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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 Post Cancels 
 Off-the-Record 
 'Salons' 

'Overzealous marketing execs' pushed fliers, paper says

Jul 2, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Washington Post publisher Katharine Weymouth today nixed the “salons” aimed to sell lobbyists access to off-the-record gatherings of administration officials, members of Congress, and Post journalists, the paper reports. “This should never have happened," said Weymouth. Fliers advertising the meetings "got out and weren't vetted. They... More »

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media • newspaper • Washington Post • marketing • lobbyist • newsrooms • Marcus Brauchli • access • Katharine Weymouth

 Post Sells Access to  
 Officials, Reporters 


For $25,000, lobbyists can meet with lawmakers, WaPo staff

Jul 2, 09 9:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lobbyists who pay $25,000 to $250,000 can attend off-the-record Washington Post gatherings with administration officials, members of Congress, and members of the paper's staff, Politico reports. The offer, described on a flier passed along by a lobbyist, “essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private... More »

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Congress • media • newspaper • Washington Post • journalism • reporter • Obama administration • Katharine Weymouth

BOOK REVIEW

 Anderson vs. Gladwell: 
 The Battle Over Free  

Anderson's new book sets off old-school journalists' feud

Jul 1, 09 7:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Anderson's new book, Free, examining the repercussions the Internet trend of bringing costs to zero, triggered a mini-war with Malcolm Gladwell, who lambasted him for arguing that "the New York Times should be staffed by volunteers, like Meals on Wheels." In the London Times, Antonia Senior does... More »

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media • online media • Malcolm Gladwell • free • book reviews • new media • Chris Anderson

(Newser) - TMZ left its more savory rivals in the dust yesterday, reporting Michael Jackson’s cardiac arrest and death before any other media outlet, the Chicago Tribune reports. The AOL gossip website reported Jackson’s death at 2:44 local time, less than 20 minutes after the singer expired. But... More »

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entertainment • media • Time Warner • AOL • online news • death • CNN • TMZ • Los Angeles Times • Michael Jackson • new media

Ballmer:
Old Media Won't Last a Decade

Microsoft boss says papers, TV won't bounce back 

Jun 25, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The ad revenue media companies lost in the downturn won't be coming back when things turn around, Steve Ballmer told an advertising conference yesterday. The Microsoft boss said the industry has been "reset" at a lower level, and media companies are going to have to learn to survive on... More »

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media • advertising • ad revenue • Steve Ballmer • new media • digital media

analysis

 Emanuel's Media Blitz 
 Goes 'Relentlessly' 24/7 

'Aggressive,' 'relentless' Rahm 'in constant touch'

Jun 23, 09 2:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rahm Emanuel is “in constant touch” with journalists, offering a “round-the-clock offensive” on behalf of the White House, writes Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post. “He calls, drops a few F-bombs, makes his point and hangs up,” says one commentator. Brief he may be, but “... More »

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media • White House • press • Rahm Emanuel • David Axelrod • Obama administration • chief of staff • Howard Kurtz

OPINION

Parasitic, Tabloid HuffPo Just Pretends to Do Journalism

The 'supposedly revolutionary über-blog' wears no clothes: Dumenco

Jun 22, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syracuse University’s SI Newhouse journalism school recently awarded Arianna Huffington one of their lifetime achievement awards, an honor that strikes Simon Dumenco as absurd, he writes for Advertising Age. It sounds like a brutally ironic joke: a school for training journalists honors someone who’s built a popular website... More »

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media • tabloids • gossip • blog • Huffington Post • aggregator • photos • Simon Dumenco

ANALYSIS

 NBC, CBS 
 At Odds on 
 How to Survive 

Zucker trumpets new model; Moonves aims for hit shows

Jun 22, 09 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - America’s oldest TV broadcasters see very different roads ahead as they navigate today’s world of splintering audiences, Advertising Age reports. NBC is carving a new path, dropping five hours of potential scripted shows a week for a nightly Jay Leno show, and banking on its cable channels. CBS,... More »

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entertainment • television • media • NBC • CBS • cable TV • Jeff Zucker • Leslie Moonves • network • TV ratings

Newsier Gawker Looks Beyond Manhattan

Denton: Media site
'may inadvertently commit journalism'

Jun 22, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gawker.com began life as a gossip site for the New York media industry, but these days the site is increasingly looking away from incestuous Manhattan—it's covering everything from reality TV to global politics, and recently the site hired an actual investigative reporter. Nick Denton, the site's founder, tells... More »

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media • blogging • blog • Gawker • Nick Denton • Gawker Media

UPDATED

Husband Outed Ensign Affair
to Fox News

Hampton's lawyer made 'exorbitant demands': senator

Jun 19, 09 1:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - The husband of John Ensign’s mistress sent a letter detailing the affair to Fox News just days before the senator’s public admission, the Las Vegas Sun reports. A spokesman said Ensign acknowledged the affair because Doug Hampton had approached “a major television news channel.” The senator's... More »

