For publishers, it offers a new way to package stories.
Though America Online says it now tries to sell all its properties in a single package, stories like that still abound -- mostly told by people who insist their names not be used because they remain beholden to the online giant for much of their own sites' traffic.
The move follows another announcement this week about a series of updates aimed at journalists and publishers, which include different ways to package stories, new business models like subscriptions, and training courses that teach reporters how to use features like Facebook Live, among other things.
These "Suspicious Package" stories are false flags, carefully planned for the midterms.
The problem there is that Smith is an actual news anchor and, without him, Fox News loses someone who can package stories downmarket to affiliates.
This brief but excellently packaged story demands to be gobbled up in one hungry sitting.
(Dargis) 'WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY' (R, 1 32) A cleverly packaged story from the Judd Apatow laugh factory about a patently phony musician played by John C. Reilly.
(Laura Kern) 'WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY' (R, 1 32) A cleverly packaged story from the Judd Apatow laugh factory about a patently phony musician played by John C. Reilly.
If "Live!" is anything like Mr. Abraham's last evening-length piece, "The Radio Show," you'll be too absorbed in the lush movement, infectious music and magnetic dancers (the choreographer included) to need a neatly packaged story.
It had become a packaged story, but so natural to me it sounded true as it passed my lips.
