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Authorgeddon

Authorgeddon  n.— «“Authorgeddon” one publisher has dubbed it—the dreaded day when authors will outnumber readers—and all indications are it’s coming fast.» —“Everybody has a story, but who wants to read it?” by John...

Orange Curtain

Orange Curtain  n.— «Tom Johnson, ironically an L.B.J. protégé, was brought in from a Texas farm team in 1980 to become Times publisher with the specific mission of penetrating the Orange curtain.» —by Mike Davis City...

spadia

spadia  n.— «He notes that some of the inserts that gave union mailers their biggest headaches on the new equipment—such as a Montgomery Ward product and the spadia on double Sunday comics sections—have been eliminated since the strike...

toe-touch

toe-touch  n.— «You talk a lot about the practice back then of the ‘toe-touch’—someone reporting a story from their home desk and then traveling only briefly to the city where the story is set just to ‘get the dateline.’ You say editors...