In your thawing Thursday media column: the PR industry blows a chance to look good, a Nick Kristof documentary, a wedding fight, and NBC declares war on the Lo Lifes.
Style Weekly reporter Chris…
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People Would Like Things to Be Free Instead of Not Free [Media Crack]
In your completely literal Wednesday media column: unsurprising insight into consumer preferences, ABC executives support ABC employee, Charlie Gasparino gets a new job, and Reader’s Digest and…
NYT Reporter Fell into Plagiarism Trance [Journalismism]
Zachery Kouwe—the New York Times business reporter caught plagiarizing portions of stories from other news outlets and press releases—resigned yesterday. Nobody was more surprised that…
UPDATED: The New York Times David Paterson Story Is Out… Or Is It? [Mysteries]
So, this is it? This is THE New York Times David Paterson ‘bombshell’? The whole thing? There’s not a second part that’s good? Jesus, New York Times, why didn’t you say it was going to be so boring….
Reporter Fired for Belief in Reality [Media Crack]
In your tenuous Tuesday media column: people get fired for crazy reasons, reporters doubling as models, a talking head maybe getting a new job, and journalistic kayak fail.
Jonathan Springston was a…
The Spies Who Loved Irving R. Levine [Shoeleather]
The gripping tale of espionage contained in NBC Newsman Irving R. Levine’s FBI file, which we found last month, featured an unnamed Charlotte Observer correspondent suspected of spying for the KGB in…
Washington Post Gives Weekly Column to Objectively Terrible Human Being [Shockers]
How many discredited former Bush White House officials can one newspaper publish? Fred Hiatt is collecting them like Pokemon. Marc Thiessen, Bush speechwriter and torture enthusiast, will be writing…
Iceland Ready to Rake in That Sweet Journalism Money [Media Crack]
In your explosive Thursday media column: Iceland’s bad bet, the wienermobile is the future of journalism, more hard times at USA Today, Conde Nast would like to be the new Wonkette, and a scary scene…
Luke Russert Disproving Those Nepotism Charges One Story at a Time [Media Crack]
In your blizzardy Wednesday media column: Luke Russert does it the Luke Russert way, the NYT has no iPad comment, a new journalism moneymaking scheme, and David Remnick acts so haughty you’d think he…
New York Times Now Making Money [Internal Memos]
The New York Times Co. made money last year! A $20 million profit for 2009. Revenue fell more than 11% in the fourth quarter—but it’s declining less than last year. Silver linings! Celebratory…