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Paul Miller returns to Internet: ‘There’s only so much navel-gazing that one guy can do’

Andrew Beaujon — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:29:57 +0000

Tech writer Paul Miller’s dreams of an analogue existence during his year away from the Internet didn’t come true: “I just didn’t really do much of that,” he says about going to the library and using … Read more

Greg Sandoval, who quit CNET, joins The Verge

Andrew Beaujon — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:29:16 +0000

Greg Sandoval | The New York Times
“I’m saved,” Greg Sandoval wrote on his blog Sunday, announcing he was joining tech site The Verge as a senior reporter. Sandoval quit his previous employer CNET after he announced on … Read more

Why publishers should follow the Verge-HuffPost aggregation dustup

Andrew Beaujon — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:36:25 +0000

Techdirt | BuzzFeed

It might be hard to understand why staffers at tech site The Verge complained so loudly about a Huffington Post “linkout” that sent readers to a Verge feature. After all, isn’t the Web built on such … Read more

Why news sites benefit from having writers with legal backgrounds

Andrew Beaujon — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:24:53 +0000

Instagram’s famous new terms of service go into effect Saturday. News organizations just got a serious warning about plucking photographs from Twitter. Wouldn’t this be a great time for a news org to have a copyright lawyer on … Read more