If you’re interested in blogging, particularly blogging on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, you’ll want to catch Brian Russo’s Coastal Connection show on 88.3 FM, the NPR news and public affairs station in Ocean City. The show is scheduled to air on Friday, Apr. 15, at noon and 8 p.m. Brian interviews three bloggers for… [Read more…]
Update 04-11-2010: In apparent response to our Friday post, JoeAlbero.com’s OC Blog has changed its name to OCMD Locals News Blog (its url remains the same), and has revised its self-description to read as follows: HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE LOCALS NEWS BLOG FOR OCEAN CITY, MD. THIS SITE IS OPINIONATED ONLY AND DOES NOT REPRESENT… [Read more…]
Update: Great Ocean City Beach and Boardwalk Photos To Be Posted ASAP (early Sunday evening, for sure). Thank you Karen! 4 p.m. Sunday: A beautiful sunny day. Great for photography. The cars are uncovered and the driveway is cleared, thanks to a great team effort. But no one’s going anywhere tonight. The roads are slippery… [Read more…]
The new, improved Maryland On My Mind blog is up and running. It needs a few finishing touches, but you can preview it now at the new, easy-to-remember Web address, www.MarylandOnMyMind.com. You also can go ahead and update your bookmarks, links, blog readers, and blogrolls with the new Web address. I’m still trying to figure… [Read more…]
Welcome to the new, improved, Maryland On My Mind, with a new, easy-to-remember Web address, http://www.MarylandOnMyMind.com. Please bookmark the blog and visit often. The new Maryland On My Mind remains a work in progress. More than a few rough spots need touching up, here and there. I’ll have a more detailed announcement soon. Happy New… [Read more…]
Remember Y2K? Can that possibly have been 10 years ago? An entire decade? Today we are on the cusp of Y2KX, 2010, another new decade. Where were you, and what were you doing, on New Year’s Eve, 1999? It was the end of a millennium, and everywhere there was trepidation and anticipation. I was working… [Read more…]
We’ve reached the bitter end of the first decade of the new century. It’s also the end of the line for Editor & Publisher, trade journal of the newspaper industry in North America, and its sister publication, Kirkus Reviews, a leading book industry journal. Nielson Business Media announced in December that it is closing Editor… [Read more…]
Bob Ehrlich and Martin O'Malley, 2010 election for Maryland governor, analysis in Maryland Politics Watch
If you’re interested in the state of the blogosphere in Maryland, Adam Pagnucco at Maryland Politics Watch has you covered. Read all about it in Adam’s most recent analysis of Maryland blogging. The vitality of blogs in Maryland becomes more important as the MSM collapses and the media audience continues to fragment. BTW, Maryland Politics… [Read more…]
The amazing implosion of the MSM (that’s mainstream media) continues. The Washington Post unveiled a new, dumbed-down version of its Sunday magazine a couple of weeks ago. More ads, less content. Don’t these newspaper guys get it? Don’t they understand that every redesign speeds up the downward death spiral. Last Sunday, The Post magazine featured… [Read more…]
April 13, 2011
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