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Comcast, GE Close To Deal On NBCU|WaPo Newsroom Fight|Time Inc.'s Vivek Shah Departs|Gannett's New Guidelines|Business Press Struggles|Jay Leno - Posted November 2, 2009
TVNewser: Comcast is coming close to closing its deal with General Electric over NBC Universal. An announcement might come as soon as this week. FishbowlDC: Rumble in the Washington Post newsroom: Henry Allen punched Manuel Roig-Franzia in the face last night. PaidContent: Time Inc.'s Vivek Shah is leaving the company after 15 years. Editor... [FishBowlNY]

Bloomberg Broadcasts MSM Debate - Posted November 2, 2009
As a part of the Intelligence Squared US debate series, BloombergTV will be broadcasting a special debate titled "Good Riddance to the Mainstream Media" this evening, tomorrow, and Wednesday at 9pmET. The debate centered on "the viability of the mainstream media," and the debaters included Vanity Fair/Newser.com's Michael Wolff, Politico co-founder Jim... [TVNewser]

Good Riddance To The Mainstream Media? Not Quite Yet - Posted October 28, 2009
The New York Times' David Carr stole the show at last night's Intelligence Squared debate on the merits of the mainstream media, when he pulled out a print out of fellow debater Michael Wolff's Web site Newser all full of holes. Carr had cut out every story on Newser that came... [FishBowlNY]

Forbes Layoffs Decimate Staff - Posted October 28, 2009
The bloodshed has begun in earnest at Forbes on this cold, rainy day: 100 employees were let go from the billionaire listing magazine, including Lauren Sherman, the girlfriend of Silicon Valley Insider writer Dan Frommer: Some of our friends and former colleagues were let go as well. We knew they were coming,... [FishBowlNY]

Forbes Layoffs Decimate Staff - Posted October 28, 2009
The bloodshed has begun in earnest at Forbes on this cold, rainy day: 100 employees were let go from the billionaire listing magazine, including Lauren Sherman, the girlfriend of Silicon Alley Insider writer Dan Frommer: Some of our friends and former colleagues were let go as well. We knew they were coming,... [FishBowlNY]

Carpetbagger Torch Passed On - Posted October 21, 2009
Award season just won't be the same this year, and it's not just because there will be 10 movies up for Best Picture. Variety announced yesterday that new media reporter David Carr of The New York Times will no longer be covering the Hollywood gala beat, and his Carpetbagger blog will... [FishBowlNY]

David Carr, Columbia University, and the Future of Journalism - Posted October 20, 2009
New York Times' David Carr, always ahead of the curve. Two days ago, a full 24-hours before the news of the 100 staffers being cut from the big gray lady even hit the stands, Carr was writing a treatise on how to save traditional newsroom. Of course, with the advance of... [FishBowlNY]

Sunday Show Notes - Posted October 19, 2009
• Conflicts between the White House and Fox News remained a topic of discussion on the Sunday shows this weekend. This is after White House communications director Anita Dunn appeared on CNN's "Reliable Sources" last week and said of Fox, "Let's not pretend they're a news network..." On "This Week with George... [FishBowlDC]

Remembering New York Owner Bruce Wasserstein - Posted October 15, 2009
Dealmaker, Lazard Ltd. CEO and New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein died yesterday at age 61. News of his untimely death filtered through the media world yesterday afternoon, resulting in many tributes and remembrances from those on the media beat. Not surprisingly, New York magazine's Daily Intel blog had the most touching... [FishBowlNY]

Rush Yanks The Media's Chain|USA TODAY Publisher Addresses Circ Decrease|Wasserstein Hospitalized|NYT Cancels Subscriptions|Letterman Still Facing Challenges - Posted October 12, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy TVNewser: Rush Limbaugh appeared on the "Today" show this morning, talking about how he becomes news by tweaking the media: "I know how to yank their chain. I know how to send them into insanity. I know how to make... [FishBowlNY]

