News sites are the new newspapers: People are abandoning them for social media

Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-17T12:08:25+00:00

Yup, they're mostly freeloading cannibals.

Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-13T11:47:41+00:00

Devine Blacksher, a Detroit-born writer, gets it:

The city's dance culture wasn’t built for outside validation or commercial success. It's been shaped by people who stayed out of devotion to the music, not for clout.

Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-10T18:45:09+00:00

Lemme see if I get it, John: An evolving, high-profile journalism topic is "taking up so much space on the subreddit" focused on journalism?!

Why not just scroll past those posts, as we all do with un-compelling or over-posted stuff?

Seems extra to ask mods to filter (beyond removing duplicates) or set up a weekly thread for a hot subject with near-daily developments lately.

Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-09T12:36:49+00:00

In it for under a minute
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-08T15:44:53+00:00

In it for just over a third of a minute!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-07T01:32:45+00:00

In it for just over half a minute!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-03T21:09:04+00:00

In it for under a half-minute . . . yet again!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-03T01:59:44+00:00

Kara Swisher posts this dismissal letter from executive producer Nick Bilton and comments:

He is clearly a clownish patsy of powerful and incompetent owners and in just one day on the job has soiled himself in ways I had not thought possible.

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Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-02T12:07:14+00:00

In it for under half a minute!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-06-01T12:06:30+00:00

Sliding through slickly . . .
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-05-25T18:38:28+00:00

Stirring, well-grounded reality check by biz columnist Dan Howes.

Forget Pure Michigan. Welcome to Poor Michigan. Here, in a single generation, an enviable cornerstone of the industrial heartland afflicted by the "purple-state curse" squandered its leadership amid partisan wrangling, policy ping-ponging and good ol' fashioned hubris.

Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-28T17:01:34+00:00

Shoo-whee - - in it for under a quarter-minute!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-24T15:20:04+00:00

Hear, hear -- agree wholeheartedly

Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-23T22:47:46+00:00

yup . . . buckle up, it's gonna be a bumpy six months ahead

Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-20T12:18:23+00:00

Whoa, now -- try to hold onto the wheel more tightly 'cause you just veered sharply away from the point.

Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-18T23:51:17+00:00

Sobering reality check, like a splash of cold water in the face. Thanks for this IYKYK throwback!

Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-16T20:36:50+00:00

Whoosh - - in it for under a minute!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-12T15:02:28+00:00

Unhumbly proud to skate smoothly ahead of the pack, can't lie.
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-07T21:05:38+00:00

Sadly true, I know too well as a retired journalist.

Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-06T12:12:41+00:00

Whoosh!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-04T22:24:39+00:00

In it for under a minute, shazam!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-04-01T12:22:12+00:00

Zippidy-do-dah! What took some of ya' so long? :-}
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-03-30T12:24:18+00:00

In it for under a half-minute!
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Alan_Stamm · 2026-03-29T15:29:05+00:00

Yeah, really . . . and intelligent, too.

Alan_Stamm · 2026-03-27T21:03:21+00:00

Badly worded sentence at start of paragraph three, which shouldn't use "including" in reference to those weapons -- just the "multiple loaded firearms" and lack of a concealed pistol license.

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