Josh Sternberg

Staff Reporter, Publishing, Digiday

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Media/Publishing reporter for Digiday. Also published by The Atlantic, The Awl, Current, HuffPo, Mashable & Mediaite. tips: josh@digiday.com

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Social Media's Slow Slog Into the Ivory Towers of Academia
Social Media's Slow Slog Into the Ivory Towers of Academia
August 21, 2012

Underpinning a disdain for social media in higher education is the assumption that incoming students have an inherent aptitude for new technologies.

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Learning To DJ At Rock And Soul
Learning To DJ At Rock And Soul
August 21, 2012

Tucked on 7th Avenue, between 35th and 36th, sits the music store Rock and Soul, which has been providing the city's DJs with gear and vinyl since 1975. Over the decades, a number of infl...

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Why New York Magazine Sees Responsive Design as the Future
Why New York Magazine Sees Responsive Design as the Future
August 21, 2012

New York Magazine launched a fashion site this week called The Cut. What's interesting is that the publication is using the site as a pilot of sorts to join the now-trendy responsive desi...

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How Buzzfeed Won Over Madison Avenue
How Buzzfeed Won Over Madison Avenue
August 21, 2012

For a site that's been around for six years, Buzzfeed's had quite a run recently, thanks to skyrocketing traffic growth, a knack for knowing that the world wants to watch a 31-year-old vi...

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Funny or Die Helps Brands Find Their Funny Side
Funny or Die Helps Brands Find Their Funny Side
August 21, 2012

Funny or Die, the humor site started by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay in 2007, established out of the gate with "The Landlord" that it knew two things: how to be funny and how to get stuff ...

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Why did you become a journalist?
I've always enjoyed writing and learning about how things work. Put them together and you've got journalism!

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@atotalmonet all the people. always.
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The Audacity of Eric Holder's Letter Admitting Team Obama Killed 4 Americans - Conor Friedersdorf theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

The Audacity of Eric Holder's Letter Admitting Team Obama Killed 4 Americans

By Conor Friedersdorf
theatlantic.com — Attorney General Eric Holder has just sent a truly incredible letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. In it, he acknowledges that the U.S. has killed four of its own citizens in drone strikes. Casual news consumers may find that confusing.
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@Liam_ODonoghue on a laptop, looking on chrome, this is what i'm seeing. pic.twitter.com/dNQuiU9QVQ

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"After January, I am going to destroy all you f--king guys.” My mayor. RT @edmundlee: You know this is badass: nypost.com/p/news/local/m…

Taxi king says Bloomberg threatened him with curse-filled rant

By Emily Smith
nypost.com — Mayor Bloomberg went on a spitting-mad rant against a city cab-fleet boss who won a court victory over Hizzoner's planned "Taxi of Tomorrow" - vowing to "destroy your f--king industry" when he leaves office, The Post has learned.
Josh Sternberg Staff Reporter, Publishing, Digiday @joshsternberg
@mccarthyryanj spoken like a true new york sports fan -- knicks, jets, mets... thankfully, i'm a yanks fan, so i always have a chance.
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I would totally watch PNN: @pareene News Network. 92yamericanconversation.org/scandal-if-ale…

SCANDAL! If Alex Pareene Was A Cable News Executive...

92yamericanconversation.org — As part of 92Y's partnership with Salon.com, political writer Alex Pareene spoke with us about the scandals the political press has been covering lately, and which stories are the real scandals he would have his hypothetical news station cover...if he was a cable news executive.
Josh Sternberg Staff Reporter, Publishing, Digiday @joshsternberg
@Salon @pareene clip's not there.
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Ford gives $400k to OK tornado relief. Nice gesture by Ford, but interesting that an NBA player gave $600k more. blog.ford.com/article_displa…

Ford Motor Company and Its Dealers Pledge $400,000 for Oklahoma Tornado Relief; Ford Transit Connect Donated

blog.ford.com — Ford Motor Company and its dealers announce $400,000 in donations following the destructive Oklahoma tornadoes Donations include $250,000 from Ford Motor Company Fund to the American Red Cross and $150,000 from Oklahoma Ford Dealers to the United Way Ford Motor Company also is donating a Ford Transit Connect van to
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@hunterw gotta make money somehow! do you know if those were direct sales or through an ad network? also, nice piece!
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@Choire perfect tweet. but that hashtag? real thing?? #iwantchoirejournalismclasses
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