Posts Tagged ‘Associated Press’

Metaphors: A Couple

A Married Couple Jay Rosen, on Twitter Maybe AP and its members are like a married couple afraid to call it quits. So the tension comes out at scrapers, linkers and freeloaders.

Metaphors: Hummer, 1996 Honda

1996 Honda Jim Barnett’s Why NYT Co. might not be as quick to sell the Globe as you might think at Nieman Journalism Lab The Globe does cost a lot more than my Honda to operate. But the really big bucks — the $1.1 billion purchase price — is money long since spent. Just like [...]

Why The Gazette is right to leave the AP collective

So The Gazette is planning to live with the Associated Press. A difficult decision, I’m sure, but one I fully support. My suspicions were aroused when Steve Buttry tweeted about a meeting with the AP bureau chief and the regional vice-president. And this evening, Mr. Buttry moved this on the Twitter wire: My letter notifying [...]