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American media stories: 45 news summaries

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PROFILE

 Gibbs Has the 
 Ear of Obama 


Feb 22, 09 12:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Press Secretary Robert Gibbs may be best known these days for deflecting harsh questions in the briefing room, but his advisory role in the administration goes much deeper than that, writes Michael Scherer in Time. “There isn't a single decision that the president has formed in the course... More »

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Washington DC • White House • American media • Valerie Jarrett • David Axelrod • press secretary • Obama administration • Robert Gibbs • President Obama

Post Folds Book Review Section to Cut Costs

Literature reviews will be shuffled into other sections of paper

Jan 28, 09 6:01 PM CST
(Newser) - The Washington Post will print Book World—its stand-alone Sunday section—for the last time Feb. 15 and shuffle its reviews into other newspaper sections to cut costs, the New York Times reports. Book World will remain intact online, run by a previously downsized staff. The closure comes amid... More »

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Washington Post • American media • book reviews • advertising sales • New York Times Book Review • literary criticism • newspaper industry • recession depression • Book World

Does Carlos Slim Want to Buy the Times?

As dividends dwindle, Mexican billionaire may move in on paper

Jan 26, 09 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - Last week Carlos Slim, the world's second-richest man, lent $250 million to the New York Times Company—but why does he want 18% of a tanking media outfit? Advertising Age speculates that the Mexican tycoon is playing a long game: The loan is peanuts to Slim, but it puts him... More »

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newspaper • New York Times • Carlos Slim • American media • New York Times Company • newspaper industry

 Inauguration Boosts 
 Newspapers, for a Day 

Customers line up to nab front pages covering historic day

Jan 21, 09 1:17 PM CST
(Newser) - The newspaper industry might be in its death throes, but it briefly jolted to life this morning as long lines of people waited at newsstands for souvenir copies of front pages that hailed the inauguration of America’s first black president, the AP reports. In Washington, some editions of the... More »

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newspaper • journalism • American media • inauguration • President Obama • Inauguration Day • newspaper industry

Obama Meets With Lefty
Media Pundits

Convo with liberals follows dinner with conservatives

Jan 14, 09 4:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama recalibrated his bipartisan scale today, CNN reports, meeting with liberal commentators a day after convening with conservative writers at columnist George Will's home. The left-leaners included Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich of the New York Times and MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Obama aides remain mum about both off-the-record... More »

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Barack Obama • Maureen Dowd • Frank Rich • American media • columnists • Rachel Maddow • liberal media • President Obama • conservative media • Bill Maher Grid

Gannett Forces Workers
to Take Unpaid Leave

Move will avoid layoffs in newsrooms: company

Jan 14, 09 3:41 PM CST
(Newser) - America's largest newspaper publisher will require most of its 31,000 employees to take an unpaid week off this quarter, the New York Times reports. Gannett owns 85 newspapers in the US—including USA Today—that, like much of the industry, are under serious financial duress. The company says the... More »

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newspaper • layoffs • journalism • union • American media • Gannett • newspaper industry

OPINION

HuffPo Worth $200M?
Em, More Like $2M

Comparing site to Salon's performance deflates the hype

Jan 5, 09 1:41 PM CST
(Newser) - The Huffington Post stunned the media world when it scooped up $25 million last month from Oak Investment Partners for an undisclosed stake, but industry tongue-waggers who put the uberblog's value between $100 million and $200 million are full of it, writes Simon Dumenco in AdAge. To "anybody... More »

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media • journalism • venture capital • American media • new media • visitors • Huffington Post • Salon

Palin Wishes She'd Talked
to the Media More

Governor wishes she'd spoken to reporters more

Dec 23, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Sarah Palin wishes she’d interacted with the media more while campaigning with John McCain, the Alaska governor told Human Events. Palin identified her “biggest mistake” in the ’08 campaign as not taking a more active role in communicating with voters through the media. “I was not... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • Republican • GOP • American media • campaign • governor • McCain 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • conservatives

 One Year On: 
 Murdoch Dances, 
 News Corp Mourns 

Purchase of Dow Jones came at worst possible time

Dec 16, 08 7:42 AM CST
(Newser) - Those hesitant Bancrofts who sold the Wall Street Journal to Rupert Murdoch last year have something to smile about this Christmas. Murdoch may be delighted with his new toy, but News Corp.'s share price has plunged 61%, farther than even perennial underperformer Time Warner. One year after its acquisition... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • Wall Street Journal • Dow Jones • American media • News Corp • newspaper industry

OPINION

 Election's Media 
 Winners, Losers 

The best and worst in a season about image

Nov 3, 08 11:23 AM CST
(Newser) - This election has been all about image—not just for the candidates, but for media personalities who have jumped into the fray. Scott Collins chooses its biggest success stories and failures in the Los Angeles Times:
  • Rachel Maddow, MSNBC's new commentator, is brainy, funny, and capable.
  • John King,
... More »

