1. election hangover
    Sarah Palin Is Back in the Kitchen, But It’s Still Not Quite Enough for Tina BrownTina wants to know: Who is babysitting those kids?
    By Chris Rovzar
  2. on language
    The New York ‘Times’ Will Not Take Your ‘Bitchassness’Apparently the copy desk is giving one writer trouble over a Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs quote.
    By Chris Rovzar
  3. ink-stained wretches
    Time Inc. Asks Employees to Walk the PlankAt least three Time Inc. titles are looking for editorial staff to take voluntary buyouts.
    By Jessica Pressler
  4. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Portfolio’ Soldiers OnCondé Nast’s glossy business title took a few hits, but remains standing … for now.
    By Elizabeth Wolff
  5. press-box confidential
    The Secret Lives of Athletes, Revealed!In this week’s look at the sporting press, we learn what athletes do off the field: slap each other, cook, and get manicures. You know, jock stuff.
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  7. the rage of the creative underpaid
    Daily Intel’s Plan for Solving the Economic CrisisThe city is hemorrhaging jobs. Daily Intel knows just how to stanch the flow.
    By Jessica Pressler
  8. ‘Men’s Vogue’ Was Only Selling Through 19 Percent on the NewsstandMaybe this is why Condé Nast was so quick to shrink the men’s fashion title.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. party lines
    Tina Brown on Print Media: ‘It’s 1929. What Can I Say?’At a party, Sir Harold Evans and his bride chit-chat with us about the future of print. If you’ve chit-chatted with them at a party recently, you’ve probably heard all this before.
    By Bennett Marcus
  10. election hangover
    Robert Gibbs Will Be Obama Press Secretary, Says Top DemocratAnd apparently the press will be psyched about the choice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  11. election hangover
    Attacks Heighten on Sarah Palin From Inside McCain CampaignToday we learn even more about the apparent strife between the presidential candidate and his running mate.
    By Chris Rovzar
  12. in other news
    Re-Empowered Katie Couric Would ‘Like an Hour’ of ‘Evening News’In a new interview, Couric indicates she’d like to capitalize on her regained popularity.
    By Chris Rovzar
  13. blog-stained wretches
    What’s Happening to Drudge?Our commenters aren’t the only ones wondering whether Matt Drudge’s influence is on the decline.
    By Chris Rovzar
  14. press-box confidential
    Knicks’ New Media Policy Apparently Doesn’t Prohibit Lip-ReadingIn this week’s look at the local sporting press, the Knicks’ beat reporters get a juicy quote … by reading Mike D’Antoni’s lips.
    By Joe DeLessio
  15. white men with money
    Rupert and Wendi Consummate Their RelationshipThe latest excerpt in ‘Vanity Fair’ from Michael Wolff’s book on the Murdochs is quite the bodice-ripper. Sort of.
    By Jessica Pressler
  16. Ugh. CNN’s Election Countdown Has Already BegunAre they trying to make these last few days MORE stressful for all of us?
    By Chris Rovzar
  17. early and often
    Obama Kicks Pro-McCain Newspapers Off Campaign PlaneThe Washington ‘Times,’ New York ‘Post,’ and Dallas ‘Morning News’ have been rotated out in favor for network news reporters and a documentary crew.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. early and often
    November 5: Post-Election Plans of Prominent Politics BloggersTa-Nehisi Coates: ‘If he takes the crown, I’ll talk to my son, pour me some Macallan, and then head to Paris Blues Bar to see how it’s playing uptown.’
    By Will Leitch
  19. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Portfolio’ Down to Ten Issues a YearIn further Condé Nast belt-tightening, the December and January issues of the fledgling business magazine will be combined, as will the June and July issues, and the edit budget will be cut by 5 percent.
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Men’s Vogue’ Down to Two Issues a Year, Packaged With ‘Vogue’The stoically straight men’s fashion magazine is just nuzzling up closer with its fabulous sister.
    By Chris Rovzar
  21. What’s Going to Happen to ‘Men’s Vogue’?Reports have Anna Wintour’s manbaby shrinking to only a couple of issues a year, or maybe closing altogether.
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. instant politics
    Joe Hagan Grills David Brooks About Palin, Voting for Obama, and Exile From ConservativismNew York ‘Times’ columnist David Brooks and ‘New York’ writer Joe Hagan discuss pulling the lever for Obama, whether Brooks is worried for about brand, and the attempt to ‘excommunicate’ the columnist from the conservative movement.
  23. ink-stained wretches
    So Will Anything Good Come of All These Media Layoffs?Isn’t this how we’re finally going to figure out this whole transition to new media? Because we have to?
    By Chris Rovzar
  24. ink-stained wretches
    More Media Holiday Parties Get AxedWhat will we crash this year??
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. white men without money
    Rupert Murdoch Eyeing Sumner Redstone’s Problems With GleeAfter years of trying to position himself as a rival to Murdoch, Redstone’s getting what he asked for.
    By Chris Rovzar
  26. ink-stained wretches
    Maer Roshan, ‘Observer’ Mourn Loss of Late, Great, Intellectual MagazineWith ‘Radar’ gone; who will compete with the ‘New Yorker’?
