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Print Times Not Quite Dead, But Hope Lies in Its Ashes

OPINION

Jan 7, 2009 3:36 PM CST

Print Times Not Quite Dead, But Hope Lies in Its Ashes

Journalism faces a challenge, but hardly a disaster

(Newser) - We know it’s coming, that day when print newspapers cease to exist, but it won’t be this year, right? Maybe, maybe not, Michael Hirschorn writes in the Atlantic, and it wouldn’t necessarily be a disaster. The New York Times is in trouble—it could default on $400...

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

OPINION

Jan 5, 2009 1:41 PM CST

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

Comparing site to Salon's performance deflates the hype

(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 with...

Bret Baier Replacing Hume
on Fox's Special Report

Dec 23, 2008 3:49 PM CST

Bret Baier Replacing Hume on Fox's Special Report

Chief White House correspondent will take over cable network's nightly newscast

(Newser) - Bret Baier will host Special Report, Fox News’ nightly broadcast from its Washington bureau, after veteran Brit Hume departs, Politico reports. Hume’s farewell show is tonight, but he will continue to work for the channel as a political analyst. Baier is currently Fox’s chief White House correspondent and...

Journos Pass Up
Beer on Obama

Dec 22, 2008 5:00 PM CST

Journos Pass Up Beer on Obama

... then pat themselves on the back

(Newser) - Though the journalists covering Barack Obama’s Hawaii trip admit to enjoying their time in the islands, they drew the line at free beer on the president-elect’s tab, CNN correspondent Ed Henry notes. “Pool is still holding without beer,” Jamie Farnsworth reported for CBS after the contingent...

SPITZER: ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING

Dec 16, 2008 1:06 PM CST

SPITZER: ANOTHER HAPPY ENDING

Disgraced gov turns out for Slate party at former massage parlor

(Newser) - If Eliot Spitzer could have picked a place to reenter society, he probably wouldn’t have picked a former Chinatown massage parlor called “Happy Ending,” muses John Gapper of the Financial Times. But that’s where Slate was holding its winter party, and so there the online mag’...

Time Journo
Named Biden Spokesman

Dec 16, 2008 9:40 AM CST

Time Journo Named Biden Spokesman

DC bureau chief is second media member to join Obama team

(Newser) - Joe Biden’s new communications director will be top political journalist Jay Carney, who’s worked at Time magazine for two decades, Politico reports. The magazine’s Washington bureau chief, a frequent TV analyst, had already decided to follow a new path after the election, a Democratic source said, adding,...

Web News Declared Eligible for Pulitzer Prizes

Dec 8, 2008 2:43 PM CST

Web News Declared Eligible for Pulitzer Prizes

Board keeps up with 'the changing media landscape'

(Newser) - The Pulitzer board has expanded its criteria for award-worthy journalism to include Internet-only publications, Editor & Publisher reports today. While Pulitzers will be available to web outlets, sites must be “text-based” and publish original content at least weekly to be considered. The board made changes in an effort to...

Mug Shots Are Cheap Thrills for Media, Readers

Dec 8, 2008 1:20 PM CST

Mug Shots Are Cheap Thrills for Media, Readers

Print, web outlets get booking photos free, and find lots of fans

(Newser) - Print and web publishers are cashing in a curious American obsession: mug shots. Not just celebrities, whose how-the-mighty-have-fallen appeal is obvious, but pictures of regular folk arrested for pederasty, assault or simply loitering. Web editions of Newsday and the Palm Beach Post, for example, run sections of nothing but booking...

Zell 'Clueless' About Journalism and Democracy

OPINION

Dec 2, 2008 3:37 PM CST

Zell 'Clueless' About Journalism and Democracy

What he's done to, and says about, Tribune Co. shows fundamental misunderstanding

(Newser) - Sam Zell may or may not turn the Tribune Company around, but his ownership has crippled “real newsgathering,” Peter Osnos writes in the Daily Beast. “If Tribune goes down, he will still be very rich,” Osnos continues, “but he will have presided over the evisceration...

Sports-Talk Shoutfest Has Ruined Politics on TV

OPINION

Nov 20, 2008 3:11 PM CST

Sports-Talk Shoutfest Has Ruined Politics on TV

Wilbon and Kornheiser are great, but CNN should stop imitating them

(Newser) - ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption, a show in which two sports writers “make fun of each other’s male pattern baldness and argue about sports,” often at high volume, is on many fans’ watch list, including political scientist Christopher A. Cooper. Unfortunately, PTI “has ruined American politics,...

