WSJ’s Close Encounters With Web 2.0
While the rest of the newspaper world is trying to figure out how get back on the paid content train, the Wall Street Journal, which has never succumbed to the lure of free content, appears to be revisiting the Internet circa 2005 with yesterday’s launch of Speakeasy “a culture blog about media, entertainment, celebrity and the arts.” Considering the masthead’s martini olive, perhaps the Journal is embracing its own sort of ‘thinking and drinking.’
The Journal has been making more frequent forays into the social media landscape of late, namely with their recent iPhone app, which allows users — much to Rupe’s reported dismay — to access Journal content for free. But a culture blog is an interesting addition for a paper that has thus far scorned the idea of linkability — and if this sort of ‘we’ll read it for you’ takedown by Rebecca Dana of the recent plethora of mogul profiles is any measure of what is to come, perhaps better late than never.
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Obama’s “Hawaiian Earthquake” Comment Sends Conservatives Into A Tizzy
Last night, the right-of-center side of the blogosphere jumped all over President Obama's reference to what they thought was a non-existent Hawaiian Earthquake in 2006. Writers for the site Hot Air and Gateway Pundit, used this as an example of a "one size fits all" government-funded solution, and even worse, an example of the presidential cluelessness. Because of course, "Hawaii hasn't had an earthquake since 1972!" Actually, on this one, Obama was right.
Bo Obama: The Alpha and Omega Dog
Everyone knows that Bo Obama is the First Dog, but The History Channel's Life After People recently imagined what it would be like if he ended up being the last dog, too. In last night's episode, the show examined the likely fate of the White House, among other world leaders' domiciles, if all the people on Earth were suddenly wiped out. Maybe it's a case of "Old Yeller Syndrome" (which dictates that, in movies, it's much worse to kill a dog than a human), but the producers predict a far-too-rosy fate for Bo. Read no further if you cherish their delusion.
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