1. it just happened
    Emily Gould’s Book Sold, Not for $1 MillionIt went to Free Press and will come out in 2010.
  2. intel
    Chaunce Hayden Says He Talked About a Sex Tape, But He Didn’t TALK About ItThis business about the lawsuit over Gregg “Opie” Hughes’ fiancée’s nonexistent sex tape is getting really hard to follow.
  3. party lines
    George Lois Didn’t Love Our ‘Two Guys Fisting’ CoverAlso, the legendary adman and ‘Esquire’ cover designer has a new gig.
  4. in other news
    Chaunce Hayden Could End Up Costing the ‘Post’ $10 MillionThe Smoking Gun has the details from the fiancée of Gregg ‘Opie’ Hughes against the ‘Post,’ Hayden, and Richard Johnson, and it lays much of the blame on the Jersey gossip columnist.
  5. in other news
    Sexy Baghdad Correspondents Get It On in the Green ZoneCNN’s Michael Ware, he of the crooked nose and devilish stubble, had a fling with CBS’ Lara Logan — and it broke one defense contractor’s heart.
  7. in other news
    Christian Bale: Media After Heath Ledger’s Death a ‘Hideous Circus’The late Australian actor’s ‘Dark Knight’ co-star speaks out.
  8. in other news
    Recent Ivy League Grads: Media GoldAn ‘Observer’ story today reminds us that we always seem to be reading shocking tales of graduates from elite schools having to do — gasp — hard work.
  9. ink-stained wretches
    Washington ‘Post’ Editor Leonard Downie Jr. to RetireThe man who steered the Post’s newsroom for seventeen years will step down to spend more time with his wife. A successor will be named soon.
  10. cultural capital
    Did Don Imus Make Another Racial Gaffe?Don Imus seems to chalk Adam “Pacman” Jones’s criminal record up to his race in an audio clip from this morning’s broadcast. Is he in trouble again? Listen and let us know what you think.
  11. ink-stained wretches
    ‘International Herald Tribune’ Gets Closer Ties to the ‘Times’The Websites of the two papers are combined, and the ‘Times’ changes the organization of its international counterpart.
  12. ink-stained wretches
    Peggy Noonan Does Not Like to Be ProfiledThe conservative ‘Journal’ columnist and former presidential speechwriter tries, in the politest way possible, to kill a story.
  13. ink-stained wretches
    Thomson Streamlines the ‘Journal’ Masthead Even FurtherIn the most recent round of changes, there is only one departure, but a consolidation of all the company’s news desks.
  14. ink-stained wretches
    Hearst Corp. CEO Victor Ganzi Is OutThe abrupt departure leaves former CEO Frank Bennack Jr. in charge.
  15. intel
    Live-Blogging Michelle Obama on ‘The View’We watch the candidate’s spouse on the chatfest, so you don’t have to.
  16. intel
    Julia Allison Lost Her Job: A Little Lesson in MicrofameThe sex columnist is out of her editor-at-large gig at ‘Star,’ and grappling with the most difficult step of the microfame process: persisting.
  17. ink-stained wretches
    Judge to Jared Paul Stern: ‘Also? You’re Kind of a Bad Writer.’A State Supreme Court justice dismisses the former “Page Six” scribe’s suit and offers trenchant writing critique.
  18. in other news
    Remembering Tim Russert: Greatest Hits From the ObitsRussert’s friends, family, and the media share their thoughts on one of the most highly respected men in journalism.
  19. early and often
    Breaking: Tim Russert Dies of a Heart Attack at 58He collapsed while at work at NBC’s Washington news bureau.
  20. in other news
    Dan Rather Has His Edward R. Murrow MomentFor everyone who has seen ‘Good Night, and Good Luck,’ the themes of Dan Rather’s scathing speech on the media should seem familiar.
  21. early and often
    Media’s Race and Sex Stumbles Getting Really AwkwardWe expected more from coastal, liberal media elites!
  22. in other news
    MSNBC and Olbermann Creeping Up on FNC and O’ReillyFor the first time, Olbermann overtook his rival in the key demographic ratings last week.
  23. in other news
    After Fall, Mike Wallace Done With TV for GoodBut the legendary ‘60 Minutes’ anchor’s son Chris can’t help but rib him.
  24. in other news
    ‘Daily News’: Hospital Workers Who Leak Information to Tabloids Should Be Ashamed of ThemselvesAlso, WHICH celebrity recently had surgery on her VAJAYJAY?
  25. photo op
    The ‘Times’ Stops Letting Other People Use It to Get Their Message AcrossPlywood now bars anyone from climbing up the side of the newspaper’s newly iconic building.
  26. intel
    Jane Friedman Shoved Out Just As She Was Leaving?Let’s just say her best friend left the party and things got awkward — so she started gathering her things to leave, but not quickly enough.
