Friday links
posted by LW, Friday, January 29, 2010
No theme really stands out today, presenting me with an ideal opportunity to get this thing done a lot more quickly than normal.
Ed McGranahan of The Greenville News speaks with Kyle Parker, and the two-sport star says he doesn't anticipate missing much time with either the baseball or football teams during the spring overlap.
Also in the GN, Scott Keepfer does a story on Greivis Vasquez. And Vasquez plays the race card ... sort of.
“It’s weird,” Vasquez said. “I think (some fans) they doubt me. I think they say, ‘I can’t believe that Spanish guy is actually good.’ ”
Vasquez is a native of Caracas, Venezuela, but moved to Maryland to attend high school, where he was a teammate of current NBA player Kevin Durant. Vasquez said his heritage hasn’t gone unnoticed by fans, particularly those at Duke, and again that brings a smile to his face.
“They’re talking to me in Spanish,” Vasquez said. “They do their research. Everything that’s going on in my country right now, they will know it and they will make fun of it and will tell me about it during the game. I love that.
“They actually care about me because they take their time to do research about my country. I think that’s funny.”
Here's a story on Maryland's Jordan Williams, one of the ACC's more impressive newcomers this season.
Greg Wallace of the Independent-Mail takes a look at Noel Johnson's journey to Clemson.
In his most recent blog post, Travis Sawchik laments the laying-off of The State's Paul Strelow and assesses the place of newspapers in the 21st century.
Newspapers have made plenty of mistakes. We failed to create Craigslist before Craigslist. We elected to give our product away for free, in hopes of attracting as many Web clicks as possible. (Though that might be changing nytimes to charge for content)
We are still struggling with a transition to the Web, where our future will lie entirely, I think. Maybe Steve Jobs can bail us out with the Ipad (though what does an Ipad offer newspapers that PC's and mobile devices do not?).
I don’t think you want us to go away.
You’ll be left with a blogosphere without stories to comment on, cable-network talking heads, and an ESPN without the ability to “confirm” newspaper reports.
Agreed. Though I'm quite skeptical about newspapers possessing the progressive mindset to come up with a way to remain profitable.
Going to a pay model is far from a slam dunk, as evidenced by Newsday's dreadful experience.
In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall, so in media circles it has been followed with interest. Could its fate be a sign of what others, including The New York Times, might expect?
So, three months later, how many people have signed up to pay $5 a week, or $260 a year, to get unfettered access to newsday.com?
The answer: 35 people. As in fewer than three dozen. As in a decent-sized elementary-school class.
Nice game by Georgia Tech last night in a win over Wake Forest.
And helluva game in Charlottesville between Virginia Tech and Virginia.
My man Dave Teel of the Newport News Daily Press walked away impressed.
It was, without question, the most memorable encounter between the state rivals since January 1989 at Richmond Coliseum, when the Cavaliers prevailed 113-106 in overtime despite 43 points by Hokies guard Bimbo Coles.
North Carolina's spring game will be televised by ESPN.
They're expected to surpass last year's sterling attendance mark of 3,000.
LW
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No theme really stands out today, presenting me with an ideal opportunity to get this thing done a lot more quickly than normal.
Ed McGranahan of The Greenville News speaks with Kyle Parker, and the two-sport star says he doesn't anticipate missing much time with either the baseball or football teams during the spring overlap.
Also in the GN, Scott Keepfer does a story on Greivis Vasquez. And Vasquez plays the race card ... sort of.
“It’s weird,” Vasquez said. “I think (some fans) they doubt me. I think they say, ‘I can’t believe that Spanish guy is actually good.’ ”
Vasquez is a native of Caracas, Venezuela, but moved to Maryland to attend high school, where he was a teammate of current NBA player Kevin Durant. Vasquez said his heritage hasn’t gone unnoticed by fans, particularly those at Duke, and again that brings a smile to his face.
“They’re talking to me in Spanish,” Vasquez said. “They do their research. Everything that’s going on in my country right now, they will know it and they will make fun of it and will tell me about it during the game. I love that.
“They actually care about me because they take their time to do research about my country. I think that’s funny.”
Here's a story on Maryland's Jordan Williams, one of the ACC's more impressive newcomers this season.
Greg Wallace of the Independent-Mail takes a look at Noel Johnson's journey to Clemson.
In his most recent blog post, Travis Sawchik laments the laying-off of The State's Paul Strelow and assesses the place of newspapers in the 21st century.
Newspapers have made plenty of mistakes. We failed to create Craigslist before Craigslist. We elected to give our product away for free, in hopes of attracting as many Web clicks as possible. (Though that might be changing nytimes to charge for content)
We are still struggling with a transition to the Web, where our future will lie entirely, I think. Maybe Steve Jobs can bail us out with the Ipad (though what does an Ipad offer newspapers that PC's and mobile devices do not?).
I don’t think you want us to go away.
You’ll be left with a blogosphere without stories to comment on, cable-network talking heads, and an ESPN without the ability to “confirm” newspaper reports.
Agreed. Though I'm quite skeptical about newspapers possessing the progressive mindset to come up with a way to remain profitable.
Going to a pay model is far from a slam dunk, as evidenced by Newsday's dreadful experience.
In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily that the Dolans bought for $650 million, put its web site, newsday.com, behind a pay wall. The paper was one of the first non-business newspapers to take the plunge by putting up a pay wall, so in media circles it has been followed with interest. Could its fate be a sign of what others, including The New York Times, might expect?
So, three months later, how many people have signed up to pay $5 a week, or $260 a year, to get unfettered access to newsday.com?
The answer: 35 people. As in fewer than three dozen. As in a decent-sized elementary-school class.
Nice game by Georgia Tech last night in a win over Wake Forest.
And helluva game in Charlottesville between Virginia Tech and Virginia.
My man Dave Teel of the Newport News Daily Press walked away impressed.
It was, without question, the most memorable encounter between the state rivals since January 1989 at Richmond Coliseum, when the Cavaliers prevailed 113-106 in overtime despite 43 points by Hokies guard Bimbo Coles.
North Carolina's spring game will be televised by ESPN.
They're expected to surpass last year's sterling attendance mark of 3,000.
LW
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