Holiday Party- December 19, 2007 Yesterday was an interesting day. I'm part of a team who will be launching a new product at The Times in the next few days. It's not going to be the total answer to what ails the newspaper business but it's something fun and a way of getting something out to folks in a relatively short period of time. Whenever it's for a launch, tons of different things start popping up ranging from meetings that all of a sudden show up on your calendar to company functions. Last night was our division's..http://www.stonecottage.com/josh/archives/001537.html Tony Pierce is joining the Times!- December 2, 2007 I got a text message from Gregg Friday night on my way home from Beer Friday at The Edison. It said something about Tony Pierce joining the Times. It definitely took a few minutes to sink in. I've been reading Tony's blog for a long time and more recently have added LAist to the feed rotation. Having someone who has been involved on the Web for so long is a definite good thing. You can get a good sense of Tony's belief in the value of the Times which is something we agree on.http://www.stonecottage.com/josh/archives/001536.html |