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 How the Onion 
 Writes Headlines 

New book Our Front Pages explores the evolution

Nov 3, 09 1:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The Onion's writers have a backward way of generating stories: They come up with the headlines first. The staff devotes the first two days of each week to rejecting headlines like “Quick and Painless Overthrow of Taliban Enters Eighth Year” in favor of “US Continues Quagmire-Building Effort in... More »

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media • newspaper • satire • The Onion • headlines

Simon Dumenco

When News Is for the Rich, Newser Is
Robin Hood...

...and founder Michael Wolff is in jail

Nov 2, 09 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - The year is 2012, and Michael Wolff is in prison. He’s the first high-profile conviction under 2011’s anti-aggregation law, the draconian act that’s allowed newspapers to duck behind ever-pricier paywalls. These days, a New York Times subscription will run you $7,000, and “the cultural divide... More »

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media • news • Michael Wolff • aggregator • Simon Dumenco • paywall • Newser

 Newspaper Circulation Off 10% 

Decline one of the biggest ever

Oct 26, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Daily newspaper circulation has taken a massive 10.6% drop over the past six months, the Audit Bureau of Circulations said today, while Sunday circulation fell 7.4%. The drop, one of the worst ever, is a potent sign of the industry’s decline, Editor & Publisher reports. Things... More »

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media • newspaper • USA Today • circulation • newspaper industry • newspaper circulation

Clarence Page

Actually, Fox Is
a Legit News Operation

Obama must start following through on campaign promises

Oct 25, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Risking his wife's wrath, Clarence Page has to admit he agrees with Sean Hannity. The Fox News host has correctly called President Obama on the disconnect between campaign rhetoric and the attempted boycott of Hannity's employer. "It is disingenuous for right-wing pundits to accuse Obama of dividing the country,... More »

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television • media • cable TV • White House • journalism • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Sean Hannity • Obama administration • President Obama

 Sheriff: TV 
 Paid for 
 Balloon 
 Stunt 

Unnamed outlet blurs entertainment-news lines, says Alderden

Oct 20, 09 6:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A shady TV operation may have already paid the Heenes for its balloon boy stunt, the Colorado sheriff investigating the case has indicated. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the unnamed outlet paid the family for the launch and may be complicit in the hoax. An agreement from the... More »

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media • reality TV • Colorado • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy • Mayumi Heene

analysis

 In Fight With Fox, 
 White House Can't Win 

Administration has 'brought a knife to a gunfight': David Carr

Oct 18, 09 4:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - By tackling Fox News head-on, the Obama administration has almost certainly bitten off more than it can chew, apparently prioritizing payback ahead of rising above the fray. "While there is undoubtedly a visceral thrill in finally setting out after your antagonists," media columnist David Carr writes for the... More »

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television • media • White House • feud • Fox News • television news • Obama administration • White House blog • Anita Dunn

 Iran Releases 
 Newsweek 
 Reporter 



Humanitarian considerations thought to have played role

Oct 18, 09 8:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Iran set free yesterday the Newsweek journalist it had held prisoner since the disputed June elections. Maziar Bahari was released on $300,000 bail, likely because of humanitarian conditions—the magazine reports that the 42-year-old is expecting his first child October 26, and the baby's mother has had serious health... More »

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Iran • media • Newsweek • reporter • Maziar Bahari

well, duh

 Some UK Tabloid Stories 
 Are Fake: Documentary 

Starsuckers exposes tabloids' habit of publishing fabricated gossip

Oct 15, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The upcoming British documentary Starsuckers proves what we’ve always suspected: Tabloids—at least, UK tabloids—will print just about anything, including “complete and utter babble,” the director tells the Guardian. Among the fake stories he got published—and, often, reprinted around the world: Avril Lavigne passed... More »

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entertainment • media • newspaper • tabloids • celebrity • gossip • documentary • Amy Winehouse • Avril Lavigne • Guy Ritchie • British tabloids • Starsuckers

nate silver

 Rush Got Bum Rap 
 on  Racist Slurs 


Face it, liberal media: Claims he said that stuff look pretty bogus

Oct 15, 09 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh is getting such a raw deal in the media that even Nate Silver—who got his start on the Daily Kos—has come to his defense. Lately CNN and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch have repeated racist statements that appear to be "completely made up," Silver... More »

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media • NFL • St. Louis Rams • Rush Limbaugh • race relations • CNN • Nate Silver • Rush Limbaugh racist quotes

Reid Ducks the Media as 2010 Fight Looms

Majority leader hopes
to cut down on gaffes with fewer press talks

Oct 15, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reporters are used to getting a press conference from Harry Reid every Thursday, but since the August recess he’s been canceling them, opting instead to get the message out in more controlled environments like Senate floor speeches. A spokesman says Reid’s not intentionally hiding out, but analysts tell... More »

