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more about #tribunecompany more comments → garbanzo314: When did LAT become a viable competitor of CNN, which is 10x its traffic? Amusing that Stanton inserted this subliminal auto-back-pat. more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Universal praise my assfoot. Blech. more » raincoaster: They do this sometimes with the free papers everyone reads on transit and sits on to keep their bums clean from the crap on the seats. And even then, ... more » NeVeRMoRe666: Oh geez...silly mee. I thought this guy actually physically sold Obamas seat. You never know, people buy anything. more » BxgrlJeri: I continue to have a serious lawyer girl hard on for Patrick Fitzgerald. I call him "Gerald Fitzpatrick" when I'm speaking in code around the office w... more » sweetpiece: Will this bring Sam Zell down? Oh, please, please, please! more » DevilsAvocado: Hey - why don't we all pitch in and buy it? It's still for sale, right? more » Alex Blagg: I think you're missing someone. more » Mike_Jahn: I assume that Blago kept his socks on. more » Mike_Jahn: I'd like to buy a bowel, Pat. more » CriminallyWindy: Julia Allison is from IL, right? more » FracturedAcetabulum: I thought this would involve Alex Blagg in some way. more » naugahydeinplainsight: And they say no one pays attention to the old print media these days! more » BullfightsOnAcid: ...and Kelly Preston was in Space Camp which also had Jinx the robot who just wanted to be friends with Joaquin Phoenix. "Max and Jinx, friends foreve... more » J-No: Where did he touch you? Where? I'll kill him! more » -
#memos
More Online Talent Departs the L.A. Times
The Los Angeles Times is losing its online managing editor to CNN.com, editor Russ Stanton confirmed in a staff email, reprinted below. The departure marks the further dismantling of a team that relaunched the site starting about five years ago. More » -
#journalismism
LA Times Already Planning to Sell Out Again
The fake front page story in Thursday's Los Angeles Times was a PR disaster; staffers are signing a petition calling it "embarrassing and demoralizing." Naturally, then, management is planning a sequel. More » -
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Blagojevich Touched Us All
Usually the arrest of a corrupt Chicago politician would afford, at best, a paragraph of coverage here at Gawker. It's Dog-bites-man news. But Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich is a magical figure, who is connected, directly and indirectly, with so many beloved Gawker characters. Steve Dressler put together this little illustration of Blago's Web of Deceit, and all those who've been caught in it. Join us for explanations, below. More » -
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Illinois Governor Arrested For Selling Obama Senate Seat
You want your Chicago-style politics? They don't come much more Chicago-style than this: Democratic Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was just arrested, along with his chief of staff, by FBI agents. How many corrupt things can one Governor do before a new ethics law takes effect at the beginning of next year? Blagojevich was apparently trying to set some sort of record. And Rezko's involved! And Tribune Co! Let's start with Rod's charming decision to sell the Senate seat vacated by squeaky clean president-elect Barack Obama! More » -
#journalismism
Pulitzer Prize Now a Menace to Web Publications, Too
A little late, no? The Pulitzer Prize, conventional journalism's most sought-after award, is opening its doors to Web publications, eleven years after Internet reporters first tried to submit their work. -
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#picoftheday
In Denver When You're Dead
There are supposed to be 15,000 journalists covering the Democratic Convention in Denver, a good proportion at newspapers. But the time-pressed and laptop-lugging reporters have largely abandoned their own medium, print: the New York Observer's John Koblin snapped this neglected pile of newspapers yesterday afternoon at the stand of Sam Zell's beleaguered Tribune Company.
