Links from Wednesday, July 29, 2009 to Thursday, August 6, 2009

by Adam Kuban

  • Big Paper, little paper, no paper at all? [Philly Citypaper]
    "In April, I ran a panel for the Society of Professional Journalists on "Ethics in the Digital Age," which attracted a wide range of J-school students. I argued that the ethical virtues of an actual newspaper are partly due to having to produce a physical product, whose errors aren't easily corrected. ¶ The old heads in the audience nodded in sync, but the students were unmoved. So I asked how many of these J-students regularly read a physical paper. Not one hand. ¶ Did they print it out at home? Nope. Did they print anything out? Not really. Just papers for class. OMG. " [I'm actually surprised that J-school students aren't reading print anymore. I figured they'd be among the last holdouts of their generation. Sad.]
  • I’d never even heard of electronic shifting before this [Bike Snob]
    "Electronic shifting will completely change the way you think about bicycles–assuming, of course, that you previously thought of them as being relatively inexpensive and easily serviceable."
  • AMC Movie Theaters Pull Ads from WaPo [WaPo Ombudsman Blog]
    The paper's ombudsman reports that reader complaints have been steady and rising in the month or so that AMC removed the ads in a cost-cutting measure. WaPo hopes attendance will drop and AMC will return. But whatevs. When was the last time you used a newspaper to get showtimes? Hello, Moviefone and moviefone.com. Hello, Fandango.