1. in other news
    Cronkite’s Voice Will Continue to Introduce CBS Evening NewsReversing a previous decision, the network has decided to continue to have a recording of the legendary anchorman’s voice introducing Katie Couric.
    By Chris Rovzar
  2. the most important people in the world
    Three Mistakes Debbie Rowe Has Made This WeekMichael Jackson’s ex is REALLY bad at playing the media.
    By Jessica Pressler
  3. ink-stained wretches
    What’s Going On With Rupert Murdoch and Mort Zuckerman?Yesterday a blog item reported that the ‘Daily News’ owner is considering selling his paper to the News Corp. mogul. Today, an editorial by the former appears in the paper of the latter.
    By Chris Rovzar
  4. in other news
    Glenn Beck: Why Didn’t Anyone Ask Any Questions at Yesterday’s Soto Hearing??Wait, wait, we know the answer to this one. Hold on, we’ll think of it …
    By Chris Rovzar
  5. good things happening to people we like
    Paula Froelich Is Leaving ‘Page Six’After a decade, the gossip writer has flown the coop.
    By Chris Rovzar
  7. early and awkward
    City Democrats Shocked that Hired Hatchet Flack Lacks Political IntegrityHoward Wolfson used to rail against Mayor Bloomberg’s wealth and hubris. Now he works for him. Can you imagine?
    By Chris Rovzar
  8. ink-stained wretches
    Scotland Yard Not Investigating Murdoch Papers FurtherBut if you got hacked, you can still sue!
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. ink-stained wretches
    Bill Keller on Daily Show: ‘That’s the Last Time I Try to Be a Good Sport’“Even my wife told me that I looked faintly ridiculous.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  10. ink-stained wretches
    Murdoch’s British Papers Accused of Hacking Subjects’ Mobile PhonesApparently, reporting for London tabloids is MUCH easier than reporting for ones here.
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. ink-stained wretches
    Times Busted for Unwittingly Publishing Photoshopped ImagesSee, in the future they should just run Photoshopped images on purpose, like we do.
    By Chris Rovzar
  12. stupid crime of the day
    Connecticut Man Holding Ex-Wife Hostage Because He Does Not Want Media CoverageYeah, we had trouble with that, too.
    By Chris Rovzar
  13. ink-stained wretches
    Times Urges Staffers to Use Phones Like Non-Teenage PeopleStop it with all the texting! Use BBM instead!
    By Chris Rovzar
  14. ink-stained wretches
    There’s a Mediaite Burrowing Around Inside the InternetSo far, it does not seem to have penetrated the surface layers.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. ink-stained wretches
    Washington Post Newsroom Not Too Keen on Whoring Selves OutThe newsroom is in an uproar after access to their reporters is offered to lobbyists for $25,000.
    By Dan Amira
  16. media deathwatch
    Gannett Lays Off a Total of 1,400 WorkersBut they were valued while they were there.
    By Chris Rovzar
  17. media deathwatch
    Layoffs at SpinThe tiny staff just got even tinier.
    By Jessica Coen
  18. ink-stained wretches
    Time Rushes Commemorative Michael Jackson Issue for MondayAnd for $5.99, it’s yours.
    By Erica Orden
  19. ink-stained wretches
    Globe and Guild Reach Tentative DealIt’s similar to the one originally offered by parent organization the New York Times Company.
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. intel
    Filling In the Gaps in the David Rohde Kidnapping-Escape StoryThe lengths the ‘Times’ went to trying to rescue their reporter before he was rescued.
    By Chris Rovzar
  21. ink-stained wretches
    Do Not Try This at Home: Times Reporter’s Taliban Kidnap EscapeOr, you know, not at home — but next time you’re kidnapped.
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. the chattering class
    ‘We Believe in Strong, Smart Ideas Executed Well’Dan Abrams’s new website has a bold new plan.
    By Chris Rovzar
  23. ink-stained wretches
    Bill Keller Confused by People Who Are Confused That He Was Reporting From IranWhich, in turn, confuses us.
    By Chris Rovzar
  24. ink-stained wretches
    Weekly Standard Sold; Is New York Post Next?That’s what some media watchers suspect.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. what we’d really like to see is interpretive dance
    Glenn Beck Is an Artist Whose Medium Is LifeBeing a Fox News host, radio commentator, and author is not enough to quell his artistic passions.
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. ink-stained wretches
    Times Reverses Executive Editor’s Iran AnalysisMaybe things aren’t so great for Ahmadinejad after all?
    By Chris Rovzar
  27. 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
  28. ink-stained wretches
    Very Short List Wants to Sell You the ObserverOr at least give you some issues for free.
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. 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
  30. albany coup
    The Press Has Some Words for Hiram MonserrateNot many of them are nice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. ink-stained wretches
    Glenn O’Brien Out at InterviewThe editorial director for Brant Publications has left.
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. 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
  36. media deathwatch
    Mortgage Originator Magazine ClosesThe ‘Observer’ wasn’t the only place that had layoffs today.
    By Kathryn H. Cusimano
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. media deathwatch
    Nick and Nick Jr. Magazines FoldThe kids’ magazines of Nickelodeon are no more.
    By Mike Vilensky and Kathryn H. Cusimano
  40. ink-stained wretches
    The Mayor Loves Plucky Observer ReportersOr, he did until last week.
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. manderson
    Anderson Cooper Wears Jeans Beneath the Anchor TableWe learned this disturbing fact from Suze Orman.
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. media deathwatch
    Newspapers Collude to Save ThemselvesA meeting today among representatives of fifteen major papers could mean a lot of things.
    By Mike Vilensky
  46. 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
  47. trends
    Breaking: Teenagers Enjoy Pressing Their Bodies Against One Another“Hugging appears to be a grass-roots phenomenon,” the ‘Times’ observes.
    By Jessica Pressler
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. media deathwatch
    Plan B Magazine Quits While AheadThat and the rest of today’s grim media news.
    By Yelena Shuster
  51. 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
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