January 2012
98 posts
December 2011
48 posts
I don’t have grand traditions for phasing out the year. The shift is quiet for me, understated and gentle. If anything I’ve retreated most, these twenty-two nights I’ve spent teetering on the precipice of “rebirth.” But there is this one, this tiny three and a half minute tradition I’ve kept since I was sixteen, and here we are again!
Sundowner
100 Resolutions
This is our year, for sure.
Will be on repeat at our place tonight
# of states visited: 27
# of states visited for the first time: 8
# of new state capitals: 5
# of countries: 4
# of airline miles: 0 (i regret that)
# of print bylines: 386
# of page one bylines: 8
# of film festivals: 7
lost pairs of glasses: 1 or 2, i don’t remember
total #…
I love Brian Stelter’s metrics here. Especially the # of direct messages accidentally public
Jon Stewart Spanks Fox News in the Year-End Ratings
The average Fox News viewer is 65 years old???
Here’s a prediction: after Roger Ailes retires, Fox News will steadily decline in the ratings, and people will say it’s because of his absence. But in fact it’ll just be a demographic inevitability.
Demographic inevitability is a kind euphemism, but yes, Fox’s viewership will decline. I don’t see Ailes retiring. He’ll be at the controls to the bitter end.
MIT researchers have published some fascinating data on how Twitter grew during its first few years of existence. According to the research, Twitter’s “U.S. growth relied primarily on media attention, geographic proximity of users”.
The story gets particularly interesting…
