1. early and often
    What Do You Think of Obama’s Dinner With the Conservative Carrion?Was it harmless, clever, or did it just send the wrong message?
    By Chris Rovzar
  2. media deathwatch
    Newspapers Become Blogs Become Newspapers AgainTry to keep up.
    By Mike Vilensky
  3. made-off
    Bernie Madoff Will Take Even the Health From Your BodyReporters standing in front of Bernie Madoff’s house were drained — of LIFE.
    By Jessica Pressler
  4. good ol’ common sense
    New War Reporter Joe the Plumber Thinks War Reporting Is UnnecessaryWe’re glad your fifteen minutes haven’t run out, Joe.
    By Dan Amira
  5. media deathwatch
    More Wenner Media Cuts; More Bono in New York TimesUnrelated … or are they?
    By Mike Vilensky
  7. media deathwatch
    Magazine Readers Can’t Afford a Country HomeAnd there’s an argument over the doom of the ‘Times.’ Again.
    By Mike Vilensky
  8. early and often
    Sarah Palin Wants to Be Bitter About Caroline KennedyHoney, get in line.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. in other news
    Outsourcing Tycoon and Flat-World Pioneer Competes With Own Imagination, LosesTom Friedman, as we predicted, is friends with the latest international fraudster.
    By Ira Boudway
  10. media deathwatch
    Video-Game Magazines Latest Victims of Print’s StrugglesMinus 12 HP.
    By Mike Vilensky
  11. chuck you
    Chris Matthews Watches Chuck Todd Lose His VirginityHis White House correspondent Obama press conference virginity!
    By Dan Amira
  12. media deathwatch
    The Media Climate Gets Hotter and HauterMore bad signs of the times, and more publications that are pretending times are better than they really are.
    By Mike Vilensky
  13. the greatest depression
    Andrew Ross Sorkin to Hit the AirwavesWhy is this so exciting? you might ask.
    By Chris Rovzar
  14. media deathwatch
    Media Layoffs Bad for MinoritiesBut then, when are they ever good for the majority, either?
    By Mike Vilensky
  15. Tom Wolfe Continues Lifelong Battle Against The New YorkerThis time, it’s music critic Alex Ross in his crosshairs.
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. happy new year
    Kathy Griffin Will Knock Those Pesky D’s Out of Your MouthThe comedian couldn’t quite make it through all of New Year’s Eve without some bad language.
    By Chris Rovzar
  17. early and often
    Times Has to Awkwardly Acknowledge What It Was Trying to Say in McCain-Iseman StoryThis is just like that time in junior high when you got in trouble for passing along some gossip someone ELSE said, which wasn’t even your fault.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. ink-stained wretches
    Gawker Sells Consumerist.com to Consumer ReportsA popular blog find a safe new home.
    By Chris Rovzar
  19. media deathwatch
    The Media Only Marginally Flatlines Into the New YearIt’s still alive! For now.
    By Mike Vilensky
  20. media deathwatch
    The Media’s Christmas HangoverSome media workers got pink slips in their stockings this Christmas. Others nursed hard liquor in order to stay alive.
    By Mike Vilensky
  21. in other news
    Katie’s Having a ComebackFor the fourth week in a row, she’s steadily beating her ratings from last year.
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. early and often
    Team Obama Did Nothing Wrong, Says Team ObamaObama’s much-anticipated internal investigation into his staff’s contacts with Rod Blagojevich reaches unsurprising conclusions.
    By Dan Amira
  23. media deathwatch
    Newspapers Learn to ShareThis is a step.
    By Mike Vilensky
  24. ze frraaaanch
    Why Are We So Willing to Believe the French Will Say Crazy Things About Us?Is it us? Or is it them?
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. the most important people in the world
    Jennifer Aniston GQ Cover Banned at Grand Central StationMaybe Hudson News is sick of her, too?
