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  • Media Crack

    Bill Keller's Had Enough of Your 'Jokes.' Jerk

    In your famous Friday media column: exclusive thoughts from Steven Brill on the future of paid online newspapers, Rebecca Dana gets a new job, newspapers die and thrive, and Bill Keller will never be on the Daily Show again. More »
    01:47 PM
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    By Hamilton Nolan
  • outrage

    Proud Reputations of L.A, Television, Fox Destroyed by Harlot

    Body-displaying sex symbol Jillian Barberie Reynolds still has a job as a, heh, "weather and lifestyle anchor" on Fox TV in L.A., while actual journalists are getting laid off. How long will we allow sexy ladies to defile our televisions? More »
    11:44 AM
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by DahlELama: She also seems to have a job as a permanent pop-up on my computer screen, which makes me hate her,... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • scandals

    Murdoch Tabloid Spied on Editor of Other Murdoch Tabloid

    Scotland Yard now says that it will not investigate allegations published in The Guardian that Rupert Murdoch's UK tabloids illegally hacked into the cellphones of public figures. Boo! However: the victims may sue. You'll be amazed who one victim was! More »
    09:30 AM
    1,658
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by bens09: From The Guardian: "The payments secured secrecy over out-of-court settlements in three cases that threatened to expose evidence of Murdoch... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Turning Out the Lights in Edison

    In 2008 the New York Times shut down its printing facility in Edison, New Jersey, laying off hundreds in the process. A reader wrote in tonight saying that the building is right now in the process of being demolished. More »
    12:46 AM
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by Cool Frood: I drive past this every day. The place was available for lease by CBRE for a long time. Looks... more » | Other threads

  • media

    Would You Pay $5 a Month to Read the New York Times Online?

    At long last, the New York Times may have figured out how to make money off its website: by charging for it. More »
    07/09/09
    5,505
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Baroness: I already subscribe to the printed edition, but I suppose I might. I do believe in the Times... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • useless technology

    Fox News Can't Quite Get Its Head Around CNN's Wall of Wonder

    Remember the election? The dancing of the numbers across John King's magic screen on CNN, as states rose and fell and changed colors before your eyes? Viewers liked that, apparently. Fox is just now figuring that out. More »
    07/09/09
    2,668
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    By John Cook

    Comment by Aaron Altman: You know who else is good with this stuff? Meteorologists. Solution: have weatherpeople do the news. Might... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • The new hippies

    'She Decided She Would Be Funemployed, And Started a Blog'

    That whole "Funemployment" thing was clearly a fake trend composed of nothing. Which makes it perfect television! CBS sent its last working journalist to track down these young, wealthy, aimless Funemployed layabouts. Here are their dumb stories.
    07/09/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by lapsedjew: Is "funemployed" the new "staycation?" Because if so, I need to start working on recession-appropriate puns in the hopes that... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Nick Kristof Is an Honest Man

    In your commendable Thursday media column: Nick Kristof is the perfect columnist except for his writing, the NYT acknowledges its photo scandal, USA Today teaches us how to write a story that adds up to zero, and Lenny Dykstra's bankrupt. More »
    07/09/09
    3,054
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Pinekatz: If I was a high school teacher, I would take Mr. Kristof's weekend piece and make it part of my... more » | Other threads

  • journalismism

    White House Press Corps Happy to Attend Barack Obama's Off-the-Record BBQ

    Reporters from roughly 30 television networks, newspapers, magazines, and web sites celebrated the Fourth of July with Barack Obama at the White House last weekend. Why didn't you know that? Because they were sworn to secrecy. More »
    07/09/09
    18,223
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    By John Cook

    Comment by GisellaElectryon: What a scandal: Journalists actually go to off-the-record parties thrown by politicians. Whatever could they be up to? Certainly not... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • newspaper wars

    Rupert Murdoch's UK Papers in Huge Phone Hacking Scandal

    British authorities are launching an investigation into allegations that Rupert Murdoch's UK newspapers paid more than $1.5 million in hush money to try to cover up the fact that they were illegally hacking into cell phones in pursuit of stories. More »
    07/09/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by skahammer: What exactly does "cellphone hacking" involve, anyway? Can't you pick up cellphone transmissions with shortwave radios and the like? 2 Responses | Other threads

