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Everyone Shut Up About Health Care Reform for a While
Pareene · 10/19/09 10:39AMSmart Guy Wins Award
Hamilton Nolan · 10/19/09 09:23AMNew Guinea Tribesmen Would Like to Bankrupt The New Yorker
Hamilton Nolan · 10/19/09 08:26AMGossip/News Shakeups at New York Daily News, TMZ
Foster Kamer · 10/18/09 06:30PMDeflated: Balloon Boy's the Story of Our Ugly, Sorry Era
Foster Kamer · 10/18/09 02:15PMA Goodbye Pizza for Fading Balloon Boy
Ryan Tate · 10/16/09 06:05PMcityfile · 10/16/09 03:25PM
• Rupert Murdoch and John Malone are "interested" in a deal with NBC Universal, but have yet to pick up the phone and do anything about it. [THR]
• Condé Nast cut sales staff at W and Vanity Fair today and proved that no one is safe by dismissing the wife of a Newhouse family member. Some good news: magazines are reporting that automotive advertising is way up, so maybe the auto industry will end up saving print media! Crazier things have happened.
• The Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger is running into trouble in DC. [WSJ]
• The Fox News-White House brouhaha continues, not surprisingly. [THR]
• Fox Reality, which is going off the air next year, will be replaced by a new channel called Nat Geo Wild. Think less Cesar Millan, more Jeff Corwin. [NYT]
• Were you dismayed that yesterday's little balloon incident generated so much cable news coverage? Wait till you see what's in store next week! [CJR]
Clumsy Poseur Claimed He Was W Writer
Ryan Tate · 10/16/09 03:02PMEvent Honoring Gourmet Needs Gourmet People to Honor
Hamilton Nolan · 10/16/09 11:21AMNew York Magazine Seeks Money-Losing Rich Kid
Hamilton Nolan · 10/16/09 09:50AMMedia, In Ted Turner's Misguided Dreams
Andrew Belonsky · 10/16/09 02:34AMBalloon Boy: 'We Did This for the Show'
Andrew Belonsky · 10/15/09 10:04PMNew York Rumors, Conde Cuts & SNL's New Low
cityfile · 10/15/09 03:56PM• Is New York magazine up for sale now that Bruce Wasserstein has died? There's no reason to assume so, but that isn't stopping people from tossing around the names of some very unlikely "contenders." [NYP, AdAge, DF]
• Related: David Carr of the Times details how Wasserstein benefited the magazine; Daniel Gross of Slate focuses on his commitment to journalism; and New York's editors offer up their own heartfelt tribute to the mag's late owner.
• The cuts at Condé continue: Golf World felt the pain today. [Gawker]
• SNL has cut a deal with Anheuser-Busch to stick beer ads into the show. "Maybe if we drink enough the show will actually seem funny." [LAT]