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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/google-doesnt-do-evil-but-it-is-creepy/ While visiting Google headquarters outside of San Francisco I saw a rather strange thing. Out in the rain there was a man in one of those single person wave pools that gives the physical illusion of swimming laps. Perched over him was another man in a puffy red life savers jacket, complete with white cross on the back, sitting on a miniature life guard’s chair watching the swimmer. I would have taken a photo but you’re not allowed to take photos inside Google, in fact, you’re not allowed to do much at Google. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/google-doesnt-do-evil-but-it-is-creepy/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/google-doesnt-do-evil-but-it-is-creepy/#item2767 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-new-internet-vomit/ A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-new-internet-vomit/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-new-internet-vomit/#item2280 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youve-never-paid-for-news-you-never-will/ You say you want a revolution Well, you know we all want to change the world ... You ask me for a contribution Well, you know, we’re doing what we can ... You read news. So you know there’s a revolution going in the news industry, with much untargeted crossfire, rattling of virtual sabres and foaming at the mouth about paid content. Rude words have been said. Like “parasite”. And “money”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youve-never-paid-for-news-you-never-will/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/youve-never-paid-for-news-you-never-will/#item1845 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Extra-extra-pay-for-your-content/ If you could design your own domestic news service, what would it look like? Taking off my News Limited hat and speaking as a general reader, mine would involve a few things - plenty of hard news, mostly politics, stacks of AFL, provocative and entertaining opinion pieces, heaps of food, music and cinema journalism. I’d never read celebrity gossip, clubby or dull business journalism (that is, almost all of it) or another impenetrable word of motoring writing about the latest unaffordable car with a 28 kilowatt, 6.2 litre engine and variable-valve timing control. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Extra-extra-pay-for-your-content/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Extra-extra-pay-for-your-content/#item1067 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/psst-twitter-you-might-want-to-help-save-big-media/ Earlier this month I spoke at a social media conference in Melbourne. When you wear a badge that says you work for Rupert Murdoch at these events, it’s like sitting in the middle of the Collingwood cheer squad in a Carlton jumper. With some people the best you can hope for is that their initial horror will eventually subside to a mild hostility. I was there to speak about strategy for social media, including Twitter, which The Punch has engaged to a fair degree of success. It is second only to the mighty Google in terms of the number of readers it helps the site reach. My presentation was on using social networks to connect with people. The Social Media Summit 2009 came just days after the announcement that News Corporation planned to charge for access to its websites. It was the hottest topic of conversation in the wings and with the exception of one or two people, the view among the delegates was that it wasn’t going to work. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/psst-twitter-you-might-want-to-help-save-big-media/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/psst-twitter-you-might-want-to-help-save-big-media/#item1061 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/paid-content-not-all-media-dinosaurs-have-small-brains/ For an open, organic, freedom-loving Utopia, there are a great many wannabe digital dictators on the Internet, vomiting forth mandates on how we must behave, speak, and do business. The Ethos of the Web, they call it; they know what is right, what is wrong, what will work, and what will fail. So in May, when Rupert Murdoch tabled the idea of paywalling his newspapers, the Glorious Leaders of Twitterstan took to their keyboards, and registered their disdain with an all-caps “FAIL!” “You can’t charge for content! Information wants to be free! Show your support by donating to my PayPal account!” Every Social Media Expert and Futurist hustling for speaking fees and fat consultancies knows, unequivocally, that newspapers are dinosuars; one edition short of extinction. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/paid-content-not-all-media-dinosaurs-have-small-brains/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/paid-content-not-all-media-dinosaurs-have-small-brains/#item1066 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/degrees-of-uncertainty-for-students-of-journalism/ What will journalism look like in twenty years? Will newspapers still exist? Punch research journalist Kelly Simpson and four of her fellow students from the University of Technology Sydney gaze into the crystal ball… Kelly Simpson – Postgraduate journalism student, UTS: How did you hear that Michael Jackson had died? That we’d lost the Ashes? Print is dead, I’ve been assured. I’ve missed the glory days. There’ll be no ink smudged copy for me, no physical front page, no morning AND evening editions of the newspapers. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Antony McMullen) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/degrees-of-uncertainty-for-students-of-journalism/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/degrees-of-uncertainty-for-students-of-journalism/#item1063 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:00:12 +0000 A journalist has written a story complaining newspaper stories are too long. He says people like their stories short. Punchy. That’s why newspapers are dying, he says. That’s why the internet is alive. The story was written by Michael Kinsley. A columnist for The Atlantic. Mr Kinsley complains that a 1,456 word report in The New York Times, on Obama’s health reforms, was too long. Mr Kinsley’s article, complaining about journalistic “verbiage”, ran to 1,940 words.