes and Business 2.0 reporter Om Malik's mutual interests in technology and... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Gawker
January 3, 2011 01:35 PMNEW YORK, NEW YORK— The rise of Gawker has been well-documented. Founded by Nick Denton in 2003 as "the source for daily Manhattan media... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Slate
December 31, 2010 12:24 AMNEW YORK, NEW YORK — "Slate's overall mission is to create really intelligent, witty, durable web journalism; [that mission] has been more or... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
TechCrunch
December 30, 2010 02:23 PMSAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — From the very beginning, TechCrunch was part and parcel with Web 2.0. Founded by Michael Arrington in 2005, the site... Continue reading
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Guide to Online News Startups
Pitchfork
December 29, 2010 04:40 PMCHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Founded in 1995 as an Internet alternative to traditional music fanzines, Pitchfork has become a force within the music... Continue reading
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Bio
Sean Gandert
Sean Gandert is a contributor to CJR.
Desks
The Audit Business
- Reuters’s OKC gusher Its outstanding Chesapeake Energy investigation turns toward the gas driller SandRidge
- Audit Notes: insider trading versus CDO fraud, 401(k)s, lead and crime Rough treatment for inside-trading suspects contrasts with CDO probes
The Observatory Science
- Environment coverage TBD The Times says it’s committed, but only time will tell
- Call in the math club Science reporters can help ward off a “Big Data bubble”
United States Project Politics & Policy
- The Frank Luntz script for Congressional Republicans A guide to phrases journos should look for (and scrutinize)
- Hey readers: They’re bluffing! (maybe) The need to put political bargaining positions in context
Behind the News The Media
- German bill would charge for aggregation The potential law would provide content creators with a portion of the profits search engines make by aggregating them
- Gun permit data wasn’t maximized The choice that faced the Journal News was not simply whether to map gun permit holders’ addresses, but how
Blog
The Kicker last updated: Wed 12:13 PM
- Pass the #popcorn
- Should Center Square Journal shut down?
- Must-reads of the week
- WaPo: Got agency?
- On building trust
The Future of Media
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