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Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.20.09
AOL To Shed 2,300 Staffers; BusinessWeek Cuts Big Names
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.17.09
AP Begins Layoffs; BusinessWeek Names Editor
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.13.09
Current TV Cuts 80 Staffers; CNN Names Dobbs' Replacement
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.10.09
Shakeup at Washington Times; White House Comm. Director Resigns
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.06.09
Changes Unfurl at Time Inc.; Shakeup at CNN
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.03.09
Texas Tribune Launches; Layoffs at The Advocate
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.30.09
Time Inc. Braces For Cuts; Boston Globe Publisher Resigns
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.27.09
Newspaper Circ Plummets; Cuts Come To Forbes
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.23.09
Fortune Cuts Frequency, Signals Trouble for Time Inc.
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.20.09
NYT Cuts 100 Newsroom Jobs; Gossip Sites Poach Columnists
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.16.09
NYT Co. Keeps Boston Globe; New Yorker Hires
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.09.09
Bonnier Buys Conceive; Conde Cuts Run Deeper
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.06.09
Conde Shutters Four Mags, Eliminates 180 Jobs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.02.09
Nat Geo, TV Guide Oust Publishers; Alpha Media Names Interim CEO
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.29.09
Twitter, Apple Poach Top Talent
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.25.09
Layoffs, Reorg at CQ-Roll Call; OK! Swaps Editors Again
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.22.09
Alpha Media CEO Exits; John French Takes Helm at Cygnus
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.18.09
Hearst Bolsters Digital Team; HollywoodLife.com Gets Editor
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.15.09
BusinessWeek Bids Due; NYT Nears Pay Wall Move
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.11.09
Host Of New Hires At O; Michael Kinsley Joins Atlantic Media
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.08.09
NYT, WSJ Plan Bay Area Editions; Observer Launches Mag
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.01.09
Layoffs Loom At SF Chron; Freedom Communications To Declare Bankruptcy
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.28.09
A&E Buys Lifetime; AOL Gets New CFO
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.25.09
Observer Launches Real Estate Paper; Facebook Plans To Expand Workforce
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.18.09
Reader's Digest Association Files For Ch. 11; Zell Nears End at Tribune Co.
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.11.09
Facebook Acquires FriendFeed; Publicis Buys Razorfish
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.07.09
Time Inc. Shutters Southern Accents; NYT Names New Restaurant Critic
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.04.09
NYT Co. Spokeswoman Resigns; LAT Media Group Promotes Three Execs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.31.09
Bids Emerge For Boston Globe; Rodale CEO Steps Down
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.28.09
Silverman Leaves NBC To Launch Production Co.; Lucky, InStyle Shop For Staff
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.21.09
Boston Globe Union Ratifies Cuts; Conde Hires McKinsey to 'Realign'
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.14.09
Mag Ad Revenues Down 21.2 Percent; TMZ.com Fires Its AOL Ad Sales Team
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.10.09
NYT Considers Charging for Web Access; Sept. Mag Issues Shrink
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.07.09
LAT Rewrites Its Masthead; Gannett Cuts 1,400 Jobs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.30.09
OK! Spends Big On Jackson Photo; Facebook Names New CFO
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.23.09
Meredith Sees Ad Page Gains; Shakeups at Time Inc., Boston
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.19.09
ABC Consolidates; News Corp. May Dissolve Fox Interactive
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.16.09
HuffPo Names New CEO; Kushner Buys IAC Newsletter
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.09.09
Globe Workers Get 23 Percent Pay Cut; Observer Slashes Staff
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.05.09
Pay Cuts Loom at Boston Globe; Shakeup at Alpha Media
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.02.09
Playboy Fills CEO Spot; News Corp. Names New No. 2
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.26.09
LAT Suspends Spinoff Mag; Portfolio.com Gets Second Life
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.15.09
I.D. Renovates Staff; Paste Asks For Donations
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.12.09
EIC Out in OK! Shakeup; Food Network Magazine Promotes, Hires
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.08.09
