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Thank You and Goodbye
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| With that, there is nothing left to say but goodbye—and thank you.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/thank_you_and_goodbye.html
Don't Cry For Disappearing Newspapers
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| Local TV news was the first and most obvious casualty. Nearly all local TV
| stations lost local, independent ownership years ago. You might have noticed
| when you travel that the local news in Podunk, Texas is identical to the
| local news in Backwoods, Oregon. Only the place names are changed. Even the
| on-air personalities are the same, like they are bred on special farms.
|
| Local radio suffered a very sneaky downfall-- programming is presented as
| though it is produced locally, but in fact radio stations have been gobbled
| up by conglomerates and converted into clones of each other. Chances are your
| local station is staffed only by a technician or two, and all content is
| beamed in from a remote central location. When the on-air personality adds
| local color with statements like "It's a beautiful day here in downtown
| Podunk!" he is lying his head off, because he recorded his show a thousand
| miles away and has never been in Podunk. Both local radio and TV stations are
| remote-controlled by media consultants who have never left their special
| media consultant lairs.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/04/journalism-save.html
Microsoft's press is on fire.
Recent:
An Insider’s View: The Strange Final Days Of The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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| The next day would be the last of the print Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the
| publisher declared. He added that “the bloodline” would live on in the form
| of a news website carrying the Seattle Post-Intelligencer name. Behind him
| were human-resources professionals flown in from other Hearst-owned papers in
| Houston and San Francisco.
|
| The announcement was spun as the first paper to make the transition to an
| all-digital daily. Nevermind that the site left behind would be a skeleton of
| its former self. The new editor in charge would not respond to questions when
| I asked her for a story about the transition intended to run in the final
| print-edition. Instead, she posted her own, unfiltered thoughts online.
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http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-inside-the-final-60-plus-days-of-the-seattle-post-intelligencer/
Seattle P-I to publish last edition Tuesday
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| The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will roll off the presses for the last time
| Tuesday.
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http://www.seattlepi.com/business/403793_piclosure17.html
Seattle P-I Goes Online-Only Tomorrow
http://www.pcworld.com/article/161320/seattle_pi_goes_onlineonly_tomorrow.html?tk=rss_main
Journalists Not Missing A Beat
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090315/1939094123.shtml
Related:
Computer Glitch Halts Seattle New Year's Fireworks
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| At the stroke of midnight New Year's Eve, Seattle's fireworks show ground to
| a halt. The source of the problem is reported to be a corrupted file that
| wasn't checked until the last minute. After two reboots, the fireworks had to
| be detonated manually. And yes ... one blog commenter, claiming to have
| worked on prior shows, said that the shows run on Windows...
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/01/1255200&from=rss
Seattle Area Bloggers Needed for Microsoft User Research Study
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| For your participation, we'll give you your choice of retail
| software and hardware from our extensive list. Current titles
| include the latest Xbox, Xbox 360, and PC games, keyboards,
| Microsoft Office, Windows, productivity software and much more.
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http://blogs.msdn.com/usability_recruiting/archive/2007/01/05/seattle-area-bloggers-needed-for-microsoft-user-research-study.aspx
Newspaper site spreads Virus
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| COMPUTER USERS unfortunate enough to visit seattletimes.com, seattlepi.com or
| NWautos.com between 9 am Friday and 2 pm on Sunday could have been walloped
| by a virus.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/16/tubetube-users-safe-court-order
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