The Short, Happy Life of a Twitter Link

By Megan Garber   Mar 6, 2009 at 11:32 AM

Ever wondered how much traffic a link on Twitter garners? Fuel Interactive, based on data from BitLy, the URL shortener,... More

The American Meme, Pork Products Edition

By Megan Garber   Mar 6, 2009 at 11:02 AM

So. Remember the Bacon Explosion™? The postmodern pork product involving bacon-wrapped sausage and bacon bits--the loglike monstrosity that, depending on... More

“Want Ads, Indeed”

By Megan Garber   Mar 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM

So Craigslist is getting sued. Specifically, for being "the largest source of prostitution in the United States." Yep. "Craigslist has... More

Reid Hoffman: Everyone’s an Entrepreneur

By Megan Garber   Mar 6, 2009 at 09:02 AM

Reid Hoffman, Demi-Deity of Web Entrepreneurs (he founded LinkedIn, was an executive at PayPal, directs Mozilla, Vendio, and other organizations,... More

ProPublica Goes Pro-Am

Amanda Michel joins the investigative outlet as its new editor of distributed reporting

By Megan Garber   Mar 5, 2009 at 02:32 PM

Big news today: ProPublica is delving into the world of pro-am journalism. Amanda Michel, who formerly directed OffTheBus, The Huffington... More

Vivian Schiller on NPR’s Path Forward

By Megan Garber   Mar 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM

Vivian Schiller, NPR's CEO, talked with CyberJournalist.net earlier this week, discussing everything from endowments to potential radio/newspaper partnerships to APIs... More

It Is the East Room, and Michelle-O Is the Sun

By Megan Garber   Mar 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM

So someone has a crush on the First Lady. Like, a big one. And--hold onto your worldview, folks--that someone is...Jack... More

Stewart and the Twits

By Megan Garber   Mar 3, 2009 at 04:54 PM

The Daily Show takes on Twitter. Hilarity ensues. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home{background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;}.cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;}.cc_show a{color:#707070;text-decoration:none;}.cc_title a{color:#868686;text-decoration:none;}.cc_links a:hover{color:#67bee2;text-decoration:underline;}The Daily Show With Jon... More

The Rocky’s Grave Site

By Megan Garber   Mar 3, 2009 at 10:59 AM

Ever wondered what a newspaper graveyard looks like? Well, on the Web, this: a sleek, bleak homepage filled with odes,... More

Tweeting Breakfast

Or, why I’m happy to know that David Gregory needs “a bagel b4 air”

By Megan Garber   Mar 2, 2009 at 03:21 PM

Dear Alessandra Stanley: you've missed the point. This weekend, the Times's TV critic trained her focus and her TV Watch... More

Link Again

By Megan Garber   Mar 2, 2009 at 11:11 AM

An evergreen topic in the coverage of new media is the fuzzy line the link economy draws between fair use... More

PayDream Believers

By Megan Garber   Mar 2, 2009 at 10:18 AM

So Hearst is the latest news organization to steer itself toward a pay route: it announced late last week that... More

The Week That Was: In Which We Were All Twits

The week in new media

By Megan Garber   Feb 27, 2009 at 05:05 PM

The Rocky Mountain News published its final edition. RIP. The San Francisco Chronicle might well be next. So might the... More

Newsday’s Play to Pay

By Megan Garber   Feb 27, 2009 at 02:57 PM

So, yesterday, Newsday executives announced that they'll begin charging for content on the Long Island paper's Web site. "Our goal... More

Canceled.

By Megan Garber   Feb 27, 2009 at 12:52 PM

When there was a writers' strike, the Oscars aired. When it rained in London, Wimbledon waited out the storm, then... More