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Sherrod Brown: First of 205 endorsements from National Jewish Democratic Council PAC
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NJDC e-mailed its announcement that it supports Sherrod Brown in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
I wonder which other 203 races they’ll be addressing. Or is that 205 a month between now and November? Not particularly clear copy. Either way, though, it’s a lot of races. And endorsements. Nationally, I guess it could be 205 per month, yes?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:30 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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First it was a clipping service.
Now, it’s a “Political consulting and advocacy advertising firm.” That uses Google to find and browse blogs.
Check out the client list of a firm that says it “takes on the tough races, the ones that can’t be won, and we win them, over 80% of the time.”
How much money do you think it takes to get them to do that?
Nope, nobody’s paying attention to what the blogs say. Or spending a dime to find out.
With that search string, seriously, who might the firm be assisting? Opponent? OpponentS? Or the candidate herself? I’m not savvy enough to figure that out.
UPDATE:
So Frank Greer, a longtime political strategist, well-known for work on behalf of Bill Clinton, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other causes about which I actually know a few things, founded GMMB in 1983. He works out of Seattle but has lots of folks in the firm, in D.C. and L.A. too.
I’m guessing lots of Ohio wonks and politicians know about Mr. Greer. Now at least I know a bit more. And I don’t see how Cafaro would fit in as a client, except for a few possible union ties and a few Ohio mentions. Otherwise, maybe someone at GMMB just had too much time on their hands and was browsing around? I don’t know.
Does anyone?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 8:23 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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18
Sherrod Brown: First of 205 endorsements from National Jewish Democratic Council PAC
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NJDC e-mailed its announcement that it supports Sherrod Brown in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
I wonder which other 203 races they’ll be addressing. Or is that 205 a month between now and November? Not particularly clear copy. Either way, though, it’s a lot of races. And endorsements. Nationally, I guess it could be 205 per month, yes?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 6:30 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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18
Tom Hespos on using low barriers to enter citizen publishing, of all types
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Blogs and techies have been observing and writing about this for a long time.
Doesn’t matter how new or old the pronouncement is. What I find interesting is imagining how many more times it will be observed and re-stated before it’s accepted as a common reality and no longer in need of observation and acknowledgement.
Hespos’s OnlineSPIN column from MediaPost Publications concludes with this:
What others in this industry call “consumer-generated content” is simply the product of digital production and digital distribution converging on the Internet-connected desktop. And, by the way, we need to stop calling it “consumer-generated content,” because that phrase makes it sound as if those who produce this content are nothing more than consumers of products. It’s insulting. The people who are writing the next big hit in their basement, or waiting to tell a new story with a self-produced documentary, no longer need corporate dollars or assistance to do so. We’d be wise to be respectful of that.
Works for me.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:46 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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18
Tom O’Malley, juvie court judge candidate at age 78?
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Help me, here. I just checked out the bios for the juvie court judges that you get here if you click on the name of the candidate and then “Click here for bio.”
Tom O’Malley’s says that he was born in 1928 and admitted to practice in Ohio in 1986. His picture makes him look younger than 78, which is what he would be today if in fact the DOB is right.
Which is the mistake – the picture or the date? Btw, wrong DOB won’t get your petition to run thrown out, will it?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:47 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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18
First it was a clipping service.
Now, it’s a “Political consulting and advocacy advertising firm.” That uses Google to find and browse blogs.
Check out the client list of a firm that says it “takes on the tough races, the ones that can’t be won, and we win them, over 80% of the time.”
How much money do you think it takes to get them to do that?
Nope, nobody’s paying attention to what the blogs say. Or spending a dime to find out.
With that search string, seriously, who might the firm be assisting? Opponent? OpponentS? Or the candidate herself? I’m not savvy enough to figure that out.
UPDATE:
So Frank Greer, a longtime political strategist, well-known for work on behalf of Bill Clinton, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other causes about which I actually know a few things, founded GMMB in 1983. He works out of Seattle but has lots of folks in the firm, in D.C. and L.A. too.
