NY Times: Disney and Pixar: The Power of the Prenup. Pretty good story about the fruits of the Disney-Pixar merger. John Lasseter does seem to be making a pretty noticeable impact on the creative direction of the company and I love that they’re breing back cell-animated features. Interestingly, this story was sent around in of our internal ESPN newsletters, which normally focus on sports media.
NY Times: Changing Speeds to Go the Distance. Take that Bob Costas. Instead of the clichéd triumph-over-tragedy stories, the Times is writing about the mechanics of training. Today in text, graphics, and video they showed what a typical workout routine is for runner Sara Hall with tips for the non-Olympic runner.
Update: Since this is becoming a popular post, here’s a search listing on the NY Times’ site with all their sport profiles including swimming, cycling, and beach volleyball training.
New Republic: The Long Run-Up. An interesting look at the story behind the NY Times’ decision to run with the McCain investigation that ran today. Personally I felt the story was weak, it seems like they were just trying to get something out rather than something they felt good about.
NY Times: The Early Bird Gets the Bad Grade. This author makes some excellent points. I’ve heard the argument for pushing start times back for high school, but never in the context of improving eduction. When you think of all the money schools invest in “programs” to raise test scores, maybe starting late and staying even later makes a lot of sense.
The New York Times’ techies have a new blog and two open source projects. I’ve become a big fan of nytimes.com – they’ve really embraced the Web as a medium. My favorite entry on the blog thus far is this run down of metadata that they’re sharing.