Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Apple unveiled The Daily this morning. They’re calling this the first publication with daily, original content created just for the iPad. Basically, the first tablet newspaper. Putting aside (for a moment) that this comes from the same company that brings you Fox News, this looks like it could be very […]
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Then They Came for the Food Day.
On the heels of this morning’s news about the new website to opt out of phone book delivery, reader Richard sends this photo and note: The news about the Yellow Pages is great, but is there an easy way to put an end to this bullshit? The Oregonian chucks about six of these down our […]
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How Did Egypt Shut Down the Internet?
The government didn’t flip some sort of Internet kill switch. Instead, it seems like they called Internet Service Providers and told them to shut down one by one. via
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Arkansas Grocery Store Deploys “Family Shield”…
…to protect “young shoppers” from the US Weekly cover showing Elton John and David Furnish holding their new baby. Here is the unshielded cover, which attentive viewers will note looks like a slightly less gay version of this. Thanks for the heads-up, Towleroad, which reminds us that the Arkansas law banning gays from adopting or […]
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Mayor Adams’ Office To Oregonian: “Stop Helping Pimps.”
Jon Sperry Mayor Adams usually uses his massive email newsletter list to tout the city’s newest green-sustainability-eco experience or publicize his take on city council measures. But this morning, his office sent out a lengthy email to citizens slapping the Oregonian for its recent article debunking Portland’s reputation for human trafficking. The letter says that […]
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TV News Discovers Trolling
Hey, did you guys know about trolling? It’s a serious problem! (Via Laughing Squid.)
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“Pornland” Reputation Built on Speculation.
In case you missed it in Good Morning News last week, the O had an important article last Friday about how Portland’s reputation as a sex trafficking hub is based on completely speculative numbers. Not that prostitution isn’t a problem in Portland—it is—but the data doesn’t show that it’s as big of a problem here […]
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Now Playing on a Billboard….in Tucson
Thank you, Reddit and Copyranter (the latter of which has personal knowledge of the Tucson billboard).
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The Cover of this Week’s Stranger
Concept and design by Dan Savage and Stranger art director Aaron Huffman. NICE.
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Myspace Is (Even More) Dead
Riverfront Times It’s official: MySpace is falling apart. Yesterday, the company announced 500 layoffs (about half of everyone who worked there, and almost the same number as people still holding active accounts.) Remember when MySpace was “it”? When “it” was supposedly making such a giant impact on everything in pop culture— from the next big […]
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Scamming Via a Fake News Site
Just a quick report from the front lines of websites posing as fake news organizations in order to scam innocent people. Film Editor Erik Henriksen was happily perusing this USA Today article about an Abu Dhabi hotel constructing a $11 million Christmas tree and gold bar vending machine (what?) when he noticed this weird little […]
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It’s Time for a Think Out Loud Drinking Game!
I have a real love-to-hate thing with OPB’s morning show Think Out Loud. Yes, their format’s constant need for fresh content means they give a platform to artists and topics that probably wouldn’t otherwise get such broad exposure, and that’s great, but… well, I have been known to conduct fake interviews with a sock puppet […]