Former Radar EIC Lands At TheWeek.com, SF Chronicle Cuts Commence
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.05.09
Boston Globe Spared For Now; Chaos At Louise Blouin Media
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.01.09
Baltimore Sun Lays Off 61 Staffers; Boston Globe Reaches Shutdown Deadline
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.28.09
Portfolio Folds; USA Today Fills Publisher And Editor Openings
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.24.09
Observer Editor Resigns; MySpace Dismisses Top Execs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.21.09
Jossip All But Folds, Mansueto Ventures CEO Resigns
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.17.09
Shifts in WaPo Newsroom; Multiple NYT Sections Scrapped
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.14.09
Chicago Tribune Cuts 20 Percent Of Newsroom; Jersey Journal Slashes Staff To Stay Afloat
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.10.09
Martha Stewart Living Rearranges Staff; D.C. Draws Journalists From West Coast
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.07.09
Twitter To Hire; Men's Journal Downsizes
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.03.09
Google Reportedly In Talks To Buy Twitter; More Conde Cuts
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.31.09
HuffPo Launches Investigative Arm; NYT Shutters 'City' Section
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.27.09
New York Times Cuts Staff, Salaries; Plug Pulled on Blender
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.24.09
Another Round Of Cuts At LAT, Furloughs At Gannett
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.20.09
Cuts Reach Conde Nast Media Group; BBC Slashes Spending By $583 Million
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.17.09
Seattle P-I Goes Online-Only; SF Chron Lives On
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.13.09
Rodale Shutters Best Life; Key Players Exit Time Inc., Google
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.10.09
San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee Staffers Vote On Their Fate
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.06.09
Seattle P-I Poised To Go Online-Only; HarperCollins Launches New Imprint
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.03.09
Hachette, Rodale Restructure Mag Operations To Stay Solvent
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.27.09
Rocky Mountain News Folds, Hallmark Shutters Mag, Web Site
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.24.09
News Corp. To Lose Its No. 2, Yahoo Plans To Reorganize
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.20.09
Playboy Considers Sale; Cuts Rumored At Hearst Magazines
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.17.09
Sirius XM Avoids Bankruptcy; Anna Wintour Needs New Assistants
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.13.09
HarperCollins Shutters Collins Division; Conde Drops Glamour Japan
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.10.09
Interview Loses Publisher; Newsweek Revamps
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.06.09
Cuts Come To News Corp. and Conde Shuffles Top Staffers
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.03.09
Doubledown Media Shuts Down; LAT To Lay Off 300
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.27.09
Conde Consolidates Digital Operations; U.S. News Launches Digital Newsweekly
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.23.09
Playboy Consolidates Print, Web Staff; Major Layoffs Hit Tech Sector
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.20.09
Billionaire Aids NYT; Shakeup At Newsday
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.16.09
OK! Ousts Staffers To Make Room For New Recruits
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.13.09
FT Cuts 80 Jobs; Seattle P-I Struggles To Survive
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.09.09
Country Home Folds; Firings At Time Inc. And Wenner Media
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.06.09
Conde Struggles; 8020 Media Closes Up Shop
Revolving Door Newsletter: 12.23.08
WaPo's Online Editor Steps Down
Revolving Door Newsletter: 12.19.08
Oprah Takes Harpo To HBO
Revolving Door Newsletter: 12.16.08
Macmillan Lays Off 64; Mag Cuts Continue
Revolving Door Newsletter: 12.12.08
NPR Cuts Seven Percent Of Workforce, Two Shows
Revolving Door Newsletter: 12.09.08
Tribune Co. Goes Bankrupt, NYT To Follow?
Revolving Door Newsletter: 12.05.08
Layoffs Come to NBCU, Viacom, Publishing Houses
Revolving Door Newsletter: 12.02.08
David Gregory To MTP, Wintour Out At Vogue?
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.25.08
HuffPo Scores Big While Alpha Media Struggles
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.21.08
Cuts Continue at Time Inc., Conde; Hearst Promotes Execs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.18.08
Yang Out at Yahoo; Forbes Lays Off 43
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.14.08
Denton Glooms Gawker Into Further Cuts
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.11.08
Buyouts Come To Time Inc.
