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Michael Kinsley Finds Steady Paycheck
Hamilton Nolan · 09/11/09 10:59AMNew, HD Horizons
Andrew Belonsky · 09/11/09 01:29AMLet's All Learn from ACORN's Whore Video...
Andrew Belonsky · 09/10/09 09:35PMThe community-oriented group ACORN became quite the political target during last year's election. Because, you know, they're brown and poor and conservatives viewed them as a leftist cog in the system. But could the right be, well, right?
Bloomberg Wants BusinessWeek
Hamilton Nolan · 09/10/09 03:34PMBusinessWeek's New Bidder; John Stossel Joins FNC
cityfile · 09/10/09 02:10PM• It looks like there's a new frontrunner to take over BusinessWeek. Mayor Bloomberg's media company, Bloomberg LP, has bypassed Bruce Wasserstein as the leading contender to take over the McGraw-Hill-owned mag. [NYP]
• After close to three decades at ABC News, John Stossel is leaving the network to join Fox News and Fox Business Channel. [FNC, TVN]
• Not all magazines are closing down or trimming operations. Cesar Millan and IMG have launched a title for dog owners called Cesar's Way. [WSJ]
• There's been an editorial shakeup at O, The Oprah Magazine. [NYP, WWD]
• Will this season be the last for Oprah Winfrey's daytime talk show? [NYDN]
• Graydon Carter appears to have been granted a pass. The Vanity Fair editor reports he hasn't been forced to sit down with the flock of cost-cutting McKinsey consultants now prowling the halls of Condé Nast. [NYO]
• A judge has tossed out a lawsuit by Missy Chase Lapine, the author who claims Jessica Seinfeld ripped off her cookbook last year. [AP]
• According to the Wall Street Journal, "Bonnet books," or Amish love stories, are "a booming new subcategory of the romance genre." Who knew? [WSJ]
Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write
Hamilton Nolan · 09/10/09 01:41PMThe Furor over the Raid to Save the New York Times' Stephen Farrell
John Cook · 09/10/09 11:35AMFamous People And Dogs: A Super Team
Hamilton Nolan · 09/10/09 11:09AMThe Only Qualification for Teen Vogue Interns
Hamilton Nolan · 09/10/09 10:08AMGoogle, The World's Solar Savior?
Andrew Belonsky · 09/10/09 03:50AMAre Budgets about to Be Slashed at Condé Nast? (Update)
Gabriel Snyder · 09/09/09 05:59PMHow to Get a Plug on Bill O'Reilly
John Cook · 09/09/09 05:06PMNew York Times Readers' Subway Reading: Exactly What You Would Guess
Hamilton Nolan · 09/09/09 04:12PMThe Cronkite Memorial, Another Times Kidnapping
cityfile · 09/09/09 02:18PM• A long list of media luminaries and politicians, including President Obama and former president Clinton, turned out for this afternoon for a memorial service at Avery Fisher Hall in honor of Walter Cronkite. [WP, NYT, LAT]
• Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter taken hostage by militants in Afghanistan, was freed early this morning following a raid by British commandos; his Afghan interpreter, however, was killed. [NYT, E&P]
• The McKinsey consultants who have been reviewing operations at Condé Nast are finishing up their work and will be submitting their findings shortly. So what changes are in store for the magazine conglomerate? No one knows for sure, but further budget cuts and a closure or two are entirely likely. [NYO]
• McGraw-Hill, the parent company of BusinessWeek, reports that 93 different buyers have expressed an interest in acquiring the struggling magazine. [BN]