Newspaper CEO Asks Reporters to Let His Kid 'Tag Along'
In your finally Friday media column: CEO tells reporters to give his kid some gigs, Jon Klein got shot, the third media exec of the day falls, and Joe Halderman will skip the Emmys.
Save Your Newspaper: Don't Let Anyone Cancel
The chairman of the Associated Press says he's "mad as hell" at people who don't pay for news. Is that why his newspaper is reportedly impossible to cancel?
As newspapers bleed print readers, the Los Angeles Daily News seems to have hit upon a circulation strategy that WORKS: make it super hard to stop delivery, then…
Debunking the AP's Aggregation Aggravation
Online aggregators are financial vampires sucking the lifeblood out of the news business! You know — evil digital upstarts like the Wall Street Journal, CNN, and the New York Times.
Associated Press: Shut Up, Internet
Dean Singleton, the chairman of the Associated Press, has unveiled a new initiative to "protect news content from misappropriation online." Translation: People, please stop Googling the news!
"Obama bin Laden" Error Hits Yahoo's Homepage
It's not just angry rightwingers who mix up "Obama" and "Osama." Yahoo News has joined CNN and the Associated Press in confusing the most powerful man in the world with his terrorist enemy.
