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Ashley Dupre Prostitutes Herself for Music Career Publicity
Hamilton Nolan · 09/03/09 08:34AMRegretful Teddy
Andrew Belonsky · 09/03/09 02:25AMHow Gawker Launched a State Department Investigation
John Cook · 09/02/09 03:36PMIt's So Weird When Media People Get Rich
Hamilton Nolan · 09/02/09 03:10PMJared Kushner Ready to Exit the New York Observer?
Hamilton Nolan · 09/02/09 01:52PMGrand Theft Auto's $20 Million Screw Up
Ryan Tate · 09/02/09 01:24PMCharles Gibson Retires, Diane Sawyer Replaces Him
cityfile · 09/02/09 01:11PM• Charlie Gibson is retiring as anchor of ABC's World News Tonight at the end of the year; he'll be replaced by Diane Sawyer, who is stepping down as anchor of Good Morning America to take the job. And now Brian Williams will soon be the only man anchoring a nightly network newscast. [NYP]
• The 66th installment of the Venice Film Festival kicked off today. [THR]
• Thanks to the success of Royal Pains and Burn Notice, USA has scored the highest summer ratings in the history of cable television. [B&C]
• Current TV's Laura Ling and Euna Lee have broken their silence and are now describing some of what happened when they were captured in North Korea. Not all it, though. You'll have to buy their book to read the rest. [LAT]
• Is Jared Kushner looking to unload the Observer? That's the rumor. [Gawker]
Hobo New York Times Cafeteria: Almost as Good as Popeye's
Hamilton Nolan · 09/02/09 12:49PMThe Second Coming of the Spitzer Hooker Scandal
Hamilton Nolan · 09/02/09 09:24AMHarvard Fails to Shut Up Own Students
Hamilton Nolan · 09/02/09 08:38AMPhillip Garrido Media Frenzy Creating Its Own Economy
Andrew Belonsky · 09/01/09 08:22PMTV Pharisees Doubt Blago of Nazareth
Hamilton Nolan · 09/01/09 04:03PMMad Men Renewed, Maddow Saved, NBC's New Market
cityfile · 09/01/09 02:25PM• NBC plans to deliver its programming to gas stations. So if you don't tune into Jay Leno voluntarily, you may be forced to do so while you pump gas. [MC]
• Mad Men has been renewed for a fourth season, not surprisingly. [NYT]
• Freedom Communications, the company that publishes the Orange County Register, among other newspapers, has filed for bankruptcy protection [E&P]
• Magazines are having trouble selling copies on newsstands, so now they're going to focus on getting you to sign up for subscriptions. [NYT]
• Don't be surprised when you see Tony Bourdain whip out his Chase Visa card to pay for meals on his Travel Channel show. It's now part of his job. [AdAge]
• The show goes on for Plum TV, the "resort and luxury lifestyle TV network." The company just raised another $5 million from investors. [PC]
• Rachel Maddow says she had swine flu! But she went to the doctor, got "the special swine flu drugs," and is all better now, thankfully. [HP]