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.07.08
Obama Win Prompts D.C. Bureau Changes, Sells Out Newspapers
Revolving Door Newsletter: 11.04.08
Job Cuts Reach Rodale
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.31.08
Time Inc., Conde Slash Staff
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.28.08
LAT Lays Off 75 Journos; 40 Percent Of Star-Ledger Staffers Take Buyouts
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.24.08
02138 Shutters; RadarOnline Bought While Magazine Folds
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.21.08
NBC Cuts Budget By $500 Million; Boston Globe Trims Sections
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.17.08
Playboy Cuts 80 Jobs; Layoffs At Niche Media, Telemundo
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.14.08
Macrovision Sells TV Guide; Layoffs at NYT and Mansueto Ventures
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.10.08
Vanity Fair's Big Week
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.07.08
Los Angeles Times Cuts 75
Revolving Door Newsletter: 10.03.08
Denton Lays Off 19 At Gawker Media; Alpha Media Cuts 50 Jobs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.30.08
NY Sun Folds; Creative Loafing Goes Bankrupt
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.26.08
Founding Editor Out at OK!
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.23.08
Nina Garcia Poaches From Elle; Life Lives Again On Web
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.19.08
Carney Leaves DealBreaker To Launch New Financial Site
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.16.08
Slate Spins Off Biz Site During Wall St. Crisis
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.12.08
Billionaire Buys 6.4 Percent of NYT Co.; Newsday Names New EVP, COO
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.09.08
NYT Co. Cuts 550 Jobs; New York Sun Editor Steps Down
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.05.08
New York Sun, Time Out NY Face Money Troubles
Revolving Door Newsletter: 09.02.08
Rapid Rotation at Wenner Media, Hearst, Conde Nast
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.26.08
More Buyouts at McClatchy; Philly Papers To Cut Newsroom Managers
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.22.08
Home, Town & Country Travel Fold
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.19.08
New LAT Publisher; St. Petersburg Times Dodges Layoffs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.15.08
Gannett Slashes 1,000 Jobs; McClatchy Freezes Wages
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.12.08
Magazines Cope With Sinking Sales, Stagnant Subscriptions
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.08.08
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Cuts 25 Jobs Despite Strong Q2
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.05.08
WSJ's 'Woman Problem'; Playgirl Folds Print Mag
Revolving Door Newsletter: 08.01.08
Luke Russert Joins NBC Family; Mis-Fortune For Spinoff
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.29.08
Whitaker To Washington; Time Inc.'s Money Changes Hands
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.25.08
NYT Tackles IHT; Makeover at Men's Vogue
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.22.08
R.I.P. LAT Book Review; Manhattan Media Juggles Editors
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.18.08
Even More Job Cuts; Publisher Abandons Newsweek
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.15.08
Chaos Strikes Tribune Co.
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.11.08
Chicago Trib Cuts; Meredith Staff Shakeup
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.08.08
Brauchli Named WaPo Exec. Ed.; Quick & Simple, Golf For Women Fold
Revolving Door Newsletter: 07.01.08
Jobs Shuffle at Elle; Changes at Gannett
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.27.08
Jobs, News Cut at the Courant
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.24.08
Downie Steps Down at WaPo; Big Changes for IHT
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.20.08
Other Shoe Drops at WSJ; Hachette, Hearst Execs Out
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.17.08
McClatchy Cuts 1,400
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.13.08
Publisher Flees Chicago Trib, Zell
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.10.08
LAT Editorial Loses Another Battle
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.06.08
Zell Cuts the News
Revolving Door Newsletter: 06.03.08
Borders Slashes 274 Jobs
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.30.08
Murdoch Edits Staff, Not Content
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.23.08
Goodbye to the WSJ as We Know it
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.20.08
Top Editors Face a Dark Future
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.16.08
NYT's Troubles Travel Abroad
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.13.08
Cablevision Scores $650 Million Deal for Newsday
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.06.08
A Non-Random Exit Atop a Publishing House
Revolving Door Newsletter: 05.02.08
TV Guide's Bleak Tomorrow
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.18.08
No Interviews for New Hires
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.15.08
Fashionable Exit at Elle
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.11.08
O's EIC Says Au Revoir
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.08.08
Couric and A. Coop to Team Up?
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.04.08
Tina Brown Channels Arianna Huffington
Revolving Door Newsletter: 04.01.08
Should Job-Seeking Journos Target Newsweek?
