1. media deathwatch
    WNYC Confirms Layoffs, CutbacksThe public radio station will lay off four people and eliminate eleven unfilled positions. Senior staff will take a pay cut, as well.
    By Kathryn H. Cusimano
  2. media deathwatch
    Maybe It’s a Good Thing Newspaper Leaders Are Urgently MeetingAnd even better, it looks like the collusion wasn’t illegal!
    By Mike Vilensky
  3. media deathwatch
    Newspapers Collude to Save ThemselvesA meeting today among representatives of fifteen major papers could mean a lot of things.
    By Mike Vilensky
  4. reporting
    Tucker Carlson Says He’s Going to Save JournalismOkay, not quite. But he thinks his new project “will help, maybe a lot.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  5. trends
    Breaking: Teenagers Enjoy Pressing Their Bodies Against One Another“Hugging appears to be a grass-roots phenomenon,” the ‘Times’ observes.
    By Jessica Pressler
  7. ink-stained wretches
    Observer Vet Tom McGeveran Will Be Interim EditorHe’ll hold the post, soon to be vacated by outgoing editor Peter Kaplan, either temporarily or permanently.
    By Chris Rovzar
  8. the supremes
    The Sotomayor Media Maelstrom: When Flooding the Zone Is Too MuchSometimes, wall-to-wall coverage makes us feel boxed in.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. media deathwatch
    Plan B Magazine Quits While AheadThat and the rest of today’s grim media news.
    By Yelena Shuster
  10. ink-stained wretches
    NYT Mag Writer Edmund Andrews Neglected to Mention One Little Thing in His Mortgage OpusBut it was kind of an important thing.
    By Jessica Pressler
  11. ink-stained wretches
    Michael Kinsley Attacks the New Newsweek, and We Feel Bad About ItWe know — why do we have to be so sensitive?
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. ink-stained wretches
    How to Respond to the Maureen Dowd Plagiarism IssueIn the last 24 hours, we’ve had lessons from both extremes.
    By Chris Rovzar
  13. party lines
    Poehler, Meyers, and Linney at the Peabody AwardsThe NBC ‘Nightly News’ anchor is sure to read it every day before he goes on the air.
    By Bennett Marcus
  14. weird science
    Missing Link Found, Evolution Continues ApaceOr that’s what scientists are claiming, and now they’re likening themselves to pop stars.
    By Jessica Coen
  15. ink-stained wretches
    Only a Moron Would Go Into Journalism, Harvard Prof Tells JournalistAnd everyone knows Harvard kids “aren’t stupid.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. ink-stained wretches
    Which E-mail Pal Helped Dowd Plagiarize?There’s no shortage of names to speculate on.
    By Jeff Bercovici
  17. media metamorphoses
    Jon Meacham: New Newsweek ‘Intellectually Satisfying, Visually Rich’The editor of the revamped newsweekly thinks it’s just going to be great.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. ink-stained wretches
    Times Nears Decision on How You’ll Pay for Online ContentThey’ve narrowed it down to two revenue models, and they’ll make a decision by the end of June.
    By Jessica Coen
  19. ink-stained wretches
    Why Have There Been So Many Butts on the Cover of Vice in Recent Years?The ‘Observer’ asked, and ‘Vice’ editor Jesse Pearson answered.
    By Jessica Pressler
  20. ink-stained wretches
    When Does a Nondisclosure Agreement Cross the Line?The one that employees of ‘OK!’ were asked to sign may not even be legal.
    By Jeff Bercovici
  21. ink-stained wretches
    Stephen King Is Too Rich to Care About People Stealing His BooksLet them eat Funyuns.
    By Jessica Pressler
  22. the sports section
    Understanding the Underdog: How Gladwell Got Basketball WrongWhy Malcolm Gladwell’s assumptions about the game might mislead you.
    By Ben Mathis-Lilley
  23. media deathwatch
    Losses at Playboy, Across TelevisionToday in media news.
    By Yelena Shuster
  24. media metamorphoses
    David Geffen Offered to Buy 19 Percent of New York TimesThe mogul’s bid to buy up the large share of stock currently owned by Harbinger Capital was not accepted.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. media deathwatch
    WNYC E-mails Staff Announcing LayoffsEighteen positions have been eliminated, workers were notified.
    By Chris Rovzar
  26. blog-stained wretches
    Michael Wolff May Sneer at Newspapers, But What Would He Do Without Them?A Huffington Post reporter raises an excellent, obvious question.
