Entries tagged "NPR"
MIT economist Simon Johnson leverages new media tools like blogs, Twitter and YouTube to advance his agenda.
Was there a newspaper bubble? The New York Times' DealBook argues the case. Newspapers aren't the only ones in trouble. NPR is laying off too as corporate donors cut back because of the poor economy, according to Gawker. Silicon Alley Insider notes that even Bloomberg is feeling the pinch of the credit crisis, but given that some 100,000 Wall Streeters have been laid off recently, it comes as little surprise. The credit crisis also forced Reed Elsevier plc to pull its auction of Reed Business Information because of a lack of interest. PaidContent offers a complete timeline of the failed...
The Deal's latest Media Maneuvers column took up the matter of consumer coverage of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bailouts. The issue: How did the mass media try to explain these events to an audience that generally has very little idea what Fannie and Freddie do? One example I used was an NPR piece that attempted to explain mortgage financing by taking a trip to Coney Island. ...
