Newsweek’s problems lie in its business model. It doesn’t offer advertisers a platform they can’t get elsewhere.
via The Big Money.
It’s Not the Economist, Stupid
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The Daily Show interview with Meacham was interesting.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-may-5-2010/jon-meacham
Whenever I see Meacham I get the feeling that it’s TV where he really wants to be and that he’s always auditioning to be the next Charlie Rose. I doubt he sees his long-term future solely in print and probably not at Newsweek, but it’s a nice platform for now.
@john mcd.,
Mark this date because it may be the last time we ever see the words “long-term future” and Newsweek used in the same sentence.
“Much was made of the Economist’s intellectual appeal and its point of view … With its anonymous, opinionated tone, it plays well to sheepishly provincial Americans.”
“Sheepishly Provincial Americans” This is the real problem … and it is getting worse.
I couldn’t finish the day out with knowing if my understanding of the definition of the Sheepishly Provincial American was right. So I went to good old Merriam Webster and looked it up and this is what it gave me.
” A native or inhabitant of North America or South America or citizen of the United States who is a person of local or restricted interests or outlook , and lacking urban polish or refinement thus showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault .”
I had to delete what my definition of “Sheepishly Provincial Americans. “