Sandy’s a bee killer; heartbreaking tragedy strikes Brooklyn’s urban farmers
Here’s another example of The Brooklyn Paper’s outstanding hyperlocal coverage of Hurricane Sandy: This was just posted in the newspaper’s liveblog— A million bees living on the banks of the East…
Weathering the storm: NYC’s hyperlocal winners and losers
There are two ways of approaching a story like Sandy: Go whole hog or stay home. With all the talk about hyperlocal imperatives, the most local of New York’s traditional…
Free [publications] in New Orleans: IFPA and SAPA talk print and web … and party!
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There was lots of serious business in New Orleans at the joint conference of Independent Free Papers of America (IFPA) and Southeastern Advertising Publishers Association (SAPA) — including great presentations by…
Murdoch uses Twitter to tout Santorum
Rupert Murdoch opened a Twitter account over the weekend, and while the octogenarian mogul is no @justinbieber (who has 16 million followers) his tweets @rupertmurdoch did draw lots of media attention…
NYC landlord v. Social Media maven
UPDATE: Landlord threatens to sue over Website [link]. Almost every New York City landlord with more than a little experience can tell you hair-curling stories of their tenants from hell,…
Gersh exits Brooklyn Paper to run CUNY-NYTimes ‘Local’
Brooklyn Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman may not be joining the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism staff with the rank of full professor, but in my mind he’ll always be THE…
Practical Social Media for Small Businesses … Getting Started NOW
Every small businesses should claim its place in Social Media heaven NOW — but that doesn’t mean it has to do everything all at once. Ed’s message to small business…
Is Twitter a business? You betcha! says CEO Dick Costolo
Twitter , in an interview at D9 (video posted below): It took three years to send the first billion tweets, and we now send a billion tweets every six days.” So,…
Weiner’s roast hasn’t ended. Questions surround congressman’s story over lewd pic on Twitter.
Weinergate, indeed. After Anthony Weiner, the brash congressman from Brooklyn and Queens who’s a wannabe mayor of New York, tried to joke away Friday’s posting of a lewd photo on his Twitter…
Rep. Weiner tweets his wienie
UPDATES are posted at the bottom of this story. When Facebook tells you that your password’s been compromised … it’s probably a call to immediate action. Brooklyn’s Rep. Anthony Weiner…