"She was always a good mudder" - Paula Creamer's father after his daughter overcame rain and the field to  become the youngest winner of an LPGA tournament since 1952.  I've always liked the term, to me it speaks of concentrating in adverse conditions and getting the job done regardless of how spattered you get.  I'd like to think I'm a mudder.

 

"My reaction: what you people call serendipity, we call links. What you people call the homepage, we call Bloglines. What you call in depth-reporting, we call blogging a story to death. The difference is as deep as definitions. The difference is as deep as perception. The difference is the reality..." Rafat Ali on a meeting he had with media execs in NY

Slate on which  NY Times columnists are worth what out of the upcoming NYT premium offering. I would pay a lot more for Frank Rich than their readers but otherwise agree.

Wall Street Journal on How Old Media Can Survive in a New World (free article)

 

Forbes: Hanhelds will replace PCS as primary web appliances - hmm ...

The MPA hires a bunch of interns/actors to wear red-shirts over other shirts to read magazines on the street in front of  Radio City before NBC's up-front season presentations.  Oh yeah - looking like a group of  tour group members or a corporate softball team waiting is really going to help.