“To the young people of China, please learn a lesson from this…”
Michael Phelps, in a another apology, this time to Chinese fans on a video call.
“Mass for us is a business that doesn’t work.”
Tom Ascheim, Newsweek‘s chief executive, on the redesign of the magazine that will focus on a narrow segment.
“Amazon’s new Kindle e-book reader gets slimmer”
Amazon.com’s release of a slimmer version of its Kindle electronic reading device for $359
“I watched Nadya’s publicist on Dr. Phil the other night, and was ashamed for our profession.”
Linda VandeVrede, on ValleyPRBlog.com, commenting on a post about PR becoming tainted by ‘publicists.’
“The worst thing about the Suleman story is the way the freak-hungry media has rewarded her delinquency every step of the way.”
Tina Brown, writing for The Daily Beast, about the media’s swooning over Nadya Suleman and the cctuplets story
“Possibly in his law office, his feet on a cluttered desk, …his clothes a bit too small to fit his uncommon frame — maybe wondering if somebody might call him up and ask him to be commerce secretary.”
Barack Obama, using Abraham Lincoln’s birthday as a way of making light about how yet another nominee, Judd Greg, for the commerce secretary post withdrew from the post.
“It is like sitting there watching my house ransacked by a gang of thugs.”
Arnold Kling of the Cato Institute, one of those making symbolic but noisy objections to the new stimulus package that was approved by the Senate and the House this week.
“Reporters, bloggers, and the general public are being denied an opportunity to review one of the most important pieces of legislation sent through Congress in a long time.”
The Sunlight Foundation’s Paul Blumenthal, on the dangerous practice of ‘hiding’ the stimulus bill from the public and slamming it through.
“It could have been a computer failure or a human error.”
Russian space expert, Igor Lisov, on the collision of a Russian and US satellite, that raised the questions about the need for some type of international air traffic control with so much of space junk.
“Yesterday I testified before the Senate Budget Committee…”
So it came as a great surprise when I received an email from Rosen a few days back asking me if I was interested in reading his updated book. How did he find me, or know I was a big promoter of the book? Apparently I had referred to it in an article at that time –a 
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I can’t wait to see what the Amway / Quixstar types might do once they take hold of this! (Don’t kid yourself, they a lready 
“If people have ideas about how better to use these tools, please let me know…”
“From icy Davos to snowy London. No10 admin is gazing at a foot of the stuff outside his apartment window. Thank heavens for remote working!”
As some of you in Arizona may have heard, last week ASU announced it is 
For every three bad news stories you hear about traditional media, there is one good news story.
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