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October 28, 2011 Media

Speller-poets vs. reporters who ‘see through words’

Twitter has been abuzz with talk about The Price of Typos. Here’s the angle in the essay that most intrigues

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October 1, 2010 Media / Washington area life

‘Patch, the WalMart of News?’ Scourge of locally owned news sites? Plus, what-works tips

Will AOL’s Patch hyperlocal network drive out locally owned news sites here in the D.C. area and elsewhere? Tibby Rothman—no

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September 4, 2010 Media / Washington area life

TBD hyperlocal site’s traffic pops up during hostage crisis at Discovery Channel’s headquarters

TBD’s new hyperlocal Web site for the D.C. area is no great shakes so far in the visitor count department,

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August 9, 2010 The Solomon Scandals

TBD.com hyperlocal site in D.C. area is live—and my detailed analysis is on the way

The TBD.com hyperlocal site for the Washington area went live this morning, and I’ll be updating some analysis I was

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August 7, 2010 Media / Washington area life

TBD’s hyperlocal judo is smart and ethical: How should rivals at the Washington Post and elsewhere respond to all the linking ahead?

In judo, you can use a big guy’s weight against him, and the same applies in business, especially the news

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July 6, 2010 Media / Washington area life

Georgetown Dish joins TBD blog network: Deju vu angles—in Washington Post’s backyard

Newest member of the TBD blog network in the Washington area is is none other than the Georgetown Dish. It’s

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July 2, 2010 Media / Washington area life

TBD, meet NYC’s Westside Independent: Role model for SOME neighborhood blog affiliates?

You already know if you’ve been following the Solomon Scandals blog. My name is David, I’m a newsaholic, and I’m

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