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The Media Equation: A Triumph of Avoiding the Traps

When you look at Oprah Winfrey’s multidecade run through daytime talk most of it at No. 1 it’s easy to be impressed by what she did to make it happen. But her longevity and success (Forbes estimated her net worth at over $2.3 billion) probably has more ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Oprah Winfrey,  Martha Stewart,  Miramax,  Donald J Trump,  David Letterman

The Media Equation: Taking Aim at Student Muckrakers

Since 1992, Prof. David Protess at the Medill school at Northwestern University has worked with undergraduate journalism students to investigate cases in which prosecutors appear to have taken aim at the wrong people. That might be about to happen ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Northwestern University,  Chicago Sun-Times,  David Protess,  Innocence Project,  Anthony McKinney

When Type Was Poured Hot

Newsmen are by nature good story­tellers, and no stories animate them quite so much as their own. Yes, they will say, that late-breaking piece turned the tide, and certainly that campaign against feckless bureaucrats landed nicely. But ask them how ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Harold Evans

Twitter Book and Now Twitter Movie

The author of a rather tartly labeled Twitter account has landed a book deal, and now Justin Halpern has signed a deal with CBS for a comedy based on the premise. Rendered here as “(Stuff) My Dad Says,” the Twitter account has 700,000 followers. ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Google Inc.,  Oprah Winfrey,  Discovery Communications,  New York Times Company

The Media Equation: News Erupts, and So Does a Web Debut

On Thursday afternoon, when word came about the shootings that left 13 people dead at Fort Hood, just up the road from Austin, it seemed like a made-to-order test for The Texas Tribune, a brand new 12-person Web-based newsroom. Evan Smith, left, and ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Texas Tribune,  Evan Smith,  James L. Knight,  Academy Awards

A graceful window on Colombia's colonial past

VILLA DE LEYVA, COLOMBIA–At first glance, the vast, empty expanse of the plaza of Villa de Leyva, a colonial city that is 3 1/2 hours by car or bus from Bogota, seems designed to reduce the onlooker to a contemplation of his or her own insignificance. ...

From DAVID CARR, Toronto Star,  7 Nov 2009

The Media Equation: Business Is a Beat Deflated

The country may be seeing a light at the end of the tunnel that isn’t another oncoming train. On Thursday, the government said that the nation’s gross domestic product, which had been shrinking in the last year, grew by 3.5 percent for the quarter ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  1 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Wall Street Journal,  FORTUNE Magazine,  Time Warner Inc.,  Warren Buffett,  Google Inc.

Cypress Hill Smokeout: The Boys on the Hill Bring the Rock, Rap, Ruckus and the Drama

After a hiatus, Cypress Hill brought back their Smokeout Festival to San Bernadino California. The two day event featured a ton of rock and rap acts and a wide array of discussion/celebration around marijuana. At times the band roster came off more ...

From DAVID CARR, Associated Content,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Pennywise (musician),  Cypress Hill (musician),  Geto Boys (musician),  Cee-Lo,  Goodie Mob (musician)

The Media Equation: A Big Deal, but Not a Good One

Content never became king search did but the notion continues to lure otherwise careful companies to the deal altar with its abundant charms. Sometime in the near future, Comcast, the largest cable system operator in the country, is likely to buy a ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Comcast,  Jeffrey Bewkes,  America Online,  Time Warner Inc.,  General Electric

Villa de Leyva, a Graceful Window on Colonial Colombia

AT first glance, the vast, empty expanse of the plaza of Villa de Leyva, a colonial city that is three and a half hours by car or bus from Bogotá, seems designed to reduce the onlooker to a contemplation of his or her own insignificance. One of the ...

From DAVID CARR, The New York Times,  24 Oct 2009

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