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Why The Times Should Abandon The News-Opinion Divide
When Microsoft's bid for Yahoo fell through, hotshot reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin produced a scathing analysis of the deal-making skills of the Redmond software giant's boss, Steve Ballmer. 'Microsoft has tried to spin its reversal as a show of “discipline” and “self-control.” But what it really shows — painfully — is Mr. Ballmer’s indecisiveness about this deal.' Ouch! And fun! But you won't find Bill Keller and his fellow editors boasting about Sorkin's punchiness: because they're still in denial about the blurring of news and opinion, and so much else.
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By Nick DentonComment by johnnypotatoes: I'll go back and read the rest of this in a minute, but the first couple of paragraphs don't make... 1 Responses | Other threads
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the new york times is just a fancy blog
Times Managing Editor Blogs
Jill Abramson, managing editor for news at the Times, finally has a way to share with the world the information she finds most interesting and relevant. Abramson began blogging tonight, apparently for the first time, if you set aside a structured panel discussion last December on a Times Book Review site. Her post to Times blog The Caucus was about comments from Michelle Obama on charges of elitism against her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Writes a snarky Times staffer: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by 8Millionth: Can the word "blog" be dead now? Singing it to the tune of Monty Python's Spam song clearly reveals the word... more » | Other threads
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scenes from the new york times
Managing editor Jill Abramson's comfy new office. Nice chairs!
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women in prison pictures
Casting "Judith Miller: The Movie"
Good news for cineaste media junkies! Variety brings news of a film based on the Judith Miller affair!Rod Lurie will next direct his script "Nothing but the Truth," a drama about a D.C.-based female newspaper reporter who outs a CIA agent and is imprisoned for refusing to reveal her source.Cast is mobilizing for an October production start. Talks are under way for Kate Beckinsale to play the journalist, Matt Dillon the prosecutor, Vera Farmiga the CIA agent, Edie Falco (in her first role since "The Sopranos") the editor of the newspaper that published the story...
Does that make Edie the Times's Jill Abramson? And who will play Time's Norman Pearlstine, who caved in the face of threats from special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald and told his reporter Matt Cooper to testify? Anyway, interesting choices. Let's see how the cast stacks up against their real-life counterparts? More » -
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Where To Find Your Favorite 'Times' Journalists In The New Building
Now that every department at the New York Times has moved into the new building, you're probably wondering where everyone has gone! So let's go floor-by-floor, shall we? And as we work our way up, we'll see who really matters in the Times organization. More » -
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'NYT' Races To Trash Rupert Murdoch
Looks like the New York Times is anxious to get that Jill Abramson-helmed investigation of Rupert Murdoch out to the public as quickly as possible—if Matt Drudge and his caps-lock is to be believed. More »
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By abalkComment by ShillForTheTimes: What, no comments on this post after three full days? I just read the story and thought it was... more » | Other threads
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You Run Down Jill Abramson, You Pay The Price
- New York Times managing editor Jill Abramson is suing the driver that ran her down and his employers too. [P6] More »
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By ChoireComment by Pope John Peeps II: The fucking Conrad Black trial media coverage is one of the biggest goddamn crocks of shit in the history of... more » | Other threads
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Remainders: 'NYT' Catfight
- NYT managing editor Jill Abramson gets into it with playwright David Hare, tells him that the Times is "the central arbiter of taste and culture in the city of New York." We'd argue with that—but if it isn't, well, what is? Right. Also: theater people are never fucking happy with anything. [NYP] More »
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Comment by CrapTractor: @CitySpecific: your friend just made me spit coffee on my keyboard. When its fug by huge marxist liberal standards, you... more » | Other threads
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Jill Abramson: Your 'Elle' Career Woman
This month's Elle has a profile of New York Times managing editor Jill Abramson. It's pretty competent, instead of being all "OMG lady news executive!," and, as today's WWD notes, it's fairly thorough. More » -
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Media Bubble: Who's The Next Tiny Keller?
- Who will succeed Bill Keller as Times executive editor: Jill Abramson or Dean Baquet? Get set for the inevitable Hillary-Obama comparisons. Either way, oddly, the real job worth having seven years from now will be digital fella Jon Landman's. [WWD] More »
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By abalk2Comment by Seeräuber Jenny: @JupiterPluvius: Thank you, JP. I figured the lawsuit went nowhere. But I have to go look up his... more » | Other threads
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Media Bubble: Who Cares About Rate Base, So Long as Your Shirt Is Tucked In?
• Details missed its rate base on eight of 10 issues in 2005. Fun. [Ad Age] More » -
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Media Bubble: Conde Biz Mag Is Staffing Up
• Ad-sales side of Conde's forthcoming business mag is filling up; prez/pub David Carey expects mag to be fully staffed — biz and editorial — by Thanksgiving. [MIN] More »
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