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DECOUPLED & UNHINGED (3#) -

# Jennifer Harper gives us the rundown on a new report about the state of American Journalism, but it seems to really focus on the state of the American News Media Business. These two topics are not synonymous.

*Advertisers... have yet to migrate to the Internet... "The crisis in journalism, in other words, may not be strictly loss of audience. It may more fundamentally be the decoupling of news and advertising," the study said.*

# It is disappointing to note that the Romenesko Blog at Poynter Institute Online has been disseminating false and misleading information about The Miami Herald. Their recent descriptions of the current Herald practices would lead readers to believe that one must register in order to comment at the Herald website. This is not the case.

The Herald is now blocking all access to their website with a wall which demands an E-mail address. There is no legitimate reason why they need my E-mail address, and they're not going to get it. I guess I expect more from the Poynter Institute, which is based in Florida, than this kind of misinformation.

# "McClatchy Reports
Steep Declines in February" [E&P]

+ Demanding readers' E-mail addresses
and harassing us by trying to invade
our privacy is not going to help them.

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