Does great reporting matter if nobody sees it? (Dan Rather - Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

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That’s what Jim Rendon asks in his piece about Dan Rather and his work on HDNet. Owner Mark Cuban has made little effort to extend Rather’s reach, he writes. New York Times media reporter Brian Stelter hasn’t written about Rather’s show since it first launched because HDNet has never “flagged one of his big stories for me effectively.”

See here the article in Mother Jones magazine.

http://motherjones.com/media/2011/02/dan-rather-reports-mark-cuban-hd-net?page=1

Dan Rather: Inside Mark Cuban's Gilded Cage

At 79, the former CBS anchorman is still kicking ass and winning Emmys. But with his exposés sandwiched between pro wrestling and Girls Gone Wild, is anybody watching?

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If a telecast was made, yet no one saw it, how do we know if it was even aired?

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here’s the link.

http://motherjones.com/media/2011/02/dan-rather-reports-mark-cuban-hd-net?page=1

[Arm_Bears]

The MSM is incapable of great reporting—Moot point.

[Zakeet]

The term "great reporting" should never be used to refer to "Dan
Rather," the failed news reader, in any manner whatsoever!

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http://www.slate.com/id/2287526/pagenum/all/
What’s Not Hot? Newsweek.
Editor Tina Brown lays an egg in her redesign.

http://orrenmedia.com/2011/03/07/paywall-ho/
It’s official– the Dallas Morning News paywall goes live tomorrow

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/media/e3ic299cdffb5a8ed0b80da9feaebe93c3d
Squall Hits ‘The Atlantic’
Andrew Sullivan’s exit means big traffic loss for site

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2011/03/radar-exclusive-charlie-sheen-negotiations-with-hdnet-boss-mark-cuban-tv
RADAR EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen In Negotiations With HDNet Boss Mark Cuban, TV Billionaire Says ‘It Would Be A Great Show’

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0307-tribune-questions-20110306,0,3552773.story
Tribune Co. bankruptcy nearing finish line

http://online.barrons.com/article/SB50001424052970204434504576180581507933082.html
Can the New York Times Paper Over Its Problems?

[tx_eggman]

Sandwiched between pro wrestling and Girls Gone Wild

karma's a bitch, isn't it Dan

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http://www.niemanlab.org/2011/03/who-owns-newspaper-companies-the-banks-funds-and-investors-and-their-big-slices-of-the-industry/
Who owns newspaper companies? The banks, funds, and investors and their (big) slices of the industry

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/05/AR2011030504160.html
As telecom industry evolves, success of Netflix is its biggest threat

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http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/464894-Witnesses_Set_for_Net_Neutrality_Hearing.php
Witnesses Set for Net Neutrality Hearing
Will be followed by markup hearing on the bill

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/dan-rather-i-felt-like-hell-of-course-i-did-after-cbs-didnt-renew-his-contract_b56164#more-56164
Dan Rather: ‘I felt like hell, of course I did’ After CBS Didn’t Renew His Contract

http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i71d03a73e295cd87c624c824edfdf21d
YouTube Nabs Next New Networks
Launches initiative aimed at partner development

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704076804576180693973688486.html
With Fairy Tales and Alternate Realities, TV Pilots Go High Concept

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703559604576176320248064298.html
New York Times Ad Sales Slip

[zavvone]

Bush’s fault.....no really!

[stuartcr]

Same for music that isn’t heard or art that isn’t seen or machines that aren’t used.

[BipolarBob]

What’s the frequency, Kenneth?

[SES1066]

If I say that Dan was and is a member of the vast liberal progressive media culture and wouldn’t know or accept a conservative thought to save his own life ... would that statement be “false but accurate?”

No sarcasm was used in the above message.

[Colonel_Flagg]

At 79, the former CBS anchorman is still kicking kissing ass and winning Emmys.

Typo.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1969/12/learning-to-love-the-shallow-divisive-unreliable-new-media/8415/1/

Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media

Everyone from President Obama to Ted Koppel is bemoaning a decline in journalistic substance, seriousness, and sense of proportion. But the author, a longtime advocate of these values, takes a journey through the digital-media world and concludes there isn’t any point in defending the old ways. Consumer-obsessed, sensationalist, and passionate about their work, digital upstarts are undermining the old media—and they may also be pointing the way to a brighter future.

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http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/top-stories/122219/frank-rich-i-wanted-to-hang-it-up-at-the-times-while-i-still-enjoyed-it/
Frank Rich: ‘I wanted to hang it up at The Times while I still enjoyed it’

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-07/gannett-considers-charging-for-online-news-content-dubow-says.html
Gannett Considers Charging for Online Newspaper Content, CEO Dubow Says

http://newsonomics.com/nine-questions-on-the-dallas-morning-news-pay-plan/
Nine Questions on the Dallas Morning News Pay Plan

http://www.wwd.com/media-news?module=tn#/article/media-news/fashion-memopad/trying-to-foil-the-haters-3544711
The Inside Line on Newsweek’s Redesign

[GOPJ]

Same for music that isn’t heard or art that isn’t seen or machines that aren’t used.

Or trees that fall in forest devoid of ears...

[PGalt]

Courage, Dan. /sarcasm

[ken5050]

We need to COMBINE two of the biggest stories you've linked to today..the Mark Cuban/Dan Rather self-assessment, and the news that Cuban is contemplating a shown with Charlie Sheen...

Obviously, Cuban should put them together..that's right..Sheen and Rather..a latter day version of CrossFire..or Two and NO-Half Men.. But we need to come up with a title for the new show...

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Rather Half-Assed Men.

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Two Rather Half-Assed Men