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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The Capital Boasts Highest Salaries While Most City Incomes Fall
If you want to make some money head to the nation's capital, that's because according to the annual report of city incomes, the DC area holds the highest average household income in the country. Residents have a medium household income of just more than $85,000. Not only that, but it's only one of two cities [...] read more>>
Workforce of the Future Conference: Nobody Needs Journalists
Last Workforce of the Future post today, we swear. In another panel, called "Supply and Demand: Where Are the Jobs and Who Will Fill Them?" panelists mostly discussed why the economy was being held back by a lack of educated jobseekers. (This mostly seemed to focus on skilled, technical jobs in manufacturing, engineering, etc., with [...] read more>>
New Rochelle Patch Responds to Charges of Plagiarism, Bias
Yesterday in the nightly roundup, I mentioned a claim by a local blog in the New Rochelle, New York area that charged AOL's Patch with plagiarism. Talk of the Sound managing editor Robert Cox wrote a post saying that the New Rochelle Patch editor Allison Esposito took photos from Talk of the Sound and published [...] read more>>
The Deal is Done: AOL Acquires TechCrunch
It's earlier than expected, but AOL has announced its acquisition of the technology blog TechCrunch. It sounds like they're getting the whole kit-and-caboodle, except the blog gets to retain "their editorial independence." So that's good to hear. Plus, it sounds like founder Michael Arrington will join saying in a press release that he looks "forward [...] read more>>
Condè Nast Editors Get Opportunity to Win Sales Prize
Condè Nast editors have earned a new opportunity to grab a company award, as the magazine publisher has decided to reward its editors for thinking up a great business idea. Now, the publisher or editor that thinks of the best idea will get credits for travel, a perk typically set aside for sales staff. Mediaweek [...] read more>>
The EPI Just Called It: Unemployment Is Going To Suck For Years
At the Workforce of the Future conference, Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, predicted unemployment is going to stink for years to come. We've heard many people say, of course, that job growth is going to be slow maybe even until the 2012 elections, but to hear it called with such specificity is [...] read more>>
Workforce of the Future Conference: Have Americans Lost Their Mojo?
The question of the morning is whether Americans, as a whole, have lost the ability to innovate. Panel moderator Michael Hirsh cited writings in the Atlantic and elsewhere arguing that despite pouring money into clean energy and despite the fact that innovation usually happens in a recession, that hasn't seemed to happen in this current [...] read more>>
AOL Reportedly in Talks to Purchase TechCrunch
AOL might be looking to add another huge blog to its new list of sites. GigaOm reports that the media company is close to purchasing TechCrunch, the famed technology blog started by Michael Arrington in 2005. According to the report, the announcement could come very soon. "The deal is at a sensitive stage and might [...] read more>>
Larry Summers On The Economy
We're spending the morning at the NATIONAL JOURNAL LIVE Workforce of the Future conference, where National Journal editorial director Ron Brownstein just got done interviewing Larry Summers, Obama's former director of the National Economic Council. Brownstein asked Summers whether the continuing recession was a product of low demand (companies have money but don't feel like [...] read more>>
Museum of Science and Industry Finalists | Media Moves | And More Stuff That Happened Yesterday
Yesterday, there were more media moves than we could shake a stick at. Here're the ones we didn't yet get to. Plus, at least someone's getting a job..at the Museum of Science and Industry. Check it out. Museum of Science and Industry Picks Five Finalists for 'Month at the Museum' New 'Morning Joe' Senior Producer [...] read more>>
Hearst Sees a Future in the Tablet While Patch Struggles in New Rochelle, Plus Other News of the Day
- Fresh off the announcement that Women's Wear Daily will bring on New York Observer reporter John Koblin to cover media, Fairchild editorial director Peter Kaplan spoke with the Village Voice about the future of WWD. It sounds like they want to walk a fine line, heading into the future. "I think we have two [...] read more>>
Jobs Of The Day: Rock On
School of Rock is looking for a digital marketing manager. (Teaneck, NJ)Random House is seeking a marketing associate. (New York, NY)LivingSocial seeks an assistant editor. (Washington, DC)The Watertown Daily Times is seeking a copy editor. (Watertown, NY)Sacks & Co is looking for a senior account executive/publicist. (New York, NY)Ener1 wants a communications director. (New York, [...] read more>>
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