Chris Anderson

Wired Editor Chris Anderson Squares Off Against Macmillan CEO John Sargent on Free and Paid Content - Posted September 23, 2009
Photo: (left to right) Chris Anderson, Gary Hoenig, John Sargent, Alan Murray Last night's discussion, Free AND Paid Content: Business Models That Work, hinged on whether consumers of news and books should and will pay for content online. But it became a tense intellectual slugging match between John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan... [FishBowlNY]

Wired Editor Chris Anderson Squares Off Against Macmillan CEO John Sargent on Free and Paid Content - Posted September 23, 2009
Photo: (left to right) Chris Anderson, Gary Hoenig, John Sargent, Alan Murray Last night's discussion, Free AND Paid Content: Business Models That Work, hinged on whether consumers of news and books should and will pay for content online. But it became a tense intellectual slugging match between John Sargent, CEO of Macmillan... [FishBowlNY]

It's Adland On The Menu: Author James P. Othmer Talks Advertising & Media Headlines - Posted July 27, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven were joined by James P. Othmer, author of "ADLAND: Searching for the Meaning of Life on a Branded Planet," to discuss the day's big media headlines. Today's podcast became a lengthy discussion about charging... [FishBowlNY]

CNN May Be Sued Over MJ Footage|Jackson Family Hires Power Publicists|CBS Snags Gawker's Lawson|Layoffs At Spin|This Week's Best Media Throwdowns - Posted July 1, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video TVNewser: CNN has warned staffers that it may become subject to lawsuits alleging unauthorized use of Michael Jackson footage over the past few days. Those responsible for the broadcast of the footage in question "may feel the financial effect in year-end bonuses," the network told staffers in... [FishBowlNY]

CNN May Be Sued Over MJ Footage|Jackson Family Hires Power Publicists|CBS Snags Gawker's Lawson|Layoffs At Spin|This Week's Best Media Throwdowns - Posted July 1, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video TVNewser: CNN has warned staffers that it may become subject to lawsuits alleging unauthorized use of Michael Jackson footage over the past few days. Those responsible for the broadcast of the footage in question "may feel the financial effect in year-end bonuses," the network told staffers in... [FishBowlNY]

How VQR's Jaquith Found Anderson's Plagiarism (Hint: It's In Parentheses) - Posted June 25, 2009
Virginia Quarterly Review blogger Waldo Jaquith made quite a stir with his discovery that portions of Wired editor Chris Anderson's new book "Free" were pulled from unattributed sources, namely Wikipedia. But we wondered, how did Jaquith happen upon Anderson's plagiarized sections? We tracked down Jaquith -- as he was en route... [FishBowlNY]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted June 24, 2009
Virginia Quarterly Review calls Wired's Chris Anderson out on plagiarism - FishbowlNY For first time in 24 years, Elle tops Vogue in ad pages - MediaJobsDaily Reading Ed McMahon - GalleyCat Kevin Spacey attached to Facebook movie - BayNewser When "branding" goes too far - AgencySpy... [FishBowlLA]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted June 24, 2009
Virginia Quarterly Review calls Wired's Chris Anderson out on plagiarism - FishbowlNY For first time in 24 years, Elle tops Vogue in ad pages - MediaJobsDaily Reading Ed McMahon - GalleyCat Kevin Spacey attached to Facebook movie - BayNewser When "branding" goes too far - AgencySpy... [FishBowlLA]

VQR Calls Wired's Anderson Out On Plagiarism - Posted June 24, 2009
Virginia Quarterly Review blogger Waldo Jaquith has dug up passages from Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson's new book, "Free," in which Anderson pulls chunks of text from Wikipedia entries, without attribution. In addition to the allegations of plagiarism, it also seems like Anderson didn't fact check some of the info pulled from... [FishBowlNY]

VQR Calls Wired's Anderson Out On Plagiarism - Posted June 24, 2009
Virginia Quarterly Review blogger Waldo Jaquith has dug up passages from Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson's new book, "Free," in which Anderson pulls chunks of text from Wikipedia entries, without attribution. In addition to the allegations of plagiarism, it also seems like Anderson didn't fact check some of the info pulled from... [FishBowlNY]

