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Henry Luce, a co-founder of TIME, disdained the notion of giveaway publications that relied solely on ad revenue. He called that formula "morally abhorrent" and also "economically self-defeating." That was because he believed that good journalism required that a publication's primary duty be to its readers, not to its advertisers. In an advertising-only revenue model, the incentive is perverse. It is also self-defeating, because eventually you will weaken your bond with your readers if you do not feel directly dependent on them for your revenue. When a man knows he is to be hanged...
...initially blaming a small, unknown organization for the error, it seemed like Google had hoped to transfer blame, but officials at StopBadware rejected that notion and said that Google’s quick response to the error was impressive given the complex nature of the search engine...
Although the board’s success in finding a widely appealing artist was dampened by the performance’s abrupt end, McFadden said that the CEB would continue to plan events with an eye toward student tastes, rather than “some abstract University Hall notion of what students want...
...Hampshire who, if confirmed, would be the third Republican in the Obama Cabinet. But Obama's latest olive branch is also a political calculation. While Gregg wielded significant power as the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, the Commerce Department is viewed as a Cabinet backwater-a notion bolstered by Gregg himself, who in 1995 supported a nonbinding resolution that would abolish the very department he has agreed to run. Bonnie Newman, Gregg's former chief of staff, was appointed to replace him in the U.S. Senate...
...proud to say I'm a conservative, have been, always will be. So this notion that I'm a moderate is slightly overblown, and quite frankly a lie." - On his ability to both lead and represent...