Information on facebook or on twitter . So that the sharer becomes somewhat synonymous with a publishing brand. Thats exactly it. The sharer is becoming much more important than the actual source of the information. Do i trust this person . How do i feel about this person . If this is one of my most trusted friends and they post something, the chances i read that and think highly of it are greater than if its a person i met one drunken night in college and i friended accidentally. Right. Although they can actually lets talk about that. Can we talk more about that . Right. You know, pivoting to sort of media strategy, you guys have an extremely successful youtube channel. This is interesting because right now in media, as people are beginning to see that display advertising on regular articles doesnt necessarily scale terrific well, its difficult to have hyc pns, theyre turning to video as a savior. The trouble as i see it, in order to have margin, in order to make profit on video, you
Tell us a little bit about how we like to consume information . I think its really interesting because when you think about millennials, one of the sort of suppositions as you said is that its this generation that is, you know, unlike any just wants to do things online and when you think about the tactile experience of leafing through a magazine or print publication theres something about that experience thats about the sense of curiosity and a sense of seriousness that young want to consume their news with. Theres been a lot of assumptions to think this generation doesnt want serious content because were younger, not seeking that. In fact, this is a generation that cares deeply about the world, important issues that wants to be engaged with that. They want their experience to mirror that. While we enjoy going on a site like buzzfeed, there is a sense that we really do care about the world and want to consume that news in that kind of way. If you look at how everybody wants to consume
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Robert James Campbell had, through his lawyers, challenged his execution on additional possibly more farreaching grounds that the drug execution policy is unkonl in light of the botched oklahoma execution. But the same court of appeals, the fifth circuit, rejected the challenge. While the fifth circuit stayed campbells execution based upon issues of mental capacity it is left to the u. S. Supreme court, the key issue whether the Death Penalty as it is currently authorized in 35 states has some form of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the u. S. Constitution. This issue particularly acute in the wake of its disastrous application in oklahoma. Given the stake it is Supreme Court may want to revisit the issue. It turns out there is precedent. In 20072008 term the Supreme Court stayed a Mississippi Execution and as a practical matter stayed all pending executions nationwide. Tonight it is safe to say that executions in this country, at least those carried out
Execution. But the same court of appeals, the fifth circuit, rejected the challenge. While the fifth circuit stayed campbells execution based upon issues of mental capacity it is left to the u. S. Supreme court, the key issue whether the Death Penalty as it is currently authorized in 35 states has some form of lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the u. S. Constitution. This issue particularly acute in the wake of its disastrous application in oklahoma. Given the stake it is Supreme Court may want to revisit the issue. It turns out there is precedent. In 20072008 term the Supreme Court stayed a Mississippi Execution and as a practical matter stayed all pending executions nationwide. Tonight it is safe to say that executions in this country, at least those carried out by lethal injection, have been suspended across the country until the u. S. Supreme court can rule on whether or not they are cruel or unusual punishment. Barrys lawyers filed an 11th hour chall