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February 2008
- Cautious TV Wins Super Tuesday
  
  New York Times | Feb 6, 08 10:47 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It was a chastened, circumspect TV news machine that creaked into action last night, the New York Times reports. After trusting ultimately incorrect polls in New Hampshire, pundits seemed terrified of making bold calls—a strategy that worked out, since the primary bonanza settled nothing. The biggest gaffe came from the AP, which erroneously called Missouri for Hillary Clinton. More »
- Moguls Take Feud to Court
  
  New York Times | Feb 4, 08 1:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The escalating fight between media barons Barry Diller and John Malone over control of IAC/Interactive Corp. has its origins in the men’s shared talent for wheeling and dealing, the New York Times reports in a portrait of the colorful, headstrong, vastly different moguls. Both have faced accusations of chasing deals that benefit them more than shareholders—a complaint high among those Malone’s Liberty Media has levied against Diller. More »
- The Cry Echoes: Leave Britney Alone!
  
  Times (UK) | Feb 1, 08 10:48 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - As Britney Spears' public meltdown continues, the pop star has found an unlikely defender: Alistair Campbell, Tony Blair's spin doctor. Writing in the Times of London, Campbell confesses to being a big Spears fan—her songs keep "popping up in the '25 most listened to' on my running iPod"—and regrets her transformation from human being to "news commodity." More »
January 2008
- Fox's Fortunes Fall With GOP's
  
  Salon | Jan 31, 08 6:06 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Fox News soared eight years ago by hitching its star to Republicans in general and George W. Bush in particular; now that the president’s in decline and its one-sided approach is no mystery, the channel has hit the skids. Democrats' refusal to debate on Fox damaged its reputation—and the station’s been embarrassingly unable to get candidate access, Salon 's Eric Boehlert writes. More »
- Post Slams Hillary in Backing Obama
  
  New York Post | Jan 31, 08 2:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The New York Post today endorsed Barack Obama in Tuesday's Democratic primary, but devoted most of its space to railing against “the opportunistic, scandal-scarred, morally muddled” Clinton couple. Words like “thuggish,” “cynical,” and, of course, “triangulating,” flew in the right-wing tabloid. Only a few column inches were saved to argue that Obama, though short on “seasoning,” has “the ability to inspire.” More »
- Scribe to Papers: Stop Endorsing
  
  Attytood | Jan 31, 08 8:19 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Newspapers should stop endorsing candidates, Philadelphia Daily News blogger Will Bunch writes, because the practice makes editorial pages look disingenuous. Most papers have been stepping up with one nod to a Democrat and another to a Republican, he notes; what could be more ridiculous than supporting Barack Obama and John McCain—whose policies are diametrically opposed—in the same breath? More »
- Slashdot Doesn't Digg Ron Paul
  
  New York Times | Jan 30, 08 12:29 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Social news sites like Digg don’t work, says Slashdot founder Rob Malda, and Ron Paul is Exhibit A. “A lot of these community news sites are all about Ron Paul,” Malda told the New York Times . “What that is really demonstrating is that you are seeing 1 or 2 percent of a community shaping where the whole community is going.” More »
- Wall Street Journal Moving to Midtown
  
  New York Observer | Jan 29, 08 10:18 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - For 119 years, the Wall Street Journal has been based a few minutes away from the legendary financial hub it's named for, but new owner Rupert Murdoch plans to move it uptown, the New York Observer reports. The paper's staff is reportedly happy with the move, but more changes are in store: Murdoch plans to add a sports page and a lifestyle supplement. More »
- Liberty Tries to Force Diller Off IAC Board
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 29, 08 2:35 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The feud between media magnates John Malone and Barry Diller has stepped up a level, reports the Wall Street Journal . Malone's Liberty Media Corp. is taking legal action to boot chairman Diller, his wife and seven others off the board of Internet conglomerate IAC/Interactive Corp. Malone and Diller worked together to build IAC, but their relationship has soured in recent years. More »
- Green Group Blasts Media for Backing Off
  
  Salon | Jan 28, 08 2:35 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Prime-time journalists have asked this year’s presidential candidates 2,975 questions, just six of which mentioned climate change, according to one conservation group’s tally. That puts global warming just ahead of UFOs (mentioned three times) in frequency, Salon reports. “We’ve gone through the longest primary in our history,” said one advocate, yet “these reporters are ignoring the most pressing issue.” More »
- Is This Man Unfit to Print?
  
