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WSJ "hottie" media reporter Matthew Rose [right] suggests that there may be a tendency on the part of some media reporters to write stories in such a way that they'll get linked on Jim Romenesko's media news site. "you sometimes smell stories that have been written because they're going to get a link on Romenesko. It's again this whole idea that no one reads your stories, they just see it onthere's the great column Simon Dumenco did in New York on how no one actually reads stuff; they just read the links. So you get a sense sometimes. I would be amazed if peoplethey don't necessarily change their stories, but they drop in quotes they wouldn't otherwise use or sentences and phrases that they otherwise wouldn't put in just so they can pique Jim's interest." Maybe. But he probably just said that to get linked on Romenesko.
Meet the Meta-Press: Matthew Rose [MediaBistro]