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  • April 2008

    • Bloomberg Won't Buy NY Times

      Reuters  |  Apr 22, 08 8:11 AM CDT

      Bloomberg Won't Buy NY Times

      (Newser) - If the New York Times is wooing potential buyers as many have speculated, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg seems to be an ideal suitor. He heads a media empire, has a $12 billion fortune and the acumen to go mano-a-mano with Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal— and he'll have time on his hands when he leaves office next year. Only problem: he's not interested. More »

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      Rupert Murdoch  • Wall Street Journal  • Michael Bloomberg  • New York Times  • Boston Globe

    • Murdoch's Journal Readies Battle Against the Times

      Newsweek  |  Apr 20, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      Murdoch's Journal Readies Battle Against the Times

      (Newser) - A newly Rupert Murdoch-ified Wall Street Journal throws down the gauntlet at the New York Times tomorrow , reports Newsweek , in the biggest battle of newspaper titans since Hearst v. Pulitzer. Murdoch is looking for (more) power and respect from the journalistic elite at a time when the Gray Lady is weakened by a huge loss of advertising and revenue. More »

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      Rupert Murdoch  • News Corp  • Wall Street Journal  • newspaper  • New York Times  • journalism  • William Randolph Hearst

    • 'Death by Blogging' Story Was Pure Hooey

      Slate  |  Apr 8, 08 11:27 AM CDT

      'Death by Blogging' Story Was Pure Hooey

      (Newser) - The relentlessly self-analytical blogosphere had a field day with the recent New York Times story on bloggers allegedly writing themselves to death. But as the Internet exploded with reaction to the paper's claims, a Slate critic points out that the dire trend story was backed up by the thinnest tissue of circumstance. "Let's not kid ourselves that any white-collar work ranks high among dangerous professions," sniffs Timothy Noah in Slate. More »

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      Internet  • New York Times  • heart attack  • blogging  • stress  • blogosphere

    • Walter Reed Exposé Helps Post Net 6 Pulitzers

      Washington Post  |  Apr 7, 08 4:39 PM CDT

      Walter Reed Expos&eacute; Helps Post Net 6 Pulitzers

      (Newser) - The Washington Post today won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for public service for its coverage of the Walter Reed scandal and grabbed five more of the coveted awards in the biggest haul in the paper's history. A series on the power of Dick Cheney earned the national reporting medal, and the breaking news award went to the team that covered the Virginia Tech massacre. More »

  • March 2008
  • February 2008

    • Journos Find Fault With NYT Story

      Cleveland Plain Dealer  |  Feb 25, 08 7:31 PM CST

      Journos Find Fault With NYT Story

      (Newser) - The New York Times ’ bombshell story about John McCain’s ethics problems—and his allegedly inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist—is nearly a week old, but the media world is still reacting: The Cleveland Plain Deale r’s ombudsman explains that his paper’s editor was too uncomfortable with the romantic angle to run the Times piece—which he accuses of “unsubstantiated innuendo”—and decided to run the unsexed Washington Post story instead. But they drew criticism from readers anyway. More »

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      John McCain  • New York Times  • journalism  •