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Entries from June 2009

Michael Jackson Obituary: Read it Today on Wikipedia

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments

You want to read the Michael Jackson’s Obituary that’ll run in tomorrow’s newspaper? Check Wikipedia.
Wikipedia: How Newspaper Obituaries are Written
Since learning of the news of Michael Jackson’s dead (from Laine’s Facebook status), I have been monitoring the Michael Jackson Wikipedia edit log. Based on the edit log, it looks as though Wikipedia had the cardiac [...]

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Newspaper Advertising Sales Down $4.5 Billion

June 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Comments TechCrunch: From Terrible To Terrifying: Newspaper Ad Sales Plummet $2.6 Billion In Q1 2009. Here it is in a nutshell…

Thanks to Grant from the The Guild of Scientific Troubadours for bringing this depressing news to our attention.

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