Atlantic Wire Launches With (Media) Star-Studded Fete - Posted September 23, 2009
All of the (op-ed) stars were out last night to celebrate the launch of Atlantic Wire, the opinion aggregating sister site to TheAtlantic.com. Writers for The Atlantic and TheAtlantic.com like Corby Kummer, Marc Ambinder, Ta-Nehisi Coates and Megan McArdle sipped champagne or checked out the incredible view from the balcony at... [FishBowlNY]

What's Going On With The NYT's Media Reporters And Their Facial Hair? - Posted September 22, 2009
Sometimes, things get a little bit tense in the newsroom and then someone cracks a joke just to ease the tension that grows in a big room filled with endless rows of computers and ringing telephones. But from the photo above, posted on Twitter by New York Times media columnist David... [FishBowlNY]

Time's Luscombe Weighs In On Murdoch's Pay Wall Plans - Posted August 12, 2009
David Carr of The New York Times already had his say about Rupert Murdoch's plans charge for all his newspapers' and news channels' content on the Web. Now, Time magazine's Belinda Luscombe is weighing in as well. Like Carr, Luscombe is skeptical about Murdoch's intentions. "Internet experts say that almost everybody... [FishBowlNY]

NYT's Carr Dissects Murdochs Pay Wall Plans - Posted August 10, 2009
In his column this week, New York Times media critic David Carr took on News Corp. head honcho Rupert Murdoch and his recent pronouncement that all of his newspaper and television news channels would soon charge for access to their online content. "Quality journalism is not cheap, and an industry that gives... [FishBowlNY]

The End Of An Era - Posted August 3, 2009
Ten years ago, Tina Brown's Talk magazine launched with a lavish party. But the way things are going, we're probably never going to see another big magazine launch again. That's the gist of David Carr's sobering media column in The New York Times, remembering the bloated industry that led up to the... [FishBowlNY]

Bonnie Fuller Returns To Editor-In-Chief Spot at Celeb Web Site - Posted July 17, 2009
She once helped celebrity magazine Us Weekly become a must-read and guided American Media, which publishes Star. Then Bonnie Fuller left the world of magazines last year to launch her own company, Bonnie Fuller Media. But now she's put those plans on hold, returning to a role as editor-in-chief -- of... [FishBowlNY]

NYT Front Page Article on Nikki Finke - Posted July 17, 2009
Personally, you could call us anything short of Bernie Madoff (looking) on the front page of the New York Time and we'd be thrilled. Above the fold you can call us anything you want. Anyway, David Carr describes her as thuggish: In a telephone interview, Ms. Finke said the stories about her thuggish... [FishBowlLA]

Breaking: Nikki Finke Story Maybe On Page One of NYT - Posted July 16, 2009
We just got word that a David Carr column about Nikki Finke "got offered" to run on page one of the New York Times tomorrow. Ooh big time. UPDATE: We got a confirmation that the story will be on page one tomorrow. We talked to Nikki and she was actually speechless. Speechless. Flabbergasted.... [FishBowlLA]

A Good Pre-Weekend Read: WWD's Michael Wolff Profile - Posted July 2, 2009
Today, WWD takes a look at author, Vanity Fair columnist, media critic and all around character Michael Wolff, his Newser.com aggregator that houses his blog and his recent affair that was splashed all over Page Six. Journalists typically don't like to talk about themselves, so when a good profile of a media... [FishBowlNY]

Employed And Unemployed Alike Swap Swag At ASSME Bash - Posted June 25, 2009
Just as we were about to leave ASSME's Swag-a-Thon -- a charity event/blowout hosted by the organization representing the "sh*tcanned media elite" -- we heard the unmistakable voice of New York Times media columnist David Carr. There had been some confusion over whether Carr would come -- something about being lost... [FishBowlNY]

