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Read the ‘New York Times’ for free

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New York Times Paywall for Free

So, the New York Times will go behind a paywall on March 28; one caveat is that anyone can read up to 20 articles a month. There’s a really lengthy argument here about whether or not choosing to bail on the advertising industry in the hopes that content will supremely win out is a smart ... Read more

Top 10 threats to sports blogging

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by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool.com What could end life as we know it? Well, the following. From the top… 10) Aggregation. Between the World Wide Lemur sucking up people into various networks, YardBarker, Ballhype and Bleacher Report reposting excerpts, and Gawker Media hiring people to turn into snarkbots… is there any reason and/or likelihood for ... Read more

Top 10 fringe benefits of sports blogging

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by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool.com 10) The community. The Algonquin Round Table has nothing on anonymous commenters. There’s also such charity if you make any kind of factual mis-step, you could weep. Weep, I say, weep! 9) The respect of your peers. Fine fellows, all. Not a single Republican troll among them. Truly, there is ... Read more

Top 10 tips to get cheap heat from sports fans

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by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool.com My fellow Blogfricans… do you long for the big traffic numbers that only hate can bring? Just follow these simple rules of thumb and watch the clicks come in. Angry, angry clicks. You might want to turn off public comments for a while. 10) Icon Attack. Find a beloved figure ... Read more

Top 12 things I’ve learned from Anonymous commenters

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by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool.com Yesterday was a really great day for me as a blogger. The site had a lot of traffic from a variety of links, and was even mentioned on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” during their “Blog Buzz” segment, with the poor announcer cracking up over the name. (You can see the mention starting ... Read more

Interlude: Jolly

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NFL: Packers’ Jolly arrested on felony drug possessionNFL: The Favre-Van Susteren interview ugh…CBB: Kellogg to replace Packer as lead college hoops analyst at CBSMLB: Madonna will cheer A-Rod at All-Star GameMLB: Ruth cap from 1920s auctioned off for $328,000OLYMPICS: No spitting! Olympics officials preaching fan civilityCBB: Sidney Lowe II to plead guilty to 12 chargesNBA: ... Read more

Uh, WTF is up at Deadspin?

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I have never been a media watch kind of guy, but today I was dumbfounded. Follow me if you will… Deadspin just hired a new editor, A.J. Daulerio, who I believe began his new job this past weekend, giving him less than a week on the job. He has two (TWO) associate editors and works ... Read more

A new site you should visit

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Don’t ask, just do it. Totally SFW, unless your boss doesn’t like pixellated images. GO! Read more

Wanted: beer blogger!!!!

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Cool job offer from beer brand Beck’s. They will soon start a blog on their global homepage and are on the hunt for a “charismatic blog writer with a nose for offbeat news”. It’s a full time (paid) job, based in Amsterdam, so what are you guys waiting for? CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE! Read more