1. ink-stained wretches
    Bloomberg Business Week Writers Now Banned From Calling Subjects ‘Sphincter Tightening’ Without AttributionSeems pretty reasonable. But way less fun!
  2. ink-stained wretches
    Kirkus Reviews May Survive YetA buyer is on the horizon, and work has resumed at the venerable trade.
  3. tiger catches tail
    Tiger Woods Probably Regrets That Annie Leibovitz Photo ShootBecause now there’s a photo of him looking like a scary thug on the cover of ‘Vanity Fair.’
  4. Brit Hume to Tiger Woods: Drop Buddhism and You Will Be ForgivenIt’s the only way to make a “total recovery and be a great example to the world.”
  5. in other news
    Sometimes Dominic Carter Cries a LotOther times he reads the paper or watches movies.
  6. ink-stained wretches
    Even in Dismal Print Climate, New York Post and Daily News Couldn’t Get AlongEven considering such a partnership would once have been considered sacrilege.
  7. media deathwatch
    Washington Times Lays Off Nearly Half Its StaffThe Sports and Metro sections are dead.
  8. breaking
    Rush Limbaugh Rushed to the HospitalThe radio host is spending the holidays in Honolulu.
  9. ink-stained wretches
    Maureen Dowd’s Most-Referenced Pop-Culture Touchstones’Ally McBeal’? Really?
  10. in other news
    Michael Musto’s Ode to the AughtsMusto as Carrie Prejean channeling Fred Phelps? Wowza.
  11. in other news
    Fox News Sails to Best Year EverThanks Glenn Beck’s magic tears!
  12. in other news
    Great News for ABC: Diane Sawyer Got Ordinary Ratings in Her First WeekAnd she kicked Katie Couric’s butt, which must have felt nice.
  13. in other news
    TMZ Screws Up Big TimePerhaps they should stick to living celebrities.
  14. in other news
    Fox News Dominates Year-End Ratings, But Isn’t Only News Network to GrowHLN, CNN’s “News and Views” offshoot, grew as well.
  15. ink-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch and the Art of WarMedia fisticuffs!
  16. in other news
    Diane Sawyer Hosted the News Last NightAnd it was good!
  17. pranks
    Will Ferrell Makes Cameo in Showbiz Couple’s New York Times Wedding AnnouncementThe weddings and celebrations section is funny for once.
  18. early and often
    Tepid Climate-Change Agreement Reached After Obama ‘Bursts’ Into India/Brazil/China MeetingApparently, this sort of thing happens.
  19. early and often
    Obama in Copenhagen: ‘Time for Talk Is Over’A ‘visibly angry’ Obama addressed the climate conference.
  20. manderson
    Kathy Griffin, Anderson Cooper, and Lance Bass to Host CNN’s New Year’s BroadcastReally, CNN? Really?
  21. in other news
    Andrea Peyser: Diane Sawyer’s Evening-News Role ‘Affirmative Action’Sorry, Andrea, but we have to disagree.
  22. ink-stained wretches
    Washington Post Company Selling Budget TravelThe new owners, Fletcher Asset Management, have resolved to keep almost the entire staff of the title and its website.
  23. in other news
    Stephanopoulos Debut Doesn’t Give GMA a BumpBut it didn’t cause a significant dip in ratings, either.
  24. tiger catches tail
    Maybe Tiger Woods Knows Exactly What He’s DoingIn fact, he might be a secret PR genius.
  25. international intrigue
    China on Climate: No DealThis will have repercussions in the atmosphere, and in Washington.
  26. ink-stained wretches
    NYT vs. WSJ Flame War ContinuesBill Keller and Robert Thomson continue to fight.
  27. ink-stained wretches
    Times Newsroom Cuts, Just 26 to GoThere’s still time to ruin somebody’s Hanukkah!
  28. ab-stained wretches
    If You Think Every Men’s Health Issue Has the Same Contents, You May Be RightAccording to their cover lines, at least.
  29. media metamorphoses
    Nielsen Business Media Shutting Down Editor & Publisher and Kirkus ReviewsIn addition, they’re selling off ‘Adweek,’ ‘Mediaweek,’ ‘Backstage,’ ‘Billboard,’ and ‘The Hollywood Reporter.’
  30. media metamorphoses
    The Question at the UBS Media Conference: Is Content Still King?That’s what the media moguls have been saying, but is that still the answer?
  31. in other news
    Jon Stewart to FNC’s Gretchen Carlson: Stop Playing DumbGraduating with honors from Stanford is nothing to be ashamed of, hun!
  32. in other news
    ABC to Announce Stephanopoulos As GMA Anchor TomorrowHe may start the gig as early as Monday.
  33. the third terminator
    NY1 Cameras Banned From Mayoral Debate Post MortemAnd that’s a catfight we would have wanted to see!
  34. ink-stained wretches
    Guest of a Guest Blogger Hired to Co-Helm Daily News Gatecrasher ColumnCarson Griffith will aid Amanda Sidman at the tabloid’s punchy gossip column.
  35. in other news
    Juju Chang In, Chris Cuomo Out at GMAThe impending arrival of George Stephanopoulos has started a game of musical chairs at ABC.
  36. ink-stained wretches
    Edmund Andrews, Author of Book on Personal Fiscal Woes, Takes Times BuyoutWhat does this tell us? No, seriously.
  37. ink-stained wretches
    Linda Stasi, Criticizer of Frivolous Lawsuits, Files Suit Against the City for Tripping HerBecause hey, if everybody else is doing it, why can’t she?
  38. early and often
    So Sarah Palin and Barney Frank Walk Into a Room Full of Journalists …The unlikely pair are headlining Washington’s winter Gridiron Dinner.
  39. media metamorphoses
    Rolling Stone to Open Restaurant and Club in HollywoodBecause the Hard Rock Cafe may have Elvis’s pants, but do they have his CLOGS?
  40. in other news
    Report: ABC Has Offered GMA Gig to StephanopoulosBut it’s not yet a done deal.
  41. media deathwatch
    National Geographic Adventure ClosesIt’ll continue on as a website, the company says, but they’ve already gone and laid off the entire staff.
  42. media deathwatch
    Washington Times to Cut at Least 40 Percent of StaffThe paper will also be distributed free in some areas.
  43. tubes
    Google News Making It Slightly More Difficult to Read The Wall Street Journal for FreeNow you can only read five articles a day without paying for things!
  44. ink-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch Ready to Spend $15 Million on Journal’s New York NewsroomJust a heads up, ‘Times.’
  45. ink-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch Wants None of FTC’s HelpHis papers will be just fine without it, thanks.
  46. lawsuits
    Another Former Reporter Sues the PostHe was “routinely humiliated” and the target of “Jim Crow”-style segregation.
  47. media metamorphoses
    Giant Magazine FoldsOh, and here you thought that had already happened.
  48. media metamorphoses
    David Carr’s Dirge and Paean to Media“For every kid that I bump into who is wandering the media industry looking for an entrance that closed some time ago, I come across another who is a bundle of ideas, energy and technological mastery.”
  49. ink-stained wretches
    Washington Post Closes Bureaus In New York, L.A. and Chicago“The fact is we can effectively cover the rest of the country from Washington.”
  50. ink-stained wretches
    Time Inc. to Close In Style WeddingsAnd a decadelong curse comes to an end.
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