Los Angeles, New York, NYT Mag, NatGeo Top Mag Awards
Los Angeles, New York, the New York Times Magazine and National Geographic topped the 2011 National Magazine Awards, each winning two of the so-called Ellies trophies at an excruciatingly long...
View ArticleMore Changes at Time Inc.: John Griffin Out as EVP of News
There's been another shakeup in the executive suite of the world's largest magazine publisher. John Griffin, executive vice president of Time Inc.'s news group, is leaving the company, Time Inc. said...
View ArticleChelsea Handler: ‘I Encourage Sleeping With People You Work With’
For those who've followed Chelsea Handler's television career, her conversation with Piers Morgan — scheduled to air Tuesday on his CNN show — is worth noting. Morgan, whose favorite topic I've come...
View ArticleRight Wing Back to Attacking Obama After a Pause for Bin Laden Killing
For an all-too-brief moment after President Obama's historic announcement that the U.S. had killed Osama bin Laden, there was refreshingly little of the political posturing that usually follows major...
View ArticleBlame It on ‘Mars': Disney Earnings Up, But Miss Mark
Disney reported its earnings for its fiscal second quarter on Tuesday, and the results, impacted by the costly box office bomb "Mars Needs Moms" and the earthquake in Japan, were not what Wall Street...
View ArticlePenthouse Goes Public With IPO
It looks like Penthouse owner FriendFinder Networks, which had scrapped plans to go public last year, is finally going ahead with its initial public offering. The Boca Raton-based company said that it...
View ArticleJon Stewart Rips Obama for Letting Bush Steal Credit for Bin Laden Kill
Jon Stewart — who had criticized cable's talking heads from politicizing Osama Bin Laden’s killing just “47 minutes” after President Obama’s historic announcement — decided to engage in some himself...
View ArticleNPR Joins Fox News’ Shep Smith, Others Demanding Release of Bin Laden Death...
NPR is the latest media company to file a Freedom of Information Act request demanding the U.S. government release photos of Osama Bin Laden’s death photo and others obtained during the raid of his...
View ArticleKevin Spacey Threatens to Sue Indie Rock Act Over Album Name
EXCLUSIVE Kevin Spacey has threatened an indie music act with legal action over the use of his name as an album title. Jason Drake — a Los Angeles-based musician and producer who records under the...
View ArticleWashington Post Hires Reporter That Used to ‘Tenaciously’ Cover Them
Big job change in the often clubby world of D.C. media: Erik Wemple — the former TBD.com editor who covered the Washington Post as a columnist for the Washington City Paper — is joining the Post as an...
View ArticleJay Mariotti Charged With Stalking, Assaulting Ex-Girlfriend
Jay Mariotti, the former ESPN commentator and Chicago Sun-Times columnist — who pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery charge involving after an altercation with his then-girlfriend last September...
View ArticleJon Stewart Rips Fox News Flap With Common … With Rap!
Fox News spent the better part of two days criticizing Michelle Obama for inviting the “misogynist” rapper Common to a White House poetry reading. In a 10-plus minute "Daily Show" segment (brilliantly...
View ArticleJim Lehrer to Step Down as Anchor of ‘PBS NewsHour’
Jim Lehrer — a public broadcasting fixture — announced to staff this morning that he is stepping down from the regular anchor role on "PBS NewsHour." Lehrer, who's spent 36 years as at the "Newshour"...
View ArticleNY Post Gets Will Smith to Move His ‘Men In Black 3’ Trailer
Gotta give the New York Post credit. They sure know how to milk a controversy during a slow news cycle — especially one they create. On Wednesday, the Post parked a photo of Will Smith’s “Men In Black...
View ArticleFacebook Admits to Smear Campaign Against Google Day After App Leak
Facebook — which is still wiping fresh egg off its face after admitting that its applications had been "accidentally leaking" user information for years — has a bigger PR headache to deal with. The...
View ArticleNew York Times Editor Bill Keller Wants to Know: ‘Does Twitter Make You Stupid?’
On Wednesday, New York Times executive editor Bill Keller — whose unhinged rage against news aggregators is well-documented — lobbed an open-ended, rage-baiting tweet on Twitter:...
View ArticleIsn’t Describing Bin Laden’s Bloody Death Photos Enough?
A day after members of the Congressional armed services and intelligence committees were informed that they would be permitted to see photos of Osama bin Laden's bloody corpse, Senator Jim Inhofe...
View ArticleBill O’Reilly Challenges Jon Stewart to a Battle Over Common
UPDATE: It's on. Jon Stewart has accepted Bill O'Reilly's challenge and will appeare on Fox News on Monday. EARLIER: If we've learned anything this week, it's that News Corp.-owned media outlets sure...
View ArticleOprah’s Chicago Taping Forces NBA to Reschedule Bulls-Heat
Who's commands more power: Oprah or the Chicago Bulls? Why, it's Oprah of course. The Queen of Daytime is taping her final talk shows next week at Chicago’s United Center, site of Tuesday’s Game 1 of...
View ArticleBill O’Reilly, Jon Stewart to Debate Common Monday on Fox News
On Thursday, Bill O'Reilly challenged Jon Stewart to a debate about the "controversy" surrounding Common's appearance at the White House — and it appears O'Reilly is going to get his wish. Stewart has...
