In your brainstorming Tuesday media column: better journalism through crack, a Bob Schieffer vacation, Hugh Hefner gets sued, a star-studded media kid bar mitzvah, and newspapers discover a rich new…
Tag Archives: Newspapers
Support for Obama Wavering in the Democratic Stronghold of Wall Street [Cats And Dogs Living Together]
The New York Times’ David Kirkpatrick delivers the shocking and troubling news that Wall Street bankers are so disappointed in Barack Obama that they’ve started giving money to Republicans. Bankers!…
Who’s the Next Rich Sap to Blow His Wad on Journalism? [Media Crack]
In your Byzantine Monday media column: searching for a rich media savior, a recipe duplication scandal, the future of robot media is $1 per hour, and STEPHEN A. SMITH is back in your area…
New York Times Sitting on Paterson Swinging Bombshell? [David Paterson]
The Observer’s John Koblin heard the New York Times is supposedly working on a major story on our wacky governor. The guy’s admitted to drugs and adultery, what else could there be? (We’re all ears!)…
There’s No Good Reason the National Enquirer Shouldn’t Win a Pulitzer Prize [Interlopers]
The National Enquirer has thrown its hat in the ring for a 2010 Pulitzer Prize, seeking official recognition from the media Brahmins for its ownership of the John Edwards sex scandal. Said Brahmins…
Jared Kushner Expands His Unsuccessful Newspaper Empire [Media Crack]
In your foreboding Thursday media column: Jared Kushner has a bright idea, Howard Zinn’s reputation impugned, David Letterman plays a funny joke, and Janice Min somehow survives being rich as…
Keith Olbermann Is the Last Unbiased Man in the Media [Media Crack]
In your slushy Wednesday media column: Keith Olbermann sniffs out media bias whether it exists or not, a way to save magazines in fantasyland, PARADE’s editor leaves, and Air America totally owes…
Where in the World Is A.G. Sulzberger Now? [Sulzbergheir]
He’s in an abandoned movie theater in Flatbush! Previously in “Lowly places the New York Times has sent its future publisher:” A lightbulb-changing tour, a playground, the Puerto Rican Day parade, a…
‘Jon Stewart Reads My Stuff,’ Reports Howard Kurtz [Journalismism]
Washington Post conventional wisdom repeater Howie “Howard” Kurtz wrote a column about Jon Stewart yesterday and—OMG—Jon Stewart totally mentioned it on TV last night. So Howie Kurtz…
Marcus Brauchli Is Insanely Wealthy [Media Crack]
In your staggering Tuesday media column: Marcus Brauchli is far richer than a newspaper editor should be (especially considering the new classified ad numbers), the future of Harper’s debated, and…