You could just predict the backlash on this one: David Carr’s latest piece in the NYTimes outlining a dream editorial meeting: “No more free content. The web has become the primary delivery mechanism for quality newsrooms across the country, and consumers will have to participate in fina...

Remember how back in November former Observer 'Edgy Enthusiast' columnist Ron Rosenbaum used his Slate 'Spectator' column to call out Buzzmachine's Jeff Jarvis as "the Sarah Palin of Gurus"? At the time, Mr. Jarvis—a former magazine editor-turned-digital evangelist—responded by calling...

Twitter is supposed to save journalism 140 characters at a time. Media people love it, and we love media people, so let's take a look at what the Twitterati have to say for themselves. Entertainment Weekly founder turned new media curmudgeon Jeff Jarvis couldn't remember how old he is. Ex-Huffington...

While it's arguably somewhat lame to blame the reporter for not promoting his book ('What Would Google Do?'), the crux of journalist and journalism professor Jeff Jarvis's replique to The Observer is worth mulling over: "(...) what really struck me in this process - and it is al...

Web publishing zealot Jeff Jarvis like to yell Darwinian slogans at print journalists . "There is no divine right for newsroom jobs," he wrote earlier this month. "Nor is printing and trucking an eternal verity of the field." It was surprising, then, to hear the media futurist's complaint about toda...

My favorite media/journalism/news blogger is Jeff Jarvis. His blog, BuzzMachine, is a treasure trove of information and insight on how the web is transforming the world of news media. Jeff has spent a lot of time thinking about local news specifically, a topic I am very interested in. Yesterday he w...

If you wanted to wipe out the American media establishment in one blow, you might have targeted the Grand Ballroom on the third floor of the Plaza hotel at around 9 a.m. on Nov. 12. The Foursquare Conference was organized by media mogul Steve Rattner’s Quadrangle Partners, and had the kind of excl...

This morning on the train to Milwaukee, I read an article on Slate about Jeff Jarvis. Like the author of the piece, Ron Rosenbaum, I used to read Jarvis on a frequent basis while I was getting this blog started; I think my dad still reads him frequently, and they exchanged a couple emails once about...

With the full onset of consistently declining revenues and mass layoffs, newspapers have now finally accepted the depth of their plight. Now the war wages on as to how — and whether — print can become more commercially viable through innovation. In an article discussing how industries re...

Jeff just can’t seem to listen to good advice. Some guys just LOVE the sound of their own voice. Yet another “expert” begins to show his true colors. Jeff Jarvis doesn’t know shit, and he knows that I know it. He’s faking it. Using meaningless catch-phrases to dupe scar...