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.28.08
More Job Cuts Across the Media Sphere
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.25.08
Satellites Collide as DoJ Approves XM-Sirius Merger
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.21.08
Media Moguls Target Newsday
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.18.08
Foreign Correspondents Find an Outlet
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.14.08
A Fashionable Departure From Portfolio
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.11.08
Murdoch Announces Recession, Globe Announces Cuts
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.07.08
An Early Exit for a Morning Show EP
Revolving Door Newsletter: 03.04.08
iVillage Exec Booted to GE's Greener Pastures
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.29.08
'Death Knell' Sounds as Newsday Cuts 120
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.26.08
Exit Interview: Sischy Departs, O'Brien, Baron Arrive
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.22.08
ProPublica Bulks Up
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.15.08
Times Jumps on the Job Cut Bandwagon
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.12.08
The Nut, PR Power, and Girls Gone Wild Magazine
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.08.08
Celeb Weekly In Touch With Scandal
Revolving Door Newsletter: 02.01.08
Would-be Fashionistas Get Their Shot
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.29.08
WSJ on the Move
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.25.08
No Interview for Mag's New Editorial Directors
Revolving Door Newsletter 01.22.08
Another Gone at LAT
Revolving Door Newsletter: 01.18.08
Big Business at Business Pubs
Excerpt: Attacks on the Press in 2002
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Pitching An Agent: Filling The Niche Of Inspirational Romances
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Morning Reading List 11.09.09 - Posted November 9, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! SNL spoofed Fox News' Election Day coverage with Greta Van Susteren, Shepard Smith, Glenn Beck and Karl Rove.
Happy Birthday to John Harris (h/t Playbook). And Kaylee Hartung who celebrated at Cleveland Park Bar & Grill Saturday with CBS friends, including Bob Schieffer, who sported a TCU "Schieffer"... [FishBowlDC]
Donating Books To Soldiers Overseas: Operation Warrior Library Founder On The Menu - Posted November 2, 2009
It's November, and the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast is getting into the holiday spirit already with guest Paul Malmont, a novelist and founder of Operation Warrior Library, a literary supply chain sending free books to American soldiers overseas.
Malmont chatted with hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van... [FishBowlNY]
Morning Reading List 10.29.09 - Posted October 29, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! What we know and what we're reading this Thursday morning...
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It's a small, small world. Rep. Michele Bachmann used to babysit "Fox & Friends" host Gretchen Carlson back in Minnesota. (h/t Minnesota Independent and Glenn Thrush)
Because Keith... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 10.09.09 - Posted October 9, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line.
The President woke up this morning a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Above is the photo that was brought to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 10.09.09 - Posted October 9, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line.
The President woke up this morning a Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Above is the photo that was brought to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs in... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 09.22.09 - Posted September 22, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line.
Happy Birthday to CNN's Brianna Keilar! What know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning...
NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | BOOKS | NEWS NOTES |... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 09.22.09 - Posted September 22, 2009
Good morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line.
Happy Birthday to CNN's Brianna Keilar! What know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning...
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Morning Reading List 09.17.09 - Posted September 17, 2009
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What know and what we're reading this Thursday morning...
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Morning Reading List 08.28.09 - Posted August 28, 2009
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In case you missed it, another reason to keep your lips away from Matt Dornic. What know and what we're reading this Friday morning...
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Morning Reading List 08.27.09: A Kennedy Edition - Posted August 27, 2009
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Yesterday, we saw countless commentators and anchors recall memories of Senator Kennedy in the daytime, and hour-long specials produced in the evening. WaPo's Howard Kurtz notes that... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 08.27.09: A Kennedy Edition - Posted August 27, 2009
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Yesterday, we saw countless commentators and anchors recall memories of Senator Kennedy in the daytime, and hour-long specials produced in the evening. WaPo's Howard Kurtz notes that... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 08.25.09 - Posted August 25, 2009
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In honor of DC's Restaurant Week, we're bringing back a little Patrick Gavin flavor. Photo above- what restaurant did FBDC dine at for lunch yesterday?... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 08.11.09 - Posted August 11, 2009
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Check out Washington Examiner Yeas & Nays columnist Kiki Ryan enjoying truffle fries at Poste wrapped in her own column...
