March 2010 – Page 6

Contains Less Than 45% Real News Content

Great. … nearly 55% of stories analysed were driven by some form of public relations. The Daily Telegraph came out on top of the league ladder with 70% of stories analysed triggered by public relations. The Sydney Morning Heraldgets the wooden spoon with (only) 42% PR-driven stories for that week. via Over half your news is spinContinue reading “Contains Less Than 45% Real News Content”

NY Park Ave. Bank CEO Arrested

You can bet a bank CEO is going down when he tries to rip off New York’s upper crust. When FDIC shuts down a bank they do it at the end of business on a Friday. This is what happened to Park Avenue Bank two Fridays back. Since then the regulatory body has discovered thatContinue reading “NY Park Ave. Bank CEO Arrested”

Dot Com Hubris: Yelp Emulating a Greek Tragedy

First they screwed up getting bought by Google. Then I started hearing first-hand accounts of Yelp sales people extorting money from small-business owners. Now this: Yelp has crossed Philip Greenspun, known for his pioneering work publishing long-form Web content and for starting, more than 15 years ago, a large and technically sophisticated community website —Continue reading “Dot Com Hubris: Yelp Emulating a Greek Tragedy”

House Passes Senate Healthcare Bill

DID YOU KNOW? Chris Dodd’s Wife is Chair of the CME

So, this is important. The CME is the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. That’s the place where commodities futures are bought and sold. This market determines the prices of crude oil and gold, goods vital to the global economy. Thank God we have major television news organizations in this country that report on the really important issues. Well, it turnsContinue reading “DID YOU KNOW? Chris Dodd’s Wife is Chair of the CME”