  • scandals

    More NYT Photoshop Fakery Found

    Photo District News has found evidence of digital manipulation in three more of the 'Ruins of the Second Gilded Age' photos published by the New York Times Magazine last weekend. It's starting to look like a *real* scandal. More »
    07/08/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Borromeo: Leaves, clouds and hair will always reveal a lazy photo retoucher. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • trendwatch

    Tag-Teaming in the Meat Room: Butcher Lust Becomes Frenzy

    Hipster farmers are pussies. Yuppie foodies are embarrassing half-men. But butchers—so fucking hot, OMG. All the blood. All the meat. All the editing in the world can't conceal NYT reporter Kim Severson's butcher lust: More »
    07/08/09
    5,583
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by BookishLookish: I dated a butcher once. He turned out to be a feeder. In six months I gained twelve pounds. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Rupert Murdoch Declares Culture War

    In your woebegone Wednesday media column: the WSJ takes on the NYT's culture section in a total death match, TV networks not upset they lost $23 in ad money covering MJ, more Hobo New York Times coverage, and newspapers burn. More »
    07/08/09
    3,780
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by son of spam: Murdoch's right about the NYT coverage. Now, did he say anything about a "Women of Sotheby's" feature on page 3? more » | Other threads

  • journalismism

    New York Times Happy to Consider Story as Long as They Don't Have to Pay Expenses

    Hobo broadsheet the New York Times, last seen telling its reporters that text messages are too expensive, has found another way to save precious nickels: getting freelancers to pay their own reporting expenses. With virtual panhandling! More »
    07/08/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by malden: Why doesn't she just collect soda bottles and get the 5¢ deposit back. Or even better see if she can... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • literature

    Dying Mag Pays Fortune For Dead Author's Unfinished Book

    Famed literary journal and titty mag Playboy acquired the exclusive serial rights to the unfinished final novella of author Vladimir Nabokov. They won the rights with flowers! And also lots of money. And also The New Yorker turned it down. More »
    07/08/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by contains_hot_liquid: Nabokov's interview with Playboy from the early '60s is a great one. [kulichki.com] Alas that magazine disappeared and was replaced by another... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • double standards

    Magazine Newsstands: Hos Before Brünos

    We knew that newsstands have been treating GQ's July cover, featuring a nude-but-not-all-hanging-out Sacha Baron Cohen is like porn. But a tipster at a Hudson News in Manhattan has noticed the decision has lead to some interesting juxtapositions. More »
    07/08/09
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    By John Cook

    Comment by ♥Anti-Social Socialite♥: naked men are funny or grotesque - naked women are... decidedly not. 10 Responses | Other threads

  • mythbusting

    There Must Be a Metaphor in NYT Photoshop Scandal

    Last weekend the New York Times Magazine published a beautiful set of photos of abandoned buildings and such, as a chronicle of the end of the gilded age. Now they've pulled them for probably being Photoshopped. Fakery! More »
    07/08/09
    13,676
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by markscottmusic: I thought something was up when I saw this in print on Sunday. I didn't think it was a flip... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • how things work

    Politico's Mike Allen Hangs Out at White House Party While Pool Reporter Languishes in Pen

    Barack Obama threw an exclusive "backyard bash" on the Fourth of July, with hot dogs, Stoudt's American Pale Ale, and entertainment by the Foo Fighters. Politico's Mike Allen rated an invite, but he doesn't really want you to know that. More »
    07/08/09
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    By John Cook

    Comment by nonce: Maybe I'm misunderstanding your use of the term "pen" and/or I have a filthy mind but I keep conjuring up... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • lawsuits

    'Promiscuous Slut,' Legally Defined

    Maximilia "Ava" Cordero, alleged underage lover of billionaire perv Jeffrey Epstein, sued the New York Post two years ago after it ran a story saying she was born a man, and was slutty. The decision is in! Sexlaw frontiers, here. More »
    07/08/09
    14,152
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by anxiogenic: Suing someone for re-printing something that you put forth for public consumption on myspace is idiotic. I think once you... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • dissent

