1. ink-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch and Robert Thomson: A Tale of the TapeIn which we discover why Murdoch loves Thomson so much: They may be exactly the same person!
  2. intel
    Taxi TV: Turn It Up or Turn It Off?In which we ask: Are you one of those people who idly watches the new in-cab programming? Or do you angrily poke at the screen until it mercifully blacks out?
  3. company town
    Zuckerman, Sulzberger, and the News Corp. Board Weigh In on Murdoch’s ‘Newsday’ BidOnce again, the Aussie media mogul is all over our daily industry roundup.
  4. in other news
    Even Though Larry King Will Stay at CNN, Couric Could Still Come OverLarry might not have a lock on the 9 p.m. time slot, leaving a perfect, Katie-size opening.
  5. ink-stained wretches
    Marcus Brauchli’s Ouster: the ‘Journal’ Version vs. the ‘Observer’ VersionEach paper has a distinctly different “take” in their extensive coverage of Brauchli’s departure.
  7. ink-stained wretches
    Rupert Murdoch to Give ‘Newsday’ the Brauchli Treatment?He’s all over the news today, for his potential ‘Newsday’ deal, and for the backstory behind Marcus Brauchli’s ouster at the ‘Journal.’
  8. ink-stained wretches
    Murdoch Closing In, Er, Even Closer on ‘Newsday’Gawker reports that a rival bidder has dropped out. Is it too late to stop News Corp. from taking over the world?
  9. cultural capital
    Brian Williams Will Be Your Anchorblogger TonightCheck out BriWi’s MySpace page! He likes Vampire Weekend and hates Penn Station — just like us! (Except, dude, who is still on MySpace?)
  10. ink-stained wretches
    Memo: Marcus Brauchli Thinks News Corp. Should Pick a Managing Editor They LikeThe outgoing ‘Journal’ editor officially announces his resignation in a letter to his staff.
  11. company town
    Les Moonves Has Bigger Fish to Fry Than Katie CouricHe’s got to deal with Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman, who the ‘Post’ says is out for Moonves’s neck.
  12. 21 questions
    Bill Hemmer Drinks Stella Artois, on TapThe Fox News anchor answers our 21 most important questions for New Yorkers.
  13. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Journal’ Managing Editor Out, Murdoch In?Speculation as to why Marcus Brauchli is leaving, after only serving as managing editor for eleven months, is rampant.
  14. in other news
    CNN Capitalizes on Its Own Callous WordplayA new line of T-shirts is available on CNN.com, using their sometimes-bizarre headlines as slogans.
  15. in other news
    Les Moonves Comes Out for KatieBut we don’t think he did it aggressively enough. Where’s that fighting spirit?
  16. ink-stained wretches
    Felix Dennis to Journalism Student: ‘You’re Hung Like a Horse!’The former ‘Maxim’ publisher addressed Columbia students last night.
  17. ink-stained wretches
    Paula Froelich of ‘Page Six’ Enters the Fiction FrayThe laugh-it-up columnist just sold her ‘Sex and the City’–type debut novel to Simon & Schuster.
  18. party lines
    In Which Tom Wolfe Is Confused About PodcastsA literary hero flummoxes us for a moment when he asks, out of the blue, about one of today’s boring technological marvels
  19. company town
    Good-bye ‘Real Housewives of New York,’ Hello ‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’!Not enough ‘Times’ newsroom workers are taking the buyouts, BlackBerrys are outlawed at a law firm, and Ikea is finally arriving.
  20. ink-stained wretches
    Elaine Kaufman Death Scare at the ‘Post’ — All Col’s Fault?For a short period of time last Thursday, the tabloid was thrown into a devastated tailspin at the news that the beloved restaurateur had died. Good thing it wasn’t true.
  21. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Law & Order’ to Make Jared Paul Stern a Blood-Stained WretchThe former “Page Six”–er will get deep sixed on Dick Wolf’s hit show.
  22. ink-stained wretches
    First Review of James Frey’s ‘Bright Shiny Morning’ Out’Publishers Weekly’ editor Sara Nelson says this new tome might be the harbinger of a “new Frey tradition.”
  23. in other news
    One Other Thing We Loved About That Chris Matthews StoryIn which an MSNBC publicist is artfully and deservingly skewered.
  24. ink-stained wretches
    Matt Taibbi to Erica Jong: ‘I Don’t Want to Do My Mother’At the Huffington Post, the novelist and the ‘Rolling Stone’ writer really get into it. And by “it,” we mean trivial nastiness of the rhetorical sort.
  25. intel
    See All the New ‘Gossip Girl’ OMFG AdsThe CW has released a whole set of steamy new advertisements for the Greatest Show of Our Time, and they want you to get bleeping excited about it.
  26. in other news
    The Couric Countdown Has Already BegunAs we learn more about the meetings and discussions behind yesterday’s report that Couric may leave CBS in 2009, it seems like she’s already planning life after the evening news.
  27. ink-stained wretches
    ‘Out’ and ‘The Advocate’ Sold for $6 MillionPlanetOut Inc. sold the two prominent gay magazines to Here Networks, in a deal that may leave the staff office-less by the end of the month.
  28. it just happened
    Dan Rather’s Lawsuit Pared Down to the Boring PartsA Manhattan judge has taken all the fun out of Dan Rather’s $70 million suit against his former employer by tossing out the conspiracy theories.
