1. 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
  2. media deathwatch
    ‘Time’ Has Poor Holiday TimingThat and the rest of the news from our bad media Monday.
    By Mike Vilensky
  3. 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
  4. Sumner Redstone Sells Midway GamesAw. And we thought he was going to Mortal Kombat his way out of this mess.
    By Chris Rovzar
  5. ink-stained wretches
    CNN Will Crush the AP ‘Because They Can’Inside the network’s lumbering monster is a deadly weapon.
    By Jessica Pressler
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. Just Another Media-Layoff MondayWe’re really hoping Thursday will be the day this week no one gets fired.
    By Mike Vilensky
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. How to Become a ‘Mancessory’The current economy means laid-off bankers may have to turn to the oldest profession.
    By Jessica Pressler
  15. 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
  16. ink-stained wretches
    Hey, Who Got the Bad News in Media Today?Frankly, if you didn’t get any news about your job today, that’s a good thing.
    By Mike Vilensky
  17. election hangover
    William Kristol: ‘I’m Kinda Stretched a Little Thin’The conservative ‘Times’ opinion columnist hints that he may be ready to go.
    By Chris Rovzar
  18. Drumroll Still Building for Palin Book-Payout LetdownA London paper says the Alaska governor is thisclose to signing a book deal for $7 million.
    By Chris Rovzar
  19. vu.
    Jared Kushner Doesn’t Drink Coffee, Take No for an AnswerAnd have you ever listened to his accent?
    By Chris Rovzar
  20. the economy of sex
    Eliot Spitzer Has Learned Some LessonsEliot Spitzer’s Washington ‘Post’ opinion essay about the economy is a thinly veiled advice column to dudes cheating on their wives with hookers.
    By Chris Rovzar
  21. David Frum Follows Chris Buckley Out of ‘National Review’He thinks everyone needs to just CHILL OUT, okay?
    By Chris Rovzar
  22. ‘Nylon’ Not ShutteringDespite Internet rumors, the London/New York pop-culture rag is still alive and well.
    By Chris Rovzar
  23. O’Reilly to Jon Stewart: You’d Be Dead in AlabamaAnd yet, surprisingly, O’Reilly himself is alive and well in New York.
    By Chris Rovzar
  24. Seth Meyers: Next Time, Don’t Pick a Running Mate With a Famous Comedian TwinIn discussing this year’s ‘Time’ Person of the Year, ‘SNL’’s head writer has some political advice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  25. election hangover
    Hoaxer Claims Credit for Palin Africa-Continent Story, MSNBC FooledThis is kind of confusing. Bear with us.
    By Chris Rovzar
  26. election hangover
    Sarah Palin Gave a Press Conference! With a Podium!In Miami at a Republican Governors Association event, Sarah Palin steps into uncharted territory.
    By Chris Rovzar
  27. early and often
    Sarah Palin Will Not Go Gently Into That Good NightThoughts on Palin’s opening salvo for the next inevitable campaign.
    By Dan Amira
  28. blog-stained wretches
    Gawker Media Managing Editor to ‘Fast Company,’ Consumerist.com on the BlockMore changes under way at Nick Denton’s blog empire.
    By Chris Rovzar
  29. blog-stained wretches
    Jeff Jarvis Is Kind of Jerky About JournalismIn which two aging writers go at it over how to mourn the death of old media.
    By Chris Rovzar
  30. Sweet Justice for ‘Old Magazine Hack’ Tina BrownBrown’s Daily Beast surpassed webemy Michael Wolff’s Newser in its first month. Nonny-nonny boo-boo.
    By Jessica Pressler
  31. blog-stained wretches
    Nick Denton on Media: We Are All ‘Sleepwalking Into Economic Extinction’According to the Gawker Media chief, there’s hope for quick-thinking Internet companies. Big conglomerates, sorry, it’s too late.
    By Chris Rovzar
  32. CNBC Slashes BudgetBut the network won’t make changes to personnel.
    By Jessica Pressler
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Portfolio’ Soldiers OnCondé Nast’s glossy business title took a few hits, but remains standing … for now.
    By Elizabeth Wolff
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. ‘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
  40. 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
  41. election hangover
    Robert Gibbs Will Be Obama Press Secretary, Says Top DemocratAnd apparently the press will be psyched about the choice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. 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
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. 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
  51. 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
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