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“Today, it has become an economic, environmental and brand liability for the company.”
Advertising Age’s jean Halliday, commenting on Hummer, and GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner suggesting the company may dump the brand.
“Scott McClellan is having a ‘Matrix’ moment.”
Mark Dery, who teaches journalism at NYU, on former White House press secretary’s book, and waking up for the dream made up of a media fiction.
“Prime time is still the right time.”
WIRED article on why broadcast ad sales are strong, in spite of the economic slump and other woes.
“Hi. My name is Steve and I suffer from Shiny Object Syndrome (SOS for short).”
Steve Rubel, on how to sift through shiny objects in social media sites such as FriendFeed, that he is bullish about.
“ This is more than a facelift.”
Facebook spokesperson, about the new, improved Facebook with added vitamins 
“Britannica goes wiki without actually admitting it.”
One of the many (in my opinion mistaken) responses to the news of Encyclopedia Britannica shifting gears into a more collaborative model.
“One of the premier political journalists and analysts of his time.”
Tom Brokaw on NBC’s Tim Russert who died of a heart attack.
The sad news today for journalism –and NBC –of Tim Russert’s death makes us appreciate the kind of journalists we so often take for granted. You could watch Tim, and see his genuine curiosity seep out of his eyes, and you could almost feel he was asking the question you would have if you were in the studio/oval office.
I didn’t realize he had been hosting Meet The Press for so long. That word, the ‘Press,’ has gone through many incarnations, but the type of reporting, analysis and perspective Russert brought to journalism never wavered. He never seemed happy with the glib, half-hearted or spun answer.(see how doesn’t get Clinton and Obama off the hook) which gave him the notion of being “tough.” But I like to think of him as being something else: honest to his audience.
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