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Links for 2011-07-18

By drorzel on August 18, 2011.
  • What is journalism worth?

    "What is journalism worth? That's the question journalism managers and entrepreneurs have been trying to figure out ever since it became clear, years ago, that the Internet was disrupting local publishing monopolies.
    And so we've endured years of conference panels, email exchanges, and blog posts about paywalls and paid content strategies, as publishers try to figure out exactly how much people are now willing to pay for news content.

    Lost in this is the realization that people have been telling us - for generations - how much they're willing to pay for news."

  • Women, romantic goals and science: The evidence just isn't there « Boundary Vision

    "One of the first things that came across my Twitter feed yesterday morning was a press release announcing that "Women's Quest for Romance Conflicts with Scientific Pursuits, Study Finds". I'm usually pretty sceptical of press releases, especially ones that include the words "study finds." This one, instead of eliciting mild annoyance though, made me feel nauseous. Women's quest for romance? Really? At first glance, it sounded more like something out of Mad Men than a real study."

  • Tom Waits/Cookie Monster mashup - God's Away On Business - YouTube

    "Tom Waits sometimes sounds eerily like Cookie Monster. Not that I mind! I happen to love Waits and his carnival barker's growl! Here's Cookie Monster's rendition of Waits' "God's Away On Business"."

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