The Newsonomics of the News Dial ‘O Matic

Today, in 2012, those questions are more pressing in our age of news deluge. We’re confronted at every turn, at every finger gesture, with more to read or view or listen to. It’s not just the web: It’s also the smartphone and especially the tablet, birthing new aggregator products — Google ...

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The Newsonomics of (California Watch’s) Single, Investigative Story

So, if California Watch were to be totally supported by foundation money, it would take an endowment of $54 million to throw off $2.7 million a year, at a five percent spend rate. Now $54 million raised one time isn’t an impossible sum. Consider just one gift: Joan Kroc left NPR more than $200 ...

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Kevin Kelly on “Technology”

My own sense is that technology is now a multiplier in our lives: multiplying work, multiplying pleasure.

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