Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: tabloids

tabloids stories: 58 news summaries

21 - 40 of 58 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

 LiLo on Britney: 
 She's No Artist 

Starlet admires Spears' honesty

Mar 20, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - From one tabloid obsession to another:  Lindsay Lohan tells Nylon magazine that she respects Britney Spears—for her honesty, not for her talent, which she cheerfully disparages. “She’s marketed as an entertainer, which is what she is. Not necessarily as, like, an artist," LiLo opines. "... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Britney Spears • Lindsay Lohan • tabloids • celebrity • Sean Penn • Seth Rogen • celebrity interview

Paparazzi Switch Focus from Britney to Bankers

Public outrage spurs media to cover corporate excess

Mar 13, 09 1:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tabloids and TV shows best known for hounding Hollywood stars are turning their cameras to bankers and captains of industry, the New York Times reports. Paparazzi now track corporate jets and snoop on lavish parties held by execs at bailed-out banks, tapping into a deep vein of public anger at... More »

MORE ABOUT:
executive compensation • tabloids • paparazzi • media coverage • bankers • executives • Wall Street bailout

 Swayze Fires Back 
 at 'Negative' 
 Tabloids 

Actors slams reports that he's losing cancer fight

Mar 12, 09 6:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Patrick Swayze is sick of reading tabloid stories claiming he's losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, he tells Access Hollywood. The Beast star says that rather than being at death's door, he is responding well to a new course of chemotherapy, and he has plenty of positive things in his... More »

MORE ABOUT:
tabloids • cancer treatment • pancreatic cancer • National Enquirer • actor • Patrick Swayze • The Beast

Obama Girls' Media Coverage
Stays Sane—So Far

Paparazzi anticipate friendly relations with First Family

Jan 29, 09 4:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The paparazzi love Sasha and Malia Obama—their dad is the world’s biggest celeb, and they’re adorable. This can only mean trouble, right? Maybe not, writes Belinda Luscombe in Time. Tabloids seem to stepping gingerly around privacy concerns so far. And what's more, the media-savvy first family seems... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Secret Service • tabloids • paparazzi • Obama administration • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Obama family

 Trib Goes Tabloid on Weekdays 

Newspaper will be smaller on newsstands, remain broadsheet for home deliveries

Jan 13, 09 2:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Chicago Tribune is changing its street-sale format from broadsheet to tabloid beginning next week, the newspaper reports. The move, which will affect weekday retail editions but not subscription copies, puts the paper in direct competition with its rival, the Chicago Sun-Times, which has long published in the format. The... More »

MORE ABOUT:
newspaper • Chicago • Tribune Company • tabloids • retail sales • subscription • Chicago Sun Times • Chicago Tribune • commuters • broadsheet

 Book 'Em: Tabloid Strikes 
 Gold With Mug Shots 

One thing's for sure: It's profitable

Jan 7, 09 6:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The Slammer, a North Carolina tabloid that gleefully prints local mug shots and crime reports, is flying off newsstands, and whether it’s helpful or shameful, it’s certainly profitable. “I don’t think (the Slammer) deserves the ‘journalism’ title,” publisher Isaac Cornetti, himself a former jailbird,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
crime • journalism • tabloids • journalistic ethics • The Slammer • mug shots • Columbia Journalism Review • Isaac Cornetti

A Tough, Public Road Ahead
for Kennedy

Caroline sacrifices privacy, risks her reputation with run

Dec 17, 08 9:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Caroline Kennedy has thrown her hat in the political ring, and with it her reputation and much-cherished privacy, the New York Times reports. Tabloids have long kept a respectful distance from JFK’s daughter, but now that she’s running, they’ll “relentlessly follow her across the state,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Senate • New York • tabloids • celebrity • Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

 A-Rod: 'We're
 Friends—That's It' 

Slugger would rather discuss charity work

Dec 5, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Alex Rodriguez says he isn't dating Madonna and insists, apparently with a straight face, “We’re friends—that’s it,” People reports. The Yankee third baseman digs the pop icon's philanthropy and, when pressed, said he has attended only two of Madonna’s concerts and “I have... More »

MORE ABOUT:
philanthropy • music • New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • tabloids • celebrity • charity • Madonna • rumor • celebrity divorces

 Hills Battles Its Own Hype 

Ratings are down, tabloid readership is up

Nov 24, 08 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Thanks to the Internet, the 24-hour news cycle, and rampant celebrity gossip in the blogosphere, the reality show The Hills has taken a backseat—to itself. “Do fans even need to watch the show anymore to get a Hills fix?” Denise Martin writes in the LA Times. For example,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
reality TV • tabloids • celebrity • Perez Hilton • Spencer Pratt • The Hills • Audrina Patridge • Lauren Conrad • Heidi Montag • Justin Brescia

Good News
for Bat Boy: Weekly World News Is Back

New owner plans to
resurrect tab online

Oct 22, 08 11:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Weekly World News—you know, of Bat Boy and "Hillary Clinton Adopts Alien Baby" fame—is, like Elvis, back from the dead. The supermarket tab folded last year, but now it has a new owner and a new life online. "We really think this audience lives online,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
media • tabloids • Weekly World News • Bat Boy • Elvis