    By Jessica Pressler
  27. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Christian Science Monitor’ Ceases Publication, Keeps Pushing Print EditionYou can still get at least 32 issues of the legendary paper, RISK FREE! Just don’t expect many more than that.
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. this should surprise no one
    Slate in the Tank for ObamaSlate’s staff and contributors vote, surprise no one.
    By Dan Amira
  29. Politico.com Takes On Perceived Media Bias“As it happens, McCain’s campaign is going quite poorly and Obama’s is going well. Imposing artificial balance on this reality would be a bias of its own.”
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. ink-stained wretches
    Editor of Elitist Paper Uses Elitist Metaphors at Staff MeetingThe ‘Times’ is like an opera and/or a fine wine.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. crazytown
    ‘Page Six’ Busts Lyin’ Lydia HearstShe doesn’t write her own columns, she DID say mean things about Hearst Corp., and that’s not even her real last name!
    By Chris Rovzar
  32. press-box confidential
    ESPN Pretty Much Making Its Policies Up As It Goes AlongIf the network doesn’t break a story, might it still be true? Plus, the battle for top dog on their Website, in this week’s look at the sporting press.
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  33. ink-stained wretches
    New Editor and Publisher at ‘OK!’Susan Toepfer and Lori Burgess are in at the celebrity weekly.
    By Chris Rovzar
  34. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Times’ Editorial-Page Editors Totally Saw McCain Slap ComingFrom the moment they accepted Barack Obama’s op-ed over the summer, they knew they’d set themselves up for a McCain trap.
    By Chris Rovzar
  35. Sumner Redstone Will Never Sell (Again)He won’t sell off any more shares of CBS or Viacom despite serious oncoming debt deadlines.
    By Chris Rovzar
  36. Bill O’Reilly’s ‘Factor’ to Continue to Pummel MSNBC for Four More YearsIn his new contract, the conservative host will get more than $10 million a year.
    By Chris Rovzar
  37. in other news
    Keith Olbermann Has Bill O’Relly Embedded in His BrainOkay, not his brain. But he does have a monitor embedded in his desk so he can watch Bill O’Reilly while he’s on the air.
    By Chris Rovzar
  38. early and often
    Sarah Palin Overheated Conservative CruisesThe ‘New Yorker’ tells us about how the Alaska governor did have a few key Washington ‘connections’ before she got the V.P. tap.
    By Chris Rovzar
  39. office-party patrol
    Hearst Cancels Holiday PartyUgh, now we’re going to have to crash the Condé Nast holiday party. And we’re always the only ones there who eat the food.
    By Gabriel Sherman
  40. press-box confidential
    The Sports Media Goes Political!This week: The local sporting press turns its attention to the presidential race.
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  41. ink-stained wretches
    It’s Getting Even Harder to Get a Job at Condé Nast‘If you have an open position on your team,’ says one Nast publisher, ‘they’re going to make you stand on your head until you’re blue in the face before you fill it.’
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. blog-stained wretches
    Andrew Sullivan Explains the BlogThe ‘Atlantic’ online columnist muses at length about the genre he helped form.
    By Chris Rovzar
  43. 21 questions
    Alexis Glick Goes to Bed at 8:30The winsome Fox Business Network host answers our trademark New York poll.
  44. crazytown
    Christie Brinkley’s Media ControlChristie Brinkley has filed a restraining order to prevent Peter Cook from showing their children his Barbara Walters interview tonight.
    By Chris Rovzar
  45. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Times’ to Close ‘Herald-Tribune’ Website — What Will Drudge Link to Now?The Gray Lady will merge the international paper’s Website with its own. But it’s not a cost-saving measure!
    By Dan Amira
  46. ‘Times’ Editor Joe Sexton Channels EminemA reporter spies on the party mourning the end of the ‘Times’ Metro Section.
    By Chris Rovzar
  47. ink-stained wretches
    Graydon Carter Steals From His SisterHe hired writer Michael Lewis away from sister publication ‘Portfolio.’
    By Chris Rovzar
  48. in other news
    Arianna Huffington Has Trouble Keeping Employees in Her L.A. OfficeAccording to anecdotal evidence, it may have been easier to work for gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson than it is for the Huffington Post founder.
    By Chris Rovzar
  49. blog-stained wretches
    Gawker Media Fires Nineteen EmployeesOwner Nick Denton, in an e-mail to staff, predicts that people will call this the end of ‘the golden age of the blog.’
    By Chris Rovzar
  50. press-box confidential
    Press-Box Confidential: Beating on a Beat Writer, a Blogger Lands Credentials, and Mike Francesa ImplodesA bad start for the ‘Daily News’’ new Rangers beat writer, and more, in this week’s look at the local sporting press.
    By Joe DeLessio and Will Leitch
  51. ink-stained wretches
    New Jersey’s ‘Star-Ledger’ Saved by Delivery Deal?Now that the deliverers’ union has agreed to make some concessions to Advance Publications, publishers say the paper’s future looks more secure.
    By Chris Rovzar
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