What Is The Boston Globe Worth? - Posted June 15, 2009
There might be some buyers interested in saving the Boston Globe, but how much will they have to shell out? David Carr of The New York Times, who asked industry experts to weigh in on the issue, raises an interesting point: the New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, may... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 06.015.09 - Posted June 15, 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 Dana Bash! Former Fishbowler Patrick Gavin is filling in for Politico's media blogger Michael Calderone this week- don't read! What we know... [FishBowlDC]

FishbowlDC Interview: Rising Star - ABC News' Jake Tapper - Posted June 10, 2009
Unless you live under a rock, you've undoubtedly heard the name "Jake Tapper." As a White House correspondent for ABC News and one of news media's fastest rising stars, Tapper has quickly established "golden boy" status in Washington. We got to know the golden boy a little better in... [FishBowlDC]

With Future Of Media Uncertain, Mirror Awards Honor Journalists Covering Media - Posted June 9, 2009
Today's Mirror Awards luncheon at the Harmonie Club uptown was swarmed by all manner of media types. Media critics who were nominated for Mirrors like Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff, Rachel Sklar of Abrams Research (nominated twice for her work for the Huffington Post) and The New York Times' David Carr (who... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo.com's Roberts Leaves For Beliefnet|La Russa Sues Twitter|Allure Launches E-commerce Site|Media Critics Dumeno And Carr Chat|SNAP Gets A New Name - Posted June 5, 2009
FishbowlDC: WaPo.com's managing editor Ju-Don Roberts has resigned to head up News Corp.'s Beliefnet.com. WebNewser: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sued Twitter. minonline: Allure has launched Allure Virtual Store in the hopes of adding e-commerce revenues to online ad dollars. AdAge: Simon Dumenco interviewed New York Times columnist David Carr about his... [FishBowlNY]

WaPo.com's Roberts Leaves For Beliefnet|La Russa Sues Twitter|Allure Launches E-commerce Site|Media Critics Dumenco And Carr Chat|SNAP Gets A New Name - Posted June 5, 2009
FishbowlDC: WaPo.com's managing editor Ju-Don Roberts has resigned to head up News Corp.'s Beliefnet.com. WebNewser: St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sued Twitter. minonline: Allure has launched Allure Virtual Store in the hopes of adding e-commerce revenues to online ad dollars. AdAge: Simon Dumenco interviewed New York Times columnist David Carr about his... [FishBowlNY]

Washington Post Investigations Editor Named Exec Editor For HuffPo's Investigative Fund - Posted May 20, 2009
Yesterday, we reported that New York Times media columnist David Carr had downplayed the investigative work of new media companies like the Huffington Post. But this morning, HuffPo made moves to establish a strong investigative team by naming Lawrence Roberts, chief of investigations at The Washington Post, executive editor of its... [FishBowlNY]

Times Columnist Carr Talks About Future Of Newspapers - Posted May 19, 2009
After writing about future of his own paper in his column yesterday, New York Times media columnist David Carr appeared on "BBC World News America" on BBC America last night to talk about the fate of daily newspapers. Carr told "BBC World News America" anchor Matt Frei, that he is more excited... [FishBowlNY]

Mirror, Mirror: Big Fish Dominate Media Beat Awards - Posted April 22, 2009
The Mirror Awards, begun in 2006 with the intention of honoring the work of media beat writers and Web sites, have proven a good forum for the industry to honor reporters and columnists like Times columnist David Carr, the New Yorker's Ken Auletta, and Joe Strupp over at Editor & Publisher.... [FishBowlNY]

Pulitzers Announced! - Posted April 20, 2009
News is trickling out. This from David Carr's Twitter: carr2n: Standing on floor four in nyt waiting for pulitzers. Keller just stepped up an said we won five. Big claps 2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry Also from Twitter: jenny8lee: @nytimes wins 5 #pulitzers+ 3 finalists. won for spitzer, holland cotter,... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List 04.20.09 - Posted April 20, 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. Its day 91 covering the Obama administration and week 12 for us. Happy Birthday to Politico's Carol Lee. What we know and what we're reading... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List 03.31.09 - Posted March 30, 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. Its day 71 covering the Obama administration and week nine for us. What we know and what we're reading this Tuesday morning... NEWSPAPERS | TV | RADIO... [FishBowlDC]

