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The Secret, Shameless Sleaze Of MSNBC's Richard Wolffe
Foster Kamer · 08/02/09 03:00PMNYT Styles Profiles Annie Leibovitz's Financial Problems And Enablers
Foster Kamer · 08/01/09 06:30PMAre Sarah and Todd Palin Getting A Divorce?
Foster Kamer · 08/01/09 02:29PMGawker Alumni Blog/Pirate Ship The Awl Reaches A Million Hits
Foster Kamer · 08/01/09 02:10PMA Peace Pact For Cable News, The Bidders in Boston
cityfile · 07/31/09 01:28PM• Détente? The feuding between Fox News and MSNBC has grown so fierce that News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and GE's Jeff Immelt met up recently "to figure out how to defuse tensions between the two channels." [LAT]
• The Boston Globe reports that two groups of investors have submitted preliminary bids to buy the newspaper from the New York Times Co. [AP]
• Breathe easy: Oprah has not been harmed. The suspicious package outside Winfrey's Harpo Studios this morning turned out to be harmless. [AP]
• All that idiocy on Lou Dobbs' part over the past couple of weeks hasn't done much to boost his ratings on CNN. His numbers continue to fall. [NYO]
• Those McKinsey consultants are paying off! Editors at Condé Nast were told yesterday they'll no longer be reimbursed for newspapers. [Daily Intel]
The Other Beer Summit: Love and Hecklers
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/09 01:23PMBen Konop's a jaunty young fella running for mayor of Toledo. He went to tape some photo-op and was relentlessly heckled to distraction by some dude just sitting on a porch, saying "boo" for no apparent reason, as you'll see in the video clip above, which is well worth watching. According to ABClocal:
Dig Deep Enough Into the Wienermobile and You Will Find Pat Kiernan
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/09 12:40PMA Decade of Truth From the Weekly World News
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/09 10:29AMNew York Times Rhapsodizes the Child Rapist Living Down by the River
John Cook · 07/31/09 10:21AMHow Much For The Boston Globe?
Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/09 08:47AMNobody Can Tell These Magazines Apart
Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/09 03:48PMReed Elsevier Sells, Rodale Chief Exits, More Earnings
cityfile · 07/30/09 01:41PM• Reed Elsevier is planning to sell a bunch of publications, including Broadcasting & Cable, Publishers Weekly and Multichannel News. [THR]
• Rodale's president and CEO, Steve Murphy, has resigned. [Gawker]
• Disney reports third-quarter profit fell 26 percent from the same quarter a year ago. Sony posted a loss for the quarter, as well. [AP, Reuters]
• Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia reported a loss, but beat estimates. [NYP]
• TLC's been having a pretty good year, in case you haven't heard. [LAT]
• Amy Poehler is coming back to SNL. Just part-time, though. [Vulture]
• Maria Bartiromo has locked in a new five-year contract with CNBC. [VF]
• Dustin "Screech" Diamond's tell-all memoir will be published, after all! [NYO]
Sorry For Calling You a Rapist, Mr. President
Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/09 01:07PMThey Didn't Call it the 'Great' Depression For Nothing
John Cook · 07/30/09 10:12AMRodale CEO Resigns
Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/09 10:11AMThis memo just went out to all employees of Men's Health publisher Rodale: CEO Steve Murphy is leaving the company, being replaced by Maria Rodale.