Editorial outfits are now advertising agencies.
From Tina Brown
Owning news makes you important; it gives you a seat at the table.
The number one way of becoming powerful in Washington is by becoming the 'Washington Post.'
I wish my daughter wasn't spending time thinking of Kim Kardashian or Rihanna.
Whether it's in Washington, or whether it's with the mothers of extremists, or whether it's education in places like Pakistan... a lot of women in these emerging countries are taking charge and doing amazing things.
American newspapers are dying mostly because they were so dull for so long, a whole generation gave up on them.
It's one of the biggest fibs going that American newspapers are now being forced to give up their commitment to investigative reporting. Most of them gave up long ago as their greedy managements squeezed every cent out of the bottom line and turned their newsrooms into eunuchs.
A trio of reputations lie at the heart of Henry James's 'The Portrait of a Lady.'
Until 1869, when they were banned, debtors' prisons were the great incinerators of British reputations. Those who were unable to pay their bills were jailed until their creditors were paid - an unlikely event, given that the prisoner was unable to work.
Anyone aspiring to literary greatness should read 'New Grub Street' and weep.
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