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more about #billkeller more comments → If_I_Had_a_Poodle: Practice. Preach. #dalton more » sanyucat: Editors at The Daltonian were too coked up to comment, but did point out that their private tutors had basically written the story so why don't you go... more » brennanmceachran: It'd be nice to see a online news paper really shake things up and not run itself like every other news blog. I mean, the hard truth is that the news ... more » Tremonius: It was Sulzberger, who may or may not be the heroic pilot who dumped into the Hudson, who nailed the dilemma square on. Only nobody caught it. He said... more » FormerEnglishMajor: I've felt queasy reading about all the Times layoffs because I've been completely guilty of reading everything, refused to pay for Times Select, then ... more » Kimrod: Newspapers are banking their future on whether readers put a value on news accessibility. With the options available to news readers/viewers, I'd say... more » Unsolicited Advice: I hope those guys run off and found their own little useless blogs - the death of the newspaper columnist is long-awaited in my camp. These guys are ... more » misslinda: How is a monthly membership fee an inelegant solution? If it's good enough for J-Date, it's good enough for the NYT. #newspapers more » futuremrsrickankiel: The real question is whether they're going to limit the number of computers that can be used to access an account. My family's all been using the same... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: I support anything that gets rid of The Moustache of Understanding and Maureen No. #newspapers more » Motoko Kusanagi: I think Apple is doing publishers a favor here, not the other way 'round. One could easily imagine dumping the NYT as a featured aspect of the tablet... more » If_I_Had_a_Poodle: The NYT is like Apple's secret squeeze that they won't introduce to their friends. more » The-Ohio-Player: The Apple Slate sounds pretty cool you have to admit. Tablet has been inexorably linked to to PC and Windows. It's obvious that Apple would want to cr... more » Trai_Dep: Oh dear. I hope Bill doesn't have a Florida home with a deep swimming pool. Because suspicious swimming pool deaths come in threes, and Apple PR ninja... more » bens: The only way this thing is going to save journalism is that when its initially announced, the so called "first-adopters" are going to buy subscription... more » -
#fancythings
Manhattan Media Elite Bravely Stand Up to Private School Where All Their Kids Go
Yesterday, fancy media types got together at the New York Times building to remember recently deceased columnist William Safire. The small talk, naturally, centered on the expensive schools where fancy media types send their kids.
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#media
The Great Newspaper Firewall Is Coming. And?
Newsday is going to start charging for its awful website. One columnist there quit over it. The New York Times says it will make a decision on charging for its (good) website "within weeks." Then what happens? More » -
#leaks
'Impending' Apple Tablet Creates Uneasy Alliance Between Cupertino and the Press
Apple needed music publishers to make the iPod a truly massive hit. Now Apple must work with its natural enemy — the press — to do the same for its forthcoming tablet. How painful. More » -
#printisdead
Bill Keller: Apple Tablet 'Impending'
Bill Keller may have casually mentioned that Apple's not-officially-happening-but-clearly-happening tablet computer is imminent and that the New York Times are working to bring content to it. More » -
#internalmemos
New York Times to Cut 100 Newsroom Positions
New York Times editor Bill Keller just sent out an internal memo saying that the company needs to cut 100 newsroom positions by the end of this year. Buyout offers are going out; layoffs are possible. Full memo below: More » -
#printisdead
Times To Trust Its Internet 'Gut.' Bad Idea.
The New York Times is reportedly determined to charge for its website; the only question is how. Offer special "membership" benefits, or rope off certain sections? Which sections? No one has any idea: More » -
#delusions
Prominent Journalists Lie About Not Reading the Drudge Report
We're not ones to hype Matt Drudge's influence, but he is what he is, and New York Times editor Bill Keller and the Huffington Post's Tom Edsall's claims to the Observer that they don't read Drudge are transparent lies. More » -
#takedowns
Fat-Hating, Midwesterner-Mocking New York Times Writer Taken to Task
Clark Hoyt — de facto ballbuster and Public Editor of the New York Times — took the Styles section to task today. Hoyt finally went after Cintra Wilson's hysterically size-ist, Middle America tone-deaf, awesome assessment of NYC's new JC Penney's. More » -
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#mediacrack
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 » -
#newyorktimes
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 » -
#mediablackout
Why Did Nobody Pick Up The David Rohde Kidnapping Story?
As mentioned earlier: New York Times reporter David Rohde managed to escape his Taliban captors to freedom last night by hopping over a wall. He was imprisoned for seven months. How wasn't this widely reported? Even by us? Simple:
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#mediacrack
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 » -
#wrong
Times Was Pretty Sure That Daily Show Thing Went Well
When the Daily Show sent Jason Jones to viciously mock the defenseless New York Times last week, the universal reaction was: Ouch. Except within the New York Times! They thought they did great. More » -
#journalists
Bill Keller Can't Google 'Hooker' in Iran
Times executive editor Bill Keller is still in Iran, reporting today that Goggling "hooker" leads to an "access denied" message and that the Iranian government is pissed at muckraking Western journalists like himself for disrupting their regime. [New York Times] -
#journalismism
New York Times Editor Bill Keller Is Useless in Tehran
New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has parachuted into Iran to lend his considerable expertise to his paper's coverage of the disputed election. He should have stayed home. More » -
#printisdead
The Daily Show Visits the New York Times, Purveyors of 'Aged News'
In what might be the most painfully funny Daily Show skit ever produced, Jason Jones visited the New York Times building in Midtown and interviewed some of the paper's staff, quite uncomfortably. More » -
#twitterati
New York Times Editor Joins Ranks of the Twitterati
Everyone's joining Twitter, did you know? Even New York Times editor Bill Keller has gotten on board, we hear — and he's just as self-promotional as the rest! Today's other Twitter trivia. More » -
#mediawars
WSJ Editor Slams 'Brain Dead' Times Readers
Gone are the days when the Wall Street Journal newsroom left brutal attacks on other media outlets to the Journal's rabid editorial page. Rupert Murdoch bought the paper to wage war, and it's happening. More » -
#mediacrack
Investigations Don't Require Ink, or Actual Investigation
In your temporarily de-Nolanated Friday media column: Hearst learns that investigations don't require ink, a lefty New York radio station gets locked out, Bill Keller's irony goes unappreciated, and Andrew Sullivan gets some help. More »
