Comments on: Newspapers: don’t FARK yourselves to death http://minimediaguy.org/2008/04/02/newspapers-dont-fark-yourselves-to-death/ studying the media ecosystem Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:02:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Drew Curtis http://minimediaguy.org/2008/04/02/newspapers-dont-fark-yourselves-to-death/#comment-77000 Drew Curtis Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:47:27 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/?p=1204#comment-77000 This is being typed in by Tom Abate with the permission of Fark-in-Chief Drew Curtis: "makes perfect sense to me. I read part III earlier, I agreed 100% with what you said." This is being typed in by Tom Abate with the permission of Fark-in-Chief Drew Curtis:

“makes perfect sense to me. I read part III earlier, I agreed 100% with what you said.”

]]> By: How to Take Journalism into the 21st Century « Social Media + the CIA http://minimediaguy.org/2008/04/02/newspapers-dont-fark-yourselves-to-death/#comment-76384 How to Take Journalism into the 21st Century « Social Media + the CIA Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:30:17 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/?p=1204#comment-76384 [...] Newspapers don’t FARK yourselves to death [...] [...] Newspapers don’t FARK yourselves to death [...]

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]]> By: » Follow the audience into the 21st Century MiniMediaGuy: ‘Cause if you ain’t Mass Media, you’re Mini Media http://minimediaguy.org/2008/04/02/newspapers-dont-fark-yourselves-to-death/#comment-75886 » Follow the audience into the 21st Century MiniMediaGuy: ‘Cause if you ain’t Mass Media, you’re Mini Media Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:23:47 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/?p=1204#comment-75886 [...] to speak up without getting ground up, I tried on Tuesday and Wednesday to suggest how the corrosive effects of corporate ownership on journalism could be decoupled from [...] [...] to speak up without getting ground up, I tried on Tuesday and Wednesday to suggest how the corrosive effects of corporate ownership on journalism could be decoupled from [...]

]]> By: Scott http://minimediaguy.org/2008/04/02/newspapers-dont-fark-yourselves-to-death/#comment-75774 Scott Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:06:33 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/?p=1204#comment-75774 To add to what Doug said, kind of the whole point of Fark is to expose the extent to which most "news" isn't really news at all...hence the tagline, "It's not news, it's FARK.com." It's not that FARK isn't news...the NEWS isn't news! If you haven't already, please check out Drew's book, or any of the many interviews he's given since its publication. He's highly critical of the Paris Hiltonization of what passes for news, and the fact that he's managed to make a buck being so is perhaps the most encouraging bit of news about the news I've seen lately. To add to what Doug said, kind of the whole point of Fark is to expose the extent to which most “news” isn’t really news at all…hence the tagline, “It’s not news, it’s FARK.com.” It’s not that FARK isn’t news…the NEWS isn’t news!

If you haven’t already, please check out Drew’s book, or any of the many interviews he’s given since its publication. He’s highly critical of the Paris Hiltonization of what passes for news, and the fact that he’s managed to make a buck being so is perhaps the most encouraging bit of news about the news I’ve seen lately.

]]> By: Doug Milison http://minimediaguy.org/2008/04/02/newspapers-dont-fark-yourselves-to-death/#comment-75770 Doug Milison Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:10:54 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/?p=1204#comment-75770 Can't disagree with any of your major points, but I would like to put in a word for Fark, which I enjoyed back in the day when I had more time for undirected web surfing. I used to find myself laughing out loud at the way people were rewriting news story headlines and articles and otherwise having fun with news on the Web. Obviously this is no substitute for the real task of reporting the stories of our lives and our world. But there's a place for Fark.com, just as there is a place for Jon Stewart and The Daily Show -- because, among other reasons, they do such a good job of pointing out the absurdities of corporate journalism today, and, thus, imo, bring people closer to that ever-elusive "complete" and "objective" view of the "news". Can’t disagree with any of your major points, but I would like to put in a word for Fark, which I enjoyed back in the day when I had more time for undirected web surfing. I used to find myself laughing out loud at the way people were rewriting news story headlines and articles and otherwise having fun with news on the Web. Obviously this is no substitute for the real task of reporting the stories of our lives and our world. But there’s a place for Fark.com, just as there is a place for Jon Stewart and The Daily Show — because, among other reasons, they do such a good job of pointing out the absurdities of corporate journalism today, and, thus, imo, bring people closer to that ever-elusive “complete” and “objective” view of the “news”.

]]> By: Johnson http://minimediaguy.org/2008/04/02/newspapers-dont-fark-yourselves-to-death/#comment-75757 Johnson Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:44:38 +0000 http://minimediaguy.org/?p=1204#comment-75757 A newspaper today can be printed in Paris but delivered in Tokyo – that same very moment. Publishers can sell more copies, without ever printing them. A newspaper can be published in print, web, mobile and iPods – in the same go. Companies like Pressmart (www.pressmart.net) help print Publishers in distributing their content on multiple delivery channels including web, mobile, RSS, podcast, social media and search engines over a seamless 360-degree full-service platform. A newspaper today can be printed in Paris but delivered in Tokyo – that same very moment. Publishers can sell more copies, without ever printing them. A newspaper can be published in print, web, mobile and iPods – in the same go. Companies like Pressmart (www.pressmart.net) help print Publishers in distributing their content on multiple delivery channels including web, mobile, RSS, podcast, social media and search engines over a seamless 360-degree full-service platform.

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