Re: nyt

[Carl Malamud <xxxx@media.org>]

btw, I don't want you getting your hopes up too much on this  
article ... getting the story to the reporter is one piece, what the  
reporter actually does can be totally different.  And, the editors can  
be totally brutal, taking 2000 words down to 750, reducing whole  
stories to one-liners.

I'm pretty you have a star role in this, and I'm pretty sure the  
article is going to be big and play well, but even if you get one line  
in a 500-word back-of-the-book piece, please don't be disappointed.   
NY Times pieces have a very long shelf-life and they are incredibly  
useful in establishing credibility ... that is worth way more than  
initial bounce or the size of the piece.

I have no idea how much press you've received, so this might be  
gratuitous advice, but I know we've both invested a lot in this story,  
so I just wanted to give you my advice from having gone through this  
ringer many times ... you can't control the press and you can't second  
guess the reporters.  You don't seem like somebody who gets all bent  
out of shape about this stuff, but just in case, my $0.02.

On Jan 27, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Aaron Swartz wrote:

> Do you know when the article is going to be published yet? Do you
> think I'll have to do any ancillary press followup? Just trying to
> make sure I clear time in my schedule and stay near a phone if
> appropriate.