  New Republic | Jan 25, 08 2:30 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The criticism that rained down on the New York Times following the hiring of William Kristol as the op-ed page's second conservative voice not only hasn't died down, the New Republic reports, but is mounting—and the call is coming from inside the house. Multiple mostly anonymous current and former staff members blast what one calls " a very odd choice." More »
- Online Journal Readers Can't Put Wallets Away (Yet)
  
  New York Times | Jan 25, 08 12:45 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Puncturing the hopes of thrifty web surfers everywhere, the Wall Street Journal will continue to charge for much of its online content, at least for now. New owner Rupert Murdoch's apparently unplanned announcement at the World Economic Forum in Davos came after months of dithering over whether to keep access mostly subscriber-only, reports the New York Times . More »
- IAC and Liberty Lock Horns in Legal Battle
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jan 25, 08 10:50 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Media moguls Barry Diller and his onetime backer, John Malone, have gone head to head, with each man’s corporation suing the other’s. Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp and Malone’s Liberty Media, which owns a majority voting stake in IAC, are at odds over an IAC restructuring plan that would reduce Liberty’s voting power over several key businesses, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Battle for Le Monde Heats Up
  
  Reuters | Jan 22, 08 4:37 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - A showdown over the future of one of the world's most prestigious newspapers has come to a head after the editor in chief of Le Monde said he would fight to keep a bosom buddy of Nicolas Sarkozy's from taking over the paper. The French evening newspaper lost $14.5 million last year, Reuters reports, and editor Eric Fottorino is battling to keep employees from losing their role as majority shareholders. More »
- Next-Generation Media Moguls Aim High
  
  The Australian | Jan 21, 08 12:06 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The sons of two legendary Australian media moguls are joining forces in a $2.9 billion bid to take the country’s Consolidated Media Holdings private, The Australian reports. If the deal is approved, Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer will share the diverse media conglomerate 50-50, with Murdoch as the likely executive chairman. CMH has stakes in pay TV, the Internet, and magazines. More »
- Vogue Editor Strikes Back at Clinton
  
  Women's Wear Daily | Jan 19, 08 9:32 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Hillary Clinton apparently hasn't seen The Devil Wears Prada. Vogue editor Anna Wintour, reputedly the inspiration for the title character, tongue-lashes the presidential hopeful in the February issue for backing out of the cover shoot, Women’s Wear Daily reports. According to Wintour, Clinton "decided to steer clear of our pages at this point in her campaign for fear of looking too feminine." More »
- Pundits Spotlight Mitt
  
  New Republic | Jan 18, 08 7:40 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mitt Romney has a big day ahead of him tomorrow, and scribes are considering his fate. Three opinions: The New Republic ’s Noam Scheiber says Mitt’s the GOP frontrunner: He only needs to make the final two to be judged the best all-around Republican. Plus, electoral chaos has hurt other hopefuls’ fundraising. More »
- Matthews: Hillary Jab Was 'Nasty'
  
  Washington Post | Jan 18, 08 8:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - It took protesters outside NBC's studios, a letter of complaint signed by Gloria Steinem, and a little pressure from on high, but after 10 days Hardball host Chris Matthews backed down from sexist remarks about Hillary Clinton, the Washington Post reports. He admitted last night that saying Clinton's political career launched because "her husband messed around" was unfair and sounded "nasty." More »
- Romney Tussles With Reporter
  
  CBS | Jan 17, 08 4:10 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mitt Romney had a dust-up with a reporter in South Carolina today, CBS News reports, when the reporter essentially accused the candidate of lying. As Romney was saying he was not beholden to lobbyists and didn’t have one “running his campaign,” the reporter interjected, “That’s not true,” referring to Romney ally and lobbyist Ron Kaufman. Video shows the back-and-forth get more animated. More »
- VH1 Loses Creator of Hit Shows
  
  Hollywood Reporter | Jan 17, 08 3:38 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - VH1 programming VP Michael Hirschorn—the brains behind "Flavor of Love" and other hit shows that turned around the once-sleepy network—is leaving to start a new company centered on unscripted programming. The Hollywood Reporter writes that Ish Entertainment has secured a first-look deal with MTV Networks' Music Group, which encompasses Country Music Television and Logo in addition to MTV and VH1. More »

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MEDIA [Coined in the 1920s, as a shortening of mass media]. A collective term for newspapers, broadcasting, and other vehicles of widespread communication and entertainment, often used attributively in such phrases as Media Studies and media education . In the later 20c, the usage has been ...

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