Comments on: OMG: I’m Twittering.

By: Mark Van Patten

Mark Van Patten — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:04:20 +0000

@Bob: LOL - careful with that pressroom air! Thanks for your comments. Yes, the tweet (thanks Matt for termnology) surprised me too.
@ Matt: if it struck you as odd, it probably is.

By: Matt Dickman

Matt Dickman — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 01:46:34 +0000

I guess it was the way it was done that made it weird. This wasn’t a review by the NYTimes book review. It was a pulled quote from a columnist. Just struck me as a little odd.

I have a Google alert set up with the URL of my blog so I was pinged when you posted this. I wanted to make sure I got your opinion though as this is not my game.

Thanks for responding! It’s good to read a newspaper now and then. It’s just harder to do.

By: Bob Glaza

Bob Glaza — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 22:04:55 +0000

Have I died and gone to heaven?

First - I a blog titled plainly and clearly - the newspaper business
Second - I see a post - on vending machines - tagged…circulation
Third - I see a relevant Twitter (or tweet? while being “on” there, I’ve not figured out the cryptic terminology) that actually addresses newspapers.

I’m about to faint…call the doctor…better yet maybe I just just breath in some pressroom air

By: mvanpatten

mvanpatten — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:39:44 +0000

Not uncomfortable at all. Especially the NYT. Talk about walls between advertising and editorial! A good review from the NYT carries such weight, that it would be foolish not to use it.
Interesting that you would respond the way you did.

Thanks for making contact. And thanks for reading a print NEWSPAPER!

By: Matt Dickman

Matt Dickman — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:30:50 +0000

Mark — Glad that tweet reached you. I was sitting in Starbucks reading the NY Times and saw an ad for a book with a quote from one of the NYTimes editors promoting it. Not sure what to think about it, but it made me a little uncomfortable.

What do you think?