Speaking of good eats, Playbook spotted... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 08.11.09 - Posted August 11, 2009
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Check out Washington Examiner Yeas & Nays columnist Kiki Ryan enjoying truffle fries at Poste wrapped in her own column...
Speaking of good eats, Playbook spotted... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 08.07.09 - Posted August 7, 2009
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The latest Auto-Tune the News (featuring Pat Buchanan!) above. Plenty of upcoming birthdays to celebrate this morning- Alex Baldinger, Marc Ambinder and David Bass, plus... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 07.02.09 - Posted July 2, 2009
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Happy Birthday to NYT's Peter Baker and a big congratulations to Roll Call's David Meyers, whose daughter Sophie Rose Meyers was born on June 16th--... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 06.30.09 - Posted June 30, 2009
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Happy Birthday to Jane Chick! What we know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning...
NEWSPAPERS | ONLINE | MAGAZINES | BOOKS | NEWS NOTES |... [FishBowlDC]
Morning Reading List 06.24.09 - Posted June 24, 2009
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What we know and what we're reading this Wednesday morning...
NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE | BOOKS | NEWS NOTES | WEST WING REPORTAGE | REVOLVING... [FishBowlDC]
What's Next For Digital Publishing - Posted June 2, 2009
This morning, PCMag.com executive editor Dan Costa hosted a panel at Mediabistro Circus where he discussed the future of digital journalism with Anil Dash from Six Apart, Blurb founder Eileen Gittins and Rob Samuels, the director of mobile product development for the The New York Times.
Costa opened the discussion with a... [FishBowlNY]
What's Next For Digital Publishing - Posted June 2, 2009
This morning, PCMag.com executive editor Dan Costa hosted a panel at Mediabistro Circus where he discussed the future of digital journalism with Anil Dash from Six Apart, Blurb founder Eileen Gittins and Rob Samuels, the director of mobile product development for the The New York Times.
Costa opened the discussion with a... [FishBowlNY]
Page Six's Paula Froelich On Her Novel's Inspiration: "All Three Main Characters Are A Part Of Me" - Posted May 27, 2009
Last night, we hit the ritzy party celebrating the launch of Page Six deputy editor Paula Froelich's first novel, "Mercury in Retrograde." The party, hosted by Estee Lauder exec John Demsey in his sprawling Upper East Side townhouse, was filled with Froelich's friends like Cosmopolitan editor Kate White, "Today" show host... [FishBowlNY]
Page Six's Paula Froelich On Her Novel's Inspiration: "All Three Main Characters Are A Part Of Me" - Posted May 27, 2009
Last night, we hit the ritzy party celebrating the launch of Page Six deputy editor Paula Froelich's first novel, "Mercury in Retrograde." The party, hosted by Estee Lauder exec John Demsey in his sprawling Upper East Side townhouse, was filled with Froelich's friends like Cosmopolitan editor Kate White, "Today" show host... [FishBowlNY]
A Page Sixer's Blind Item Challenge - Posted May 13, 2009
We confess we're not very good guessing blind items. But if you are, you may want to have a go at Page Six deputy editor Paula Froelich's inventive way to promote her new novel, "Mercury In Retrograde."
Froelich is challenging readers to guess who inspired 10 characters from her book with the... [FishBowlNY]
A Page Sixer's Blind Item Challenge - Posted May 13, 2009
We confess we're not very good guessing blind items. But if you are, you may want to have a go at Page Six deputy editor Paula Froelich's inventive way to promote her new novel, "Mercury In Retrograde."
Froelich is challenging readers to guess who inspired 10 characters from her book with the... [FishBowlNY]
Fifty Years Of Joe Gould's Secret - Posted August 17, 2007
Although we're big fans of the current David Remnick/Sy Hersh/Malcolm Gladwell incarnation of the New Yorker, it's the mag's storied history that gets us.
Like Joe Gould's Secret. Written by genius New Yorker scribe Joseph Mitchell, it told the tale of a Greenwich Village eccentric named Joe Gould who clucked like a... [FishBowlNY]
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