Jacob Weisberg, chairman of the Slate Group, tweeted an impressive statistic Tuesday afternoon: "Slate's biggest traffic month ever is ending with a sprint to 100m PVs."
The final tally for May was 101 million pageviews, in fact, according to Omniture data Slate editor David Plotz shared with us. That number rises to 106 million if you...
New York Media Feud Watch: Slate Vs. New York Observer [Updated]
Move over, New York Times vs. Wall Street Journal: there's a new feud in town. Last night, a critical piece about Slate was published on the New York Observer's website, sparking a sniping match that might even be interesting to those who don't work in Manhattan's news industry.
The Big Money Isn’t Enough. Slate Shuts Down Business Site After Two Years.
Fortune magazine launched during the Great Depression, and it's still with us today. But The Big Money, a business site launched by Slate during the dark days of September 2008, is going away. The smart site never got much traction. But then again, it didn't seem to get that much support.
George Will Would Like To Bizarrely Criticize Your Lack Of Manliness
Criticism of cultural immaturity is all the rage lately, with Slate's Jacob Weisberg and Newsweek's Evan Thomas both trying their hand at it recently. But another immaturity critique in this week's Newsweek, this one by George Will, stands out - unfortunately, it does so for the wrong reasons.
Newsweek: “Fox News Un-American;” Calls For Journalist Boycott
With Fox News and the White House at each other's throats, it's tough to get a word in edgewise. Fox, with its typically boisterous hosts and collected anchors, seems to be guiding the conversation, but it's the result of an echo chamber, according to Jacob Weisberg in Newsweek. "Respectable journalists"...
How Long Before The NY Times Turns Into Gawker?
Slate.com chairman Jacob Weisberg's thinks the biggest challenge Gawker's now faces is to not morph "into the sort of journalism it often likes to ridicule." However, we think the more likely scenario will be that the Times et al. are going to increasingly look (if not necessarily sound) like Gawker?