    By Chris Rovzar
  27. ink-stained wretches
    Tuesday At Tina’s: Haass Talks Iraq, Spitzer Sips SpritzersEliot Spitzer mingled with fellow scribes at Tina Brown and Harry Evans’s luncheon for Richard Haass today. Jeff Bercovici took notes.
    By Jeff Bercovici
  28. ink-stained wretches
    Times to Hike Cover Prices AgainThe weekday and Saturday editions will start costing $2 in June, and the Sunday paper will go up to $5 here in the city.
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. Some Magazines Die, But Some Dead Magazines Rise AgainToday’s media news.
    By Yelena Shuster
  30. ink-stained wretches
    New York Times Company Alerts Boston Globe Union of Intent to Shut Down Plant [Updated]At stake is the fate of New England’s most storied newspaper, but labor leaders say this latest move is just “bullying.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. media deathwatch
    Boston Globe Gets a Stay of ExecutionBut not all of today’s media news is good.
    By Kathryn H. Cusimano
  32. the politics of media
    Ari Fleischer: Robert Gibbs Doesn’t Have It Any EasierThe former Bush press secretary talks to us about his current successor.
    By Darrell Hartman
  33. ink-stained wretches
    Portfolio Drinks Away the PainThe staffers gather to celebrate “the end of an error.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  34. ink-stained wretches
    It’s Official: Peter Kaplan to Condé NastThe former ‘Observer’ editor will officially take over the No. 2 spot at ‘Condé Nast Traveler.’
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. symbolic gestures
    Will Obama Snub Fox Tonight?Fox won’t air his prime-time presser. Should he call on them anyway?
    By Dan Amira
  36. media
    On Back of Poor Quarter, Time Warner Will Likely Spin Off AOLAfter a 14 percent decline in profits, the media giant finally considers this long-anticipated move.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. ink-stained wretches
    Joanne Lipman’s Best Portfolio DecisionNaming the magazine ‘Portfolio’ to begin with. Pretty much every other decision, according to the ‘Observer,’ was somewhere south of that.
    By Chris Rovzar
  38. how things work
    The Twitter Approval MatrixOur deliberately oversimplified guide to whose tweets are worth following.
  39. media metamorphoses
    Mixed News for News Corp.: Journal Circulation Up, Post Way DownOf all the top 25 newspapers in the country, only the ‘Journal’ grew in circulation this year; the New York ‘Post,’ however, lost more readers than any other paper on the list.
    By Chris Rovzar
  40. ink-stained wretches
    Howard Kurtz Suspicious of Atlantic Media-Politics DinnersIf it’s secret and elite, it can’t be good.
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. ink-stained wretches
    Portfolio ShuttersCondé Nast’s business title has finally closed.
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. media deathwatch
    NPR, Hachette Cut BackToday in media metamorphoses: The caterpillar becomes … a caterpillar with fewer legs.
    By Kathryn H. Cusimano
  43. Auto-Tuning the News: Now With Katie CouricThese two YouTube clips do not answer the important, fundamental media questions they raise. But it’s still funny watching K.Co sing.
    By Vanita Salisbury
  44. ink-stained wretches
    Peter Kaplan’s Ultimate SacrificeAccording to ‘WWD,’ it was pay cuts that eventually forced ‘Observer’ editor Peter Kaplan to leave.
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. media deathwatch
    McClatchy Takes Another HitThe latest in media metamorphoses.
    By Mike Vilensky
  46. ink-stained wretches
    Observer’s Kaplan to Land at Condé Nast TravelerBut according to ‘Women’s Wear Daily,’ his departure wasn’t as chummy as it seemed.
    By Chris Rovzar
  47. media deathwatch
    In Media, Nothing You Do Will Ever Be EnoughJob cuts galore — even for those who invented their own companies — today in media land.
    By Kathryn H. Cusimano
  48. ink-stained wretches
    Observer Editor Peter Kaplan Quits After Fifteen YearsThe editor who defined the paper’s tone and charisma is stepping down.
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. ink-stained wretches
    Times CEO Rewarded for a Great YearAnd by great year, we mean disastrous one.
    By Dan Amira
  50. ink-stained wretches
    Annals of Law: New Guinea Tribe Sues New YorkerIt’s just your standard-issue case involving rape, murder, and pig theft.
    By Jessica Coen
  51. media deathwatch
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer Proves to Be Depressing Indicator for the Future of Printless NewspapersToday’s displeasing news about the news.
    By Mike Vilensky
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