Multi-Ball VIII - November 13, 2021

Propublica looks into St. Jude's Children's Hospital and finds it is not living up to the mission of its fundraising statements [https://www.propublica.org/article/st-jude-hoards-billions-while-many-of-its-families-drain-their-savings] . Equally concerning is that St. Jude's is fundraising in regions of the United States where they do not treat children, taking funds which…

Multi-Ball VII - November 06, 2021

Readings and thoughts on a Saturday morning. New York Times Adds 455,000 Subscriptions in Third Quarter [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/03/business/media/new-york-times-3q-earnings.html] - I have a subscription to the NYT. No other publication covers such a breadth of topics at such high quality.  I…

Chattanooga Times Moving to Digital Format, Buying Subscribers iPads

A local newspaper in Tennessee is following its sister paper in going fully digital by ending its daily print edition [https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2021/sep/11/times-free-press-turns-ipads-its-digital-future/553984/] in favour of digital editions while retaining the Sunday print edition. A couple of key points from the…

Link: A Columnists on Columns

The Guardian's Hadley Freeman is ending her time as a columnist and takes time in her final column to discuss her career and being a columnist [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/18/opinion-writing-has-changed-a-lot-since-i-started-out-its-time-for-something-new] . A couple things stand out for me: * "Here’s a funny thing: I can’t…