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  • 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 »
    02:33 PM
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by DennyCrane: TO: Washington Post FROM:Denny Crane, Crane Poole & Schmidt RE: PUBLIC RELATIONS You're doing it wrong. 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 »
    02:08 PM
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    By Pareene

    Comment by Pope John Peeps II: POINT: Thanks to this uprising, we can now effectively tell the Iranian people that the Jewish state bombing them is... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • ethics

    Washington Post Mistakenly Tells Truth About 'Sponsored' Media Events

    The Washington Post sent a flier to DC corporate lobbyists and other scum offering them an exclusive, schmoozy dinner with political officials and Post reporters for only $25,000. Now they're disavowing it! Come now. They were just too honest. More »
    12:10 PM
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by CountryClubRepublican: I don't care how one rationalizes it: selling access to government officials, lawmakers, and a newspaper's reporters and editors is... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    New York Blade Folds

    The New York Blade, one of NYC's only major gay papers, is shutting down. Its entire staff has been let go. But there's still some far-fetched, theoretical hope. More »
    09:25 AM
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by I'm Waitin' for Dolemite: every time I read The Blade I secretly thought it would be awesome to have Zorro on every cover. alas they... 4 Responses | Other threads

  • 180s

    Michael Wolff Used to Hate Politico

    Weird! Last year Michael Wolff thought Politico was lame because politics is boring. Now he thinks it is the greatest thing ever! Politico's foreign policy correspondent disagrees, which is why he quit after six months. More »
    07/01/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by vitajex: I don't get it. Why the picture of Kojak? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • internal memos

    1,400 Total Layoffs at Gannett

    The final word on the layoffs at Gannett, America's largest newspaper publisher, which were confirmed earlier today: 1,400 employees will lose their jobs. This memo just went out to staffers nationwide, from Gannett US Community Publishing president Bob Dickey: More »
    07/01/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by SultanaEleusis: Does this mean that USA Today won't be covering Alaska and Hawaii any more? more » | Other threads

  • michael wolff

    Politico Is Revolutionary, Says Man Who Should Just Be Writing About His Affair

    Michael Wolff, internet shouty guy and writer-for-magazines, was supposed to write a juicy tell-all for Vanity Fair about his scandalous affair with an intern! Instead he's apparently been working on a piece about fucking Politico? More »
    07/01/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by GORDONGARTRELLE: Sweet "Virginia offices," Politico! more » | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Where Were You When Vibe Died?

    In your emboldened Wednesday media column: More on the Spin layoffs, "Where were you when Vibe died?" stories begin, Froomkin's proud, Michael Wolff's unnecessarily loud, and newspapers are how(itzer)ed. More »
    07/01/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Rickyneck: The best part of Vibe was the "20 Questions". If unkut.com decided to make a magazine, that would be what's... more » | Other threads

  • bright ideas

    Let's Screw Up the Entire Internet to Save Newspapers

    The hot new idea among people who think about "journalism," and the sanctity thereof: let's ban linking, on the internet! Let's also ban wheels, in order to save the horse industry. Let's also ban talking about things! More »
    07/01/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by contains_hot_liquid: Out of genuine curiosity/ignorance: Why don't the papers just start charging subscriptions for their online content? I'd pay $5 a month,... 66 Responses | Other threads

  • layoffs

    Massive Layoffs at Gannett Confirmed

    The rumor we reported earlier today about Gannett Newspapers laying off thousands was true. According to the Wall Street Journal, Gannett plans to cut between 1000 and 2000 jobs in the coming days. [Google/AP]
    06/30/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by ithabeleng metesunyane: Not a good time for me to be in journalism school. 4 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Fox Biz Reporter Did Read a Book About 'Stocks' Once

    In your censorious Tuesday media column: A Russian journalist dies after an attack, Fox Business Network hires only the best financial experts, dumb high school censorship, and newspapers all dying as usual. More »
    06/30/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by hypocriteoath: looks more like a Kalishnikov than a shotgun but what do I know? I'm just a gunless NYer. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    Thousands of Layoffs Coming at Gannett?

