About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Media Archive
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Goof Lets Times’ Content Go Free
Posted on September 22, 2005 | 3 CommentsEd: Thanks to Aaron for the story tip! Goof Lets Times’ Content Go Free By Cyrus Farivar Wired News 02:00 AM Sep. 22, 2005 PT On Monday, The New York Times introduced the first paid section of its online version. In less than 24 hours,... -
What’s with the WashPost and cute animal photos?
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Why is Newsweek obfuscating?
Posted on May 16, 2005 | No CommentsIn a way, I’m kinda glad that I cover technology, so that stuff like this doesn’t happen because of something that I write. Newsweek apologized yesterday for printing a small item on May 9 about reported desecration of the Koran by American guards at Guant‡namo... -
Print Insists It’s Here to Stay
Posted on May 2, 2005 | No CommentsThis is absurd. Print newspapers as we know them will be dead within my lifetime. Why should I pick up a stack of dead trees and read the news a day after it actually happens, when I can get up-to-the-minute information from that same news... -
Two stories of note
Posted on April 11, 2005 | No CommentsSy Hersh gets skewered by Chris Suellentrop (of Slate fame) in New York magazine. (Via Instapundit NYT on Bush’s iPod -
Official Word About Circuits
Posted on March 23, 2005 | No CommentsNYT : Beginning next Thursday, as part of a reorganization of technology news coverage, the weekly Circuits pages will appear in Business Day, with David Pogue’s column on the front page of that section. The Game Theory column will move to the Weekend section, beginning... -
New on the Wire: AP to Offer Two Leads for Some Stories
Posted on March 17, 2005 | No CommentsE&P: (via TechDirt) NEW YORK Attention Associated Press members, prepare to get more for your money: Now available, two leads for the price of one. In a break with tradition at the 156-year-old news cooperative, the AP will now offer two different leads for many... -
Sad News for Tech Journalism
Posted on March 4, 2005 | No CommentsThe New York Times has finally caught on to the idea that the dot-com bubble has burst. Executive Editor Bill Keller is said to be planning to end “Circuits” as a stand-alone section covering the high-tech world by the end of April. In its place,... -
On the Media, Comedy Style
Posted on March 1, 2005 | No CommentsApparently the J-school faculty has final veto power over who our graduation speaker is. I (and I know many of the other students do as well) want Jon Stewart. Guys, we’ve been working our asses off for months and months, are we really going to... -
Interview on “Bud Hedinger Live” (WFLA 540 AM)
Posted on February 7, 2005 | No CommentsLemme know what you think. I was pretty happy with it. (Again, if you missed it, the interview was in relation to this story.) InterviewWFLA540AM.2005-02-07.mp3 [5.7 MB (12:27) 64 kbps]