    By Jessica Pressler
  26. media deathwatch
    The Media Comes Out at NightCNN is killing its news crawl and Charlie Rose is laying off staffers, but media parties may live forever.
    By Mike Vilensky
  27. the greatest depression
    If You Were Rich, You’d Have Lost a Lot More Money This YearSomeone listed the biggest media losers of 2008.
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. press-box confidential
    Ed Werder’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad WeekAlso in this week’s look at the sporting press: hockey writers on ice!
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  29. ink-stained wretches
    New York Times Kills ‘Times File’Now you can just Digg things, which they know you were probably doing anyway.
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. media deathwatch
    The Media Misses CaviarDon’t we all.
    By Mike Vilensky
  31. american heroes
    Joe Scarborough Threatens to Go Vigilante After Mika Brzezinski Gets MuggedThis is why we love ‘Morning Joe.’
    By Dan Amira
  32. opinion brief
    What Did the Year 2008 Do to Deserve Elisabeth Hasselbeck?Jezebel has a great clip reel of the wrongs she’s inflicted upon this momentous year.
    By Chris Rovzar
  33. early and often
    Time Picks Barry O. As Person of the YearAnd somehow Matt Drudge is happy about it.
    By Chris Rovzar
  34. early and often
    Why Is the Post Already Behind Caroline Kennedy?The ‘Observer’ has some ideas.
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. client 9
    Silda Edits Eliot’s Slate Columns!Overheard: the former governor and Slate columnist discussing his creative process.
    By Jessica Pressler
  36. ink-stained wretches
    Some People Are Getting Bonuses This YearAmid the carnage, some New Yorkers are taking home a little extra this year.
    By Jessica Pressler
  37. office-party patrol
    Happy Holidays With L MagazineA print magazine throws a holiday party! Score one for alcoholic underdogs everywhere.
    By Carolyn Jones
  38. media deathwatch
    Local Political Reporting Takes a Blow, As Does NewsweekNow people are just saying mean things.
    By Chris Rovzar
  39. bons mots
    What Are Your Buzzwords of 2009?Graydon Carter’s are ‘sophisticated, innovative and entitlement.’
    By Jessica Pressler
  40. the most important people in the world
    Paparazzi Now Planting Girlfriends on Michael PhelpsHey everyone: if you just follow a celebrity around, everyone will think you’re dating!
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. media deathwatch
    NPR Is Philosophical About CutbacksToday on soon-to-be-axed radio show ‘Day to Day’? Job prospects for laid-off journalists!
    By Mike Vilensky
  42. it’s historicool
    New York Archives Now on Google BooksTrust us, this is the most amazing procrastination tool since Snood.
    By Chris Rovzar
  43. in other news
    Why You Should Be Excited About the New NewsweekAnd it’s not because it’s becoming a blog.
    By Chris Rovzar
  44. media deathwatch
    Radio Joins the Layoff BandwagonMore media layoffs and shrinkage.
    By Mike Vilensky
  45. web of lies
    James Frey Accuses Gawker Alumnus of ‘Making Things Up’Irony!
    By Jessica Pressler
  46. ink-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch Is Like the Jewish Mother Bob Thompson Never HadThey bicker all the time, but really they love one another.
    By Jessica Pressler
  47. this is probably fake
    James Frey to Gawker for a DayWeirder things have happened. This week, in fact.
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. in other news
    Ann Curry Still Pissed About That Botched Trip to Mount KilimanjaroYou know, where she got brutally sick in the name of chipper morning television, and failed in front of America?
    By Mark Graham
  49. media deathwatch
    Newspapers Kick Off the Week With Mortgages, Self-AnalysisIt’s going to be one of those weeks. Er, another one of those weeks.
    By Mike Vilensky
  50. governor awesome
    Governor Paterson Speaks Truth to PowerThis time, he’s talking about the presidency.
    By Chris Rovzar
  51. ink-stained wretches
    Tribune Bankruptcy OfficialBut the press release ends on a high note!
    By Chris Rovzar
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