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  • June 2008

    • Where Will Jay Go After Tonight ?

      newser  |  Hollywood Reporter  |  Jun 28, 08 6:37 AM CDT

      Where Will Jay Go After Tonight ?

      Jay Leno might be losing his beloved "Tonight Show," writes the Hollywood Reporter , but the host still has a ratings punch and an enviable set of options (in decreasing order of probability): Take ABC’s 11:30pm-12:30am slot, displacing Nightline and Jimmy Kimmel Live and competing with Letterman and O’Brien. Launch a show on Fox at 11 or 11:30pm—Fox doesn’t currently run late-night shows, but could use Leno’s brand to push into the new territory. Sony Pictures TV puts Leno’s Tonight Show into syndication, which could eventually lead to another late-night gig. More »

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      NBC  • CBS  • ABC  • news  • Jay Leno  • David Letterman  • Conan O'Brien  • late night talk show  • Tonight Show  • late night host  • Jimmy Kimmel  • stand up comedy  • network TV

    • 'News Fatigue' Is Symptom of Youth's Shift

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jun 2, 08 1:08 PM CDT

      'News Fatigue' Is Symptom of Youth's Shift

      Young adults find themselves so inundated with headlines and so distracted by other media that they have trouble consuming the news, the AP reports of a new study. The project followed 18 ethnically diverse 18-34 year olds, and found that though they wanted in-depth news, they had trouble sorting through a barrage of headlines and updates. More »

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      news  • Associated Press  • online news  • news distribution

  • May 2008

    • Quake Moves Xinhua Past Propaganda

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 13, 08 7:01 PM CDT

      Quake Moves Xinhua Past Propaganda

      Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency, is better known for People’s Republic propaganda than hard-hitting journalism. But in the aftermath of the catastrophic Sichuan earthquake, the Wall Street Journal reports, the agency has published hundreds of up-to-the-minute accounts, many of them on the anguish of the victims and the grievances of provincial officials—a deviation from the usual focus on the government’s response. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • natural disaster  • news  • propaganda  • media coverage  • Xinhua

    • Politics Battles Tech for Soul of Digg

      newser  |  CNET  |  May 13, 08 8:57 AM CDT

      Politics Battles Tech for Soul of Digg

      With election season in full swing, the political junkies have come for Digg.com, making Hillary, Barack, et. al. fixtures on the social news site. That’s been great for traffic, but it’s also angered the tech nerd early adopters who made Digg a success, CNET reports. At a recent “town hall” webcast, questions flooded in complaining about the political news. More »

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      social networking  • politics  • news  • Web 2.0  • Digg

    • Study: Viewers Get News From Daily Show... Not

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 9, 08 9:03 AM CDT

      Study: Viewers Get News From Daily Show... Not

      Claims that young people get more news from Jon Stewart's Daily Show than from traditional sources are bunk, a journalism think-tank has concluded after examining a year's worth of episodes. The Project for Excellence in Journalism found that while the comedy show had much of the same content as new shows, the satire would sail over the heads of anybody not already up-to-date on current affairs. More »

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      journalism  • news  • Jon Stewart  • satire  • Daily Show  • Hardball

  • November 2007
  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • All the Space That's Fit to Sell

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 29, 07 3:42 PM CDT

      All the Space That's Fit to Sell

      Newspapers, in an effort to bring in cash and stave off extinction, are selling iconic properties in downtown districts, the Journal reports. The latest example is the Philadelphia Inquirer, whose new owner hopes to net $70 million for its Beaux-Arts tower; the Boston Herald and Minneapolis Star Tribune are also among the outfits looking to profit from their real-estate holdings. More »

    • Couric Will Report From Iraq, Syria

      newser  |  Hollywood Reporter  |  Aug 29, 07 8:24 AM CDT

      Couric Will Report From Iraq, Syria

      Katie Couric leaves today for a 10-day trip to Iraq and Syria, where she will cover the war and the turbulent Middle East as the Pentagon's September 15 deadline for a report on Iraq looms. Couric will spend six days in Iraq, twice anchoring "CBS Evening News" live from Baghdad, before heading to Damascus. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Congress  • Baghdad  • Pentagon  • Syria  • CBS  • news  • reporter  • news anchor  • Katie Couric  • Damascus

    • Scribe Says Bye to Cool Tabloid

      newser  |  Salon  |  Aug 25, 07 5:13 PM CDT

      Scribe Says Bye to Cool Tabloid

      Gone is the tabloid that claimed "February Sues for More Days" and "Hide-and-Seek Player Found After 34 Years," but what becomes of its writers? At least one is still missing his calling as an inventor of comedy-news. In Salon , Stan Sinberg recalls how he conceived tall tales for the Weekly World News for 3 years, a calling he considered higher than writing for the Enquirer or penning celebrity gossip. More »

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      newspaper  • news  • tabloids  • writer  • Weekly World News

    • Google Lets News Figures Fire Back

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

      Google Lets News Figures Fire Back

      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  • prank  • press

    • Times Will Eliminate Pay Access to TimesSelect

      newser  |  New York Post  |  Aug 7, 07 11:58 AM CDT

      Times Will Eliminate Pay Access to TimesSelect

      The New York Times will shut down TimesSelect, the pay section of its website that keeps columnists such as Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich beyond the reach of the great unwashed. The fate of the $7.95-a-month subscription service sparked hot debate among publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr. and other Times execs, reports the New York Post. More »

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      Internet  • newspaper  • New York Times  • journalism  • news  • Maureen Dowd  • Frank Rich  • Arthur Sulzberger Jr.

    • And He's Not Going to Take It Anymore

      newser  |  Gawker  |  Aug 7, 07 10:45 AM CDT

      And He's Not Going to Take It Anymore

      In YouTube's most watched video today, CNBC's Jim Cramer blasts Fed chairman Ben Bernanke for signaling that he won't cut interest rates, calling the present stay-the-course market situation "Armageddon." As his dumbfounded interlocutor looks on, the "Mad Money" host pounds the table and thunders that the "Fed is asleep!" More »

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      US economy  • Federal Reserve  • Ben Bernanke  • money  • interest rate  • news  • reporter  • anger  • Jim Cramer

    • Why the Whims of Matt Drudge Move the Media

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

      Why the Whims of Matt Drudge Move the Media

      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

    • LA Mayor's Reporter Lover Suspended

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 3, 07 6:08 AM CDT

      LA Mayor's Reporter Lover Suspended

      A Telemundo reporter who covered the Los Angeles political beat while having an affair with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been suspended for two months without pay. Mirthala Salinas' involvement with the then-married mayor was an open secret at the station when she broadcast the breakup of his 20-year marriage. Media watchdogs are calling for her termination. More »

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      Los Angeles  • news  • mayor  • affair  • reporter  • Antonio Villaraigosa  • Telemundo  • Mirthala Salinas

  • June 2007

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