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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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OPINION

Web Didn't Kill Sportswriting; Lame, Humorless Writers Did

Writers today just don't know how to have fun

May 14, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the working day is done, sportswriters just wanna have fun—or at least they did 50 years ago, when hot-type dinosaurs like Gary Cartwright and his gonzo cohorts roamed Dallas in capes and leotards pretending to be Italian acrobats. But today’s mirthless philistines are doing more to butcher... More »

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sports • media • Internet • newspaper • Texas • Dallas • reporter • sports writer • Gary Cartwright • Blackie Sherrod

OPINION

 Don't Sell the Times... Yet 


May 14, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The New York Times' ruling Ochs-Sulzberger family has a “habit of buying high and selling low,” writes John Gapper of the Financial Times. The clan sold the paper’s old Times Square building at a bargain price and bought back shares near their zenith. Now Arthur Sulzberger... More »

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media • David Geffen • newspaper • New York Times • Carlos Slim • Ochs-Sulzberger • newspaper industry

OPINION

 Washington Can't Take a Joke 

Uproar over Sykes' routine shows we take things too literally

May 13, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, Wanda Sykes’ controversial jokes at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner were “over the top,” and they weren’t all that funny, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. But the uproar they sparked just shows “we take ourselves far too seriously—and literally.” Sykes... More »

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media • Rush Limbaugh • comedy • joke • punditry • Kathleen Parker • President Obama • Wanda Sykes

Fawcett: False Tab Reports Add Pain to Cancer

Actress describes sting designed to catch leakers to Enquirer

May 11, 09 7:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s battle with the prying media runs a close second to her battle with cancer. In an August interview with the Los Angeles Times published today, the actress slammed the National Enquirer’s often-inaccurate reporting of her condition and describes a sting she and her doctors designed to... More »

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media • paparazzi • National Enquirer • hospitalization • UCLA Medical Center • Farrah Fawcett • actress • anal cancer

OPINION

 Hey, Media: 
 US Jails Journos, Too 

'First duty' of press is to hold own gov't accountable

May 11, 09 12:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The American media are celebrating Iran’s release of journalist Roxana Saberi in a case the press doggedly pursued. But today’s back-patting is hypocritical, writes Glenn Greenwald in Salon: the US media have all but ignored foreign journalists imprisoned by our own government, often with little reason. Case in... More »

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media • propaganda • press • photographers • journalist • American media • freedom of press • media bias • American press • Roxana Saberi • Jay-ZTV

Anonymous Briefings Rile White House Press Corps

Members considering staging protest

May 10, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House press corps is fed up with background briefings given by “senior administration officials” whose names can’t be revealed, and journalists are considering a protest, Politico reports. An AP reporter has urged the press to team up against such briefings. But frustrated reporters are still attending... More »

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media • press conference • anonymous • Obama administration • White House press corps

SLIDESHOW

 Obama Brings 
 Down House 
 at Press Dinner 

President plays stand-up comic

May 10, 09 5:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama slayed his audience with killer jokes last night at the celebrity-studded White House Correspondents' Dinner, reports the Washington Post. Aiming zingers at everyone from Hillary to himself, Obama drew guffaws from the 2500 guests with lines like: "My next 100 days will be so successful. I... More »

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Barack Obama • media • stand up comedy • White House Correspondents Dinner • Jay-ZTV

 Berlusconi Demands 
 Apology From Wife 

Lario slammed PM for surrounding himself 'with children'

May 4, 09 1:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi is demanding an apology from his wife for her public complaints over the PM’s appreciation of young women, the Times of London reports. Berlusconi alleged that Veronica Lario had been “put up” to discredit him before June elections by his political enemies. Berlusconi said this marriage... More »

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television • media • divorce • Italy • prime minister • Silvio Berlusconi • Italian elections • election • Veronica Lario

(Newser) - Amazon is set to introduce a tabloid-sized version of the Kindle tailored to display newspapers—just one of many e-readers in the pipe that just might toss a life-preserver to print journalism, the New York Times reports. In fact, Engadget expects the new Kindle to debut Wednesday at a... More »

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technology • media • E Ink • Kindle • News Corp • Amazon • newspaper industry • Hearst • e-readers • Plastic Logic

House Trembles When Colbert
Comes Calling

Comic shines rare
(and rarely flattering) light on representatives

May 4, 09 10:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Members of the House generally toil in obscurity—unless they have the fortune, or misfortune, to run afoul of Stephen Colbert. With his would-be 435-part “Better Know a District” segment, Colbert has become, arguably, the only comedian to make the House of Representatives a major part of his act,... More »

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entertainment • media • House of Representatives • Stephen Colbert

OPINION

 Media Let 
 Specter Off 
 the Hook 

Didn't he sort of betray voters?

