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Why Blogs Will Kill Dissent

May 13th, 2009 | Written By: Jay Baer
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While newspapers and magazines make increasingly Draconian decisions to try to escape their inexorable spiral of decline, the very future of publishing comes into question. Will life as we know it stop once the Grey Lady and her sisters cease to exist in their historical form? No. Even without papers and mags, Britney will still [...]

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The Death of Newspapers: Poisoned or Suicide?

February 4th, 2009 | Written By: Jay Baer
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The evidence of newspapers’ decline as a primary source of information in America is everywhere. My local paper narrowed to a tabloid size yesterday, following USA Today, Arizona Republic, and many, many other papers. Essentially all newspapers have laid off significant portions of their staff. Some (like East Valley Tribune in suburban Phoenix) are printing [...]

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Jay Baer
Greetings. I'm Jay Baer. I'm a tequila-loving, hype-free social media strategy consultant, speaker, and author that works with major corporations and PR firms to harness the awesome power of the social Web. I've founded 5 companies, and spent 15 years running digital marketing agencies. I've worked with more than 700 brands since then, including 25 of the Fortune 1000. I'm a frequent social media conference speaker, and interview social media luminaries for my Twitter 20 series of live Twitter interviews. How can I help you?
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