Deconstructing Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily: First Look

Deconstructing Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily: First Look

Posted by on Feb 2, 2011 in Apple, Journalism, Tablets | 3 Comments

Today Rupert Murdoch and News Corp launched The Daily. Murdoch’s vision is to create a “transformative” publication on the iPad. Every issue will feature more than 100 pages of original content, original video content, 360 degree photos and more. The Daily is “created every day of the year with original content for the iPad”, with ...

Deconstructing Richard Branson’s Project Magazine: The Content

Deconstructing Richard Branson’s Project Magazine: The Content

Posted by on Dec 3, 2010 in Journalism, Mobile, Tablets, Technology | 2 Comments

I’ve been very intrigued with the launch of Richard Branson’s digital magazine Project. As part of that intrigue I have taken a closer look at the iPad version of Project and have begun to deconstruct the framework, content and potential of this digital-only monthly magazine. In part one I took a closer look at the ...

Deconstructing Richard Branson’s Project Magazine: The Cover

Deconstructing Richard Branson’s Project Magazine: The Cover

Posted by on Dec 2, 2010 in Journalism, Mobile, Tablets, Technology | 4 Comments

On Tuesday of this week Virgin tycoon Richard Branson stood in front of an audience of journalists and technophiles and launched what he called “the first truly digital magazine by creative people for creative people”. I purchased the first issue of Project and spent some time with it over the last day. I have quite ...

Where is the November Issue of Esquire in the iTunes Store?

Where is the November Issue of Esquire in the iTunes Store?

Posted by on Nov 15, 2010 in Apple, Application, Journalism | One Comment

I’ve been curious as to why I have not seen the November issue of Esquire, a Hearst publication, in the iTunes App Store. I downloaded, and enjoyed, the October issue featuring Javier Bardem. It has been nearly four weeks since the November issue featuring Minka Kelly has hit the newsstands, and my Zinio application. So ...

My Thoughts on TRUE Skool

Posted by on Jul 29, 2010 in Art, Journalism, Local, Thought | No Comments

I applaud the blog entry by Mary Louise Schumacher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel concerning the disagreement between Alderman Robert G. Donovan and community organization TRUE Skool. I applaud the blog entry by Mary Louise Schumacher of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel concerning the disagreement between Alderman Robert G. Donovan and community organization TRUE Skool. I ...

Poor Journalism by Weblogs, Inc.

Posted by on Mar 11, 2010 in Journalism, Thought | No Comments

For a little over a week I’ve been debating my position on the state of integrity with online journalism. For the most part I believe traditional newspapers continue to publish a very professional product. But in recent years I’ve even seen the research methods of some journalists be called into question. However, this post is ...