Friday Song: “The Story”
A 2007 breakthrough hit forced a singer out of her comfort zone — to great effect
Kent Anderson
Saudis, Payola, and Papers
Reports of author affiliation shenanigans fail to interrogate the publisher enablement
Subscriptions and Standards
Liebert is acquired, and there's more funny business at eLife — but they aren't laughing
What Is “Information”?
Naively thinking more information is better, we swamp special efforts to find the truth
Song: “Jenny (867-5309)”
A 1982 hit included an active phone number, leading to all sorts of excitement
So, Everything Is OA Now!
As the ideology fails, proponents retreat to rhetoric to eke out a sense of relevance
Our Information Networks
Information networks are too centralized, and that privileges manipulation
Song: “Follow You, Follow Me”
Genesis' breakthrough US hit endures, and gets featured in the 2024 Turkey Jam
The Cyberlibertarian Archive
How the Internet Archive went anti-democratic via its cyberlibertarianism
India’s Big Subscription Deal
Coverage of "One Nation, One Subscription" is sketchy, and only a few publishers get most of the money