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Google’s Newspass looks to save newspapers

wanda — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 13:12:09 +0000

Google News has done more to kill newspapers than just about any other web site in the world. So it’s interesting to hear a report that Google plans to release a micro-payment system that will link to paid newspaper content directly from search r... Continue reading →

NYT Stock Booms on Rumor of Carlos Slim Buyout (Updated) [Gossip]

wanda — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:50:27 +0000

New York Times Co. shares are up more than 8% today on heavy trading. The reason: a rumor going around that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim might want to take the company private. Wowza. If you know more, email us. UPDATE: More »

Conflict of Interest at the Philly Inquirer [Media Crack]

wanda — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:42:08 +0000

In your ethical Monday media column: a movie review in need of some full disclosure, a trade magazine goes wacko, CBS is too good for Anderson Cooper, and Playboy looks grim(mer). More »

Objectivity-Hating Editor Also an Assassin-Dodging Rapper [Media Crack]

wanda — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:04:03 +0000

In your niveous Thursday media column: an Atlanta editor is a character, Dave Eggers pontificates, Jann Wenner is a joiner, ProPublica is unstoppable, and a sad poor end to a gay publishing empire. More »

Sally Quinn Relegated to WaPo Ghetto [Losers]

wanda — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:51:27 +0000

And now comes the coup de grace to the woeful tale of Sally Quinn, the Washington Post‘s most execrable rich lady columnist: she is being stashed in the back closet of the “internet,” lest she embarrass the paper further. More »

Poor Washington Post Can’t Lure the Fancy Reporters [Media Crack]

wanda — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:10:57 +0000

In your wearying Wednesday media column: the Washington Post is somewhat unpopular, the NYT is just coasting, Steve Coll's secret reading list, and a late freelancer payment tidbit. What are those...

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Cutbacks at The Onion; New York A.V. Club Folded [Media Crack]

wanda — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:10:01 +0000

In your value-added Tuesday media column: The Onion shuts down a section, SmartMoney may be taken over by Dow Jones, an n+1 guy gets a book deal, and Magic Johnson's still not a media...

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Anna Wintour Probably Hates Having Such a Big Fuss Made About Her [Media Crack]

wanda — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:29:07 +0000

In your fill-in Monday media column, journalistic panhandling fails, dick jokes meet the holy land and Anna Wintour gets the recognition she's been waiting so long for. Anna Wintour has been elected...

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News Trusted Slightly More than Blatant Propaganda [Media Crack]

wanda — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:02:05 +0000

In your flippant Friday media column: Americans don't know who to trust, a money man gives up on the NYT, Conde Nast is spying on you, and Chris Dovi really got screwed. In a new survey, 40% of...

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Washington Post Exists Primarily as Sally Quinn’s Idle Family Gossip Forum [Print Is Dead]

wanda — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:38:09 +0000

Sally Quinn has a Washington Post column because she's married to former WaPo editor Ben Bradlee. Today: she apologetically explains, at length, the circumstances that led to two of her family...

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