From the "Freakishly Partisan" Olbermann to the "Atavism" of Beck - Posted March 29, 2009
The NYTimes' David Carr thinks the cable news channels are operating as if they're still covering the election. Gorged on ratings from a historic election and still riding on leftover adrenaline, the cable networks have steadfastly remained in campaign mode. ...the cable networks are loaded with red meat eaters and cud chewers. MSNBC... [TVNewser]

Carr on How Newspapers Might Save Themselves - Posted March 9, 2009
David Carr has jumped back into the 'how to save newspapers' fray. Part of his future of newspaper fantasy involves media heads coming together in some cigar smoke filled back room and deciding to join forces to eliminate free content and aggregation (an idea Jon Fine has also toyed with):A... [FishBowlNY]

Reuters to Launch Video-On-Demand Service - Posted March 3, 2009
Anyone wondering how paid content may begin to seep into our lives need only look as far as Thomson Reuters, which announced today its intention to launch a video-on-demand service for its financial clients. According to the Times the service will make available "thousands of searchable videos and transcripts on... [FishBowlNY]

David Carr on the Future of the NYT - Posted February 27, 2009
The other night near the end of the David Carr/Tina Brown conversation Brown turned the tables on Carr and asked him for his thoughts on the elephant in the room, namely the future of the NYT, and whether he had any ideas to add the to the ongoing paid content debate.... [FishBowlNY]

Tina Brown Discusses The Beast With David Carr - Posted February 26, 2009
Tina Brown sat down with David Carr -- who'd just returned from his Carpetbagger stint out in Hollywood and was sporting a rather sharp goatee -- last night for an all things media chat hosted by the Center for Publishing at NYU-SCPS held at NYU's prestigious (and packed) Greenberg Lounge. ... [FishBowlNY]

Covering the Downturn, Looking for the Upswing - Posted February 15, 2009
In his column in tomorrow's New York Times, David Carr writes about those who cover the financial crisis. Being a financial news anchor must seem like owning an ice cream parlor where spinach is the only flavor on the menu. "We are looking for the crocuses and daffodils," said Tyler Mathisen, managing editor... [TVNewser]

The New Yorker Tightens Its Belt, Reporter Accommodations - Posted February 2, 2009
We mentioned the lack of ad pages in last week's New Yorker and today David Carr follows up with news that many of the magazine's reporters who traveled to Washington to cover the Inauguration drove themselves there and stayed in friend's houses.But when the current editor, David Remnick, ordered up a... [FishBowlNY]

Jake Tapper on 'Force of Nature' David Carr - Posted January 14, 2009
TVNewser's Steve Krakauer just posted his recent interview with ABC News' White House correspondent Jake Tapper. Lots of good stuff in it (he was the first and second "most used" reporter in 2007 and 2008) but here's what especially caught our attention.In your first newspaper job, your editor was New... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 01.14.09 - Posted January 14, 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]

WSJ.com Launches 'The End of Wall Street: An Oral History' - Posted January 6, 2009
Wall Street is over! Well maybe not, but that's certainly been the theme of many business articles that have been penned since the financial collapse of last fall (sort of like how everyone thought "history" had ended at the end of the last century). Anyway, continuing the strong newspaper... [FishBowlNY]

David Carr Reviews Michael Wolff's Rupert Murdoch Bio - Posted December 29, 2008
Phew, that's a whole lot of media bold-face to include in one hed. Nonetheless, David Carr did indeed review Michael Wolff's bio of Rupert Murdoch for this past Sunday's New York Times Book Review. Here's a taste, though the entire thing is really worth a read.... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 12.29.08 - Posted December 29, 2008
Good morning, Washington. What DC museum is featured above? Think you know? Email us with your best guess. AND: Join us after the jump to find out if you guessed our last contest correctly. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning... [FishBowlDC]

