SSRN & My First Paper Submission

I have recently uploaded an industry-cum-firm note on SSRN (Social Science Research Network): click here to go to the page and download for free. I just wanted to share it to encourage you to submit your papers to this most popular research paper database where barriers to publishing are almost zero. This site was created by Harvard professors who wanted to create a parallel medium for people to publish their papers free of any ideological bias and entry requirement. Most of the papers you find here are of top quality and free.

Abstract to my paper: The New York Times: Newspaper Industry Analysis, Crises & Reforms

Newspaper industry is the fastest shrinking industry in America, according to a research by LinkedIn. What are the implications for society and journalism? Why did the fall come about? How did a very profitable industry become so precarious that even the giant newspapers face the threat of going out of business, perhaps forever? In this paper, we do not seek to provide a strategic, bailout plan that if implemented can save a newspaper; however, it give clues about what went wrong by introducing to the industry structure of newspapers and its crises.
    At the helm of this affair is the leading ‘general-interest’ newspaper, The New York Times, which is our protagonist. The story of New York Times also applies and explains how majority of conventional newspapers work or worked (as many have ceased producing print, reduced days of productions, or filed for bankruptcy). This study is about an industry facing a creative disruption, about which it had little clue. We will give a diagnosis of the crises of newspapers and possible reforms, focusing on it market leader: The Times.
    This paper is divided into three sections: introduction to the New York Times as an institution; analysis of the news industry in the USA, print and online; recommendations for New York Times.

NATO Supply Stoppage costing US Millions of $$

Pain in the side! Surely. America had been in denial of the critical importance of Pakistan trade routes of death, destruction and expansion of Dajjalic mission of conquering the world, and becoming a false messiah and a god. Pakistan, understandably pragmatically, sold out for pennies and paved way for food and weapons of mass destruction into a country where humans are being slaughtered in the name of collateral damage, for its own happy demise in creation (God forbid).

However, things are not too bleak. In the short-run, at least for few months, America has been losing millions of dollars due to the closure of Nato supply route, reports The News (Pakistan). This may be too short a trouble, as Pakistan would be expected fall to its knees.; or, maybe its a drama staged by government and army to fool around with public opinion.

Two Breathtaking Residential Courtyards

When I looked at these, oxygen circulation reduced in my lungs and i was awestruck by the beauty of these truly exotic, Islamic residential courtyard, which i'd construct one day inshaAllah...

Source: Taken from a thesis entitled: Building a Muslim-American Identity: An Islamic College, by Zaman Ahmad. Download it from here.