1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. media deathwatch
    The Media Misses CaviarDon’t we all.
    By Mike Vilensky
  7. american heroes
    Joe Scarborough Threatens to Go Vigilante After Mika Brzezinski Gets MuggedThis is why we love ‘Morning Joe.’
    By Dan Amira
  8. 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
  9. early and often
    Time Picks Barry O. As Person of the YearAnd somehow Matt Drudge is happy about it.
    By Chris Rovzar
  10. early and often
    Why Is the Post Already Behind Caroline Kennedy?The ‘Observer’ has some ideas.
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. client 9
    Silda Edits Eliot’s Slate Columns!Overheard: the former governor and Slate columnist discussing his creative process.
    By Jessica Pressler
  12. 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
  13. office-party patrol
    Happy Holidays With L MagazineA print magazine throws a holiday party! Score one for alcoholic underdogs everywhere.
    By Carolyn Jones
  14. media deathwatch
    Local Political Reporting Takes a Blow, As Does NewsweekNow people are just saying mean things.
    By Chris Rovzar
  15. bons mots
    What Are Your Buzzwords of 2009?Graydon Carter’s are ‘sophisticated, innovative and entitlement.’
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. it’s historicool
    New York Archives Now on Google BooksTrust us, this is the most amazing procrastination tool since Snood.
    By Chris Rovzar
  19. in other news
    Why You Should Be Excited About the New NewsweekAnd it’s not because it’s becoming a blog.
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. media deathwatch
    Radio Joins the Layoff BandwagonMore media layoffs and shrinkage.
    By Mike Vilensky
  21. web of lies
    James Frey Accuses Gawker Alumnus of ‘Making Things Up’Irony!
    By Jessica Pressler
  22. 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
  23. this is probably fake
    James Frey to Gawker for a DayWeirder things have happened. This week, in fact.
    By Chris Rovzar
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. governor awesome
    Governor Paterson Speaks Truth to PowerThis time, he’s talking about the presidency.
    By Chris Rovzar
  27. ink-stained wretches
    Tribune Bankruptcy OfficialBut the press release ends on a high note!
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. press-box confidential
    Fred Hickman Highlights a Rather Embarrassing Week for ESPNThe ex-YES anchor turns out to be a space cadet, Rick Reilly loves teeth, and more, in this week’s look at the sporting press.
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  29. ink-stained riches
    Simon and Nathaniel Rich Are Going Through an Awkward StageFrank Rich’s writer sons are exhibiting symptoms of Famous Parent Fatigue.
    By Jessica Pressler
  30. ink-stained wretches
    Daily News Changes Gossip LineupRush and Molloy are moving to Sundays, and new blood takes over the daily duties.
    By Jessica Coen
  31. media deathwatch
    Bad News for Books. And Newspapers. And Magazines. And Websites.Yeah, this week is getting ugly.
    By Mike Vilensky
  32. ink-stained wretches
    Rangel Tries to Fight Back Against the ‘Times,’ But Gets a BeatdownThe paper published a letter from Charles Rangel alongside a refutation of every single one of its points.
    By Gabriel Sherman and Chris Rovzar
  33. ink-stained bitches
    Blog Stuff We’re Sick OfWhy do people blog about how they are annoyed by blogs?
    By Chris Rovzar
  34. the greatest depression
    Good Times Gone at Google?Cutbacks at Earth’s greatest employer undermine our faith in America.
    By Jessica Pressler
  35. media deathwatch
    Media Slaughter Leaves Anna Wintour Thus Far UntouchedAs if they could take her down as easily as, say, some Gawker editors and a scrapbooking Website.
    By Mike Vilensky
  36. in other news
    Are You Really Ready to Have David Gregory on ‘Meet the Press’?NBC and Gregory’s press people won’t confirm reports from last night that he’ll take over the moderator’s chair. Which gives us time to think.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. early and often
    Chris Matthews’s Potential Senate Run Sends a Thrill Up Our LegAbsurd Matthews lines like the one in the headline are exactly why we’re so excited.
    By Dan Amira
  38. geniuses
    ‘Pretty Girls Are Like Cars That Need a Lot of Oil’The 9-year-old author of ‘How to Talk to Girls’ offers timeless advice.
    By Jessica Pressler
  39. media deathwatch
    ‘Time’ Has Poor Holiday TimingThat and the rest of the news from our bad media Monday.
    By Mike Vilensky
  40. in other news
    Why Oh Why Won’t Barack Obama Call on Fox News Reporters?If you think it’s because he’s keeping a grudge, then why did he call on that whiny dude from CBS?
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. Sumner Redstone Sells Midway GamesAw. And we thought he was going to Mortal Kombat his way out of this mess.
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. ink-stained wretches
    CNN Will Crush the AP ‘Because They Can’Inside the network’s lumbering monster is a deadly weapon.
    By Jessica Pressler
  43. election hangover
    Trig Palin Is No. 5 on the ‘Details’ Power 40 ListThat puts the little tot above Tom Cruise, David Plouffe, and John Mayer.
    By Chris Rovzar
  44. white men with money
    Sumner Redstone Not So Adamant About Keeping CBS AnymoreIt’s amazing what a little $800 million impending debt payment will eventually do to a man.
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. Just Another Media-Layoff MondayWe’re really hoping Thursday will be the day this week no one gets fired.
    By Mike Vilensky
  46. in other news
    Will Fox News Respond to MSNBC’s Left Swing by Turning Even More Right?With the lone liberal prime-time voice on Fox News leaving, and perhaps not to be replaced, will there be any reprieve from the inter-network bickering?
    By Chris Rovzar
  47. ink-stained wretches
    It’s ‘Nastie’ Out There: The Day in Media LayoffsChanges at spinoff and niche titles, and bad news from Condé Nast.
    By Mike Vilensky
  48. media death watch
    Another Day, Another Few Hundred Editorial Workers With Unhappy ThanksgivingsOur daily count of how many heads rolled in the media industry.
    By Mike Vilensky
  49. Fox Warlock Roger Ailes to Remain in Power for Another Five YearsHe will continue casting his conservative spells over viewers of Fox News and Fox Business Network until he is 73 years old.
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. How to Become a ‘Mancessory’The current economy means laid-off bankers may have to turn to the oldest profession.
    By Jessica Pressler
  51. ink-stained wretches
    Son of Sulzberger to Return to New YorkArthur Gregg Sulzberger, the 28-year-old son of ‘Times’ publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., is leaving his job as a reporter at the ‘Oregonian’ newspaper to return to New York and the ‘Times.’
    By Joe Hagan
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