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  • August 2007

    • Google Lets News Figures Fire Back

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 8, 07 9:54 PM CDT

      Google Lets News Figures Fire Back

      (Newser) - People who want to talk back to the press received a major invitation from Google News yesterday when it announced a plan to post user comments alongside links to news articles, ars technica reports. But only people and groups specifically mentioned in the articles will be allowed into Google’s new peanut gallery, which will open its doors later in this week. More »

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      Google  • media  • news  • press  • prank  • Google News

    • Alert the Aliens: Weekly World News Dead at 28

      Washington Post  |  Aug 7, 07 4:57 PM CDT

      Alert the Aliens: Weekly World News Dead at 28

      (Newser) - For 28 years, it was the “world’s most reliable newspaper,” replete with stories of Elvis sightings, alien babies, and dwarf-eating dieters. But the Weekly World News is no more. The black-and-white publication, known for its loose headlines and even looser facts, will publish its final print edition later this month, parent company American Media says. More »

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      media  • newspaper  • tabloids  • National Enquirer  • American media  • fake news  • UFO sightings  • print industry  • Weekly World News

    • Bloggers of the World, Unite?

      Associated Press  |  Aug 6, 07 5:30 PM CDT

      Bloggers of the World, Unite?

      (Newser) - Some liberal bloggers are attempting to rally their keyboard-hammering brethren and form the first bloggers' union, an organization whose exact configuration is unclear. Some envision the group as a traditional labor faction that would fight for health benefits and recognition within the media, the AP reports, while others want a looser group of like-minded writers. More »

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      media  • journalism  • labor  • blogger  • blogosphere  • union

    • Why the Whims of Matt Drudge Move the Media

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 4, 07 5:10 PM CDT

      Why the Whims of Matt Drudge Move the Media

      (Newser) - Every day journalists in newsrooms across the country hope, pray and scheme to enhance the chances that one man will notice their breaking news. That man, Matt Drudge, controls Internet traffic so vast that a mention drives hundreds of thousands of readers to a single story. The same MSM types who decried his conservative bias and inaccurate stories in the late '90s now compete for his attention, the LA Times reports. More »

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      Internet  • media  • journalism  • news  • wealth  • Matt Drudge

    • YearlyKos Gets Ready for Its Closeup

      Moderate Voice  |  Aug 3, 07 3:39 PM CDT

      YearlyKos Gets Ready for Its Closeup

      (Newser) - Bloggers contemplating the off-again, on-again appearance of Hillary Clinton at tomorrow's YearlyKos convention can't quite get over how much more respect—would fear be an exaggeration?—they're inspiring in Democrats this year, compared to the last go-round. Joe Gandelman at the Moderate Voice asks whether it means the Democratic center really has “swung to the left.”  More »

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      Election 2008  • Iraq war  • Internet  • media  • blogger  • Christopher Dodd  • Bill O'Reilly  • online media  • netroots  • YearlyKos  • Daily Kos

    • Black Holds $60M Offshore, Court Hears

      Globe and Mail  |  Aug 2, 07 8:41 AM CDT

      Black Holds $60M Offshore, Court Hears

      (Newser) - Disgraced media mogul Conrad Black has shuffled $60 million to an offshore account into Gibraltar, an affidavit filed at his Chicago bail hearing alleged yesterday. Canada's Globe and Mail reports that Juval Aviv, a private investigator with a checkered past, told the court that he had uncovered a complex network of secret bank transfers while working for Black's Hollinger Media. More »

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      media  • fraud  • trial  • Conrad Black  • Hollinger Media

  • July 2007

    • Bush Hate Hyped in Internet Age

      Washington Post  |  Jul 25, 07 6:18 PM CDT

      Bush Hate Hyped in Internet Age

      (Newser) - The president’s newest disapproval rating, a towering 65%, is surpassed only by Harry Truman's 67% during the Korean War and Nixon’s 66%—4 days before Tricky Dick’s resignation—the Washington Post reports. The figure suggests dissatisfaction far beyond Iraq, but it also suggests  that something new is going on.  More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • media  • Richard Nixon  • Bush approval ratings

    • Shari Redstone Weighs Bolting From Viacom

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 19, 07 12:52 PM CDT

      Shari Redstone Weighs Bolting From Viacom

      (Newser) - Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone is involved in a bitter spat with his daughter and heir apparent, Shari Redstone, that may lead to her splitting from the Viacom board. Negotiations for her separation from the media empire that counts CBS, MTV, and Paramount among its many holdings are under way, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      media  • CBS  • Viacom  • Sumner Redstone

    • Best of the Blogosphere: 10 to Read

      PC World  |  Jul 7, 07 6:44 AM CDT

      Best of the Blogosphere: 10 to Read

      (Newser) - PC World chooses the best blogs in 10 categories: Technology News:  Slashdot (slashdot.org) Specialty Tech Site: John Battele's Searchblog (battellemedia.com) Company Watcher: Microsoft Watch (microsoft-watch.com) Corporate Blog: The Official Google Blog (googleblog.blogspot.com) Politics and Business: Policybeta (blog.cdt.org) More »

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      list  • technology  • media  • blog  • blogger  • blogging  • blogosphere

    • Carlyle Bids on Faltering Virgin Media

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jul 2, 07 1:37 PM CDT

      Carlyle Bids on Faltering Virgin Media

      (Newser) - The friendly corporate raiders at the Carlyle Group have floated an offer to buy out Virgin Media, the British cable provider, with total equity in the range of $8B and $10B, the Journal reports. The besieged media company has been losing customers to rivals in the UK, and has stacked up debt nearing $12B. More »

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      Internet  • cell phones  • media  • Goldman Sachs  • acquisitions  • cable TV  • buyout  • Richard Branson  • Carlyle Group  • Virgin

  • June 2007