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CNN's Time 100 Special: Ted Turner, Bono and More - Posted May 1, 2009
Where can you see Bono chat with George Clooney, or Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens reminiscence about billions made and lost? Tonight at 11pmET on CNN, for the Anderson Cooper 360 special highlighting this year's Time 100 list. "These people are really good friends. They know a lot about each other on... [TVNewser]

Gazing Into the Kristol Ball: NYT Op-ed Page Guessing Game Continues - Posted February 2, 2009
The guessing game continues as to who will replace Bill Kristol on the Times op-d page. NYMag.com thinks Stephen Colbert would be a great idea: "If the paper is smart, it'll capitulate to its destiny and hire the ultimate nonconservative conservative, Stephen Colbert." We're not holding our breaths on... [FishBowlNY]

Cablers Take HBO-Event Obama Speech Live - Posted January 18, 2009
While HBO exclusively broadcast this afternoon's concert outside the Lincoln Memorial featuring Bono, Usher, Bruce Springsteen and, well, just about every other musician/celebrity, the cablers went live to the event when President-elect Barack Obama took to the podium just after 4pmET. ABC News took it live as well with a special... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 01.16.09 - Posted January 16, 2009
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Metro Wants to be Beautiful for a Day - Posted November 13, 2008
Maybe this is what it takes to save newspapers! A while back we told you how the New York Times is bringing Bono on as a regular contributor to their op-ed pages next year. And now comes word that the daily paper Metro (the one we all get on... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 10.27.08 - Posted October 27, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

The NYT Tightens Its Belt, Adds Bono to the Masthead - Posted October 23, 2008
Lots of New York Times news to discuss today! You may recall, way back in the early days of August before Sarah Palin was even a glimmer in John McCain's eye, that we told you how the NYT Co. was under increases pressure to cut its dividends (simply put: "it... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 10.01.08 - Posted October 1, 2008
Good morning Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.14.08 - Posted January 14, 2008
Good morning Washington. On this day in 1952, the "Today" show premiered, in 1973 the Dolphins became the only one of only two NFL teams to go undefeated during the regular season, and in 2004, President Bush announced we're going to Mars. (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio). Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR |... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 01.10.08 - Posted January 10, 2008
Good morning Washington. Quickly navigate Morning Reading List: REVOLVING DOOR | NEWSPAPERS | TV | ONLINE MEDIA | MAGAZINES | RADIO | JOBS Weird. Yesterday you thought the Clinton campaign was the least journo friendly and today you think she is the most. What's the deal? REVOLVING DOOR A release announced, "1105 Government Information Group, a... [FishBowlDC]

Leibovitz Explains Bono's Vanity Fair Africa Covers - Posted June 7, 2007
Annie explains the "monumental task" of pulling together 20 covers: "The covers are a kind of visual chain letter, spreading the message from person to person to person. These are incredible people of our time who all have a passion for and a connection to Africa. It was important to me to... [FishBowlNY]

Annie Leibovitz Captures the African Conversation for Vanity Fair - Posted June 6, 2007
In an unprecedented effort by Vanity Fair, 20 different covers of the July issue hit newsstands today for their Africa issue, featuring famous peeps having a "conversation" about the continent as shot by Annie Leibovitz. Feast your eyes on the slideshow: Barack Obama, Muhammad Ali, Queen Rania of Jordan, Bono,... [UnBeige]

Vanity Fair Unveils Bono's Africa Covers - Posted June 6, 2007
And, yes, there are, as rumored, 20 Annie Leibovitz-shot covers for the Bono-edited issue, including one of featuring Bono himself. Slideshow [Vanity Fair]... [FishBowlNY]

Primedia Sells Gun Dog, Enthusiast Mags For $1.2B To Ron Burkle-Owned Co. - Posted May 14, 2007
Breaking: Primedia, the once-powerful niche magazine publisher on Fifth Avenue, has agreed to sell its 70-plus enthusiast magazines — with names like Hot Rod Bike-Works, Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords and Practical Horseman — to Source Interlink for about $1.2 billion in an all-cash deal. It would appear to end well... [FishBowlNY]

Primedia's Price Tag: $1 Billion? - Posted April 27, 2007
Primedia, the once-powerful niche magazine publisher on Fifth Avenue, may still command a hefty price tag for its enthusiast unit's 70-plus magazines — with names like Hot Rod Bike-Works, Muscle Mustangs & Fast Fords and Practical Horseman — but Folio: reports the bidders, reportedly including Bono's Elevation Partners, are beginning to... [FishBowlNY]

