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Reader Revenue Platform?
The buzzword is “revenue” as in “paid content” as in “finding a new way to separate readers from money.
With the New York Times planning to create a “frequent reader program” that will charge those who read the paper’s content online, other newspapers are joining in the feeding frenzy.
Good idea?
Good question.
Feeding their Twinkie habit
From The Kingsport (TN) Times-News
Two Gray residents, allegedly caught hiding out with about $300 worth of snack cakes taken from trucks parked outside a Kingsport bread company, were arrested Friday.
According to a Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office report, a deputy responded to the Merita Bread Co., 5446 Fort Henry Drive, about 11:38 p.m. An employee had called to report that he could hear someone in one of the trucks.
Upon arrival, the deputy found footprints leading into one truck that had about $300 worth of Hostess snacks – Cupcakes, MiniMuffins, Streusel Cakes, Twinkies, Zingers and 100 Calorie Cakes – piled up beside it.
A search of the area revealed the two men were hiding underneath the truck with the cakes stacked beside it.
Rip Torn headed to rehab
Rip Torn: A few drinks too many
Rip Torn was so intoxicated when he broke into a Connecticut bank carrying a loaded gun that he thought he was home, taking off his hat and boots and leaving them by the door, according to court records.
The 78-year-old actor was wearing the same battered boots Monday when he was arraigned on several charges after spending the weekend in a police holding cell near his hometown of Salisbury, in northwestern Connecticut.
Torn, who did not enter a plea, was released on $100,000 bond a few hours later and waded through a phalanx of media to a friend’s waiting vehicle. He smiled and wished onlookers a nice day but did not answer questions about the arrest.
He is expected to enter an alcohol rehabilitation center in New York as early as Tuesday, according to his attorney.
Hickey leads to arrest of randy teacher
First rule for teachers who mess around with kids: Don’t leave a hickey on their necks. It was a hickey that led to the arrest of the coach of a girls volleyball team at Poly Prep Country Day School, a fancy private school in Dyker Heights in New York City.
Police charged Coach Lisa Guttilla, 37, with misdemeanor sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of child, an unidentified 14-year-old girl on her team.
Their affair came to light after the girl’s mother saw the hickey on her daughter’s neck and demanded the explanation. The girl confessed.
What did you learn in school today?
Two Ben Franklin Middle School students who Valparaiso police said were caught using their cell phones to exchange nude pictures of each other — a practice called sexual texting or “sexting” — are facing criminal charges.
A 13-year-old Valparaiso girl and a 12-year-old Valparaiso boy were referred to juvenile probation on charges of possession of child pornography and child exploitation. In adult court, the charges would carry a maximum penalty of 11 years in prison, but prosecutors expect the case to be handled in the juvenile system.
“Something needs to be done, but we think dealing with them through the juvenile court system is appropriate, so as not to saddle them with (consequences) from the adult system,” Porter County Prosecutor Brian Gensel said.
In the adult system, convicted offenders face not only prison time but also having to register as a sex offender.