  29. ink-stained wretches
    Over Charlton Heston’s Dead BodyAt this point the ‘Times’ is wishing it had never run an obituary for the NRA-loving actor at all.
  30. company town
    Lehman Liquidates Three Funds to the Tune of $1 BillionWhat’s going on with Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, and the News. Corp — as well as the Willets Point Stadium, ‘Us Weekly,’ and Wall Street. Read our daily roundup.
  31. ink-stained wretches
    The Gray Lady Is Unimpressed With Your AnticsLast night at a memorial service for Norman Mailer, the writer’s son had an out-of-body experience. The ‘Times’ barely batted an eyelash.
  32. company town
    Private Equity Switches to the Full-Court PressPlus, what’s going on at ‘Portfolio,’ why you’ll be hearing more from Perez Hilton, and where the Beatrice Inn is headed next.
  33. company town
    Katie Couric and Sean McManus: Chipper at CBS in Spite of It AllMore troubles for Sam Zell, Heather Mills is coming to town, and half of Bear Stearns employees are facing the ax. Click through to read the rest of our news roundup from the fields of media, law, finance and real estate.
  34. in other news
    ‘Out’ Magazine Releases Power List, Underestimates ‘Times’ GaietyThis year’s reckoning of the most powerful homosexuals in America includes the usual suspects, like Ellen DeGeneres, Barney Frank, and Jann Wenner
  35. in other news
    The ‘Journal’ Resents Rich People ClintonsThe Journal editorial board takes a peek at Billary’s tax records and makes an outrageous discovery: They’ve got cash!
  36. photo op
    Anderson Cooper Unleashes His Deltoid Dirigibles on National TelevisionLook at them. For the love of God, they’re glorious!
  37. in other news
    The Ladies of ‘Sex and the City’ Are Old, and Improved!A British report accuses HBO publicity of airbrushing them. But who cares?
  38. in other news
    Barry Diller and Tina Brown Team Up to Create Aggregator WebsiteBut, Brown insists, it will not compete with the Huffington Post. What it is, well, we’re not even sure she knows yet.
  39. in other news
    Felix Dennis: ‘I Killed a Man’The former Maxim publisher makes (and later tries to retract) the bombshell statement in a booze-fueled interview with the Times of London.
  40. in other news
    Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Sunder Relationship, Our HeartsWe just can’t bring ourselves to believe that this great love has perished. Et tu, J-Vanka?
  41. ink-stained wretches
    ‘BlackBook’ Founder to Produce More-Obscure, Less-Inclusive TitleThere’s a new magazine coming out, and it’s going to blow your minds. It blew ours, just thinking about it.
  42. in other news
    Woody Allen vs. Dov Charney? Jew Have Got to Be Kidding!The funnyman is suing the American Apparel founder for using his image without permission, and we think it is the Jewiest thing ever.
  43. company town
    Buyout Exodus at ‘Newsweek’A dating blogger seeks a book deal, trading desks think recession, and Jean Nouvel wins the Pritzker in our daily roundup of media, finance, law, and real-estate news.
  44. multiple choice
    Pop Quiz: Know Your Media LadiesYesterday and today, the Times profiled three women in media: Julia Allison, Arianna Huffington, and Lauren Zalaznick. Despite differences in their ages and careers, the three of them seem of a type.
  45. in other news
    Madonna No Longer Loves New YorkIn the upcoming “Green Issue” of Vanity Fair, Madonna tells us that she is so over New York, contrary to recent reports.
  46. in other news
    Tomorrow’s Journalism, Today!Slate’s literary editor Meghan O’Rourke is working on a story about Facebook status updates. Obviously, this information needs to be shared as a Facebook status update of her own!
  47. in other news
    L.A. ‘Times’ Duped on Tupac-Diddy StoryFor all of you I Love the 90s fans who are heartsick for a little East Coast–West Coast rivalry, last week was a big one: The Los Angeles Times reported that the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur in the lobby of the Quad Recording Studios in midtown was carried out by associates of none other than Sean “Diddy” Combs, who knew about the whole thing beforehand.
  48. early and often
    Media Panel Stretches Blog Metaphors, Blows Kisses at ObamaAt a NYU Media Talk last night focusing on “Publishing and the Election,” Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter called Thomas Payne “the original blogger.” We bet he didn’t have to deal with unending pajama jokes!
  49. numbers game
    Arianna Huffington’s Traffic Win Over Matt Drudge Means Mostly NothingThe left has triumphed over the right! The epic battle of the Greek socialites vs. the Miami fedora-wearing former psych patients has a winner! Rah! Or not.
  50. in other news
    James Dolan and Mort Zuckerman Join Murdoch in Scramble for ‘Newsday’Turns out it’s not just Rupert Murdoch who’s interested in buying Newsday; Mort Zuckerman, the real-estate magnate who owns the Daily News, and James Dolan, whose family owns Cablevision, Madison Square Garden, and the Knicks, are making bids as well.
  51. it just happened
    PageSix.com, We Hardly Knew YeWhy? Because people just weren’t going. Oh, and something about the economy. Damn you, subprime crisis! You took away our Bear Stearns, and now you’re taking away our Britney updates?
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