In your finally Friday media column: Greta Van Susteren stands up for Sarah Palin, the NYT vs. HuffPo Twitter traffic war, an excellent history of The National, Conde Nast must have its own air, and Larry King comments on penises.
In your finally Friday media column: Shep Smith vs. Bill Keller, New York Times overload, Utah is just like New York, Conde Nast's real estate decisions criticized, and Tina Brown poaches another one.
In your breezy Friday media column: Conde Nast forsakes its hasty iPad pursuits, Fred Dicker's still alive, journalists meet Tumblr, TV networks approach pseudoevent overload week, and the AP and its union strike a deal.
Vogue covered the Middle East crisis with a puff piece on the "glamorous" wife of a brutal dictator. Now it's sister publication Condé Nast Traveler's turn: the magazine just published a guide to luxury travel in Libya.
Condé Nast and the feds are trying to recover $8 million the company paid a Texas man after he sent an e-mail invoice—one e-mail—pretending to be the magazine conglomerate's printer. They just can't get the digital space right.
In your waterlogged Friday media column: Fox News chooses Japan over Glenn Beck, Adam Moss can't come up with any good insults, the New York Times knows what you need to read, and everyone's getting into this whole iPad thing.
Did you know that today is a "Day of Rage" across the Muslim world, where bone-weary citizens are finally taking to the streets against their corrupt dictators? Seems like as good a time as any for Vogue to publish a fawning profile of the "glamorous, young, and very chic" wife of Syria's brutal tyrant, right?
Scrappy Reddit is doubling sales and engineering staff to keep up with traffic gains. But don't thank the social news site's parent company: Condé Nast starved Reddit of money, so the site paid for expansion using member contributions.
French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld has long been rumored to be the one who would replace Anna Wintour, whenever the day came. Looks like that won't happen: Roitfeld just announced she's quitting her job.
In your merry Monday media column: Salon's staff memo on today's news, Virginia Heffernan's dream comes true, The Daily eschews Republicinsanity, WSJ. vs. T magazine, and David Carr feels the love.
First they helped get Stephen Colbert to rally in Washington. Now Reddit.com users are forming a political action committee to advocate net neutrality. Internet commenters may be birthing a sort of lefty Tea Party (God help us).
In your portentous Friday media column: leadership shuffles at Bon Appetit, Glenn Greenwald vs. Chuck Todd, changes at the National Magazine Awards, and Tribune Co's bankruptcy will drag on, forever.
In your ignominious Thursday media column: Conrad Black has big plans, new hires at Fast Company, Conde Nast's memo-writing abilities are woefully inadequate, and the wee New York Times Co. lives in a tiny dollhouse.
In your head-scratching Wednesday media column: Barry Diller's wacky plan for The Daily Beast, Conde Nast advertising shakeup, Shep Smith stays on at Fox News, and Juan Williams fans continue to provide comic relief.
In your mortal Monday media column: Lee Abrams' full "Sluts" memo revealed, even more on Newsweek, Joao Silva's alive, Style.com moves to Fairchild, and newspapers continue to exist.
Last month, Bon Appetit editor Barbara Fairchild announced she was leaving the magazine (which is relocating to NYC). We hear that the new editor should be announced this week—and that there are three contenders.
Ann Patchett used to be a writer for Gourmet with a bottomless expense account. You never will be, because Gourmet is dead, killed partly by bottomless expense accounts. But Ann can give you a glimpse of Conde Nast's glory days.
Condé Nast has been carefully studying the use of its iPad apps, and hosted 70 marketing and media execs today in New York to present its findings, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Conde Nast's launching paid video-on-demand from Golf Digest and the New Yorker. Funner than reading!
Paris Hilton and her boyfriend drove into a photographer and took off. Lindsay Lohan's brother finally speaks out. There's a new Real Housewife of New York. Katie Couric might return to Today. Take a crash course in Thursday's gossip.