Declining Paper Sales Sink Landmark Harvard Sq. Kiosk

Nov 19, 2008 4:32 PM CST

Declining Paper Sales Sink Landmark Harvard Sq. Kiosk

Stand has sold print for 50 years above university's T stop

(Newser) - Harvard Square will most likely soon lose the iconic newsstand that has operated there for 50 years, the Cambridge Chronicle reports. The lease for Out of Town News expires at the end of the month, and the business has declined to renew it because of poor sales. “Nobody buys...

Nonprofits
May Be Future
of Muckraking

Nov 18, 2008 12:50 PM CST

Nonprofits May Be Future of Muckraking

Websites compete with city papers

(Newser) - Internet journalism has long been dominated by partisan commentary, gossip, and well-intentioned amateurs, but that’s all changing, the New York Times reports. Sites like VoiceofSanDiego or the St. Louis Beacon are doing serious, investigative journalism many a newspaper would envy at a fraction of the cost. Voice’s reports...

Fox's Van Susteren Nabs
First Post-Election Palin Chat

Nov 7, 2008 4:14 PM CST

Fox's Van Susteren Nabs First Post-Election Palin Chat

Host has bashed sniping at Alaska governor by unnamed McCain sources

(Newser) - Fox News host Greta Van Susteren beat out a slew of prominent journalists for the first post-election interview with Sarah Palin, the Los Angeles Times reports. Van Susteren has defended the Alaska governor against a recent storm of criticism from unnamed McCain aides, and will allow the former candidate to...

If Not Elected VP, Palin
Hopes to Be a 'Uniter'

Nov 4, 2008 4:19 PM CST

If Not Elected VP, Palin Hopes to Be a 'Uniter'

GOP candidate aims for more conciliatory role in national politics

(Newser) - Sarah Palin hopes to become a less divisive figure in national politics, assuming she’s not headed to Washington with John McCain, the vice-presidential nominee said after voting today in Alaska, CNN reports. “If there is a role in national politics, it won’t be so much partisan,”...

Drudge Loses Juice as Media Swing Left

opinion

Oct 30, 2008 9:38 AM CDT

Drudge Loses Juice as Media Swing Left

Tough competition drives Fleet Street-style sensationalism, bias

(Newser) - The Ashley Todd hoax was as good a symbol as any of the decline of the Drudge Report, writes John Gapper in the Financial Times. Liberal blogs, cable TV, and, indeed, newspapers themselves have invaded and occupied Matt Drudge’s sensationalist niche. Tough competition and falling circulation are “pushing...

Lobbyist Denies McCain Affair

Oct 17, 2008 5:07 PM CDT

Lobbyist Denies McCain Affair

'I have never even been alone with Sen. McCain,' Vicki Iseman says

(Newser) - Vicki Iseman lashed out at the New York Times and a former John McCain adviser for the February story that implied an affair occurred between her and the Republican candidate, the National Journal reports. “I did not have a sexual relationship with Sen. McCain,” Iseman says. In fact,...

Someone's Leaving Iraq— Journalists

Oct 11, 2008 1:55 PM CDT

Someone's Leaving Iraq— Journalists

Interest wanes as news shifts from fighting to rebuilding

(Newser) - As Iraq stabilizes itself, withdrawals have finally begun—for the media. Journalists have left Iraq in droves this year, the Washington Post reports. Last September, military units hosted 219 embedded journalists; this month, that number shrunk to 39. Of the dozen newspapers that once maintained Baghdad bureaus, only 4 remain....

McCain Accuses Couric
of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

OPINION

Sep 30, 2008 1:25 PM CDT

McCain Accuses Couric of 'Gotcha!' Journalism

Maybe shielding Palin from the media was a bad idea

(Newser) - John McCain and Sarah Palin sat down for a joint interview with Katie Couric last night, and it was hard to avoid the impression that McCain was chaperoning his running mate “to keep her out of trouble” writes Time TV critic James Poniewozik. McCain accused Couric of “gotcha...

Journalist
Shot Dead by
Russian Cops

Sep 1, 2008 6:00 AM CDT

Journalist Shot Dead by Russian Cops

Activist shot as he sat in cop car after arrest: officials

(Newser) - A Russian journalist known for his opposition views was fatally shot in the head after his arrest at an airport yesterday, reports the New York Tiimes. He was shot as he sat in a police car on his way to interrogation, according to officials. Authorities labeled the death of Magomed...

Enquirer Editor Details Edwards Stakeouts

Aug 22, 2008 8:05 PM CDT

Enquirer Editor Details Edwards Stakeouts

Tabloid chief slams NYT for missing huge story

(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 the hopeful snuck...