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BusinessWeek Layoffs Make Fools of Optimists
Hamilton Nolan · 11/20/09 10:29AMAP Layoffs: Final Thoughts
Hamilton Nolan · 11/20/09 09:15AMThe Post and News Do a Good Foot Job
Ravi Somaiya · 11/20/09 08:17AMThe Vice Guide to Creating a Successful Publishing Empire
Adrian Chen · 11/19/09 11:51PMAP: Layoff Goals Accomplished
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 04:20PMNew Yorker Cartoons Now on XBox, For Some Reason
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 04:00PMcityfile · 11/19/09 03:42PM
• It's official: Oprah says she plans to call it quits in September 2011. [ABC]
• Layoffs: The BusinessWeek cuts continue (and include a handful of the mag's more notable names); meanwhile the AP body count now stands at 90.
• Sarah Palin sold 300,000 copies of her book the first day, alas. [TDB]
• Condé Nast and Adobe are teaming up to bring Wired to electronic reading devices. Digital versions of Vogue, VF, and the NYer will follow. [WSJ]
• Vogue's design director is exiting the magazine after a four-year run. [WWD]
• In other Anna news, her de facto stepdaughter, Alexis Bryan Morgan, is leaving the Condé Nast family to take Nina Garcia's old job at Elle. [NYM]
• Cable mogul John Malone isn't happy about the idea of Comcast and NBC teaming up. Meanwhile NBC chief Jeff Zucker is staying mum about the deal.
• Another rumored Playboy bidder is denying interest in an acquisition. [NYT]
• Does Bonnie Fuller's new website stand a chance? [NYP]
Rumors: Staff Shuffles at New York Post, Sports Illustrated
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 02:06PMLocal Reporter Makes It Big
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 12:46PMThe AP Layoffs, From Bismarck to Beijing
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 12:10PMAP Layoffs Just Don't Quit
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 09:07AMWhy Newspapers Love to Print Costs and Percentages
Ravi Somaiya · 11/19/09 07:48AMcityfile · 11/18/09 03:45PM
• It's official: Will Ferrell is the most overpaid man in show business. [THR]
• Layoffs: BusinessWeek's cuts kicked off today; layoffs now loom at Time Inc. as the company awaits word on how many volunteers will accept buyout packages; and there's a bit more detail on this week's cuts at the AP.
• MSNBC's Joe Scarborough isn't exactly on fire at the moment. [NYO]
• Palinitis: The ex-governor's sit-down with Oprah on Monday generated the talk show queen her highest ratings in two years; Fox News clowns Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity are now at war over their respective Palin interviews; and people are still talking about that Palin Newsweek cover, for some reason.
• Vivendi has tossed a last-minute complication into the NBC deal. [NYT]
• Times reporter Jodi Kantor has landed a seven-figure book deal. [NYO]
• Breaking! The Emmys are moving from September to August. [THR]
• CNN's Candy Crowley is speaking out about her weight loss. At last! [LAT]
Fox News Anchor Gets Real Job With The Onion
Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/09 01:40PMAP Layoffs, Bureau Closures Updated
Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/09 09:54AMChina! Breasts! Weed! Baboons! Michael Jackson!
Ravi Somaiya · 11/18/09 07:56AMcityfile · 11/17/09 04:20PM
• A big round of layoffs landed at the Associated Press today. [BI, NYT]
• Budget Travel isn't shutting down, contrary to rumors. But its owner is looking to sell the magazine or find new investors, however. [AdAge]
• Time.com's managing editor, Josh Tyrangiel, will become the editor of BusinessWeek when Bloomberg LP takes over next month. [BW, WWD]
• The NYPD raided four newspapers as part of a union corruption probe. [AP]
• Is Newsweek's new Sarah Palin cover sexist? Or just funny? [HP, Wrap]
• Because print media is booming and newspapers will be around forever, Mort Zuckerman's Daily News spent $150 million on a new printing plant. [NYT]
• A documentary about media reporters at the Times? Oh, yes, indeed. [NYO]
• Bonnie Fuller's new Web venture launched today. [HollywoodLife.com]
• TV: Oprah GBF Nate Berkus is getting his own daytime show; and Bob Saget will host an A&E reality series in which he'll "explore strange subcultures."
• Rupert Murdoch probably isn't very popular with the blind today. [Gawker]