Voices

When It Comes to "Thank You," You're Not Welcome With Email

The U.K. postal strike comes on the heels of localized strikes that have disrupted Royal Mail service since June–and the disorder has begun to change behavior among some Britons, who despite reservations, are for the first time choosing to express their thanks online.

Who Says the Web Doesn’t Pay? Gawker Boss Nick Denton Says He’ll Shell Out for Salacious Stories.

The blog network owner says he’ll open his checkbook for readers who have amazing tales and pictures he can publish. He’s not talking TMZ money, yet. But “I’d love to have their reputation–as the place you go if you want to make a buck.”
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London's Bipolar Relationship With Social Networks

Here are photographs from two newspapers–one headline from the Daily Telegraph about how employers are trying to ban the use of increasingly popular social-networking sites, specifically Facebook, because it is getting in the way of work, while another in the free thelondonpaper is a contest for readers to talk about what’s uncool about the site. [...]