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NEWS ABOUT: Time magazine

Time magazine stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Time hits newsstands tomorrow with a familiar face on the cover and the question, "Mad Man: Is Glenn Beck Bad for America?" But instead of a hit piece, the article itself offers a fairly benign profile of "the pudgy, buzz-cut, weeping phenomenon of radio, TV and books."... More »

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conservative • Fox News • Glenn Beck • Time magazine • right wingers

(Newser) - Time counts down the top 10 weirdest non-emergency 911 calls. Among the craziest:
  • A cop who stole pot from a drug bust and made brownies. After getting stoned, he called 911 in a panic. "I think we're dead," he told the operator. "Time is going by
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McDonald's • police • 911 call • marijuana • Time magazine • Burger King

(Newser) - Time has unveiled its latest tallying of the world’s 100 most influential people, and yes, of course, Barack Obama is on it. But the other 99 choices aren’t as obvious. Bernie Madoff makes the list, as do Rush Limbaugh, George Clooney, and 4Chan’s Moot. And as... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Ann Coulter • Michelle Obama • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Gordon Brown • Rush Limbaugh • JK Rowling • Ted Kennedy • Oprah Winfrey • Time magazine • George Clooney • Ashton Kutcher • Time's Person of the Year • Sarah Palin • Twitter • Bernard Madoff • 4Chan • Chesley Sullenberger • influential • Moot

(Newser) - The results of Time’s online “world’s most influential person” poll have fallen victim to shenanigans, TechCrunch reports. Moot, leader of the devious web forum 4Chan, sits atop Time’s leaderboard, above Barack Obama and other usual suspects. And the first letters of the top 20 spell out... More »

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Internet • online fraud • hackers • Time magazine • opinion polls • 4Chan • influential • marblecake

Time Warner Posts $16B Loss on Declining Media Value

Conglomerate takes $25 writedown as publishing, Net assets cheapen

Feb 4, 09 6:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Time Warner reported a shattering fourth-quarter loss of $16 billion, prompted by plunging ad sales and a $25 billion goodwill writedown to reflect the decline in cable, publishing, and Internet assets, Bloomberg reports. While the media conglomerate took a hit from plummeting revenue at AOL and its magazines, rising revenue... More »

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Time Warner • AOL • Time magazine • Jeff Bewkes • media conglomerates • writedowns • goodwill

 Time, CNN Top College Faves 

Annual marketing survey yields weightier results

Dec 1, 08 6:34 AM CST
(Newser) - College students took a break from beer pong to take stock of the world, a study of their favorite brands suggests. Time unseated Cosmopolitan as top magazine among the 1,000 students surveyed, while CNN.com bumped Perez Hilton off the list of top websites, Advertising Age reports. "World... More »

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Barack Obama • brands • marketing • college • CNN • Time magazine • Barack Obama supporters • survey

(Newser) - Sarah Palin made such a splash in American politics this year that she deserves consideration for Time magazine Person of the Year, Kathryn Jean Lopez writes for the National Review. “They’ve probably long picked The One,” Lopez writes, referring to Barack Obama. But “like... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Time magazine • National Review • Time's Person of the Year • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • McCain-Palin • President Obama

Almost Famous: Dorky Writer Rolls With Rapper's Posse

Writer hits Miami with rapper and his crew

Oct 5, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - You can't pick the music, but you won't pay for a thing. Such are the ups and downs of life in a rapper's posse, Joel Stein writes in Time after tagging along with Flo Rida and his crew for a night out. Stein's role? "To be the one who... More »

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Entourage • Time magazine • rap music • Flo Rida

OPINION

 McCain's 'TMZ Campaign' Is Risky Business

Candidate bets America's celebrity resentment outweighs admiration

Aug 15, 08 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's attack ads on the "biggest celebrity in the world" depend on Americans loving to hate stars more than they admire them, writes James Poniewozik in Time. If the tactic works, it will shift Barack Obama’s best asset into a Republican secret weapon—but "snark aside,... More »

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John McCain • Britney Spears • Denver • Democratic National Convention • Bono • celebrity • TMZ • Time magazine • Obama-mentum • Brangelina

 Colbert Not World's 
 Most Influential Person 

Despite host's truthy campaign, Time poll honor goes to Wii designer

Apr 30, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The result of an annual Time poll to name the most influential person in the world didn’t exactly give closure to a heated rivalry between contenders Stephen Colbert and Korean pop star Rain—neither took the top honor. That went to programmer Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Nintendo’s Wii,... More »

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Nintendo Wii • Larry King • poll • Stephen Colbert • Time magazine • The Colbert Report • Rain • Shigeru Miyamoto

'Time' Loses Suharto Lawsuit

Sep 10, 07 7:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Time must pay former Indonesian dictator Suharto $106 million over a 1999 article that defamed him, that country's highest court ruled today. The ruling, over a story that claimed Suharto stole some $73 billion during his bloody rule that spanned four decades, comes after lower courts twice ruled in Time's... More »

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Indonesia • lawsuit • defamation • Suharto • Time magazine • human rights abuse • embezzlement

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