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Layoffs: Billboard, Lunch

Hamilton Nolan · 02/11/09 02:26PM

In your almost-Spring Wednesday media column: layoffs at Billboard, Comcast calls the FBI, the continued decline of lunch, and the future of newspapers is here!

Budget Cuts at the News, Another Madoff-Related Book

cityfile · 02/11/09 12:57PM

Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman is cutting employee benefits. [NYP]
• Former Self editor and Bernie Madoff victim Alexandra Penney has landed a book deal with Voice, an imprint of Disney's Hyperion Books. [NYT]
• A few photos of Michelle Obama from the new issue of Vogue. [HP]
• How SI's Selena Roberts landed the Alex Rodriguez steroid story. [NYO]
• Former NYDN editor Michael Cooke is leaving Chicago for Toronto. [CT]
• John Grisham is close to signing a big e-book deal with Random House. [WSJ]
• The Justice Department plans to investigate the proposed (and controversial) merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation. [AP]

How To Prosper In Newspapers

Hamilton Nolan · 11/12/08 01:48PM

Michael Cooke, the editor of the Chicago Sun-Times and former editor of the NY Daily News, made almost $250,000 last month by flipping a condo in Donald Trump's new Chicago high rise. A far less lucrative investment: a job at the Chicago Sun-Times. [Chicago Business]

In Chicago, They Actually Give a Damn About Michael Cooke

Jessica · 09/21/06 07:50AM

After a just 10 rocky months at the helm, former Daily News EIC Michael Cooke scampered away, returning to Chicago, where he had served as the EIC of the Sun-Times from 2000-2005. He has since been serving as the VP of editorial operations for the Chicago group of papers at Hollinger, the Sun-Times' parent company. Since then, nobody's heard much — but his memory lived on in Tabloid Wars, the Daily News doc that was filmed while he was still slurring about the office.

'Daily News' Update: Orla Healy Returns, Martin Dunn Spins

Jessica · 12/15/05 08:18AM

To compensate for your short-term memory loss, a recap of some major shifts at the Daily News: Colleen Curtis recently left her position as Managing Editor Features for the warmth of Diane Sawyer's lap at Good Morning America. Even more recently, editor-in-chief Michael Cooke left — after a mere ten months at the helm — to return to Chicago, where he'll hopefully get his shoe fetish under control.

'Daily News' Grapples With a Cooke-Free Future

Jesse · 12/06/05 01:45PM

The Daily News is, naturally, still reeling from last week's announcement that editor-in-chief Michael Cooke, after only 10 months at the tab, will be returning the big shoulders of Hollinger Inc.'s Chicago-area papers. E&P has more on how the News will go on without him:

Gawker's Week in Review: Tastes Like Pearlstine's Spirit

Jessica · 12/02/05 05:30PM

• John Huey is finally initiated as the successor to Norm Pearlstine's editorship at Time Inc. The ceremony involved branding, hazing, and some tasty swag.
Daily News EIC Michael Cooke barely lasts 10 months before scampering back to the Windy City. At least he'll be taking a nice, new pair of shoes home with him.
• The Upper East Side's finest brats open their own under-18 Chelsea nightclub, where they won't be drinking or blowing rails.
• Fabulist Jayson Blair returns to the Times building, but naturally lies about the incident.
• Actor Chris Klein attends the Condé Nast holiday luncheon!
• We haven't sold out to the New York Times Company, but can you imagine if we did?
• Body-armor magnate David H. Brooks breaks all records for nauseating indulgence by throwing his daughter, Elizabeth, a $10 million bat mitzvah at the Rainbow Room, complete with A-list entertainment and princess costumes.
• Woody Allen graces Lincoln Center, prompting us to recall when his films were consistently good.