Arianna Huffington is Media Person of the Year - Posted December 9, 2008
I Want Media has named Arianna Huffington their Person of the Year, presumably based on your votes. As it happens the top three spots all belonged to women — Tina Fey and Rachel Maddow were the runners up. Says IWM about the choice: "Huffington had a big year in... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 12.02.08 - Posted December 2, 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 Magazine: How Alex Kuczynski is Living Now - Posted December 1, 2008
So maybe the first question that comes to mind when reading Alex Kuczynski's New York Times Magazine cover story about hiring a surrogate mother to carry her child is whether or not it would have been a cover story if the author hadn't been a long-time style reporter for the paper.... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 11.06.08 - Posted November 6, 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]

Election '08: One Day More! - Posted November 3, 2008
Almost there! The longest campaign in history is about to end. The candidates have been campaigning for so long that we sort of wonder if Obama does get into office whether he'll solve the financial crisis through small donation fund-raising just out of habit. Anyway, brace yourself for... [FishBowlNY]

Liz Smith, David Carr, and Others Discuss Journalism and Privacy - Posted October 30, 2008
It's all Monica Lewinsky's fault! At least that's one of the conclusions drawn at the recent panel NYU Media Talk series about media, ethics, the right to privacy. Says Jim Kelly: It struck me as though the world [in terms of journalism and right to privacy] was different before... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 10.30.08 - Posted October 30, 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]

Journos Explain Blogging, Speak Slowly - Posted October 30, 2008
Andrew Sullivan's essay in the Atlantic, "Why I Blog," is interesting enough for bloggers -- and mild enough for their grandmas, as evidenced by his lede: "The word blog is a conflation of two words: Web and log. It contains in its four letters a concise and accurate self-description: it is a... [FishBowlLA]

Will Next Week's Election Spell Doom for Television? - Posted October 27, 2008
Remember how back in the late nineties no one could really imagine what life would be like after 2000? (And really, who among us could have envisioned YouTube?) And then everyone freaked out about Y2K and welded all the manhole covers shut in Manhattan. Well, with only eight... [FishBowlNY]

Cramer Talks Ailes, More in Monday Profiles - Posted October 20, 2008
CNBC's Jim Cramer, who has found himself at the center of the CNBC-FBN battle recently, is profiled on both coasts today. The Los Angeles Times' Scott Collins writes Cramer has ignored the ads taken by FOX in the wake of his Today show pronouncement. "I have not seen any of the Fox... [TVNewser]

The Couric Comeback? "The Second Act of a Three-Act Movie" - Posted September 15, 2008
CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric has had a whirlwind year, and as the political season hits the home stretch, her use of new technology has gotten her high praise. The New York Times' David Carr writes about Couric the anchor, in the context of her Conventions webcasts and YouTube channel. "There... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 08.13.08 - Posted August 13, 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, 08.05.08 - Posted August 5, 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, 07.31.08 - Posted July 31, 2008
Good Morning Washington. Above, FishbowlDC's "Word Cloud," courtesy of World.net. 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... [FishBowlDC]

David Carr's "The Night of the Gun" : A Washington Read - Posted July 29, 2008
Earlier: "Carr's Time in D.C." The New York Times' David Carr, who edited the Washington City Paper for five years in the 1990s, is out with a new book -- "The Night of the Gun" -- and we've culled it for his recollections of his time in D.C. Join us after the jump...... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.29.08 - Posted July 29, 2008
Good Morning Washington. Above, one of the magazines in Frank Luntz's collection. 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... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 07.24.08 - Posted July 24, 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]

