editor on the verge

How fast can you turn your ship? When I look at many newspaper websites, I just can’t help but wonder why some stories are in a featured homepage slot and, even more so, why they remain there for so long. I recognize that every market has it’s own issues and what is a popular story […]

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Recent posts by Jack Lail and Patrick Beeson got me wondering about how newspapers use the online data they collect. On Sunday, Jack wrote a post about the firing of career columnist Penelope Trunk allegedly because “her columns commanded low advertising rates.” He explained that: “Print media writers look askance at how ratings affect TV […]

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