Although users’ tweets are often published by various news sources, one writer feels commercial distribution should require licensing. Plus, predicting bestsellers, strategic sloppiness, and more.
The first full week back since the holidays was likely a ‘stressful’ one for many of our readers. Unwind with a quick look at what you might have missed while readjusting into your workplace groove.
A misprinted t-shirt that declared the Seminoles the national champs initially awarded the team’s opponents, the Auburn Tigers, more points.
Strangely enough, people don’t seem all that upset about the provocative tagline for Christian Connection.
The next time you’re describing an animal’s big toe or a person who looks younger than his or her age, you’ll know that there is, indeed, a word for that—perhaps it’s even a euonym.
Your vs. my. Do vs. don’t. Dollars vs. percentages. Minor modifications can have major mojo.
Building schedules based around particular themes well in advance can help head off the curse of the blank screen.
It may seem like the writing on something as innocuous as a box of hotel soap might not matter, but you never know who might notice.
From ‘because _____’ to ‘hateread,’ you won’t hate reading this primer on some of the most compelling new lingo that came to the social media service last year.
While a number of us cracked open a little—or a lot—of bubbly to usher in the New Year, for many scribes, it’s an everyday part of the writing process. Plus, words of the year, penning pop culture, and more.
Wire services accept very long headlines, but that doesn’t help your cause on Google or Twitter. Headlines that are too short don’t provide crucial information, however. Hit the sweet spot.
The English language changes constantly, but sometimes it retains sayings that use words and meanings that have fallen out of favor. That leads to inadvertent mistakes.
Everyone hits a dry spell every now and again, but there are ways to head one off. In brief, be prepared.
Hundreds of thousands rang in New Year’s in Times Square, but one person will have the opportunity to spend much more of their 2014 there, as the new marketing manager for NASDAQ. That, and more, in this week’s roundup.
As we close out another year, we cap off our countdown of our most popular stories.