    Andrea Peyser Disgusted By Your Sicko MJ Lovefest

    With all of this tabloid love for Michael Jackson today, which brave soul shall stand up and proudly fly the "Sicko!" banner of dissent? Hark! Andrea Peyser still exists. More »
    07/08/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by xhack: I like that the MJ/Bubbles divorce makes her list of sins. 5 Responses | Other threads

  • talking heads

    'A Human Instrument Has Gone Extinct'

    Ha! Our poor video team slaved away all day pulling clips from the Michael Jackson memorial service and put a funny exclamation point on it all with a couple of compilation videos featuring television commentators' desperate search for words. More »
    07/07/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by ithabeleng metesunyane: too all of the people who are being so disrespectful of Mister Jackson's memory just remember this: the Jackson family and... 14 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    'The Printed Blog' Was Not Deceptively Brilliant

    In your failure-prone Tuesday media column: The Printed Blog does not revolutionize the media, the Washington Post investigates endlessly, the newspaper industry declines more than 100%, and—what's this?—the City of New York wants to give money to you! More »
    07/07/09
    2,574
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Kid Twist: Maybe I should rethink my plan for "The Hand-Copied Blog." It'll be a shame to have to lay off all... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • fish slime

    Sarah Palin Continues Her Brutal War on the Media

    Not content with ruining the Fourth of July weekends of dozens of cable-news personalities and producers, Sarah Palin followed up by dragging poor Andrea Mitchell and a bunch of other saps to some godforsaken fishing hole in Alaska last night. More »
    07/07/09
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    By John Cook

    Comment by FritzIno: I'm sorry - no politician in US History has taken as many punches as this woman. That includes George W.,... 13 Responses | Other threads

  • flackery

    China Learns the Yin and Yang of PR

    China's having some wee riots by a few troublesome dead-ender Uighurs. Hundreds are dead. The media always wants to "cover" things like this. China has a new media management strategy, though: savvy PR! The Uighurs have a counter-strategy: breaking shit. More »
    07/07/09
    2,449
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by DaveDavies: What's all the hubub about? We all know how this is going to end. The government is just... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • spectacles

    The Michael Jackson Memorial Clusterfuck

    Michael Jackson's memorial service happens in LA today. Is it a media circus out there? Check out the elephants! Eh? Seriously, it sounds like the media equivalent of the Superdome after Katrina. A brief rundown of the clusterfuckery: More »
    07/07/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan
  • pic of the night

    They Never Can Say Goodbye

    Television reporters set up shop outside the Jackson family home in Encino. Los Angeles is going to spontaneously combust today. Mark my words. (AP/Jason Redmond)
    07/07/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by snugbug: This photo has a.. poetic quality about it. As for the context of it: NO! I don't want LA to... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • youtube

    Newspaper Argues the Internet is Even Killing the Internet

    The Independent has a massive piece today on YouTube and how, despite having close to 350 million users worldwide per month, it's set to lose almost half a billion dollars this year. And it's all your fault, naturally. More »
    07/07/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by Airvault: That "twenty hours of video uploaded per minute" figure honestly amazes me, given that the majority of the videos uploaded... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • death

    Republicans Have Had Enough Remembering of Michael Jackson, Thank You

    Republicans are sick of Michael Jackson: it's a meme! We don't know why, but it is! Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty is sick of this nonstop coverage of the death of one of the world's most famous and bizarre people. More »
    07/06/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by ithabeleng metesunyane: We joined them in honoring Ronald Reagan's life and death. Now its our turn. 11 Responses | Other threads

  • sad

    New York Times Cannot Afford Text Messaging

    America's Paper of Record cannot afford to have its reporters sending text messages or calling 411 on their company phones. What a pitiful state of affairs. More »
    07/06/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Mount_Prion: Is there honestly a reason to 411 in the era of Google? 3 Responses | Other threads

  • tribune

    Unlovable Loser Sells Lovable Losers

    The bankrupt Tribune Co. has finally reached a deal to sell the Chicago Cubs, reportedly for close to $900 million. Only, ah, $11 billion more until Sam Zell has that debt knocked out! [Pic: AP]
    07/06/09
    1,507
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by shostakobitch: Willie Nelson had a shitload of debt a while ago and he figured it out, so why not look exactly... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • winners

