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04 Nov 2009 10:51

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Biz: Time Warner’s third-quarter profits look scary and anemic

  • -38% decline in profits at Time Warner; the company’s been most hurt by publishing and online ad declines
  • -18% decline in advertising revenue at AOL, which is in the midst of rebranding itself as a news resource source
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20 Sep 2009 21:05

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Politics: Oh great. Glenn Beck is on the cover of Time.

  • We’ve got to pull together, because we are facing dark, dark times. I don’t trust a single weasel in Washington. I don’t care what party they’re from. But unless we trust each other, we’re not going to make it.
  • Glenn Beck • As quoted in a Time cover story called “Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?” (We lean yes, based on our discourse over the last few weeks.) The article discusses Beck’s nature, history in radio, and how, over a single summer, he became this … phenomenon. And if you disagree with him, it comes to bite you in the rear-end: “The more the host is criticized, the more committed the original audience becomes,” the Time article argues. Why can’t our pudgy middle-aged guys be like Kevin James? • source
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28 Aug 2009 10:12

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Biz: IKEA’s Verdana backlash: The Swedes didn’t see it coming

  • It’s more efficient and cost-effective. Plus, it’s a simple, modern-looking typeface. … I think it’s safe to say we were surprised by the response.
  • IKEA spokeswoman Monika Gocic • On the unthinkable change in font from IKEA’s iconic Futura variant to Verdana. The story’s starting to pick up some (trendy but cheap and wobbly) legs in the mainstream press, with Time now giving the story a little more exposure. Time did a good job covering the angles as to why Verdana sucks – it’s overused, it was designed for small sizes on the Web, and it’s way too associated with Microsoft. Hopefully the nudge in the press might help the company reconsider. • source
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26 Aug 2009 22:11

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Politics: Why so secretive, Flickr? The Obama Joker mystery continues

Flickr says they got a DMCA takedown notice. None of the usual suspects – Time Magazine, DC Comics, the photographer – claim to have sent one. Hmm. source
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18 Aug 2009 02:30

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Politics: The guy who made the Obama Joker riff: Dennis Kucinich fan

Firas Alkhateeb didn’t do the Obama “Socialism” poster, but he created the Time cover off of which it was based. His problem with Obama? No substance. source
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29 Jul 2009 23:25

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Biz: From thousands to $30: iStockPhoto and the cover of Time

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  • A great find from our friend Charles Apple (who wrote a great write-up on the site just as it was launching). This image was on the cover of Time, one of nation’s highest-circulation magazines, yet Robert Lam got paid just $30 for it. If a commissioned photographer took it, they would’ve gotten paid much more. It’s not the first time something like this has happened, but it’s becoming more prevalent due to the fact that some stock photo (and editorial content) sites tend to thin the value of content. Read the blog. It makes great points. source
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04 Jun 2009 22:21

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Tech: Time magazine holds Twitter to an unbelievably high standard

Awesome? Sure. Popular? Yes. Useful? You betcha. But world-changing? Uh … we’re not willing to go that far. Yet. It’s no Segway, though. source
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27 Apr 2009 10:20

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Culture, Offbeat: Dear 4chan’s moot: Congrats on topping the Time 100!

We argue that No. 34 T-Pain or No. 37 Barack Obama might be more influential, but enjoy your moment, 4chan! source
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16 Feb 2009 22:07

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U.S.: Bill Clinton has harsh words for Time Magazine

  • Do any of them seriously believe if I had been president, and my economic team had been in place the last eight years, that this would be happening today? I think they know the answer to that: No.
  • Former president Bill Clinton • on being blamed, in part, for the economic crisis in a recent Time Magazine article • source
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16 Feb 2009 22:03

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U.S.: If you were Bill Clinton, wouldn’t you complain, too?

  • 25 people got blamed for the economic crisis in a Time Magazine article
  • one former president didn’t want any of the blame placed on him source
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