Comments on: Celeb news: Lindsay Lohan found unconscious in her hotel room

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 03:41:13 +0000

I do worry about her – she’s obviously on stuff – but at the same time if I had just worked a 13 hour night shift and had laid down for a nap I think people would have a tough time waking me too.

By: Mia Freedman

Mia Freedman — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 04:05:37 +0000

Odette – at the moment we’re trying to resolve how to tackle news on Mamamia.
Interested to know what people would like to read!

By: Lulu

Lulu — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:39:17 +0000

Thanks for explaining. I suppose to face it that the focus has shifted further from my area of interest.

By: Odette

Odette — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:28:58 +0000

That’s a shame, Mia. I understand you have people to pay etc, but I always found the News/Daily Buzz the best post of each day.

By: Mia Freedman

Mia Freedman — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:12:38 +0000

Hi Lulu,
The reason the daily news post stopped was because it wasn’t widely enough read. That’s how we judge what is working and what doesn’t.
For a long time it was lagging behind in UBs and page views.
Over the past couple of months (with Rick) we experimented with changing it to Daily Buzz and broadening the subject matter but it just wasn’t interesting enough to MM readers.
And with a small team and limited resources, we have to direct our energy where our readers are most likely to engage with it.
This was an editorial decision taken slowly some time ago.

By: Lulu

Lulu — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:08:02 +0000

“It’s very much business as usual since Rick left. There has been no departure from our editorial mix.”

Hair-splitting. This statement is technically true, but mainly because the daily news stopped shortly before Rick left.

By: Mia Freedman

Mia Freedman — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 01:50:38 +0000

Hey Shannon & The Wounded Bull,
While I appreciate your fondness for Rick and that’s something we share – it would be a mistake to make assumptions about the role any individual plays behind the scenes at Mamamia and the influence they have over content.
It’s very much business as usual since Rick left. There has been no departure from our editorial mix.
And grammatical errors and typos will sometimes slip through – just like they do in almost every form of media.
We are now posting seven days a week and that means more posts with the same amount of staff (less actually, since Rick was not replaced).
All I’m saying is that we do our best and we always correct any errors as soon as we become aware of them.

By: jess88

jess88 — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:29:04 +0000

Jeez, I really hope she can save herself from her demons.

By: merindakennedy

merindakennedy — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 22:57:55 +0000

Mia & other regular contributors have said on numerous occasions that the site is not called Mamamia because it wants to brand itself as a mummy-centric website, but it is simply a word play on Mia Freedman’s name.

By: Missy

Missy — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 21:21:47 +0000

I hope Lindsay doesn’t join the 27 club. I liked her early work