Enquirer Names Alleged Palin Lover, Bolsters Claim

Former in-law goes on the record for the Enquirer

Sep 24, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer returns this week to its claim that Sarah Palin had an affair, this time naming the alleged lover as Brad Hanson, a city council member in Palmer (near Wasilla) and former partner of Todd Palin in a snowmobile business. To bolster the claim, the tab now says... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Alaska • tabloids • affair • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • vice presidential candidate • extramarital affair • Todd Palin • Brad Hanson

OPINION

Gossip Mags Bash Palin— But They'll Be in Love Soon

Running mate's star power may mean more favorable coverage

Sep 8, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has been an instant hit with gossip mags and supermarket tabloids, making the covers of US, People, OK!, and the National Enquirer, even before her knockout speech at the Republican convention. It hasn't been all that flattering—the US headline was “Babies, Lies... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Republican • tabloids • Republican voters • liberals • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • OK! magazine • vice presidential candidate

Enquirer Editor Details Edwards Stakeouts

Tabloid chief slams NYT for missing huge story

Aug 22, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer scored big this month by accusing John Edwards of an extramarital affair—but it worked hard for the news, the New Republic reports. The tabloid's reporters staked out Rielle Hunter for days and spent hours waiting for Edwards in a Los Angeles hotel. When... More »

MORE ABOUT:
John Edwards • sex scandal • journalism • tabloids • National Enquirer • Rielle Hunter

Edwards
Dodges Press Over Tabloid Questions

He gives reporters the slip at recent speech

Jul 31, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - John Edwards apparently wants nothing to do with the press these days in the wake of tabloid reports that he was caught visiting a mistress and their love child, the News & Observer reports. After giving a speech at a Washington hotel, Edwards slipped out through a kitchen exit and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
John Edwards • tabloids • National Enquirer • love child • political scandal

OPINION

Edwards 'Love Child' Story Shows Press Double Standard

Media are hypocrites about hypocrisy

Jul 24, 08 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The press jumped all over Larry Craig’s bathroom dalliance not because he was gay, it was claimed, but because he was a hypocrite with an anti-gay voting record. But no one is piling on John Edwards, whom the National Enquirer says it caught visiting his mistress and love... More »

MORE ABOUT:
John Edwards • media criticism • sex scandal • tabloids • affair • National Enquirer • Larry Craig • love child

Tabloid: We Caught Edwards Visiting Mistress, Love Child

National Enquirer corners ex-candidate after LA rendezvous

Jul 23, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - The National Enquirer claims to have cornered and confronted John Edwards yesterday after a late-night tryst with the woman they have been saying for months is his mistress and the mother of his infant child. The tabloid says its reporters tracked Edwards as he entered a Los Angeles hotel through... More »

MORE ABOUT:
John Edwards • tabloids • affair • National Enquirer • mistress • love child • scandal • Rielle Hunter

 Mommy
 Spears-est 
 Memoir
 Unshelved 

Parenting book had been on hold after Jamie Lynne turned up preggers

Jun 12, 08 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lynn Spears’ book about raising daughters Britney and Jamie Lynn will hit stores in the fall, the publisher tells People. Through the Storm: A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World was shelved when Jamie Lynn became pregnant last year. A spokesman for the publisher says... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Britney Spears • parenting • tabloids • memoir • book • Lynne Spears • Jamie Lynn Spears • celebrity tell-alls • celebrity parents

UCLA Worker Snooped in Farrah's Files

News of star's
recurring cancer was leaked to tabloid

Apr 3, 08 3:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A UCLA staffer sneaked peeks into actress Farrah Fawcett's confidential health records and apparently leaked information on her treatment for cancer to the media, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sensational headlines about Fawcett's illness subsequently turned up on the website of the National Enquirer before the star had a chance... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cancer • hospitals • privacy • tabloids • confidential information • UCLA Medical Center • medical records • Farrah Fawcett

 Boring Britney Bad for Business 

Paparazzi are getting tired of star's good behavior

Mar 22, 08 1:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that she's under dad's control, the world of Britney Spears seems to be a lot more stable these days—good news for those concerned about her well-being but not so good for the paparazzi. She's long been a cash cow for tabloids, but now photographers are getting tired of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Britney Spears • tabloids • paparazzi • celebrity • photographers • Jamie Lynn Spears • Jamie Spears

Maddy Parents Win Apology— and $1.1M

Two newspapers run front-page mea culpa after losing libel suits

Mar 19, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two downmarket British tabloids ran front-page apologies to the parents of Madeleine McCann today. The Daily Express and the Daily Star apologized for carrying articles that suggested that Kate and Gerry McCann killed their missing daughter in Portugal last year. The company that owns the two newspapers also paid the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Madeleine McCann • libel • tabloids • lawsuit • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • apology • Daily Express • Daily Star

21 - 40 of 58 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 Next >>


from our news partners