I’m guessing lots of Ohio wonks and politicians know about Mr. Greer. Now at least I know a bit more. And I don’t see how Cafaro would fit in as a client, except for a few possible union ties and a few Ohio mentions. Otherwise, maybe someone at GMMB just had too much time on their hands and was browsing around? I don’t know.
Does anyone?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:23 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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Apr
18
Sherrod Brown: First of 205 endorsements from National Jewish Democratic Council PAC
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NJDC e-mailed its announcement that it supports Sherrod Brown in his bid for the U.S. Senate.
I wonder which other 203 races they’ll be addressing. Or is that 205 a month between now and November? Not particularly clear copy. Either way, though, it’s a lot of races. And endorsements. Nationally, I guess it could be 205 per month, yes?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:30 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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18
Judicial ratings now available
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You can see and print them out from here. If you still don’t know who to choose, see if they have a website, google them, or ask here. There’s never enough information on judicial candidates.
Thank you to the Judicial Candidates Rating Coalition and hattip to dBusinessNews Cleveland which ran this story yesterday.
Two updates after reviewing the Dem side:
1. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge Peter Sikora – my choice in the Dem primary for one of the two Ohio Supreme Court seats, – achieved, overall, better ratings than his Democratic opponent who, however, garnered the Ohio Democratic Party, Plain Dealer and the Sun News endorsements.
Don’t make the same mistake they’ve made by endorsing the less deserving candidate.
2. Do not despair re: the Juvenile Court judge race with seven names. Attorney Jennifer Martinez Atzberger isn’t listed because she’s been forced to run as an Independent. You can vote for and elect her in the fall.
As for this time around, Joe Young stepped up and supported keeping Ms. Martinez Atzberger in the race, even though he is an opponent. He gets serious consideration from me on that basis alone.
Isn’t it ironic that the man with the Name Game advantage just happens to be the candidate with the best ratings? I haven’t heard him say a peep about the name fuss re: Ms. Martinez Atzberger. What do you suppose his position is on that matter?
I wonder whom the PD will endorse. The Sun endorsed Milton Jefferson – never heard of him.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:29 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | 3 Comments
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18
Newspaper inroads into Internet demographics
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The Center for Media Research reports on the latest Newspaper Association of America’s number-crunching re: who reads news and from which source.
According to the Spring 2006 Newspaper Audience Database (NADbase) report, released by the Newspaper Association of America, 116 million adults are reading the newspaper over the course of a week, and 55 million Internet users visit a newspaper Web site over the course of a month, Unique visitors to newspaper Web sites jumped 21 percent in 2005, and page views increased by 43 percent over that same period. Newspaper web sites attracted 14 percent more 25- to 34-year-olds and 9 percent more 18- to 24-year-olds.
and
According to the report, 78 percent of the 149 million adults who live in the top 50 markets read a newspaper over the course of five weekdays and one Sunday. In addition, 69 percent of 18- to 24-year olds in the these markets are reading a newspaper during the course of a week.
65.7 percent of consumers with household incomes of $150,000 or more read the newspaper on an average weekday, and more than 71.7 percent on an average Sunday.
Data from Nielsen//NetRatings shows that unique visitors to newspaper Web sites in 2005:
-Represented on average more than one-third of all Internet users over the course of a month
-Jumped 21 percent during the period
-Increased page views by 43 percent
Do you believe the stats? What do you think they mean?
NAA President and CEO, John F. Sturm, said “Readership is the most comparable measure of the value of newspapers… This latest wave of… data shows once again the strong gains that our industry is making in leveraging the power of their Web sites to broaden their appeal to today’s audiences.”
Yes? No? Maybe? Harrison County Hospital readers: we’d love to hear from you. Even if you’re anonymous.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 3:03 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Apr
18
Business Columnist also blogs: profile by Online Journalism Review
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This link is for Henry Gomez, who refers to WLST most often when I least expect it (and occasionally when I do). That’s a good thing.