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Congress • media • Fox News • Tom Coburn • John Ensign • US Senate • extramarital affair • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton • Megyn Kelly

 Reader's Digest 
 Shifts to the Right 

Struggling magazine aims for new niche market

Jun 19, 09 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Reader's Digest is no longer going after Middle America, reports the New York Times. Instead, the slimmed-down magazine will be "aiming a little more to the right," hoping to carve out a niche among conservatives, writes Stephanie Clifford. “It’s traditional, conservative values: I love my family,... More »

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media • conservative • American media • right-wing media • magazine industry • Reader's Digest • conservative media

 Iran: Foreign Media  
 Speaks for 'Hooligans' 

Journalists 'damaging the Islamic republic'

Jun 17, 09 1:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has slammed foreign journalists for sparking unrest in the country as the “mouthpieces” of “hooligans,” CNN reports. The foreign ministry said “hundreds” of foreigners had been allowed into Iran in “a sign of the total transparency in the trends of the elections,” but... More »

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Iran • social networking • media • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • protests • Revolutionary Guards • journalist • riots • protesters • Mir Hossein Mousavi

 Obama Looooves the Times 


Jun 15, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is a friend of new or non-traditional media—he’s given interviews for Univision, and called on reporters from the Huffington Post or, for example, Politico. But his true love is the Gray Lady. Unlike their predecessors, Obama and his administration treat the New York Times with... More »

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Barack Obama • media • New York Times • new media • Obama administration • Gray Lady

(Newser) - The New York Times Company has hired Goldman Sachs to handle a possible sale of the Boston Globe, the Globe reports. Goldman, which has also been trying to help the Times Co. unload its 17.5% stake in the Red Sox, has been telling prospective buyers it would... More »

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media • New York Times • Boston Red Sox • Goldman Sachs • mergers and acquisitions • New York Times Company • Boston Globe • newspaper industry • Boston Newspaper Guild

OPINION

Dirt-Cheap Netbooks Might Save Media Industry

Paying for content, not hardware, is the key

Jun 9, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - There might be hope yet for the media industry, “because the tech industry is screwed too,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age. With light, cheap netbooks squeezing the profit out of the hardware, makers are partnering with media providers (ie, Acer selling netbooks for $100, plus 2-year AT&... More »

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media • paid content • Acer • subscription • AT&T • Netbooks • Asus • newspaper industry • digital content

(Newser) - The bankrupt Tribune Company could emerge from protection with its top creditors—and not chairman Sam Zell—in charge, the Chicago Tribune reports. Zell exerts control based on $90 million he spent to secure the option of buying 40% of the company for $500 million, and a $250 million loan.... More »

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media • Sam Zell • Tribune Company • Citigroup • bankruptcy • debt • JPMorgan Chase • Chicago Tribune • newspaper industry • creditor • lenders

Papers Can't Ask for Bailout, Seek Rule Change Instead

Handout would violate journos' watchdog role

Jun 3, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the industry in dire straits, some in the journalism business want government help—but they’re not looking for a financial bailout, Reuters reports. “That is so clearly contrary to what our role is as a watchdog that it’s just not acceptable,” said a former newspaper... More »

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media • newspaper • antitrust • journalism • American media • newspaper industry

(Newser) - In the battle for the blogosphere, left-leaning sites are clobbering their conservative counterparts, thanks mostly to the Huffington Post, David Kaplan writes for paidContent. Liberal sites attracted 6.4 million unique visitors in April, to 4.8 million for conservative sites. Of those, 5.6 million were Huffington Post hits,... More »

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media • traffic • Drudge Report • DailyKos • Michelle Malkin • Tucker Carlson • Huffington Post • blogs • MyDD • TheDailyCaller.com

Berlusconi Irate Over Pesky Media Questions

Italian PM walks out of interview when asked about teen model

May 24, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi owns nearly half of Italy’s television stations—but not La Repubblica, the Italian daily that has incensed the PM with questions about his connection to an 18-year-old model, the Guardian reports. When a reporter asked about Berlusconi's appearance at her birthday party, Berlusconi took offense, saying... More »

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media • newspaper • Italy • prime minister • parliament • authoritarianism • Silvio Berlusconi • La Repubblica • investigative journalism • Noemi Letizia

OPINION

 New Newsweek a Lot Like 
 Old Newsweek 


May 22, 09 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Freshly fired by Time, Michael Kinsley checked out the much-ballyhooed Newsweek makeover. Let’s just say he’s less than impressed. In his introductory note, editor John Meacham says, “We are not pretending to be your guide through the chaos of the information age.” Already, Kinsley... More »

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media • media criticism • Newsweek • magazine • Michael Kinsley • Jon Meacham

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