Carr and Kurtz: A Media Throwdown? - Posted July 23, 2008
Is there a feud brewing between WaPo's Howie Kurtz and the NYT's David Carr? The Star Tribune seems to think so. Whilst interview Carr on his upcoming memoir Night of the Gun — in which Carr (amazingly) details his past as a both a drug addict and dealer, among... [FishBowlNY]

Kurtz: Network Morning Shows Feel Guilty, Book McCain - Posted July 21, 2008
Earlier today, Howard Kurtz held his weekly chat where he covered such topics as press coverage of the presidential campaign, David Carr's new book, and downsizing at the Post. Some excerpts: Plymouth, Minn.: Hello. My question is, what does a candidate do when his opponent has hogged the entire (world)... [FishBowlDC]

Carr's Time in D.C. - Posted July 21, 2008
A snippet from Howard Kurtz's profile of David Carr, which can be found in today's Washington Post: When he became editor of Washington City Paper in 1995, Carr, having grown up in "a land of white people who eat white food," says he found "Chocolate City" a mystery. He quickly stirred... [FishBowlDC]

Night of the Gun: NYT David Carr's Upcoming Memoir - Posted July 18, 2008
The NYT Magazine is running an excerpt this weekend taken from Times media columnist David Carr's upcoming memo about drug addiction.On the face of it, I am no more qualified to take my own inventory than the addict with the fetid dreads who spare-changes people on the subway while singing "Stand... [FishBowlNY]

The New York Times: What's Not to Love? - Posted July 17, 2008
Maybe it's because The New York Times declares itself to be the "paper of record" (and then hires Bill Kristol) that we are all so quick to point out its shortcomings. Or maybe it was the fact they tried to get us to pay for their opinion. Or... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 07.11.08 - Posted July 11, 2008
Good Morning Washington. I really doubt you're going to guess what local trail the above picture was taken on, but knock yourselves out. 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... [FishBowlDC]

Carr and Fox PR: Folkenflik on the Record - Posted July 9, 2008
In the wake of the fallout over David Carr's piece on the Fox News PR machine our fellow mb blog PRNewser has managed to get NPR media reporter David Folkenflik — one of the few reporters to go on the record in the piece — on the record. Folkenflik, who... [FishBowlNY]

Media Writers Weigh In on Carr Column - Posted July 7, 2008
Responses to David Carr's column from around the blogosphere: • Politico's Michael Calderone recognizes the "aggressive" nature in his dealings with Fox PR, but also looks admirably at it. "Like Carr, I agree there is something reporters often admire in Fox's tenacity," he writes. "For me, Fox's PR staff — even when... [TVNewser]

When Private Details Become Part of Public Relations - Posted July 7, 2008
One of the first orders of business regarding David Carr's New York Times column was connecting the dots to what Carr was referring to in this line: "A colleague of mine said, he was writing a story about CNN's gains in the ratings and was told on deadline by a Fox... [TVNewser]

Blast From The Past: How Might Fox Respond to Carr - Posted July 7, 2008
David Carr's wide-ranging column today about the aggressive PR arm of Fox News brings to mind a similar behind-the-scenes look from almost four years ago. In July 2004, Alex Ben Block wrote a column for TVWeek titled, "Fox News Plays Hardball With Press." The piece describes FNC's, "unusually forceful," pitching to reporters. ... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List, 03.25.08 - Posted March 25, 2008
Good morning Washington. It's Emily Lawrimore's birthday (Hat Tip: Playbook), the 2008 Dart Award Winners have been announced, Dana Priest and Anne Hull have won yet another award, yesterday was Monica Lewinsky's 34th birthday and on this day in 1634, the first colonists to Maryland found the settlement of St. Mary's... [FishBowlDC]

FBLA Goes to the Party: Schnabel at Gagosian - Posted February 22, 2008
Julian Schnabel's paintings of bones (used in the credit sequence of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) are on view at Gagosian Gallery, with a preview party last night. Schnabel's at work on his next film, because he evidently needs no sleep. Tilda Swinton, Lauren Hutton, Ben Silverman, the Weinsteins, Brett Ratner,... [FishBowlLA]