ScarJo | K-Fed | Bono | Times' Iraq War Coverage - Posted March 20, 2007
K-Fed: Starts a search engine. [Radar] Conrad Black Trial: Postponed until today. [NYT] Times Still Covering Iraq: Fewer reporters willing to go. [E&P] Men's Health: Readying online video. [Folio:] ScarJo: Bestselling cover for Esquire. Lindsay Lohan's sis worst for CosmoGirl!. [MIN] Bono, Murdoch: Could buy Grand Theft Auto maker. [CNN/Money]... [FishBowlNY]

Newsfeed Update: 03.20.07 - Posted March 20, 2007
Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. Ex-Spin Editor Joins NYT (Gawker) Unceremoniously dumped (or self-dumped!) during the sale of Spin a year ago, glamourpuss Sia Michel, once the first woman to edit an American rock mag, has finally made her berth at the Times permanent. She'll now be the pop... [Newsfeed]

(RED)Faced: AdAge 'Sucks Hard' - Posted March 9, 2007
On Monday, Ad Age blasted Bono and his highly visible (RED) campaign, now a year old, which has spent $100 million on marketing for its relatively "meager" $18 million worldwide bounty: You'd expect the money raised to be, well, big, right? Maybe $50 million, or even $100 million. Try again: The tally... [FishBowlNY]

Carter On Bono Editing Vanity Fair: 'It Won't Be Preachy' - Posted March 7, 2007
An update on Graydon Carter and Vanity Fair's enabling of Bono's guest-editing addiction: Bono will be the magazine's first-ever guest editor. Did not know that. Carter: "It won't be preachy. The articles won't be policy papers. It will be a very nuanced look at Africa." EARLIER: Leibovitz Shoots Sopranos For April Vanity... [FishBowlNY]

(RED)'s Not Dead, Baby - Posted March 7, 2007
We knew we couldn't diss Bono without getting busted. Catching wind of our post yesterday about (RED)'s supposed failure, (RED) itself writes to tell us that's not the whole story: The article is based on many inaccuracies. The (RED) initiative has raised more than $25M for the Global Fund to date.... [UnBeige]

Leibovitz Shoots Sopranos For April Vanity Fair Cover - Posted March 7, 2007
It's gonna be hard for Bono to follow Tony. The April cover of Vanity Fair is a cool one: Sopranos' star James Gandolfini, creator David Chase and a red-heeled "friend" shot by — naturally — Annie Leibovitz at Industria Superstudio in New York. Leibovitz has shot the Sopranos cast for HBO marketing materials... [FishBowlNY]

PRODUCT(RED) Is Actually PRODUCT(IN THE RED) - Posted March 6, 2007
You know, we never really understood it. Bono gets a bunch of his friends to pose in cheap Gap clothes for ads that eventually become altogether unavoidable. At one point you say, "Wow, (RED), what the hell is that?" and somehow you make the connection that you have to get a... [UnBeige]

Graydon Carter, Vanity Fair Enable Bono's 'Editor' Addiction - Posted March 5, 2007
A few notes from today's piece by David Carr on Vanity Fair and its enabling of Bono's burgeoning career as a high-profile guest editor. (Bono guest-edited the London Independent last fall, was the first-ever guest editor of Libération and owns a minority stake in Forbes.) Annie Leibovitz appears to have shot... [FishBowlNY]

Brian Williams: 'A Reporter, Not A Cowboy' - Posted March 5, 2007
Brian Williams is in Iraq. "The decision to come here was mine." Bono is apparently not with him. Good line from NBC News president Steve Capus, lifted from his exchange with "Howie" Kurtz on CNN's Reliable Sources over the weekend: KURTZ: Steve, did you have any reservations about sending your anchor into a... [FishBowlNY]

Killing Time - Posted March 2, 2007
In next week's New York magazine, pg. 46: The Time of Their Lives (p. 46) by Joe Hagan John Huey and Richard Stengel, besieged by economic forces pulling one of journalism's most storied institutions toward obsolescence, are blowing up Time magazine in an all-out effort to save its life. Hagan, you'll recall, was called... [FishBowlNY]

A Rough Guide To Understanding Time Inc.'s Sale - Posted January 22, 2007
After a rough week for morale over at Time Inc., bids are due today for its Time4Media and Parenting groups of magazines. A quick recap and guide to sorting through what could become a confusing sale: Last fall, Time Inc. announced it would sell its Time4Media and Parenting groups as part... [FishBowlNY]