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1. July 10, 2012 06:50 AM

   Audit Notes: Daily Planet holds up, record collapse, presidential fundraising

   The Onion on the least believable part of Superman comics

   By Ryan Chittum

   This Onion article on the outdated Daily Planet is spot on: Frustrated fans of the Superman comic book said Monday the continued financial stability and cultural relevance of the series' Daily Planet newspaper is now the most unrealistic part of its universe and an annoying distraction that has ruined their reading experience. While they acknowledged that enjoying the adventures of...

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2. October 16, 2012 03:50 PM

   CMJ hosts a panel on ‘Music Journalism Exploded’

   Editors from Billboard, MTV, and SPIN contribute

   By Hazel Sheffield

   Every October, New York City welcomes a circus of music industry professionals for a week of conferences, showcases, and parties called the CMJ Music Marathon. The event opened with a panel on music journalism. “Music journalism has exploded into a million tiny pieces,” host Benjamin Wagner, senior vice president at MTV News, said in his introduction. “The playing field is...

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3. November 14, 2012 11:00 AM

   Two music journos plan a longform site

   The duo is running a Kickstarter campaign to finance UNCOOL

   By Hazel Sheffield

   Two music journalists from Los Angeles have launched a Kickstarter to fund a reader-supported, ad-free longform site. David Greenwald (Billboard, GQ) and Daniel Siegal (Rolling Stone, the Los Angeles Times) are behind UNCOOL, which landed on Kickstarter on November 8 and is seeking $54,000 by January to make the project happen. “This is more about the fact that there...

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