    New York Is, Of Course, The Great American News City

    The results of our poll to find America's best city for journalism, story-wise, are in. Chicago surged into second place thanks to a characteristic ballot-stuffing campaign, but in the end, good sense prevailed. Full results below! More »
    07/06/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): DETROIT is the nation's 4th best city for journalism?? 5 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Haha, 'The Ennuist'

    In your sunny(!) Monday media column: Macy's costs the newspaper industry $600 million, Vogue is dreadfully low-class, The Daily Beast speaks very well of a book, and here's the name of new thing to write for: 'The Ennuist.' Haha. More »
    07/06/09
    7,436
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by GooberSaysHey: "New Orleans: Is It Still There?" Ugh, I have nothing to say to this. 3 Responses | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    Matthew Winkler Hates the International Herald Tribune?

    How is Matthew Winkler, bow-tied tyrant-in-chief at Bloomberg News, quashing his staffers' dreams today? By making his underlings suffer because of a grudge he has against one of the world's most prestigious papers, according to an insider [UPDATED below]. More »
    07/06/09
    1,783
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Social Crimer: Yankees always fuck up the metric system. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • tina brown

    Princess Di Stalker Reminded of Princess Di

    You know who Sarah Palin totally reminds Tina Brown of? Princess Di. Previously in "People who remind Tina Brown of Princess Di": Paris Hilton, and everyone else in the world. [Daily Beast]
    07/06/09
    1,475
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by krismry: Oh yeah, post script, I forgot to say this, Tina Brown thought the Sarah P. speech was alot like an... more » | Other threads

  • newspaper wars

    Washington Post Screwed Up Bad, Reports New York Times Over and Over

    The Washington Post did a terrible thing, the New York Times reports. "Why is the WP so morally bankrupt?" the NYT wonders. The Post has issued a laughably weak apology for being a cheater loser paper, reports the NYT! More »
    07/06/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by I Love New Jersey: What are they doing turning into the Daily News and Post? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • dan abrams

    Where Were You When Mediaite Launched?

    At around 1:30am Eastern time, Dan Abrams' Mediaite, his "Huffington Post meets Gawker" website, went live. We've been trying to take a look at it, but it keeps going down. Ah, growing pains! More »
    07/06/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by RachelSklar: Hi Cajun, thanks for the interview. Did you fall asleep after I wrote you and said I was booting up... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • web video

    Are TV Networks Screwing Themselves By Putting Their Shows Online?

    The Times' Brian Stelter notes today that thanks to television networks placing shows on the internet, more people are watching video on the web for longer periods of time, leading to an explosion of original content created outside of Hollywood. More »
    07/06/09
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    By The Cajun Boy
  • Gross Nepotism

    Time Magazine Staffing Assignments To Sloppy Seconds From People

    There're legions of uber-qualified writers who aren't employed right now due to the Sad State of Media. Funny, then, that Time Inc. hired a once-shitcanned People bureau chief accused of bad staff practices (nepotism, intern bedding) at their flagship, Time. More »
    07/05/09
    3,609
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    By Foster Kamer

    Comment by raincoaster: I thought nepotism was a Time mandate? more » | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Honduran President Just Sitting Around Hoping a Reporter Will Visit

    In your Friday-like Thursday media column: Howard Kurtz types many words for no good reason, Rupert Murdoch denies wanting to own the NYT, the WaPo can't stop distancing itself from that sellout email, and journalism is practiced in Honduras. More »
    07/02/09
    1,572
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by marinaorangina: why don't you call him the DE FACTO president of honduras? not elected, not democratic.... geez, gawker... more » | Other threads

  • war

    Washington Post Opinion Page Wants War With Iran

    Today in the Washington Post editorial page: former UN Ambassador and unpleasant mustachioed asshole John Bolton says it is time for Israel to start a war with Iran. More »
    07/02/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by daveyjonesisdead: People like Bolton are why I want to raise my children in another country. He and his type will be... 8 Responses | Other threads

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