media
Glenn Beck: Man of A Thousand Voices
Pareene · 08/05/09 02:04PMIt's best to watch this clip without any context or introduction. Just click, and press play, and prepare to be entertained.
McClatchy DC Editor Accidentally Forwards All These Emails About Blackwater Murders
Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/09 01:10PMNBC's Offensive, CNBC's Losses & The Crisis at Condé
cityfile · 08/05/09 01:06PM• NBC is pulling out all the stops to promote Jay Leno's new show. Don't believe it? Try this out for size: "In early September, NBC will even adopt a portion of Interstate 10 in California to reiterate Mr. Leno's time slot." [NYT]
• Notwithstanding the Leno blitz, NBC is still looking to cut its budget. [NYT]
• No one cares about CNBC these days, in case you haven't noticed. [Slate]
• More on troubles at Condé Nast (revenues may fall by as much as $350 million this year), and the recent round of receptionist-purging. [NYP, NYO]
• The lobbyist scandal goes on. A couple of days after it was revealed that MSNBC's Richard Wolffe is now working for a lobbying firm comes the news that CNN's Bill Schneider has signed up with a D.C. think tank. [HuffPo]
• Related: Wolffe has another Obama-related book in the works. [TNR]
• Experts say the prognosis for BusinessWeek is not good. [DailyFinance]
• As you might expect, the mood has been very upbeat at CurrentTV today now that Laura Ling and Euna Lee have returned from North Korea. [NYT]
A Killer's Lamentable and Unavoidable Digital Afterlife
John Cook · 08/05/09 12:56PMNew NYT Food Critic: Sam Sifton
Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/09 11:55AMPalin Says Divorce Rumors Are 'Made Up,' Which Could Mean 'True'
Pareene · 08/05/09 10:46AMConde Nast Eliminates Whimsy Budget (Updated)
Hamilton Nolan · 08/05/09 09:18AMWhy Won't the Media 'Roaches' Leave Poor Gwyneth Alone?
The Cajun Boy · 08/05/09 01:50AMConsumers Know: 'Free' Media Must Suck
Hamilton Nolan · 08/04/09 01:29PMOlbermann's Folly, Cuts at Condé, BusinessWeek Bids
cityfile · 08/04/09 01:27PM• Keith Olbermann took Times reporter Brian Stelter to task last night for reporting that News Corp. and GE had worked out a deal to tone down the rhetoric between MSNBC and Fox News. But he didn't disagree with everything Stelter reported. Conveniently, only the bad stuff about him was wrong. [NYM]
• More bad news for Olbermann: MSNBC now admits it made a mistake by not disclosing that Countdown fixture Richard Wolffe is a paid lobbyist. Naturally, Olbermann had absolutely no idea about any of this. [Politico, Salon]
• Condé Nast is shedding more staff. This time around it appears the media giant's receptionists will be paying the ultimate price. [Gawker, NYM]
• Reps for Bruce Wasserstein met with BusinessWeek execs yesterday to discuss a bid for the magazine. Joe Mansueto, the founder of Morningstar and owner of Fast Company, may be a potential bidder as well. [BW]
The Great Condé Nast Receptionist Purge Widens
Hamilton Nolan · 08/04/09 11:18AMUs Weekly Needs You
cityfile · 08/04/09 09:38AMIt's only been a week since Janice Min actually exited Us Weekly. So how's it going now that the magazine's longtime editor-in-chief has left the building and the tabloid's No. 2, Michael Steele, is in charge? Judging by the fact Us is now soliciting cover ideas from its Twitter followers, we're going to say things could be going better. [Twitter]
Reporter Cleared of Hurting Navy Guy's Self-Esteem
Hamilton Nolan · 08/04/09 08:52AMMagazine Writer Mocked By Earpiece, Teleprompter, TV Anchors, Fate
Hamilton Nolan · 08/03/09 04:17PMMSNBC: The Place for Publicists
John Cook · 08/03/09 03:29PMFunny People Disappoints, Dobbs Controversy Continues
cityfile · 08/03/09 11:56AM• Funny People debuted at No. 1 at the box office this weekend, although it was still the worst opening for an Adam Sandler movie in five years. [Reuters]
• Mort Zuckerman is selling shares of his real estate company to pump $50 million into the Daily News to pay for new printing presses. [WSJ]
• Lou Dobbs has become a PR nightmare for CNN. Presumably the fact that Media Matters is airing an anti-Dobbs commercial won't help matters. [AP, HP]
• Is the peace pact between Olbermann and O'Reilly a sham? [TDB]
• Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple's board of directors. [BN]
Frank Bruni Takes Off the Mask
cityfile · 08/03/09 11:04AMFrank Bruni steps down the New York Times' restaurant critic in a couple of weeks, and his memoir, Born Round, debuts on bookstore shelves on August 20. So it was only a matter of time before Bruni finally unmasked himself and showed to the world the face that has been taped to kitchen walls for close to five years now.