1. ink-stained wretches
    Times Reverses Executive Editor’s Iran AnalysisMaybe things aren’t so great for Ahmadinejad after all?
    By Chris Rovzar
  2. ink-stained wretches
    Why Is Times Executive Editor Bill Keller in Iran?Well, he always wanted to visit, and this seemed like a good time. (No, seriously.)
    By Chris Rovzar
  3. ink-stained wretches
    Very Short List Wants to Sell You the ObserverOr at least give you some issues for free.
    By Chris Rovzar
  4. how tweet it is
    Twitter Shows Its Value As Iran ExplodesThe Iranian-election protests may be Twitter’s true coming-out party. But we still need the mainstream media.
    By Dan Amira
  5. albany coup
    The Press Has Some Words for Hiram MonserrateNot many of them are nice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  7. ink-stained wretches
    Was the Times’ Daily Show Segment Good for the Paper?Does being a good sport outweigh getting trampled mercilessly for the sake of laughs?
    By Chris Rovzar
  8. ink-stained wretches
    Times Company ‘Does Not Foresee’ Closing GlobeBy making steep pay and benefit cuts to the Boston Newspaper Guild, the company achieved the savings it needed to keep the paper alive.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. ink-stained wretches
    Boston Globe Union Rejects Contract OfferEmployee wages will be reduced by 23 percent in order to keep the paper from shutting down.
    By Jessica Pressler
  10. ink-stained wretches
    Glenn O’Brien Out at InterviewThe editorial director for Brant Publications has left.
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. the sports section
    William C. Rhoden Wants to Take Baseball Fans Over His KneeJudging from his ‘Times’ column, he hasn’t talked to an actual sports fan in years.
    By Will Leitch
  12. media deathwatch
    Mortgage Originator Magazine ClosesThe ‘Observer’ wasn’t the only place that had layoffs today.
    By Kathryn H. Cusimano
  13. in other news
    CNN’s Rick Sanchez Goes All Daily Show on Bill O’ReillyAnd it’s funny! Now quit while you’re ahead, Sanchez.
    By Chris Rovzar
  14. awesome things
    White-collar Criminals Are Pansies, Says Dog the Bounty Hunter “A criminal’s life has nothing but ups and downs, whereas a white-collar criminal has never seen the dark side, so when he enters that realm, he is lost.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. media deathwatch
    Nick and Nick Jr. Magazines FoldThe kids’ magazines of Nickelodeon are no more.
    By Mike Vilensky and Kathryn H. Cusimano
  16. ink-stained wretches
    The Mayor Loves Plucky Observer ReportersOr, he did until last week.
    By Chris Rovzar
  17. manderson
    Anderson Cooper Wears Jeans Beneath the Anchor TableWe learned this disturbing fact from Suze Orman.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. blog-stained wretches
    There Is a ‘Webutante Ball’ and We Weren’t Even InvitedFile this under “Things That Make Us Feel Good About Ourselves.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. media deathwatch
    Newspapers Collude to Save ThemselvesA meeting today among representatives of fifteen major papers could mean a lot of things.
    By Mike Vilensky
  22. 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
  23. trends
    Breaking: Teenagers Enjoy Pressing Their Bodies Against One Another“Hugging appears to be a grass-roots phenomenon,” the ‘Times’ observes.
    By Jessica Pressler
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. media deathwatch
    Plan B Magazine Quits While AheadThat and the rest of today’s grim media news.
    By Yelena Shuster
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. ink-stained wretches
    Only a Moron Would Go Into Journalism, Harvard Prof Tells JournalistAnd everyone knows Harvard kids “aren’t stupid.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. ink-stained wretches
    Which E-mail Pal Helped Dowd Plagiarize?There’s no shortage of names to speculate on.
    By Jeff Bercovici
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. ink-stained wretches
    Stephen King Is Too Rich to Care About People Stealing His BooksLet them eat Funyuns.
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. 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
  40. media deathwatch
    Losses at Playboy, Across TelevisionToday in media news.
    By Yelena Shuster
  41. 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
  42. media deathwatch
    WNYC E-mails Staff Announcing LayoffsEighteen positions have been eliminated, workers were notified.
    By Chris Rovzar
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. Some Magazines Die, But Some Dead Magazines Rise AgainToday’s media news.
    By Yelena Shuster
  47. 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
  48. media deathwatch
    Boston Globe Gets a Stay of ExecutionBut not all of today’s media news is good.
    By Kathryn H. Cusimano
  49. 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
  50. ink-stained wretches
    Portfolio Drinks Away the PainThe staffers gather to celebrate “the end of an error.”
    By Jessica Pressler
  51. 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
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