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Gizmodo —
For background info on what the image means, see this post on Valleywag about the plagiarism scandal around Wired editor Chris Anderson. Then this and this and this. For full sized image, hit up Boing Boing Gadgets.
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What's Next: Britain rises up against cyber-terrorism, slowly
Betanews —
... • Ryan Tate (settling in nicely as head Wag) recaps the Chris Anderson plagiarism kerfuffle from earlier in the week, and adds some pretty convincing thoughts as to why the Wired e-in-c should maybe consider spending less time on books and more time getting his magazine's house in order. ...
“Free” Isn’t Worth Reading, But It’s Worth Discussing
Technology Liberation Front —
... about this very issue—a post which I discovered by reading a Gawker post entitled “The Case Against Chris Anderson.” The irony of Johnson’s account of working at Wired.com—and those of several commentors to the post, also former Wired.com employees—is that Anderson, the author of a book on how giving things away for free makes sense, has mismanaged an outlet that should be doing just that. Comment #7,# 10, #14, #16—a dialogue between Anderson and former Wired.com employees— are particularly worth reading. ...
Unwiring Wired
Gawker: valleywag —
... advertising and critical notice — they were recently nominated alongside the Washington Post, BBC and New York Times for the Online News Association's general excellence award — they've been included in the cuts.
So how is Condé expecting to survive the next big tumble in magazine advertising? Through the vision of print side editors like Wired's Chris Anderson, who seems, to some Condé Nasties at least,to have spent so much time on books and speaking gigs he's forgotten to help sell ads — or to try ...