    Gannett, America's largest newspaper publisher, has already written down the value of its papers by almost $6 billion and instituted mandatory furloughs this year. But it could get worse—are thousands of layoffs coming next week? More »
    06/30/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Better to Eat You With: I heard this date a week or so ago from a family member at a Gannett paper. They've all been... more » | Other threads

  • print is dead

    LA Times: 'What If TMZ Got Michael Jackson's Death Wrong?'

    Well you knew this was coming after the LA Times got scooped in their own backyard—An article went up yesterday on their website wondering, "How would we have reacted if TMZ had been wrong about Michael Jackson's death?" More »
    06/30/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by T.A.N.: this may be a little old fogieish, but might this be the story that actually creates separation between the "old"... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Still a Few More Years Before the Total Collapse of the NYT

    In your sad Monday media column: the New York Times will limp along a little longer, Iran locks up journalists while they're engrossed in Twitter, Tim Rutten is predictable, and the television industry loses a couple billion, no biggie. More »
    06/29/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by kneetoe: Well, good news about the VJ job, anyway. God was I awful. 1 Responses | Other threads

  • newspapers

    Dreaded 'Traffic' Made the Washington Post Fire Froomkin

    Today was Dan Froomkin's last day with the Washington Post, who canned him despite his being generally one of the better things about that paper. And why did they can him? There are theories! More »
    06/26/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by Crantastic: Eric Wemple rubs me the wrong way ever since that bizarre Murray Waas "expose" that was front page on the... more » | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Iran Arrests Entire Newspaper

    In your overwhelmed Friday media column: Iran just arrests everyone, for reporting, Conde Nast's September prayers will not be answered, a new chairman at the FCC, and the Mark Sanford source remains at large. More »
    06/26/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by uncivily obedient: The Iranian government is run by jerks. Is that the besy you could come up with? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • front pages

    Today's Papers Cover the Death of Michael Jackson

    Today will be a big day for newspapers as millions of people who normally wouldn't purchase a newspaper will flock to newsstands to buy a copy to commemorate the passing of an icon. Here's a sampling of today's newspaper covers. More »
    06/26/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by nathanst: ~DEAD~ Glad to see the Post went with their usual classy but subtle approach. 8 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    New Trial For Anna Politkovskaya's Accused Killers

    In your breakthrough Thursday media column: a new trial for a Russian journalist's murder, a mini-Jayson Blair at a college paper, Steven Brill's optimistic projections, and Boston Globe staffers are unhappy with their lot in life. More »
    06/25/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by DennyCrane: $8,000 in liqour? At one time? more » | Other threads

  • cellulite

    New York Times Investigation Reveals The Ass You'll Never Have

    Last year women spent almost $50 million on worthless products that failed to get rid of cellulite. Stop the madness! Must the New York Times plaster an entire Styles page with a naked bottom to get you to listen? Yes. More »
    06/25/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by BookishLookish: The only cure for cellulite is pink lightbulbs. Or keeping your partner/s so crazy in love with you that they... 7 Responses | Other threads

  • internal memos

    Swine Flu at Washington Post

    In an apparent move to rip off some of Conde Nast's disease-ridden glamor, the Washington Post told employees yesterday that three cases of the dreaded Mexican Pig Flu have been found at headquarters. Full memo below, via Michael Calderone at Politico: More »
    06/25/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by blix: Oink-choo! S'cuse me. more » | Other threads

  • newspapers

    WSJ Exec Calls Google a 'Digital Vampire'

    Dow Jones Chief Executive Les Hinton said in a speech that Google was a "digital vampire" that is "sucking the blood" out of the newspaper business. Cue the Gawker/True Blood/Bloodcopy jokes now. [Crain's New York]
    06/25/09
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    By The Cajun Boy

    Comment by OopsRecession: What Google does to newspapers isn't exactly "competition." They re-monetize other peoples' content in a way that is impossible for... 2 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Is Les Moonves Being Adequately Compensated For Losing $11.7 Billion?

