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Market Turmoil Leads to Red and Black Graphs
Ravi Somaiya · 02/05/10 08:29AMLocal Newspaper Goes Off the Record and Into an Infinite Loop
Maureen O'Connor · 02/05/10 03:07AMcityfile · 02/04/10 04:09PM
• Lawmakers on Capitol Hill grilled Brian Roberts and Jeff Zucker today about Comcast's proposed takeover of NBC Universal. Meantime, Zucker's chances of keeping his job as NBC's CEO? Dimmer by the day. [Reuters, WSJ, LAT]
• Observer owner Jared Kushner is expanding: He's decided to partner with another company to launch a free newspaper in Vegas for some reason. [NYT]
• More on the deep job cuts at CBS News this week. [NYT, LAT]
• Howard Stern's contract with Sirius XM expires this year. Whether he ends up staying put—or finds a new home on radio or TV—is up in the air. [THR]
• EMI announced a massive annual loss and now needs more cash. [BBC]
• Another installment of Fast and Furious is on the way. Finally! [Variety]
• Does the National Enquirer deserve a Pulitzer Prize? Probably! [Gawker]
There's No Good Reason the National Enquirer Shouldn't Win a Pulitzer Prize
John Cook · 02/04/10 03:11PMJared Kushner Expands His Unsuccessful Newspaper Empire
Hamilton Nolan · 02/04/10 02:44PMNBC Strikes Again
cityfile · 02/04/10 02:09PMWhite House Pool Fight: No-Show Smacked Down
Hamilton Nolan · 02/04/10 09:15AMBrain Scan Can See Thoughts of Vegetative Patients
Ravi Somaiya · 02/04/10 08:20AMcityfile · 02/03/10 04:15PM
• CBS News laid off more than 150 staffers this week. Will Katie Couric be forced to take a pay cut when her contract expires next year? Some say yes; CBS News chief Sean McManus is denying the report. [NYP, Politico]
• Avatar has dominated the box office for seven straight weeks now (and has officially bested Titanic), but that may change this weekend or next. [LAT]
• Janice Kaplan is out as editor-in-chief of Parade magazine. [NYT]
• Nikki Finke says it will take "minutes" for Comcast to dump NBC CEO Jeff Zucker after its acquisition of NBC is approved by regulators. (Meantime, maybe he could explain why the Today show is propping up Scientology?)
• An estimated 12 million people tuned in to Lost last night. [Forbes]
• Time Warner reported fourth-quarter revenues and profits were up. [AP]
• Fox and ESPN will challenge NBC for the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. [BN]
• Does Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter hate non-white women? [DF]
Keith Olbermann Is the Last Unbiased Man in the Media
Hamilton Nolan · 02/03/10 02:29PMWhere in the World Is A.G. Sulzberger Now?
Hamilton Nolan · 02/03/10 10:05AMHe's in an abandoned movie theater in Flatbush! Previously in "Lowly places the New York Times has sent its future publisher:" A lightbulb-changing tour, a playground, the Puerto Rican Day parade, a Nazi rally, a tree, and a boat. You'll look back fondly on these crappy assignments one day, A.G. Pay those dues!
'Jon Stewart Reads My Stuff,' Reports Howard Kurtz
Hamilton Nolan · 02/03/10 09:37AMEveryone Wants to Repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Except Scared Republicans
Ravi Somaiya · 02/03/10 08:31AMShould the New York Post Hire Hookers? Media Types Spend the Day Jeering
Hamilton Nolan · 02/02/10 05:28PMcityfile · 02/02/10 04:17PM
• Jon Stewart will face off against Bill O'Reilly when he enters the "No Spin Zone" tomorrow evening. In somewhat related news, pedicure-loving ex-congressman (and wanna-be Senator) Harold Ford hit Colbert last night.
• Is the magazine industry on the verge of a turnaround? Let's hope so! [AA]
• TV news: ABC is thinking of moving The View to the afternoon; Fox confirms it's had "conversations" with Conan about a late-night show, but hasn't had any real "negotiations"; and Matthew Broderick may be coming to the small screen.
• Layoffs: Big cuts went down at CBS News yesterday afternoon. And Sony Pictures has announced that it's cutting 450 positions at the studio.
• For the first time in a long time, CNN has surpassed MSNBC in primetime. Neither network is close to catching up with Fox News, though. [Politico, LAT]
• A reality show about The Oprah Winfrey Show is coming to Oprah's new cable channel next January. The network will also be home to shows about imprisoned women, "miracle detectives," and workaholic parents. [NYT]
• News Corp. is in talks with James Cameron about an Avatar sequel. [THR]
• Did you catch the New York Post's "prosti-dude" story today? Some staffers at the paper were a little less than thrilled with the PR stunt, it seems. [Gawker]
• Condé Nast's new fraud hotline should make ratting out co-workers (for stealing office supplies, expensing meals with friends, etc.) much easier! [NYP]
• More on this morning's Oscar nominations. [THR, NYT, TE, LAT]
• Meet Hollywood's top 40 moneymakers for 2009. [Vanity Fair]