Tweets from LeavittDC

  • During the life of a bulb, from manufacturing through disposal, LEDs save five times the energy of incandescent bulbs. ow.ly/HdxC
  • You are looking live at the FTC, where security is tighter than a White House state dinner. #ftcnews twitpic.com/rpbpt
  • Journalism does not face an audience problem or a credibility problem. It faces a revenue problem, says FTC Chair John Liebowitz. #ftcnews
  • Regarding changes in media, "When Guttenburg printed the bible, that was bad for those who illustrate by hand," FTC chairman said. #ftcnews
  • RT @amykoehler: "The answer is not to save newspapers. The goal should be to assure the continuation of journalism." --Paul Steiger #ftcnews
  • Former WSJ editor Paul Steiger: newspapers are "liked but not needed" by college graduates over 40 and ignored by everyone else. #ftcnews
  • You are looking live at Rupert Murdoch. The era of free content is over. "Customers will pay." #ftcnews twitpic.com/rpmjk
  • "There's no such thing as a free news story," Murdoch quips. #ftcnews
  • Government bailouts for newspapers? No way, Murdoch says. Don't prop up things that customers don't want. #ftcnews
  • After Murdoch finished speaking, someone yelled out: "Do you agree that Obama is a racist?" Rupert was escorted out of the room. #ftcnews
  • Murdoch, shall we say, isn't keen on sites using his content. "Let aggregators desist and start employing their own journalists." #ftcnews
  • I wish Murdoch had given examples when he said editors don't deliver news customers want and instead "produce news for themselves." #ftcnews
  • Odd that the lone question for Rupert was whether Obama is racist. Surely there's a better topic (even for a heckler) to bring up. #ftcnews
  • It is outrageous that there's no standardized definition of a "unique visitor," Mark Contreras says. Standardization is needed. #ftcnews
  • But doesn't news suffer when journalists are laid off? RT @saduros: Losers are shareholders, journalists. Winners are consumers. #ftcnews
  • Ever wondered how revenue for Kindle content is divided? I just learned: 1/3 to publisher, 1/3 to Amazon, 1/3 to mobile provider. #ftcnews
  • Arianna Huffington gives advice to Rupert Murdoch: opting out of being linked in Google would be a bad business move. #ftcnews
  • Huffington says her site makes Murdoch $ by sending traffic his way. He should be asking her to link to his stuff more, not less. #ftcnews
  • Huffington is fixated on Murdoch's attack on "aggregators." What's the all-time record for using that word in one sentence? #ftcnews
  • You are looking live at Arianna Huffington, who opened with a full-on attack on Murdoch. #ftcnews twitpic.com/rpza9

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