    In your ever-gray Wednesday media column: Les Moonves can barely afford a dozen new million-dollar condos, The Daily Beast folds on freelance contracts, layoffs at MTV and TruTV, and the New York Times Co. is sick of your rumormongering. More »
    06/24/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by SultanaEleusis: That Les Moonves painting is missing a few pancakes. more » | Other threads

  • breakthroughs

    Tentative Settlement Reached in Times vs. Globe Deathmatch

    After months of jostling between the New York Times and the largest union representing employees of the Boston Globe, the two sides reached a tentative settlement around 11Ppm last night, perhaps paving the way for the Globe to be sold. More »
    06/24/09
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    By The Cajun Boy
  • Media Crack

    Successful Writer Feels Not So Successful

    In your perennial Tuesday media column: It still sucks to be a writer, sucks if you bought a newspaper, sucks to make stock picks, sucks to produce news on television, and somebody got a new job! More »
    06/23/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Phyllis Nefler: Wait, what's in the evil Daily Beast contract? Surely someone here has their hands on it. I WANT ANSWERS! more » | Other threads

  • rebekah wade

    Fire-Haired Jet-Setting Sex Toy Entrepreneur Lover to Head Murdoch's UK Papers

    Rebekah Wade, editor of the UK tabloid The Sun, has been promoted to overseer of all five of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers in England. Let's hear about her fabulous life of bliss with her horse trainer/ vibrator entrepreneur husband! More »
    06/23/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Stacy Davis: wow...a woman moves into a powerful position and instead of celebrating that you call her an abusive whore. Great job gawker. 13 Responses | Other threads

  • media

    Boston Globe Runs In Big Circle

    Two weeks ago, the Boston Globe's newsroom union rejected a $10 million package of (necessary) cutbacks. So management slapped them with a huge pay cut. Now they're ready to accept...what they turned down, basically! What a waste of time. More »
    06/23/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by worth79: yes - because red sox fans have had a tough road of late... 7 Responses | Other threads

  • advertising

    Google Games Bite Newspapers

    Desperate for online advertising, newspapers have learned to aggressively optimize their content for Google. The result: more traffic. Junky traffic. More »
    06/22/09
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    By Ryan Tate

    Comment by BeverlyMioli: Nielson Online's data is not necessarily completely reliable. They have a panel of ~200,000 versus Compete's 2 mil and their... more » | Other threads

  • print is dead

    Newspaper Company Builds Its Own Coffin

    Scripps—the company that closed the Rocky Mountain News and posted a $220 million loss last quarter—is opening its brand new, $95 million headquarters for the Naples (FL) Daily News. It is the worst newspaper business thing ever. More »
    06/22/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by garbanzo314: I know it's fashionable for Gawker's 20-something unemployed freelance writer/bartender audience to snark about every newspaper post, but there still... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    It's Fish Wrapper, Not Weed Wrapper

    In your maudlin Monday media column: Magazines fail at drug-smuggling, sad layoffs at Videogum and Boston Magazine, newspaper reporters in Canada may strike(!), the NYT pokes the WaPo, and an update on the Milwaukee journalist-cop affair scandal. More »
    06/22/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by lindsayism: I don't know what bugs me more: losing my job, or that horrifying '70s-Mom-haircut photo from 2001. 13 Responses | Other threads

  • new york times

    Bill Keller's Grand Media Tour

    You simply cannot turn on your television these days without seeing New York Times editor Bill Keller expounding on something, or explaining something, or being made fun of. He is ubiquitous! More »
    06/22/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by nellicat: Would some of you journalist types please sound in about the "keeping secret the kidnapping of a NYT reporter" issue?... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • journalismism

    Would You Like to Write for the Washington Post? Try Being a Thoroughly Discredited Ex-Bushite

    So you know the Washington Post fired lovable liberal-ish White House blogger Dan Froomkin(!). But there is good news: they are still giving column inches to non-journalist Bush appointees! More »
    06/19/09
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    By Pareene