Juno Haters Surface As Box Office Grows - Posted January 30, 2008
David Carr, the NYT's Carpetbagger, tries to tell the world that Juno is being kicked around by the more serious movies. One of his commenters, Mayblossom, (who could be Emily Gould, you never know) lacerates the Little Movie That Could and the screenwriter: Cody is no more an "ex-stripper" than Juno is... [FishBowlLA]

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]

AMC 2007: Adam Moss on Being EIC: 'You Get Paid to Be a Dilettante' - Posted October 29, 2007
From left: The New York Times' David Carr; Stephen Adler of BusinessWeek; ReadyMade's Shoshana Berger; Angela Burt-Murray of Essence and New York's Adam Moss New York Times media reporter and columnist David Carr did his best to deviate from panel-talk formula while moderating "The Editor as Octopus" this afternoon at AMC. Taking... [FishBowlNY]

New Times Mike Lacey and Jim Larkin Arrested - Posted October 19, 2007
New Times executives Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were arrested at their homes in Phoenix, last night. They were charged with revealing grand jury secrets, after writing a story that told readers: In a breathtaking abuse of the United States Constitution, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, and their... [FishBowlLA]

Speaking of: How to Start a Media Company - Posted October 10, 2007
At parties and events, some entrepreneurial journalists (is that an oxymoron or what?) have started to ask "How do you start a media company?" and I've even considered writing a book on the subject. But, in the meantime, if you want my thoughts (and the insights of Arianna Huffington, Craig Newmark... [FishBowlNY]

Sun Valley Media Mogul Report - Posted July 13, 2007
Ron Mwangaguhunga reports: It's July, so that means that the chattering class big guns are out and about in Sun Valley, Idaho, at investment banker Herb Allen's mogul retreat for a little "deep think" interspersed with rounds of golf. There is always, lurking in the green, the possible dramatic tension of the... [FishBowlNY]

Robbed At The Mirror Awards - Posted June 14, 2007
Andersen, Auletta, Kurtz also shut out The first annual Mirror Awards were presented at a Meredith Vieira-hosted luncheon today at the W hotel in Midtown, and our mediabistro.com mothership — a finalist in the media information services category — lost to HealthNewsReview.org. In other words, we were robbed. Still, we weren't the only... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 05.30.07 - Posted May 30, 2007
Good morning Washington. You would rather have 15 hour work days and a three day weekend. An ABC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research for May Sweeps, ABC News 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' averaged 2.55 million Total Viewers, marking the program's best May sweep among Total Viewers since 2002. In addition,... [FishBowlDC]

Meta Media Mashup - Posted April 17, 2007
A weekly meta-roundup of our favorite media pundits, what they're saying, why they're saying it, and an all-important grade, subjective and arbitrary — just like their columns! This week, Kansas City Star's Jason Whitlock's controversial Imus column, plus Portfolio's "CEO Porn," David Carr's hunters and more. Meta Media Mashup: Whitlock, Carr,... [Newsfeed]

Rafat Ali: I Learned From Watching David Carr - Posted March 29, 2007
Rafat Ali, paidContent.org founder, on where he got his journalistic chops: One of the things I tell people is that at Inside.com, how I learned to report was actually from watching you [FishbowlNY contributor Greg Lindsay] and [now-New York Times media reporter] David Carr conduct interviews on the phone. In school, they... [FishBowlNY]

Piranhas in the Fishbowl: Grazer-Gate Continues - Posted March 26, 2007
Andres Martinez, for such a pleasant guy, seemed to have made some LA Times enemies in his very short tenure there. All weekend, FBLA has been hearing various little snippets of rumors that Martinez was perceived as "too pro-business" or "not in touch with the rest of the paper". LAObserved is... [FishBowlLA]