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Katie Couric • Tina Fey • American media • David Letterman • Chuck Norris • Election 2008 • television news • Rachel Maddow • Charlie Gibson

OPINION

 'Real' America's Not Racist 

Image of rural whites distorted by McCain, media

Oct 26, 08 10:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - The media focus on the “Bradley effect" and the notion of a divided nation—"real" vs. "elite"—hyped by the McCain campaign suggests that racism among small-town whites will prove a stumbling block for Barack Obama, Frank Rich writes. But the alleged racism is nowhere near... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • racism • Frank Rich • American media • small towns • Election 2008 • white people • Bradley effect

opinion

Economy Is Democrats' Fault, But Media Turn Blind Eye

Newspapers aren't being honest about what caused crisis: Card

Oct 22, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mainstream media—aka the Democrats’ “public relations machine”—have fed Americans a “big fat lie” by ignoring the fact that this economic mess can be traced directly to Democratic policies, writes Orson Scott Card in Meridian. The crisis is “not a vague emanation of... More »

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Bush administration • Barack Obama • newspaper • propaganda • Republican • Democrat • Chris Dodd • American media • Barney Frank

 Palin: 'Couric Clobbered Me' 

A 'little annoyed' about not being allowed to 'talk without a filter'

Oct 5, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin has complained that she got "clobbered" in her interview with Katie Couric, reports the Huffington Post. "It's like, man, no matter what you say, you are going to get clobbered," she grumbled to Fox News. "If you choose to answer a question, you get... More »

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Katie Couric • American media • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • interview • television interview

Economic Crisis Translates to Bad News for Ethnic Media

Dip in advertising hits hard in print journalism's one bright spot

Oct 3, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ethnic newspapers and magazines, until recently a bright spot in the gloomy print-journalism industry, are feeling the pain of the economic crisis, New America Media reports. Ethnic publications rely on ads from local businesses—like real estate brokers—and as their business goes downhill, so do the papers'. “I... More »

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newspaper • Southern California • magazine • publishing • American media • ethnic diversity • advertising sales

Palin Reconsiders, Lets Press Tag Along at UN Meetings

VP originally allowed only photographers, TV crew at sessions with world leaders

Sep 23, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin gave in to protests from reporters today and allowed them to observe meetings with world leaders at the United Nations, the AP reports; her staff had earlier said only photographers and a TV crew would be invited to sessions with Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai and Columbia's Alvaro Uribe. A... More »

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Hamid Karzai • American media • Alvaro Uribe • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • campaign press corps • McCain-Palin

Mexican Media Tycoon Buys 6.4% of New York Times

Experts speculate Carlos Slim may be looking to buy or control media company

Sep 11, 08 8:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world’s second-richest man, Mexican media tycoon Carlos Slim, has purchased a 6.4% stake in the New York Times Company. He says the buy was a purely financial—not strategic—move, but analysts say he may be positioning himself to make a play for the Gray Lady, reports... More »

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media • newspaper • New York Times • shareholders • Carlos Slim • American media

 MSNBC Anchors
 in DNC Slugfest

Gets personal and political on-air at the DNC

Aug 27, 08 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Infighting between MSNBC anchors is turning the Democratic National Convention into a partisan catfight. Joe Scarborough, who once served as Republican representative, got touchy when David Shuster yesterday referred to “your party, the Republican Party” and Scarborough and Tom Brokaw are miffed at the channel’s decision to increase... More »

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MSNBC • Democratic National Convention • American media • David Shuster • media coverage • Joe Scarborough • news anchor • Tom Brokaw

OPINION

Sympathy for Elizabeth
Big Reason Media Held Back

Mainstream media, not knowing what to do, fumbled reportage

Aug 11, 08 3:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - The mainstream media found itself in an awkward bind when evidence of John Edwards' affair began trickling in, writes Howard Kurtz in the Washington Post. Why such a half-hearted effort to confirm the story? Kurtz doesn't think the liberal bias charge holds up and says sympathy for Elizabeth Edwards, disdain... More »

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John Edwards • press • American media • Rielle Hunter • MSM

Even in Tight Election, Media Struggle to Retain Audience

Choosier consumers, Internet video hurt

Aug 4, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even as the 2008 election attracts more voter interest than it has in decades, media efforts to translate that into financial success have had mixed results, reports the New York Times. While cable news has enjoyed an uptick—and websites are setting record for online video—viewership for mainstream... More »

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cable TV • presidential campaign • American media • ad revenue • TV ratings • web traffic • Election 2008 • network news

Opinion

 Obama Appears
 Cocky, Presidential 

The media fawns, McCain glowers, but Obama gets raves: Dowd

Jul 23, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - The better Barack Obama’s foreign excursion goes, the more nervous Republicans get,  Maureen Dowd writes in the New York Times. Images of John McCain happily sharing a golf cart with Bush 41 don’t contrast well with images of Obama happily sharing a helicopter with David... More »

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Iraq • Barack Obama • Israel • John McCain • Jordan • American media • foreign policy • Iraq exit strategy • media bias

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