May 4, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Arlen Specter story broke last week, “most journalists assumed the role of handicappers,” writes Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post. The value-neutral reporting focused on how powerful this would make Democrats, and what it meant for the wilderness-dwelling Republicans. “Little attention was devoted to... More »

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media • Arlen Specter • Republican Party • American media • media bias

 Press Freedom 
 Declines Worldwide 

New report sees losses in all regions for first time ever

May 2, 09 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Press freedom declined worldwide last year for the seventh year in a row, and for the first time suffered losses in all regions, according to a new report by Freedom House. Slipping from “free” to “partially free” were Israel, Italy and Hong Kong, while Cambodia fell to “... More »

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Israel • media • free speech • Hong Kong • Italy • journalism • Cambodia • freedom of press • Freedom House

OPINION

'Enchanted'? Twitterverse Pounces

NYT journo's query on Obama's feelings 'genius,' 'navel-gazing'

Apr 30, 09 9:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - One question from last night’s presidential press conference has pundits and Twitterers buzzing: A reporter asked President Obama what “surprised,” “troubled,” “enchanted,” and “humbled” him about the office. “I thought the Miss USA Pageant was *last* week,” read one Tweet... More »

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media • press conference • pundits • Twitter • Jeff Zeleny • question and answer • President Obama

 NYT Readers 
 Brain Dead: 
 WSJ Editor 

USA Today also slammed—maybe

Apr 30, 09 7:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Media-to-media relations are starting to resemble reality shows, writes Ryan Tate in Gawker—maybe this will up readership. In a staff memo about circulation growth, the Wall Street Journal managing editor slammed the New York Times, writing “there are two measures of mortality, brain death and the day the... More »

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media • newspaper • New York Times • Wall Street Journal • USA Today

OPINION

 Obama, Biden Earn A-Minuses 

Pundits offer wide-ranging report card

Apr 29, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - On President Obama’s 100th day in office, Mark Halperin of Time provides a White House report card:
  • Barack Obama: A-. “Instantly comfortable and highly skilled at the hardest job in the world.”
  • Joe Biden: A-: Operates "precisely in the manner he and
... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • media • Michelle Obama • pundits • Grover Norquist • grades • Obama administration • analyst • President Obama • Timothy Geithner • Jonathan Alter • 100 days • Marcy Wheeler

Analysis

 Obama Thrives On 
 Disintegrating Media 


Apr 27, 09 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is watching the old media paradigm disintegrate with just a touch of opportunistic glee, reports Jon Ward of the Washington Times. “There are so many places that are driving the news that, in the end, nothing gets driven,” says press secretary Robert Gibbs.... More »

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Barack Obama • media • newspaper • American media • Obama administration

(Newser) - Software that would automatically rate the credibility of blogs on a scale from highly credible to “little credible” is in the works in Austria, Ars Technica reports. The program analyzes the distribution of words in successive blog posts and also compares topics against stories covered in the mainstream media... More »

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media • blogosphere • Internet • Austria • blogger • software applications • credibility

Critic Fights Copycat for Twitter Identity

Lawyers pursue blogger who spoofs restaurant reviewer

Apr 22, 09 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A restaurant reviewer and her lawyers are after a man who’s been tweeting and blogging under her name, the New York Times reports. Adam Robb Rucinsky has been spoofing New York Daily News critic Danyelle Freeman, aka Restaurant Girl, imitating her distinctive style in posts using both her monikers.... More »

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social networking • media • blogging • impersonation • restaurant criticism • New York Daily News • blogger • trademark • Twitter • Danyelle Freeman • Adam Robb Rucinsky • Restaurant Girl

OPINION

 Obama's Auto 
 Boss Faces 
 Charges of 
 ... Nothing 

Rattner's pay-to-play 'scandal' is common practice

Apr 22, 09 7:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The press is abuzz over Obama auto-recovery boss Steven Rattner’s ties to a pay-to-play scandal, but every story about Rattner mentions he’s not accused of anything. What he apparently did—paid to receive part of a public pension fund to manage—is “an open practice,” so... More »

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media • press • bribery • political scandal • Obama administration • Steven Rattner • auto task force • pay-to-play

(Newser) - Remember all that talk about social networks revolutionizing media and leveling the playing field? Well, forget it, writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age, because Ashton Kutcher is the top twitterer in the world. “Mr. Demi Moore” became the first user to hit a million followers today, and “if... More »

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social networking • media • Ashton Kutcher • Twitter

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