It must be a full moooooooon…
June 1st, 2012
Advice for life…
Today in the New York Times: One guy’s embarrassing Facebook ad saga hits the front page
Meet Nick Bergus. He’s a pretty cool guy who once linked to an odd product on Facebook as a bit of a joke — a 55-gallon barrel of lube from Amazon.com. Ha ha, funny, right? But the joke was on him, as Facebook’s algorithms started featuring his smiling face in personalized ads featuring the giant barrel of lube. From there, his story spread — first to his personal blog, then to Gawker, with an amazing headline. Now, Bergus’ somewhat embarrassing (but admittedly kind of awesome) tale is on the front page of the New York Times. All because he once linked to a giant barrel of lube. (photo by Stephen Mally/NYT)
May 31st, 2012
We are no longer a newspaper company.
And my own quote from 3/30/2010: “Farm and Dairy is an emerging media company to be reckoned with in the agricultural world, be it online, social media or print. It’s an exciting time to be part of a growing company.”
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Jim Kirk, Editor-in-chief, Chicago Sun-Times Media Holdings, in a memo to staff. Crains. Sun-Times shuffles newsroom, stresses digital moves.
The ever important pivot that every traditional newspaper publisher is realizing: “We are a technology company that happens to publish a newspaper. We deliver content. And we will deliver content on many platforms and in ways that we haven’t yet fully considered.”
(via futurejournalismproject)
Country music artist pens song just for farmers
Steve Azar, one of country music’s most popular artists in the last decade, is supporting the FFA, but he isn’t simply donating money, he’s writing songs.
This is not your grandfather’s agriculture. This robotic milking unit is a key to a western Pa. family dairy farm, milking 175 Holsteins, continue into its fifth generation. Loved interviewing three of those generations. Story link to follow next week.
