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It's Fix-It Time At the New York Times
cityfile · 07/24/09 01:06PM• How's the New York Times Co. planning to lift itself out of the financial mess it's been in? Times Co. chief Janet Robinson says more cuts are on the way and the company is planning to sell off more assets. Also, there's some sort of paid membership model in the works, apparently. [WSJ, Gawker]
• Related: The paper says it will sell its stake in the Red Sox by January. [BG]
• What you missed at Walter Cronkite's funeral yesterday. [NYT, WaPo]
• Best-selling author E. Lynn Harris has died. He was 54. [NYT]
• More magazine is teaming up with Candace Bushnell on a new Web series starring 90210's Jennie Garth and Talia Balsam from Mad Men. [MW]
• After a ten-year run, today is Paula Froelich's last day at Page Six. [NYM]
New York Times Kidnapping Conundrum
Hamilton Nolan · 07/24/09 12:46PM'I Can't Get Over It'
Hamilton Nolan · 07/24/09 09:08AMHip Hop Is Dead. Magazine-Wise
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 03:32PMWhy Did Paula Froelich Leave Page Six?
Gabriel Snyder · 07/23/09 02:57PMThe Steve Wars
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 02:15PMThe Complete McKinsey Survival Guide
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 01:15PM'Times' Earnings, The Tabloids & Twitter
cityfile · 07/23/09 12:19PM• BusinessWeek's Jon Fine reports that New York owner Bruce Wasserstein may be in the running to break out a dollar bill and buy BusinessWeek. [BW]
• ESPN banned New York Post employees from appearing on the network yesterday after the paper ran (blurry) pics of a nude Erin Andrews. [AP]
• Will will happen with McKinsey consultants now infiltrating Condé Nast? How should you behave if you work there? Some answers and tips. [NYM, Gawker]
• Martha Stewart loves Twitter, doesn't particularly care for Facebook. [TDB]
• Kate Major, the Jon Gosselin-loving, publicity-seeking reporter for publicity-seeking Star magazine, has resigned from the junky tabloid. [Star]
• Ad revenue fell precipitously, but the New York Times Co. reported second-quarter profits of $39.1 million, up from $21.1 million a year ago. [NYT]
• Related: Is the Times Co. planning to hang on to the Boston Globe? [E&P]
• America's most trusted newscaster? That would be Jon Stewart. [Time]
Jon Gosselin's Reporter-Girlfriend Resigns
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 12:17PMConde Nast Pits Lowly Assistants Against One Another
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 11:23AMJann Wenner: Janice Min's Replacement 'Is My One and Only Choice'
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 10:39AMHamptons People Wear T-Shirts
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 10:25AMHobo New York Times Turns Profit, Technically!
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/09 08:38AMNew York Times Returns to Profitability
cityfile · 07/23/09 05:30AMNYTimes.com Editors Don't Give a Damn About Web Traffic
The Cajun Boy · 07/23/09 05:10AMMeet the Self-Congratulatory Tyrants Who Run Politico
John Cook · 07/22/09 05:29PM'EMBARGOED!'
Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/09 04:47PMHoda on Kathie Lee: 'Totally Insane'
Hamilton Nolan · 07/22/09 01:18PMMin's Departure, McKinsey's Arrival, Rather's CBS Suit
cityfile · 07/22/09 12:23PM• Why did Janice Min leave Us? It was about money, reports WWD, which explains that given the economy, Jann Wenner wasn't prepared to offer her the $2 million a year she's been collecting. Min is denying it. [WWD, NYDN]
• Dan Rather’s $70 million lawsuit against CBS is back on track. [NYT, WSJ]
• McKinsey has been retained by Condé Nast to do the sort of "rethinking" and "realigning" that the consulting firm gets paid enormous sums to do. And while it isn't the first time McKinsey has been in the building—they were hired by Condé in 2001—this time employees are totally freaking out. [NYO]
• One title that is doing well: Food Network Magazine, apparently. [CNY]
• ESPN's Erin Andrews was secretly videotaped in the nude while staying at a hotel. Now an ESPN employee is said to have been behind it. [NYDN, AP]