by Erik Kain on February 29, 2012
Megan Garber has yet another fantastic post up in The Atlantic. She notes that revenue is up for the Times, and that the ability of that publication to build a strong brand, rather than cater simply to the whims of SEO, has made it a stronger company for the long haul: If I search for [...]
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by Erik Kain on February 13, 2012
Kickstarter is trailblazing the future of crowdsourcing. The site makes it possible for investors of all shapes and financial backgrounds to connect with creative types and innovators by allowing users to help fund projects that sound promising, interesting, or worthwhile. And this has been a really good month for the Kickstarter team, as not one [...]
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That’s the premise of my latest piece at The Atlantic: Colbert’s stunt is designed to underscore the problems with these ads and the super PACs funding them, and to point out how the controversial Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, is undermining democracy. In a 5-4 decision in January of 2010, the Supreme Court declared unconstitutional [...]
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I was not alone in making angry noises about ‘s stripping down of Reader into a shell of its former self and nor am I alone in disliking the new look across the board. Reader not only feels empty because of the sudden, horrifying death of its social features – it also feels empty because [...]
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Time’s 2011 ‘Person’ of the Year was ‘The Protester’ as embodied by the protesters fueling the Arab Spring and Occupy . Writing from his new perch at The Atlantic, Robert Wright takes issue with Time’s choice: I wish that three weeks ago Time magazine hadn’t named ‘The Protestor’ the person of the year for 2011. It [...]
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Okay, walk over here for a second. This is Door Number One. Behind Door Number One I take a few swings at the Dalai Lama (being the gentleman he is, he doesn’t swing back.) The reason I swing at him is some some stuff he says about not spending your whole life working and sacrificing [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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