Nikki Finke Explains What's Wrong With Across the Universe - Posted March 21, 2007
Just the other day, David Carr in the NY Times admitted what we already knew: New Yorkers don't understand show biz all that much. And today, Hollywood's own Nikki Finke tears into Sharon Waxman's version of events surrounding art-chick Julie Taymor's battle with Joe Roth over some musical romance movie called... [FishBowlLA]

Time's Redesign | Jane's Book | Eichenwald's Defense | Ann Coulter's Tipping Point | Dem's Fox Fallout | Village's Outsider - Posted March 12, 2007
Time: Redesign coming Friday. [NYP] Times Eichenwald: Says he didn't act unethically in $2,000 porn payment. [Marketwatch] Voice Lesson: David Carr on the Village outsider. [NYT] Has Ann Coulter: Hit her tipping point? [AP via ABC News] Fallout: After Democrats shun Fox debate platform. [NYT] Jane Pratt's Last Days: Chronicled... [FishBowlNY]

Scott Robson Bursts Out of The Envelope, Goes AOL - Posted March 7, 2007
Scott Robson, founding editor of the LA Times' The Envelope is bound for New York City, where he'll be has editor-in-chief of AOL Movies and TV. Robson also honcho'ed the creation of the Tribune Company's new Metromix sites that will roll out this summer. Tom O'Neil is waving a tiny... [FishBowlLA]

Carr's Carpetbagger Bagged - Posted March 6, 2007
Kurt Andersen, writing in New York magazine a few weeks ago: [David] Carr (whom I employed six years ago at Inside.com) is a quirky, entertaining, singular writer. I was pleasantly surprised when the paper of record hired and then promoted him to media columnist. But I was flabbergasted when they gave him... [FishBowlNY]

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]

David Carr-Kurt Andersen Love-In Continues - Posted March 1, 2007
Carr, Andersen: Lots of love there The love affair apparently started way back in 2001, when Kurt Andersen employed David Carr at Inside.com. Carr was, as Andersen wrote in New York magazine recently, "a quirky, entertaining, singular writer." That column, as we noted last week, was essentially a thinly-veiled ode to Carr and... [FishBowlNY]

Oscars: Animal Style - Posted February 26, 2007
Ellen 8:36 p.m.: We like Ellen's red velvet tux, but we're pretty sure Randy Quaid gave those shiny white shoes to Chevy Chase's character in National Lampoon's Vacation.(Fuggers) Abigail Breslin/Jaden Smith Someone just emailed me that these two look like the Class of 2015 for drug rehab. (Deadline Hollywood) Shadow Puppets or Interpretive Dance 9:25... [FishBowlLA]

Monday Morning Meta Media Mashup - Posted February 26, 2007
A weekly meta-roundup of our favorite (mostly) New York media pundits, what they're saying, why they're saying it, and an all-important grade, subjective and arbitrary — just like their columns! "A Cheeky Broadsheet's Tabloid Makeover" | David Carr, New York Times New York Times Carpetbagger and media reporter David Carr weighs in... [FishBowlNY]

Slamdance, Sundance, Squaredance: The Buzz - Posted January 24, 2007
Slamdance Religous sex cultists from the Children of God broke up a screening of Noah Thompson's film about growing up in the cult. From the folks who brought us Cops: The King Of Kong. Sundance Nick Nolte I can't even get an erection anymore. All the noise about Hounddog can't hide the fact that... [FishBowlLA]

Times Shakes Up Its Hollywood Coverage - Posted January 23, 2007
Interesting insidery news from Nikki Finke, who has good grist on some Hollywood coverage changes at the New York Times. First, the Times is dropping L.A.-based movie editor Michael Cieply, adding him to its stable of Hollywood reporters, and replacing him with Lorne Manly, a long-time media reporter-turned-writer in New York. The... [FishBowlNY]

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