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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Mediocrity Rules! Why the iPhone’s Crummy Camera Is Flickr’s Favorite.

iphone-cameraFlickr is one of the Web’s most popular photo-sharing sites. Flickr users’ camera of choice? The iPhone–even though the image isn’t great, the flash is nonexistent, and the only way to zoom is to move your hand closer.

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Sun Valley Diary: Where’s the New York Times’s Sun Valley Diary?

sorkin190Every year, media moguls gather at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley conference to listen to each other gab, parade around in casual wear and occasionally make deals. And for the last several years, the New York Times has provided excellent on-the-ground coverage, usually via Dealbook’s Andrew Ross Sorkin. Not this year.

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

On the Web, the New York Times Really Is the Paper of Record

newspaperlessEveryone knows that the New York Times is a relic of the analog age, and that its inability to adapt to the Web will doom it… one day. Until then, we’re all reading the New York Times.

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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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