These hats – compatible? Not compatible? Or, would purists on either side say, just contemptible?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:52 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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18
Portman = OMB Director
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Via WaPo. Talk about a quick ascent.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 2:06 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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18
Tom Hespos on using low barriers to enter citizen publishing, of all types
Filed Under Politics | 2 Comments
Blogs and techies have been observing and writing about this for a long time.
Doesn’t matter how new or old the pronouncement is. What I find interesting is imagining how many more times it will be observed and re-stated before it’s accepted as a common reality and no longer in need of observation and acknowledgement.
Hespos’s OnlineSPIN column from MediaPost Publications concludes with this:
What others in this industry call “consumer-generated content” is simply the product of digital production and digital distribution converging on the Internet-connected desktop. And, by the way, we need to stop calling it “consumer-generated content,” because that phrase makes it sound as if those who produce this content are nothing more than consumers of products. It’s insulting. The people who are writing the next big hit in their basement, or waiting to tell a new story with a self-produced documentary, no longer need corporate dollars or assistance to do so. We’d be wise to be respectful of that.
Works for me.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:46 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | 2 Comments
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Apr
18
Political consulting firm consults blogs on Cafaro [UPDATED]
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First it was a clipping service.
Now, it’s a “Political consulting and advocacy advertising firm.” That uses Google to find and browse blogs.
Check out the client list of a firm that says it “takes on the tough races, the ones that can’t be won, and we win them, over 80% of the time.”
How much money do you think it takes to get them to do that?
Nope, nobody’s paying attention to what the blogs say. Or spending a dime to find out.
With that search string, seriously, who might the firm be assisting? Opponent? OpponentS? Or the candidate herself? I’m not savvy enough to figure that out.
UPDATE:
So Frank Greer, a longtime political strategist, well-known for work on behalf of Bill Clinton, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other causes about which I actually know a few things, founded GMMB in 1983. He works out of Seattle but has lots of folks in the firm, in D.C. and L.A. too.
I’m guessing lots of Ohio wonks and politicians know about Mr. Greer. Now at least I know a bit more. And I don’t see how Cafaro would fit in as a client, except for a few possible union ties and a few Ohio mentions. Otherwise, maybe someone at GMMB just had too much time on their hands and was browsing around? I don’t know.
Does anyone?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 1:23 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Apr
18
Tom O’Malley, juvie court judge candidate at age 78?
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Help me, here. I just checked out the bios for the juvie court judges that you get here if you click on the name of the candidate and then “Click here for bio.”
Tom O’Malley’s says that he was born in 1928 and admitted to practice in Ohio in 1986. His picture makes him look younger than 78, which is what he would be today if in fact the DOB is right.
Which is the mistake – the picture or the date? Btw, wrong DOB won’t get your petition to run thrown out, will it?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 12:47 pm April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Apr
18
Judicial ratings now available
Filed Under Politics | 3 Comments
You can see and print them out from here. If you still don’t know who to choose, see if they have a website, google them, or ask here. There’s never enough information on judicial candidates.
Thank you to the Judicial Candidates Rating Coalition and hattip to dBusinessNews Cleveland which ran this story yesterday.
Two updates after reviewing the Dem side:
1. I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court Judge Peter Sikora – my choice in the Dem primary for one of the two Ohio Supreme Court seats, – achieved, overall, better ratings than his Democratic opponent who, however, garnered the Ohio Democratic Party, Plain Dealer and the Sun News endorsements.
Don’t make the same mistake they’ve made by endorsing the less deserving candidate.
2. Do not despair re: the Juvenile Court judge race with seven names. Attorney Jennifer Martinez Atzberger isn’t listed because she’s been forced to run as an Independent. You can vote for and elect her in the fall.
As for this time around, Joe Young stepped up and supported keeping Ms. Martinez Atzberger in the race, even though he is an opponent. He gets serious consideration from me on that basis alone.
