1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. vu.
    Jared Kushner Doesn’t Drink Coffee, Take No for an AnswerAnd have you ever listened to his accent?
    By Chris Rovzar
  5. 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
  7. David Frum Follows Chris Buckley Out of ‘National Review’He thinks everyone needs to just CHILL OUT, okay?
    By Chris Rovzar
  8. ‘Nylon’ Not ShutteringDespite Internet rumors, the London/New York pop-culture rag is still alive and well.
    By Chris Rovzar
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. election hangover
    Hoaxer Claims Credit for Palin Africa-Continent Story, MSNBC FooledThis is kind of confusing. Bear with us.
    By Chris Rovzar
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. CNBC Slashes BudgetBut the network won’t make changes to personnel.
    By Jessica Pressler
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Portfolio’ Soldiers OnCondé Nast’s glossy business title took a few hits, but remains standing … for now.
    By Elizabeth Wolff
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. ‘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
  26. 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
  27. election hangover
    Robert Gibbs Will Be Obama Press Secretary, Says Top DemocratAnd apparently the press will be psyched about the choice.
    By Chris Rovzar
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. 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
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. 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
  36. 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
  37. 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
  38. 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
  39. 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.
  40. 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
  41. ink-stained wretches
    More Media Holiday Parties Get AxedWhat will we crash this year??
    By Chris Rovzar
  42. 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
  43. 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
  44. 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
  45. this should surprise no one
    Slate in the Tank for ObamaSlate’s staff and contributors vote, surprise no one.
    By Dan Amira
  46. 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
  47. 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
  48. 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
  49. 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
  50. ink-stained wretches
    New Editor and Publisher at ‘OK!’Susan Toepfer and Lori Burgess are in at the celebrity weekly.
    By Chris Rovzar
  51. 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
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