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media • Harry Reid • press conference • gaffe • 2010 election

(AP) - Bruce Wasserstein, the CEO of Lazard Ltd. and one of Wall Street's most prominent dealmakers, is dead at 61. He had been hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat on Sunday. Wasserstein had been a fixture on Wall Street since the 1980s. He worked on such landmark deals as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts'... More »

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media • Wall Street • investment bankers • Bruce Wasserstein

OPINION

 Why Rupert 
 Murdoch Won't 
 Buy NBC Stake 

The News Corp. mogul is interested, but the deal will likely not go through

Oct 13, 09 11:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sources tell CNBC Rupert Murdoch wants to add a stake in NBC Universal to his ever-expanding media empire—which could lead to some awkward moments between Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann at the company Christmas party—but it probably won’t happen, writes John Cook on Gawker. Considering the... More »

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media • Comcast • Rupert Murdoch • NBC Universal • CNBC • News Corp

Bleeping White House Better Watch Its Mouth

At least around reporters suddenly quoting official profanity

Oct 12, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lately, the White House has had quite the potty mouth. Barack Obama called Kanye West a “jackass,” Joe Biden told a senator to “gimme a fucking break!” and one top economic adviser said that America hadn’t had its “holy shit” moment. That’s an... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • media • swearing • cursing • Obama administration

OPINION

Once-Great Politico Sinks Into Sensationalism

Polanski piece shows site's 'clicks are king' mentality

Oct 9, 09 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - For a while there, Politico seemed to be the best new media journalism had to offer—hard-nosed investigations with a smart, web-centric approach. But lately, it’s been falling prey to the anything-for-a-click mentality you’d normally associate with the Drudge Report or Huffington Post, writes Andrew Sargus Klein. A... More »

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Barack Obama • media • journalism • Roman Polanski • DNC • Politico





 Taylor: Heart Surgery 
 'Went Off Perfectly' 

Actress, 77, tweets that 'it's like having a brand new ticker'

Oct 8, 09 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elizabeth Taylor’s heart surgery today “went off perfectly,” she writes on Twitter. “It’s like having a brand new ticker.” The actress, 77, says the procedure was to repair a “leaky valve,” and ripped media reports that she has diabetes as “a... More »

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media • Elizabeth Taylor • heart surgery • Twitter

OPINION

 How to Keep Gourmet Alive 


Oct 5, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cookie and Modern Bride are getting the ax, but it's Conde Nast's shuttering of Gourmet that has floored and disappointed readers and non-readers alike. That includes Fast Company's Kate Rockwood, who shares a few ideas for keeping America's oldest food magazine alive—in some form.
  • Move to television: One
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television • media • travel • Whole Foods • magazine • journalism • PBS • Conde Nast • Gourmet

Analysis

Meg Whitman Tests Media's
Celeb-CEO Myth

Calif. voters to decide
if ex-eBay honcho was
really a rock star

Sep 28, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - For years Meg Whitman has benefited from the sycophantic business media’s lionization of the CEO. Throughout the boom years, “CEOs were pretty much automatically rock stars,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age. “If they banked a billion or more, the thinking went, they must have... More »

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media • California • eBay • CEO • Meg Whitman • media bias • gubernatorial races • Election 2010

ANALYSIS

 Obama and 
 Cable News: 
 It's Love/Hate 

Prez can't stand the "chatter" that obfuscates real issues

Sep 25, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama tries to downplay the “cable chatter” of the 24-hour news networks, but his frustration with them is as old as their fascination with him. “I think a lot of this stems from the election,” press secretary Robert Gibbs tells Politico, when some donors “would... More »

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television • media • MSNBC • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Obama administration • cable news • President Obama

 Paper Sorry for 
 Calling Palin 
 a 'Broad' 

Alaska newspaper editor admits it was a pun, not a typo

Sep 25, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska’s Fairbanks Daily News-Miner has apologized for Wednesday’s front-page headline about Sarah Palin. Above a small picture of the ex-governor, who had spoken at a Hong Kong investors conference, the paper ran the headline, “A Broad in Asia.” The paper’s managing editor says it... More »

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media • newspaper • Alaska • apology • Sarah Palin

Heard Gupta's Swine Flu Spiel? Well, He Got It, Too

CNN doc, and onetime Surgeon General candidate, falls ill in Afghanistan

Sep 23, 09 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now just imagine how embarrassing this would’ve been if he had been Surgeon General: Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s medical talking head, got swine flu on a recent reporting trip to Afghanistan, he writes in a blog post today. “I am not someone who gets sick, really ever,”... More »

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Afghanistan • media • Sanjay Gupta • CNN • Surgeon General • swine flu • H1N1 virus

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