The City of New York is full of parks

Newspapers strive to be seen as the defenders of society

Since Congress passed the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C.

I am sick of all this idle chatter. And then

A deep recession calls for ingenious job hunting methods. Suddenly, Twitter, Facebook, Linked In, Plurk, and the like are viable job search tools. Social media — while far from perfect — is actually proving to be a useful tool as 2010 approaches. Or “2011!”

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Everything today seems very recession-centric. You can

Despite the Chicken Little essence of the news lately, reports of the death of the newspaper industry have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, the industry will see a stunning Renaissance. To understand what is happening now and what will be happening over the next few years, we need look objectively at history and current state of journalism.

Not long ago, newspapers were comprised of facts, and only facts. When Hearst and Pulitzer had their squabbles during the gilded age, so-called yellow journalism sold copies and became part of the news landscape. But it was still regarded as not quite reporting. In the middle of the 20th century, the big blue tube became a primary source of local news and when Americans finally took the on-ramp of the info superhighway, newspapers put content online without any thought as to the impact this would have on the print business, which had always been dependent on classified and local ads (and sometimes subscriptions).

At that time, news organizations moved from reporting facts to proffering opinions, and reporters have since become mostly another batch of celebrities. Since TV news came aboard, we

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“@markosm One suggestion for cash-strapped newspapers: stop paying for opinions. There’s plenty of GOOD free stuff floating around.”

News came this week that the New York Times Company has but $34 million left in the bank. Industry watchers have even suggested that the company might shutter the Boston Herald in an attempt to save some operating costs. That would definitely work, but I think I have a better idea: Get rid of your paid opinionmakers.

Paul Krugman is a Nobel Laureate in Economics. He has several bestsellers that have made it into multiple editions. The man