Marco.org: More ideas than time: Last week's news

Most news outlets, including TV news shows and networks, newspapers, news websites, and blogs are targeted at news junkies: they never want to miss a story, and they want to be the first to report it to you.

If you look back on these stories even one week later, the majority of them seem…

This is why I subscribed to the Economist a few years ago. It was great for a few months, and then I found it to be too much. But a good idea.

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  1. kurafire reblogged this from marco and added:
    1. This would be...indeed. Alternatively, I can see this being done as an iPad...
  2. pithyless reblogged this from marco and added:
    Has anyone jumped...would definitely subscribe...like this,...
  3. shitiwanttobuild reblogged this from marco and added:
    Recently I read a post by Marco Arment, one of the cool developers of this even cooler Tumblerthing, about an idea he...
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  5. loader reblogged this from marco and added:
    Week (print edition).
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  8. markmilian reblogged this from marco and added:
    The problem goes back...fact Google CEO Eric Schmidt pointed out as recently as...
  9. brianpan reblogged this from marco and added:
    great job of this. As an example, if you...current top story which is the violence in...
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  11. robohit said: I think “The Week” does a pretty good job of what you’re looking for, Marco. Here’s my writeup about it: robohit.com/post/50…
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  13. steampoweredmedia said: If I ever resurrect IndependentReport.org, I plan to create this kind of site—measured, researched news items that aren’t the latest and greatest but have some depth to them. So, actually, little summary, but much more context and measured reasoning
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    online newspaper I’ve told...you) about so often—the one