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Iran's Missile Test, a Lesson in Political Acumen
Andrew Belonsky · 09/28/09 12:14AMAP's Notes on Roman Polanski's Arrest Leak Onto News Wires Everywhere
Foster Kamer · 09/27/09 01:30PMThanks, But No Thanks: Annie Le's Funeral
Foster Kamer · 09/26/09 06:15PMPretty Graph Chart Shows Print Journalism's Ugly Downfall
Foster Kamer · 09/26/09 05:30PMVanity Fair's Borderline-Racist Interview With Borderline-Homophobic Warren G
Foster Kamer · 09/26/09 05:15PMThe Case of NBC's Jane Stone, Conservative Policy Groups, and the "JewBoy" Email
Foster Kamer · 09/26/09 02:15PMNewsweek Lays a Nuclear Egg
John Cook · 09/25/09 02:34PMTough Times For the Weinsteins; Condé Closures?
cityfile · 09/25/09 02:01PM• More on the financial difficulty facing Harvey and Bob Weinstein: The studio has blown through $1.2 billion to date and now needs to come up with another $50 million. Or magically produce a string of hits at the box office. [WSJ, LAT]
• Despite rumors to the contrary, Condé Nast may shut down several of its magazines as part of its latest—and steepest—round of budget cuts. [WWD]
• Ebony magazine is struggling and now hunting for a buyer. [Newsweek]
• NBC is "under assault from all sides," opines Jon Friedman. [Marketwatch]
• A series of cast changes are planned for the various Law & Orders. [THR]
• Is the new TV season really buzzy, or it just the Twitter effect? [NYT]
• Warner Music will be putting its music videos back on YouTube. [AdAge]
• Holly Madison of E!'s Girls Next Door is getting her own reality show. And socialite Tinsley Mortimer's CW show is moving ahead. [NYDN, THR]
• Jerry Seinfeld's new reality show is casting neurotic couples in Brooklyn. [DI]
• Jenna Bush's new Today show gig is pretty cushy, apparently. [Page2Live]
Harvard Students: Stop Whatever You're Doing and Register for Peggy Noonan's Class, NOW
John Cook · 09/24/09 04:36PMTwitter's Big Deal, Fox News' Win/Loss
cityfile · 09/24/09 02:27PM• Twitter is close to raising $100 million in new funding. And despite the fact it makes no money, the deal will value the company at $1 billion. [WSJ, CNN]
• A new survey finds that 86% of the public thinks the news media tries to influence public opinion. One reason to discount the data: Fox News came in as the country's most-trusted and least-trusted news source. And Bill O'Reilly ranked as "the most-trusted news anchor on cable TV." [THR, Poynter]
• MTV reports that it plans to go ahead with the drug-intervention reality series featuring DJ AM that was shot just before he died. [THR]
• Michael Moore's new documentary is off to a strong start, alas. [LAT]
• Tim Knight, Newsday's publisher, has handed in his resignation. [NYT]
• Corynne Steindler of "Page Six" is joining Bonnie Fuller's new website. [NYO]
• NBC Nightly News' audience is growing, believe it or not. [HP]
• Yahoo is spending $100 million to remind you it still exists. [BrandChannel]
• CBS has a brand new viewer today. Chief exec Les Moonves and CBS Early Show anchor Julie Chen had a son named Charlie this morning. [ET]
We're Sure the Right Wing is Funding the Effort to Destroy ACORN. Who Cares?
John Cook · 09/24/09 01:12PMWar Reporting Now Less Depressing Than Media Reporting
Pareene · 09/24/09 10:33AMKnight Out
Andrew Belonsky · 09/24/09 02:36AMStory Magically Re-Appears Three Weeks Later in Competing Outlet
Hamilton Nolan · 09/23/09 03:27PMCuts at Condé, Weinstein Layoffs & Another 'BW' Bidder
cityfile · 09/23/09 02:17PM• Condé Nast editors and publishers may be forced to cut their budgets by as much as 25% now that the consultants reviewing operations are completing their tour of duty. Not surprisingly, "significant layoffs" are expected. [NYO]
• More trouble for Harvey: The Weinstein Co. says it plans to cut 35 additional positions at the film company over the next month or so. [THR]
• A new bidder for beleaguered BusinessWeek appears to have emerged in ex-BMG chief Strauss Zelnick and former WSJ publisher Gordon Crovitz. [BW]
• WSJ, the glossy owned by the Wall Street Journal, is expanding [WWD]
• The CW is planning a reality show about what it's like to be a Virgin flight attendant in search of "good times, great parties, adventure and love." [Wrap]
• Mark Consuelos (or Mr. Kelly Ripa) has been given the boot by Oprah. [NYP]
• The Observer is moving from the Flatiron district to a Jared Kushner-owned building in Midtown: "If I'm paying rent, I'd rather pay it to myself." [NYO]
• Eight out of ten Americans say they would oppose any plan to spend tax dollars to bail out failing newspapers. You're shocked by that, we're sure. [E&P]