In my ongoing fascination with the havoc the Internet is wreaking on print and other media, I found
this snarky article about online gossip rag Gawker to be entertaining reading.
It’s almost part of Gawker’s business plan to ensure that its young writers, by attracting the attention of those they are sniping at, are able to leap into the waiting arms of the mainstream media before they become too expensive to employ.
And referring to one of their writers:
Ten or twenty years ago, Gould would have likely emulated Joan Didion, but she is trying to play the blog game now. She means to win, and to grab some attention for herself in the process.
Made me wonder if David Ensor at Cap Pubs 30 years ago would have been an attention hound blogger today.
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David promoted himself shamelessly but he was a nice guy. He could do a flawless British upper-class accent,no doubt learned from his grandfather, the Oxford don. That wouldn't count for much on a blog.
Since we only listen to Fox News (I can see you gnashing your teeth) I haven't seen him lately.
I'll always remember how badly he could mess up a story on the School Lunch Program.
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