Isn’t it ironic that the man with the Name Game advantage just happens to be the candidate with the best ratings? I haven’t heard him say a peep about the name fuss re: Ms. Martinez Atzberger. What do you suppose his position is on that matter?
I wonder whom the PD will endorse. The Sun endorsed Milton Jefferson – never heard of him.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:29 am April 18th, 2006 in Politics | 3 Comments
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Apr
18
Newspaper inroads into Internet demographics
Filed Under Politics | Comments Off
The Center for Media Research reports on the latest Newspaper Association of America’s number-crunching re: who reads news and from which source.
According to the Spring 2006 Newspaper Audience Database (NADbase) report, released by the Newspaper Association of America, 116 million adults are reading the newspaper over the course of a week, and 55 million Internet users visit a newspaper Web site over the course of a month, Unique visitors to newspaper Web sites jumped 21 percent in 2005, and page views increased by 43 percent over that same period. Newspaper web sites attracted 14 percent more 25- to 34-year-olds and 9 percent more 18- to 24-year-olds.
and
According to the report, 78 percent of the 149 million adults who live in the top 50 markets read a newspaper over the course of five weekdays and one Sunday. In addition, 69 percent of 18- to 24-year olds in the these markets are reading a newspaper during the course of a week.
65.7 percent of consumers with household incomes of $150,000 or more read the newspaper on an average weekday, and more than 71.7 percent on an average Sunday.
Data from Nielsen//NetRatings shows that unique visitors to newspaper Web sites in 2005:
-Represented on average more than one-third of all Internet users over the course of a month
-Jumped 21 percent during the period
-Increased page views by 43 percent
Do you believe the stats? What do you think they mean?
NAA President and CEO, John F. Sturm, said “Readership is the most comparable measure of the value of newspapers… This latest wave of… data shows once again the strong gains that our industry is making in leveraging the power of their Web sites to broaden their appeal to today’s audiences.”
Yes? No? Maybe? Harrison County Hospital readers: we’d love to hear from you. Even if you’re anonymous.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:03 am April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Apr
18
Business Columnist also blogs: profile by Online Journalism Review
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This link is for Henry Gomez, who refers to WLST most often when I least expect it (and occasionally when I do). That’s a good thing.
These hats – compatible? Not compatible? Or, would purists on either side say, just contemptible?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:52 am April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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Apr
18
Tom Hespos on using low barriers to enter citizen publishing, of all types
Filed Under Politics | Comments Off
Blogs and techies have been observing and writing about this for a long time.
Doesn’t matter how new or old the pronouncement is. What I find interesting is imagining how many more times it will be observed and re-stated before it’s accepted as a common reality and no longer in need of observation and acknowledgement.
Hespos’s OnlineSPIN column from MediaPost Publications concludes with this:
What others in this industry call “consumer-generated content” is simply the product of digital production and digital distribution converging on the Internet-connected desktop. And, by the way, we need to stop calling it “consumer-generated content,” because that phrase makes it sound as if those who produce this content are nothing more than consumers of products. It’s insulting. The people who are writing the next big hit in their basement, or waiting to tell a new story with a self-produced documentary, no longer need corporate dollars or assistance to do so. We’d be wise to be respectful of that.
Works for me.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:46 am April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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18
Portman = OMB Director
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Via WaPo. Talk about a quick ascent.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:06 am April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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18
Tom O’Malley, juvie court judge candidate at age 78?
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Help me, here. I just checked out the bios for the juvie court judges that you get here if you click on the name of the candidate and then “Click here for bio.”
Tom O’Malley’s says that he was born in 1928 and admitted to practice in Ohio in 1986. His picture makes him look younger than 78, which is what he would be today if in fact the DOB is right.
Which is the mistake – the picture or the date? Btw, wrong DOB won’t get your petition to run thrown out, will it?
By Jill Miller Zimon at 9:47 am April 18th, 2006 in Politics | Comments Off
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