    Comment by persimmon: discredited vile partisans guilty of various crimes against this nation Let's face it, it's Iraqis much more than Americans who've had... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    F The Police

    In your scandalous Friday media column: a reporter has an affair with a police chief, another reporter's charged with assaulting an old man, Meredith is the new queen of magazines, and Reader's Digest increases its pap quotient. More »
    06/19/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by reggattagirl: Wow, is there a man shortage in Milwaukee? That's the best she could do? 1 Responses | Other threads

  • publicity stunts

    Newspaper Parodies Grow Ever Less Amusing

    National Lampoon parodied a newspaper back in the 70s, and The Onion was founded in 1988, and last year there was that mildly interesting fake New York Times, but the latest spoof paper is indistinguishable from an earnest lefty, arguing. More »
    06/19/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Nice Beaver: This is better than the September 12, 2001 issue of PETA Times that led with the headline "100% of Dead... 5 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Bill Keller Will Go Wherever He Wants, Suckas

    In your waterlogged Thursday media column: Bill Keller defends his Iran trip, Jon Stewart is cruelly eviscerated, the Weather Channel wants big ratings so it can then fail like other TV networks, and the internet reigns supreme. More »
    06/18/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by MissPeacock: The Weather Channel is my guilty morning pleasure. I love their morning anchors (Kevin Robinson and Nicole Mitchell), but their... more » | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Greta Van Susteren Talking Out the Side of Her Neck

    In your plastic Wednesday media column: Greta Van Susteren explains why she's a better friend to "poor African Americans" than Barack Obama is, along with newspaper news, TV news, and New York Post blowjob news. More »
    06/17/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Hey_mikey: Wow. Greta helped who? She must have gotten a bad batch of Adderall. more » | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Will Your Children Know the Magic of Television?

    In your variegated Wednesday media column: Television's death foretold, the magazine industry's resurgence predicted, the Boston Globe's hope springs eternal, and something for tattoo enthusiasts to read. More »
    06/16/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Evil Baby Ant Eater: Will Your Children Know The Magic Of TV? Yes, because it was a effing great babysitter for me, and I turned... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • class war

    Rich Guys Blog, To Make You Mad

    The failing San Francisco Chronicle has started—in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression—a blog by two idly rich guys. Topic: "What's it like to be rich?" Lots of dodging pitchforks, I imagine. More »
    06/16/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by Smitros: I guess they didn't get the noblesse oblige memo. Since they don't have to work for a living, couldn't they be... 10 Responses | Other threads

  • newspapers

    Wanted: Intern to Edit Pulitzer Prize-Winning Paper While Editor Is on Vacation

    Do you have a car? Are you able to "work long hours"? Are you willing to sell yourself into journalistic indentured servitude for less than half a pittance? Here's your chance to edit a Pulitzer Prize-winning paper! More »
    06/15/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by daveyjonesisdead: Given the headlines, it seems grisly photos and beauty queens are the main editorial content. A high-schooler could probably pull... 3 Responses | Other threads

  • Media Crack

    Would a Black President And Black Commentators Be Too Much Black?

    In your intermittently gloomy Monday media column: a new font at the New York Times, a fantastical price for the Boston Globe, black people would like to be invited on television sometimes, and the recession proves Steve Forbes right: More »
    06/15/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by TableNine: To think that they all laughed at Teve Torbe's musky Victor Mature-like scent. 2 Responses | Other threads

  • Sulzbergheir

    Young Sulzberger Goes to Puerto Rican Day Parade!

    On the scene to cover the Puerto Rican Day parade: none other than heir to the New York Times throne, A.G. "The Future" Sulzberger! A.G. did what he does best: ferret out penetrating quotes. More »
    06/15/09
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    By Hamilton Nolan

    Comment by nonce: I think the important question here, now, is: who's hotter, Sulzberger or Kushner? 3 Responses | Other threads

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