THE NEWS HACK'S CREED:
I know more than you.
I make lots more money than you.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm sexier than you.
I appear on TV all the time.
I work ten minutes a day.
I rule the universe.
I'm going to live forever.
You are an idiot.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 2:
A lie isn't a lie when it tells THE TRUTH.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 3:
I've come to realize that the looseness of the journalistic life, the seeming laxity of the newsroom, is an illusion. Yes, there's informality and there's humor, but beneath the surface lies something deadly serious. It is a code. Sometimes the code is not even written down, but it is deeply believed in. And, when violated, it is enforced with tribal ferocity.
--JOHN "OMERTA" CARROLL.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 4:
News isn't news when we don't report it.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Posted
1:22 PM
by Gene
Citigroup analyst Eileen Furukawa also asked Mr. Karmazin about satellite radio’s competition, such as the Motorola’s iRadio (introduced at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas), or the radio industry’s HD Consortium or WiMax in cars, which could potentially open up an unlimited supply of audio from the Internet.
“Our principle strength is that we are a content company,” he said....
Let's see how content your shareholders are.
And six cents for marketing:
Despite Mr. Karmazin’s optimism about Mr. Stern, Sirius appears to have committed a marketing blunder in their promotion of his move to Sirius, violating one of podcast marketing’s commandments: Thou shalt not post an ad thinly disguised as a video podcast on iTunes. (Thou shalt if thy name is ZONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!)
The free podcast, titled “Countdown to 010906,” rose to No. 4 on iTunes podcast ranking today, surely fueled by the hype around Mr. Stern’s first day at Sirius. But it was greeted with a series of pans, a rarity for podcasts in iTunes top 10. The spot may have done more harm than good, as listeners called it “just a lame advertisement” and advised others “don’t waste your bandwidth.”
Good idea.