Talking Erotica On The Menu: Author Rachel Kramer Bussel Visits To Discuss The Industry, Book Trailers And Ippy Awards - Posted June 24, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, host Jason Boog welcomes AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven and erotic writer Rachel Kramer Bussel to talk about media headlines and some new book industry news. The trio discussed The Virginia Quarterly Review's story accusing Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson of plagiarism in his... [FishBowlNY]

Talking Erotica On The Menu: Author Rachel Kramer Bussel Visits To Discuss The Industry, Book Trailers And Ippy Awards - Posted June 24, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, host Jason Boog welcomes AgencySpy editor Matt Van Hoven and erotic writer Rachel Kramer Bussel to talk about media headlines and some new book industry news. The trio discussed The Virginia Quarterly Review's story accusing Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson of plagiarism in his... [FishBowlNY]

Men's Health Tries A New Way To Earn Revenue - Posted June 18, 2009
With ad revenues slipping in the past year, magazines have been trying to find new ways to earn money and keep their publications afloat. With its latest idea, Men's Health might be on to something. Using new technology only made possible with Apple Inc.'s iPhone operating system upgrade this week, the... [FishBowlNY]

Wired's Anderson: "The Free Vs. Paid Debate Is Misunderstood" - Posted June 15, 2009
Today, we are staking out Wired magazine's Disruptive By Design business conference. Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson (left) opened the day with a discussion about his upcoming book: "Free: The Future of a Radical Price," and of course, he eventually started to talk about how the media has been affected by the... [FishBowlNY]

Mediabistro Blog-Family Roundup - Posted June 15, 2009
AP to distribute nonprofits' investigative reporting- BayNewser Chris Anderson of Wired: "The free vs. paid debate is misunderstood"- FishbowlNY ABC = All Barack Channel on Wednesday, June 24th- FishbowlDC Seth Godin attacks textbook publishing- GalleyCat 60 percent of managers say they 'deserve' to see your Facebook- ... [FishBowlLA]

Media Reporters' Online News Hindsight: 'It Was Stupid For Newspapers To Give Away Their Sh*t For Free' - Posted April 8, 2009
Portfolio.com's Jeff Bercovici spoke about the challenges of covering the media world at last night's Gelf Magazine Media Circus event in Brooklyn. Last night was Gelf Magazine's inaugural Media Circus speaking series event, and we headed to Brooklyn's JLA Studios to hear a trio of media reporters -- Portfolio.com media blogger... [FishBowlNY]

SXSW '09 Wrapup: A Whole Lot of Twitter Going On - Posted March 18, 2009
Our managing editor Rebecca Fox has concluded her time at SXSW and made it back to the happy shores of Manhattan with this wrap-up, which she has posted over at WebNewser. Did SXSWi manage to out-Twitter Twitter? Says Rebecca:With Twitter's ubiquity across the 10,000+ attendee conference, we found the... [FishBowlNY]

SXSW '09 Wrapup: A Whole Lot of Twitter Going On - Posted March 18, 2009
Our managing editor Rebecca Fox has concluded her time at SXSW and made it back to the happy shores of Manhattan with this wrap-up, which she has posted over at WebNewser. Did SXSWi manage to out-Twitter Twitter? Says Rebecca:With Twitter's ubiquity across the 10,000+ attendee conference, we found the... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA Accosts John F. Harris in Green Room - Posted November 21, 2008
We cornered Editor-in-Chief and founder of Politico John F. Harris (pictured on the right, reporter Ben Smith on the left) in the green room between panels and between Blackberry texts to his wife. (She had a Bob Barker sighting at LAX). We asked Harris if Politico was still hiring reporters. He... [FishBowlLA]

TED Unveils James Nachtwey's Photos Documenting Deadly TB - Posted October 3, 2008
Upon winning the Technology Entertainment Design (TED) Prize in 2007, photojournalist James Nachtwey made a wish: to break a story that he was working on "in a way that provides spectacular proof of the power of news photography in the digital age." Today Nachtwey's TED Prize wish comes true with the... [UnBeige]

Social Me This!: Social|Median Moves Toward Beta Phase With New Round of Investors - Posted July 15, 2008
Have you heard? Social networking is all the rave (along with tumblrs and twitters). The Times launched TimesPeople last month, and rumor has it that Wired's Chris Anderson has something in the works. But it doesn't end there! The Deal is reporting that Social|Median, the social news... [FishBowlNY]

