‘Journal’ Oversight Committee’s Protests Come Too LateThe oversight board, meant to protect the paper’s editorial integrity, says Murdoch’s move to oust Marcus Brauchli violates the “letter and spirit” of its bylaws. Too bad there’s nothing they can do about it now.
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?
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.
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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.
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‘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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.