William M. Hartnett

I’m with Howard Owens on this one: “Lately, it seems like every day Romenesko has a link to a cranky old traditional journalist complaining about how newspapers are giving away their content online. My question for Jim Romenesko: How come we never see the counter arguments highlighted in your blog?” For real. Even reporters and [...]

Whoa. Check out this spicy feature at tampabay.com: Tampa Bay Hooters 2007 Swimsuit Pageant. Lots of traffic for this one, I’d guess. Riposte, Tampa Tribune? Cheerleader trading cards aren’t a bad start, but St. Pete’s coming right back at ya with lots of naughty Jenn Sterger action at tbt.com.

>Collect-Me-Nots (NYT) This is one hell of a lead: “The owner of Napoleon’s penis died last Thursday in Englewood, N.J.” There’s definitely not enough news about Napoleon’s shriveled old dong these days. I’m with the article’s author: It’s time to let the little fella’s wang chung rest in peace. (Anyone have any other penis euphemisms [...]

>The Sun, union start negotiations (Baltimore Sun) (Via Romenesko) That’s not a loaded question, I’m honestly clueless when it comes to the issues involved in performance-based pay in a union newsroom. Rewarding productive or innovative journalists more than the just-getting-by crowd seems brilliant on its face, and it’s hardly a revolutionary compensatory concept. Let’s be [...]

Recently overheard: One co-worker remarking to another that they “feel so sorry for these kids in their 20s. They just don’t have a future in this business.” Sorry, but it’s the other way around, dinojournos: I feel sorry for you lot. You have no particular talents or skills that would get you hired at even [...]