FBLA Goes to New York! - Posted May 13, 2008
Perhaps you've noticed the banner ads we've been running for the last month or so: FBLA is going to New York this weekend for MediaBistro.com's two-day summit to learn all about media trends and drink network. Some of the speakers include Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired magazine and Jim Roberts, Editor of... [FishBowlLA]

Ellies '08: Snapshots and Snippets - Posted May 2, 2008
Smartest guy in the room or no, Wired EIC Chris Anderson's marshmallow issues have Julia Allison dismayed Between our hand-numbing live blog and other Ellie-related reports, by now you know the basics — National Geographic and Vanity Fair the biggest winners, New York's non-sweep — from last night's National Magazine Awards. So... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 02.27.08 - Posted February 27, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's the birthday of Ralph Nader and Chelsea Clinton. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | RADIO | JOBS It is close, but most of you think that Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski do like each other off camera. REVOLVING DOOR A tipster tells us... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 11.07.07 - Posted November 7, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think journos make good dinner guests, or is it that they make better dinner guests than your family? An ABC release announced, "'World News with Charles Gibson' was the most-watched evening newscast among Total Viewers, Households, and Adults 25-54 for the week of October 29-November 2. Averaging 8.57... [FishBowlDC]

Chris Anderson: Flacks Get One Swing - Posted October 31, 2007
Wired EIC Chris Anderson posted his own list of ghouls--his Outlook blocked list. The addresses of those who sent him unwanted press releases, added his name to distribution lists, and so on are all posted, although we didn't see Shirley Fitzpatrick who regularly tries to entice us by promising: she will... [FishBowlLA]

OCR: Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss - Posted August 24, 2007
So Chris Anderson is out as publisher of the Orange County Register, and Terry Horne, the publisher of the East Valley Tribune in Mesa, Ariz., is in (Well, as of Sept. 15, anyway). Horne's answer to the falling revenue of the Reg? "A renewed emphasis on local news," according to the Orange... [FishBowlLA]

Loeb Awards: Chris Anderson Wins Best Book - Posted June 26, 2007
The Loeb Awards--the Pulitzers of the business journalism world--were handed out last night by the dean of UCLA's Anderson School of Management at a dinner in New York. The West Coast winner is Chris Anderson, of Wired, won for his book, The Long Tail. Full list below.... [FishBowlLA]

IDEO's Planning a Quickie and You're Invited - Posted May 31, 2007
The too-smart-for-their-own-good kids at IDEO are organizing what they're calling a unique event celebrating unusual, stimulating thought and behavior." And they're calling it a Quickie. Stimulating, indeed. Rapid-fire talks, performances, music and mind-candy are guaranteed from Wired's Chris Anderson, Toychestra, 826 Valencia, Pixar's Teddy Newton, the 25-woman choir Conspiracy of Venus, Jane... [UnBeige]

Biz Journo Awards: No Portfolio This Year - Posted May 23, 2007
The finalists for UCLA's 50th Loeb Awards were announced earlier this week — the prestigious annual list that gets business journalists from Fast Company to Fortune all hot and bothered. Some things to note about this year's finalists: The Wall Street Journal leads with nine nominations (the Times has five); Fast... [FishBowlNY]

Ellies 2007: Handicapping The Races - Posted May 1, 2007
New York's Adam Moss [left] and the New Yorker's David Remnick [right] flank Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner at the 2006 National Magazine Awards Counting down the hours to tonight's National Magazine Awards in New York (FishbowlNY will be there, liveblogging). It's about time to reveal our bracket-busting picks for the 2007 Ellies... [FishBowlNY]

Was Wired's Anderson Spun By Microsoft? - Posted March 28, 2007
A couple months ago, Wired editor and Long Tail author Chris Anderson was touting a new approach that involved something he called "radical transparency" — sharing secrets with rivals, blogging about unfinished products, admitting failure — in his words, "Wikifying everything." Now that Wired's "radical transparency" issue is out, Anderson is admitting... [FishBowlNY]

Wired Goes Negative - Posted January 17, 2007
Wired magazine is perhaps the most positive, life-affirming publication on the planet. If someone threw a rock at their window, someone there would write a cover story about how shards of glass will save humanity. So it's a bit amazing to hear Wired editor Chris Anderson declare that "the age of the... [FishBowlLA]