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WaPo Nixes Salons In Face Of Criticism|The New York Blade Closes Up Shop|MediaNews Denies Bankruptcy|Boston Mag Owner Dumps "Idiot" Editors|SalaryTK's Unpaid Job Posts Sad But True - Posted July 2, 2009
FishbowlDC: The Washington Post responded to criticism of its proposal offering lobbyists and others off-the-record access to reporters and editors for a price. The "salon" idea has since been nixed altogether. Also: some fun bits from the AP's interview with President Barack Obama today. The New York Times: Biweekly gay newspaper The... [FishBowlNY]

truTV Ends Daytime Programming|Is Gannett Doomed?|AP Union Disputes New Social Media Policy|Author And Page Sixer Froelich Sits For A Fun Hamptons Interview|Allison Bids Adieu To TONY - Posted June 23, 2009
TVNewser: Turner Broadcasting owned truTV is shutting down its "In Session" daytime programming. Up to 65 employees could be let go as a result. TheDeal: A week after Gannett Co. CEO Craig Dubow took medical leave, questions are raised about whether the company can survive beyond June 2011. Editor & Publisher: Leaders... [FishBowlNY]

AP Rejects Edwards' Interview Concessions - Posted May 13, 2009
Yesterday, we discussed Elizabeth Edwards' recent publicity tour for her book, "Resilience." Today, the Associated Press reports that it was twice denied interviews with Edwards' because it refused to omit the name of John Edwards' mistress from its articles about Elizabeth and her book. The article quotes Michael Oreskes, the AP's vice... [FishBowlNY]

Google CEO to AP: Why All the Fuss? - Posted April 7, 2009
Google CEO Eric Schmidt participated in a short Q&A following speech at the Newspaper Association of America convention during which he addressed the AP's decision to crack down on news aggregators.With respect to the Associated Press, we at Google have a multimillion dollar deal with the Associated Press not only to... [FishBowlNY]

Camelot, You Know, Meets the Media 2.0 - Posted December 29, 2008
It's hard to imagine a more slippery, difficult media environment in which to launch your (very first political) campaign for a Senate seat than the one Caroline Kennedy appears to be encountering. Behold the interview the AP did with Kennedy at a diner in Manhattan last week. The resulting... [FishBowlNY]

Politico Teams Up With Reuters - Posted December 15, 2008
Back in August during the Denver conventions when we first noticed Politico outsourcing its coverage to newspapers we speculated on whether they were trying to establish themselves as a sort of political AP. Well it looks like we weren't that far off. Politico has just announced it will be... [FishBowlNY]

CNN Hopes to Launch 'CNN Wire' to Compete With AP - Posted December 1, 2008
The AP is under siege! Since announcing a rate structure change effective 2009 a stream of newspapers including the Tribune Co. have filed intent-to-cancel notices, Politco has recently begun outsourcing its coverage to newspapers nationwide and now CNN is pitching a cheaper wire service to newspapers called CNN Wire. ... [FishBowlNY]

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]

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