Circle me on Google+Social media platforms are like different countries with different languages and different customs. Certainly there are many aspects of them that overlap, but I think the key to being successful on a social platform is having a keen understanding of what makes each unique community tick. For instance, Tumblr thrives on strong visual material; Reddit is great for its crowd-sourced Q & A capabilities; Twitter is an essential platform for news and events, etc."
— New York Times social media editor Lexi Mainland, in How The New York Times does social media
Complaining about someone re-writing reporting is kind of like kvetching about the rain: it’s pointless, because you’ll end up wet regardless of your protestations. Every journalist relies on other people’s work. I became a reporter because I wanted to find important ideas and share them. Whether that happens through my authorship, or someone’s summary, is less important to me than making sure the news is spread."
— New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg, to Jim Romenesko
A profound letter to subscribers from a New York Times deliveryman who just got laid off. (via Twitter / @KatieS)
In inflation-adjusted current pennies, The New York Times today costs 10 times more than a newspaper in 1890. Granted, Today’s Times is better than a product of the penny press. But is it worth 10x? Should it cost 10x?"
— Jeff Jarvis, in So much for the penny press « BuzzMachine
