The annual TED conference, held last weekend, used to be a small, exclusive, intimate affair in Monterey California. But it just moved to be a much larger event in Long Beach. It is pricey to attend and, no, I didn't actually do so. But TED's history tells us much about how publishing has changed. TED — that's …
Newspapers are completely out at sea
The Pew Research Center released a new report today that brings together survey and other data on the plight of the newspapers. The data underlying it looks interesting. Sadly, the summary is more casual. Nonetheless, it largely confirms what we already knew: digital ad revenue is not making up for the decline in traditional ad …
Retractions and the function of a journal
With all of the discussion over the pricing of journals, one thing that has come up is their supposed decreasing importance. With online repositories of working papers, scholars and others no longer need access to the journals to get access to the research. To be sure, publication gives with it certification and that helps but …
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