• By Jesse
    Nov 3, 2005 2:30 PM 100
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    Aaron Brown Sucks Up to Keith Olbermann

    Media Bubble: Newspapers Are Dying. Thinktanks to the Rescue!

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AARON BROWN!
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    Media Bubble: Coming to Praise Brown and to Bury Him

    • CNN's changes had nothing to do with getting rid of Brown; that was just a coincidence. "He's really a doll to work with," says CNN chief. [NYT]
    • Of course, ol' Aaron had been a "drag" on CNN's ratings. [NYP]
    • Knight Ridder sale could spark industry consolidation. You know, because there are too many independently owned papers left these days. [WSJ]
    • S&S EIC Micahel Korda to step down, after 938 years in job. [WP]
    • Comedy Central ups Colbert Report order to a full year, ensure 11 more months of a show we sort of feel like we should be watching but also don't enjoy as we'd hoped to when we do. [E! Online]
    • Jack McCoy's flannel suits too boring for your TV-crimefighting tastes? Rejoice, then, in Sleuth, NBC Universal's new cable net featuring old crime shows from The A-Team to Miami Vice. [B&C]
    • Russ Smith doesn't like Arthur Sulzberger. We're shocked. [NY Press]


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