  27. in other news
    We Just Can’t Get Beyond ‘Cum Laude’’Gossip Girl’ creator Cecily von Ziegesar is starting a new book series about college, and the title makes us titter.
  28. intel
    Jane Friedman’s Departure: Sentimental or Suspicious?The HarperCollins CEO suddenly resigned late last night, leaving more than a few scratching their heads. Do people like her just simply retire?
  29. in other news
    ‘New Yorker’ Caption Contest Explained, Just As Simple As You ThoughtLast week’s winner gives us tips, we enter.
  30. in other news
    HarperCollins CEO Jane Friedman Abruptly DepartsLast night Gawker reported that the well-liked book boss was on the way out.
  31. cultural capital
    ‘Assassination of Hillary Clinton/Barack Obama’ Exhibit Shut Down“It’s about the media,” the artist cried. “The media!”
  32. in other news
    Mayhill Fowler, Citizen ReporterWho is the woman who brought us Bittergate and Scumbag Mania? And what hath she wrought?
  33. in other news
    ‘Paper’ Tigress: ‘You’ll Never Work in This Town Again!’Amanda Lorber of MTV’s reality show ‘The Paper’ gets in a feud with a ‘Columbia Spectator’ reporter.
  34. intel
    New DolceGoldin Media Firm to Strategize for Denny Farrell, Emily BrillThe firm that James Frey made possible already has a clientele that defies categorization.
  35. in other news
    Keith Olbermann: I’m Not Crazy, But Murdoch Fired Me AnywayAfter the News Corp. baron called Olberman a nut job yesterday, Olbermann reveals his long-held suspicions as to why he was fired from the company in 2001.
  36. party lines
    Video: Women on Women at the Gracie AwardsWe ask the top women in media what the glass ceiling is all about.
  37. photo op
    ‘Gossip Girl’ Hits Japan, We Hit the BeachWe spot the phenomenon in Tokyo.
  38. in other news
    Emily Gould’s ‘Times Magazine’ Story: Give Me an ‘I’!The former Gawker editor’s lengthy blog confidential has some interesting statistics.
  39. intel
    Emily Gould Will Not Let Us Ignore Her Upcoming ‘Times Magazine’ Cover StoryThus, a word of warning to those who will read the story and make judgments about the blog generation.
  40. early and often
    Obama’s Problem With Working-Class Whites: Not As Bad As You Think!Why are we spending so much time on these particular white folks? The primary calendar, Democratic leaders, veteran political reporters…
  41. ink-stained wretches
    Robert Thomson Officially Accepts ‘Journal’ Managing-Editor PositionLike we didn’t see this coming.
  42. in other news
    Donny Deutsch Takes His Shirt Off Again, Says He Could Run for MayorThe ‘Big Idea’ host gets kind of eviscerated in a profile — in his own alumni magazine!
  43. intel
    ‘The Facebook Book’: Harvard Alums Try to Drag Internet Phenomenon Into Last CenturySome kids wrote a funny guide to Facebook and had the audacity to kill trees in order to have people read it.
  44. company town
    If Murdoch Really Hires a New ‘WSJ’ Managing Editor, Who Will It Be?Citigroup’s ban on fruit, ice-cream-truck wars, praise for Frank Gehry, and more in our daily industry roundup.
  45. in other news
    O’Reilly Pledges More Blowups for Gays to Turn Into Dance Mash-upsThe blustery Fox News host was a little bit funny last night about a clip of him flipping out twenty years ago that just surfaced online. The gays, however, were way funnier.
  46. in other news
    ‘Post’ Projecting Own Foibles Onto Sue Simmons?Despite denials of drunkenness from Simmons, the tabloid keeps hammering away at her.
  47. ink-stained wretches
    Schadenfuller!Bonnie Fuller’s out at ‘Star,’ and the ‘Post”s Keith Kelly could not be more delighted.
  48. in other news
    New York Media Still Grieving Over Sue Simmons’s F-BombThe print media can’t stop writing about it. It’s almost as if thousands of people DIDN’T die in China this week.
  49. cultural capital
    Sue Simmons Wants to Know What the F**k You Are DoingWNBC 4 anchor Sue Simmons curses on live television. Uh, back to you, Chuck!
  50. cultural capital
    Mayor Bloomberg Straight Up Snaps at ‘Newsday’ ReporterEnjoy clips of Mayor Bloomberg vehemently objecting to the word “maintain” and Bill O’Reilly having a meltdown in the nineties on ‘Inside Edition.’
  51. company town
    ‘Playboy’ Profits: Going Down?Plus, ‘02138’ graduates to a new publisher, Bush goes online, and Skadden makes big bucks — all in our daily industry roundup.
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