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Jeff Bewkes Motivates Remaining Time Warner Employees With Management-Speak
Hamilton Nolan · 11/04/09 12:01PMDon't Invest in Newspapers
Hamilton Nolan · 11/04/09 11:25AMTime Staffers Have Two Weeks to Volunteer for a Dozen Buyout Packages
Hamilton Nolan · 11/04/09 10:26AMDominic Carter Did Not Have a Good Vacation
Hamilton Nolan · 11/04/09 09:39AMJared Kushner Is Like Michael Corleone
Ravi Somaiya · 11/04/09 08:37AMApparently There Were Some Elections
Ravi Somaiya · 11/04/09 07:15AMSi Newhouse Has Some Real Nice Art For Sale, Cheap!
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/09 05:15PMcityfile · 11/03/09 04:00PM
• The Wall Street Journal has the Times in its sights. The paper is hiring a dozen reporters to cover local news and will launch a NYC edition next year. [NYT]
• As expected, a big round of layoffs at Time Inc. is underway. [Gawker, NYT]
• Harvey and Bob Weinstein may be looking to buy back the Miramax name from Disney now that it's being disbanded. That's the rumor anyway. [Wrap]
• Bloomberg plans to make BusinessWeek "bigger, glossier, and more international." Oh, and it may start charging for access to the BW site. [MW]
• The Oscars will have two hosts: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. [LAT]
Time Inc. Layoffs Begin
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/09 03:23PMWe Can Think of Several Hundred Million Other Reasons
Gabriel Snyder · 11/03/09 02:15PMWall Street Journal Takes on Local News
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/09 02:12PMSi Newhouse's 'Falling' Fortune
cityfile · 11/03/09 01:32PMIt's been a brutal few weeks at Condé Nast as the magazine giant has shut down four magazines and slashed hundreds of jobs. The pain, however, isn't limited to the rank and file. A prized piece of art from the collection of Condé Nast chairman Si Newhouse goes up for auction tomorrow at Sotheby's and despite the fact he stands to lose much as $10 million by selling now at the market abyss, Newhouse has opted to try and unload the piece anyway. Desperate times call for desperate measures, it seems.
Now Everybody Talk about Terrible Washington Post Stories
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/09 01:09PMHeaven and Hell in Journalism Jobs
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/09 09:56AMThe Undefeated Champ-een of the Washington Post Style Desk
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/09 09:19AMPrizes Are Nice, But
Hamilton Nolan · 11/02/09 04:29PMBehold the Majesty of the New Conde Nast
Hamilton Nolan · 11/02/09 04:12PMcityfile · 11/02/09 03:46PM
• Comcast is "close" to a deal to take control of NBC Universal. [NYT]
• Scripps Networks, which controls the Food Network and HGTV, is close to taking over the Travel Channel for the low, low price of $1 billion. [NYT]
• The critically-acclaimed cop drama Southland is coming back. Although NBC canceled the show, TNT now plans to air the remaining episodes. [LAT]
• It's been a rocky road for Jay Leno since moving to 10pm, which may explain why he says he'd go right back to his old time slot if NBC requested it. [B&C]
• Oprah has signed on to narrate a new Discovery Channel nature series. [NYT]
• Universal Music is bringing in a successor to CEO Doug Morris. [BW]
• The Jackson doc This Is It was No. 1 at the box office this weekend. [THR]
• Did you know that in the '80s, Sue Simmons used to knock back a couple of cocktails and hit the clubs before the 11pm newscast? How scandalous! [NYO]