​Slate's Jack Shafer renewed his subscription to the New York Times print edition when he realized he "wasn't recalling as much of the newspaper" when he read it online. His realization was backed up by an academic study that found readers of print news "remember significantly more news stories than online news readers...[remember] significantly more topics than online newsreaders...[and remember] more main points of news stories." The reasoning presented in the study (which can be read here online, but you won't retain it) is interesting and as someone who creates content for online readers, we think it is worth examining.

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​Slate's The Big Money has the first-ever exclusive (shadowed profile) photo of someone that no one paid any attention to 50-some days ago, Mr. @BPGlobalPR, who goes by "Terry" on his irony-laced black-comedy-gold Twitter feed. Terry appeared at Twtrcon (an ultra nerdy Twitter meetup) today clad in a ski mask, top hat, and fake nose, keeping his @BPGlobalPR persona on the whole time.

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​Trust Andrea Peyser to know the "sweaty stench of a lady's desperation as she watches her biological clock wind down, along with her fame" when she sees it: She tackles the phenomenon of Debrahlee Lorenzana in her column in today's Post and despite her imploring us to "call off the bod squad," she devotes 553 words to the plight of the former Citibanker.

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