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Thanks for visiting New Media Bytes. If you like what you see, subscribe to my RSS feed.I don’t know whether to be relieved or shocked. Erica Smith pointed out a great article by the Washington City Paper that depicts the sometimes disconnect between the Washington Post print edition and the washingtonpost.com.
The City Paper story opens [...]

For those unfamiliar with Michigan’s plight, until recently, the state’s economic situation was referred to as a ‘one-state recession.’ A former economic powerhouse, the state was built on the backs of auto workers, many of who did not study past high school. Things were great for many Detroit auto workers. But automakers weren’t creating cars [...]

Columnists are often regarded as the bread and butter of newspapers’ niche sections. Many believe that newspaper readers sometimes buy newspapers for the sole reason of catching their favorite columnist. So, if that’s the case, wouldn’t throngs of web readers flock to a columnist’s new blog?
Not so, as many online news sites have discovered.
Though it [...]

I often hear young print journalists lamenting the disconnect between their paper’s printed product and online presence. Sometimes I forget that not everyone is in love with the web like I am.
I admit too, about five years ago, I didn’t view the web with revelry. Print was where it was at. It had prestige, [...]