Of the many takes on the Courant’s plagiarism scandal, I think I like this one by Dean Starkman of CJR the best. I not only like the way he presents the facts (which are pretty well established now) but his tone. Starkman ends with this line:  “… news executives waving the flag of ‘strict journalistic [...]

For you online geeks in the audience, here’s Tribune’s latest innovation: maximum search engine optimization. The plan is to eliminate duplicate stories on all Tribune websites, but make them look local when they appear on your local site. Taking nothing away from the IT folks who make this work, it still seems to boil down to sophisticated [...]