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Did the New York Times Lie about Paying a Ransom for David Rohde's Release?
John Cook · 11/02/09 12:59PMInside Edition Finds Someone to Look Down On
Hamilton Nolan · 11/02/09 11:58AMThe Great Newspaper Firewall Is Coming. And?
Hamilton Nolan · 11/02/09 09:57AMDominic Carter Now Unwelcome Everywhere
Hamilton Nolan · 11/02/09 09:24AMLaid-Off Vanity Fair Staffers Can Clean Graydon Carter's Stockroom
Hamilton Nolan · 10/30/09 01:25PMcityfile · 10/30/09 01:24PM
• Miramax's chief, Daniel Battsek, has been forced out of the company. [LAT]
• The Washington Post Co. reports revenue and profits were up in the third quarter, not that it had anything to do with its newspaper division. [AP]
• Sony posted a loss for its most recent quarter even though it says it's sold 9 million Michael Jackson albums since his death in June. [AP, Wrap]
• The Travel Channel may fetch $1 billion as part of a bidding war. [NYT]
• Shepard Smith is Fox News' man of reason, according to Lloyd Grove. [TDB]
• Related: Jon Stewart ripped Fox News apart again last night. [TDS]
• Will new talk shows hosted by Wanda Sykes, George Lopez, and Mo'Nique revive the late night format? Probably not, but they're going to try. [WSJ]
BBC to Less Generously Overpay its Managers, With Public Money
Hamilton Nolan · 10/30/09 12:38PMPolitico To Launch New Attention-Grabbing Newsish Thing
Pareene · 10/30/09 10:53AMJoe Scarborough Very Adamant: Republicans Are Stupid
Hamilton Nolan · 10/30/09 10:02AMCities Equidistant From Philadephia and New York Besieged By Desperate Reporters
Hamilton Nolan · 10/30/09 09:14AMDominic Carter Is So Screwed
Hamilton Nolan · 10/30/09 08:32AMcityfile · 10/29/09 03:23PM
• Time Inc. is expected to announce plans to slash $100 million in costs next week; naturally, lots of layoffs will be involved in making that happen. [NYT]
• The Wall Street Journal is closing its Boston bureau. Also in Beantown: The Boston Globe's publisher has announced he's stepping down. [BW, NYT]
• The war between the White House and Fox News is over. For now. [DF]
• Esquire's latest bid for relevance: Its December issue will be tricked out with "an emerging technology called augmented reality." Sounds hot. [WSJ]
• Lou Dobbs says someone fired a shot at his New Jersey home/horse farm. He's yet to blame the population of Mexico. But just give it time. [CNN]
Mean Reporter Undermines Birmingham Olympic Bid
Hamilton Nolan · 10/29/09 01:01PMKatie Couric Wants to Be Taken Seriously
cityfile · 10/29/09 12:03PMLady Breasts on the TV!
Hamilton Nolan · 10/29/09 11:38AMWall Street Journal Editor: We 'Must Think the Unthinkable'
Gabriel Snyder · 10/29/09 11:07AMWSJ managing editor Robert Thomson announced that the newspaper — which has recently been crowing about having the largest circulation in the country (if you count online subscribers) — is shutting down its Boston bureau. Nine reporters will lose their jobs, and that's rotten. But the memo he sent out to the newsroom, and first obtained by Fishbowl's Amanda Ernst, says that while no other bureaus are slated for closure, other "unthinkable" changes may be coming to the Journal.