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Revolving Door (2)
Sightings (6)
The Future of Newspapers: Is the Snake Eating its Own Tail? - Posted August 1, 2008
Here's an interesting little dilemma, in a circle of newspaper life sort of way. Where will Google get its news if there is no more news being reported because the rise of Google News has resulted in the shuttering of all the newspapers that gather the news in the first... [FishBowlNY]
LAT In 90 Seconds -- Afternoon Edition - Posted May 6, 2008
Favorite LAT paragraph of the Day: In a story about 75 students arrested in a San Diego State University undercover drug bust: "One alleged dealer was just a month away from receiving a master's degree in homeland security and had worked with the campus police as a security officer, officials said.... [FishBowlLA]
Peggy Seltzer/Margaret B. Jones/Fake Memoir News Continues - Posted March 4, 2008
Can't get enough of you, baby, can't get enough of you girl....
According to Seal Press, their author Inga Muscio was duped by Peggy Seltzer, just like everyone, or nearly everyone else. Krista Lyons-Gould and Brooke Warner (with names like those, we're guessing they can spot WASPs) are pissed:
When we receive a... [FishBowlLA]
Martha Stewart and the True Meaning of Christmas (In Prison) - Posted December 26, 2007
The AP has a story about the nativity scene Martha Stewart made in prison. We didn't watch the show the reporter is referring to, but we get the sense that Martha doesn't totally get the whole going-to-prison-on-a-fraud-conviction thing. Imported German cermaic palm trees? We want her to show off her homemade... [FishBowlLA]
MTV and AP Get Street Team To Cover Elections - Posted December 21, 2007
MTV and AP will use "citizen journalists", which is an idea whose time has come and gone, to cover the elections. How does this differ from Off the Bus?
The Street Team includes a cross-section of MTV's youth audience including student newspaper journalists, documentary film makers and community organizers. All of... [FishBowlLA]
Us Weekly: Now 100% Paris Hilton-Free! - Posted June 27, 2007
Well, for this week anyway. We thought it was cute when the AP tried this experiment, but for Us Weekly to eschew Paris (especially the week of her release) is kinda like Fox News saying they've had it up to here with that George Bush character. Without the butter, Us Weekly,... [FishBowlLA]





