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January 29, 2016

Friday News: Bezos, Mills & Boon, Barbie, and bullshit

JanetPublishing Newsadult coloring books / Barbie / Cold War / Jeff Bezos / journalism / Mattel / Mills & Boon / political propaganda / technology / washington post13 Comments

Bezos says Washington Post to ‘lean into future’  – So The Washington post should advance technologically but retain its “soul.” What does that mean, exactly? Under Bezos, the Post has ramped up its technology to allow its website to perform better, with improved analytics which gauge how readers are responding and ... more >

August 19, 2015

Wednesday News: Amazon, the New York Times, algorithms, book tours, and “female Viagra”

JanetPublishing Newsalgorithms / Amazon / big data / book tours / gender sex / Jeff Bezos / journalism / New-York-Times / Promotion / washington post7 Comments

Hacking through Amazon’s jungle of coverage -Much has been written about Amazon and about the New York Times’ recent piece on Amazon’s work culture, with even the paper’s own Margaret Sullivan suggesting that the article needed more “irrefutable proof” and less “generalization and anecdote.” That I found some of the insights ... more >

September 3, 2014

Wednesday News: The Washington Post’s new CEO, Disney v Deadmau5, pseudonymity enhances commenting, and red “warps the mind” (?)

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / anonymity / color psychology / commenting / Disney / Jeff Bezos / journalism / lawsuit / moderation / newspaper / pseudonyms / speech / trademark / washington post6 Comments

Jeff Bezos Ends Washington Post Publishing Dynasty With Politico Alum – So after a year of owning The Washington Post, Jeff Bezos is replacing Publisher and CEO Katharine Graham Weymouth with Frederick J. Ryan, Jr., a former member of Ronald Reagan’s presidential administration and co-founder of Politico. Weymouth will be ... more >

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