View ArticleNewspaper Editors Still Irrationally Fear Twitter
Twitter's been around for five years now, Facebook even longer than that. Yet this week, newspaper editors set their understanding of social media back several more — issuing a set of best practices...
View ArticleNetflix, Miramax Ink Digital Deal
Netflix and Miramax announced on Monday a multi-year agreement that will give Netflix subscribers in the U.S. instant access to "several hundred" films from the studio's library. It is the first time...
View ArticleUniversal Moves ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Up to Summer 2012
Universal Pictures announced on Monday that "Snow White and the Huntsman" — an action-adventure epic starring Kristen Stewart and Charlize Theron — will be released on June 1, 2012 — six months...
View ArticleGlenn Beck Announces Plans for Another ‘Restoring’ Rally — This Time in...
Glenn Beck — whose "Restoring Honor" rally last August drew close to 100,000 Tea Partiers to Washington, D.C. — announced on his radio show on Monday plans to hold another rally, this time in...
View ArticleDonald Trump: I’m Not Running for President
Donald Trump announced on Monday that he will not run for president in 2012. "I will not be running for president," Trump told the audience at NBC's Upfront presentation with advertisers. "As much as...
View ArticleCNN Host Comes Out of the Closet
A CNN personality has come out of the closet — though not the one some in the media business have long been waiting for. Don Lemon, CNN's prime-time weekend anchor, reveals he's gay in a new memoir...
View Article‘True Lies': The Media Reacts to Schwarzenegger Love Child
UPDATE 2:04 p.m. PT The news about Schwarzenegger's secret child has driven news coverage at many outlets on Tuesday, with Gawker publishing pictures of the former governor's purported love child, who...
View ArticleCNN Names Feist D.C. Bureau Chief
Notable promotion in the world of cable news: Sam Feist, CNN's political director and vice president of Washington-based programming, has been promoted to D.C. bureau chief, CNN EVP Ken Jautz...
View ArticleEx-Governor to Arnold: ‘Keep Ur Pants Zipped’
There have been plenty of reactions from the Twitterverse to Arnold Schwarzenegger's shocking admission on Tuesday that he fathered a love child with a longtime housekeeper and kept it a secret for...
View ArticleJon Stewart Wins Rap Battle With Bill O’Reilly Over Common
On Monday, I was asked to appear on NBC’s “Today” show to talk about the Common “controversy” that was largely created — and subsequently milked — by Fox News. The segment — pegged to Jon Stewart’s...
View ArticleLetterman’s Blackmailer Writes About DSK’s First Night on Rikers Island
Robert “Joe” Halderman, the former CBS News producer who was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to attempted blackmail of David Letterman in 2009, has resurfaced — as a blogger...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Silent on Schwarzenegger Sex Scandal
In Eliot Spitzer's "Arena," Arnold Schwarzenegger's infidelity does not exist. At least that's the way it seemed on Tuesday, as Spitzer made no mention of Schwarzenegger's love child on his primetime...
View ArticleEx-MGM CEO Harry Sloan, Jeff Sagansky Launch Media Acquisition Company
Harry Sloan, the chairman and chief executive of MGM, has partnered with Jeff Sagansky — former CBS Entertainment head and Sony executive — to launch a company that will focus on acquiring media and...
View ArticleFour Journalists Detained for a Month in Libya Finally Freed
Four journalists — including the Atlantic and USA Today freelance reporter Clare Morgana Gillis — captured and detained in Libya early last month were released by the Libyan government on Wednesday....
View ArticleNY Times Editor Publishes #Sad Column Based on #Stupid Tweet
Bill Keller, the executive editor of the New York Times, is certainly not its tweeter-in-chief. As we predicted here, Keller followed up his provocative “#TwitterMakesYouStupid. Discuss.” tweet with a...
View ArticleHow the Los Angeles Times Got its Schwarzenegger Love Child Scoop
EXCLUSIVE With its bracing expose of former governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's "lust child," the financially-stricken L.A. Times has once again proven that it can still break important stories in its...
View ArticleLinkedIn Value Skyrockets in IPO
LinkedIn's highly-anticipated initial public offering got off to a blazingly hot start on Thursday — so hot it spawned talk of another Wall Street tech bubble. Shares in the social network, which were...
View ArticleDick Ebersol Out at NBC Sports
Dick Ebersol, the legendary NBC Sports executive, is resigning, the network announced on Thursday. In a statement, Steve Burke, CEO, NBCUniversal and Executive Vice President, Comcast Corporation...
View ArticleThe Katie Couric ‘Evening News’ Experiment Ends: Thanks Viewers for...
Update, 4:01 p.m. Couric ended her tenure at "CBS Evening News" with a simple message of gratitute for her viewers. "And to all of you watching thank you so much for coming along with me on this...
View ArticleNY Times Tech Writer David Pogue, Wife Charged in Domestic Dispute
New York Times personal technology writer David Pogue and his wife were charged with disorderly conduct following a domestic dispute that "turned physical" this week, police in Westport, Connecticut...
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