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By David Burn
Last Sunday, The New York Times addressed burnout among online content producers today. I've been producing online content every day for almost six years now, so it's a subject I'm familiar with. Such is the state of the media business these days: frantic and fatigued. Young journalists who once dreamed of trotting the globe in pursuit of a story are instead shackled to their computers, where they try to eke out a …
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By David Burn
I hope you don't mind me saying this, but it can be weird on this side of the screen sometimes, not knowing who's out there or who really cares. I think that's one of the great things about being a musician or stage actor--musicians and stage actors play live and get a visceral reaction from the crowd. For the most part, they know what's working and what isn't. So, it's nice when a note comes in that brings a bit of …
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By David Burn
I don't know where Bill Green of Make The Logo Bigger finds the advertising he finds, but I do enjoy the results of his research. Check out these spots from Duluth Trading Co... …
By David Burn
At least four interested parties appear to have submitted bids for Newsweek, the magazine that The Washington Post Company put up for sale on May 5th. We will see how that pans out. In the meantime, digital media properties continue to be scooped up at a brisk pace. According to the The Wall Street Journal, Ziff Davis, which started in the 1920s as a publisher of hobbyist magazines, has been sold to Great Hill …
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By David Burn
The advertising, media and marketing corners of the bloatosphere is exploding with activity. New sites continue to be born and existing sites continue to improve their content and become more relevant and more popular. Which begs the question, how does one who is busy working in a busy field keep up with it all? Answer: you don't; you let AdPulp do it for you. Here's a fresh batch of sites you may find …
By David Burn
It's been a kick to provide some of AdPulp's biggest fans 100% cotton, silk-screened perks for all their wonderful contributions herein. There's something about the physicality of it all, about putting the brand into play in this way that I really like. We've got some more AdPulp-branded merchandise ideas up our collective sleeve, as well. When we get permission from rights holders and find the perfect illustrators …
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