Felix Salmon

Ling Says Sister Did Enter N Korea|Austin American-Statesman No Longer For Sale|Ben Stein Out At NYT|Unions Dispute Tribune's Bonus Requests|NBC Lays Off Local Stations' Creative Services Teams - Posted August 7, 2009
TVNewser: Former "View" host Lisa Ling told CNN's Erica Hill that her sister, Laura, admitted that she and Euna Lee did cross into North Korean territory "very, very briefly." "And she definitely wants to divulge exactly what happened," Ling went on. "And I think she's going to write an editorial very,... [FishBowlNY]

Gawker Media Revenues/Pageviews Up, Bitter/Sweet - Posted July 27, 2009
Felix Salmon at Reuters reports: Nick Denton says that Gawker Media's revenues were 45% higher in the first two quarters of 2009 than they were in the same period last year; he also tells me that pageviews are up 40% June-on-June. Judging by his chart, profits (revenues less expenses) hit an all-time... [FishBowlLA]

Newspapers, Bloat Behind Portfolio's Demise? - Posted April 29, 2009
Rumors of problems at Portfolio began long before the Conde Nast business magazine folded Monday. Media watchers have been obsessively analyzing Portfolio's every move since the title launched in April 2007 and much of the criticism has focused on editor-in-chief Joanne Lipman. Observers say Lipman, who came to Portfolio by way... [FishBowlNY]

Conde Nast's Skinny Portfolio - Posted March 20, 2009
This is probably not the sort of slimming down that Conde Nast prefers to undergo. April's issue of Portfolio, which clocks in at 106 pages with 21 ad pages, is the skinniest the company has ever produced. Ouch. Particularly considering the financial crisis is the biggest story going... [FishBowlNY]

The NYT Strikes Back at The Atlantic - Posted January 13, 2009
The New York Times itself jumped into the NYT-Atlantic fray yesterday posting its own response — on Romenesko no less — to last week's Michael Hirschorn Atlantic piece, which speculated that the Times could cease printing by May. The letter, written by Catherine Mathis SVP, Corporate Communications (who tells PRNewser... [FishBowlNY]

Let's Talk More About the End of The New York Times - Posted January 8, 2009
The likelihood that the New York Times is suddenly going to cease printing by May, even in this accelerated bad economy, are none, to less than none. However(!) that isn't going to stop everyone from talking about it endlessly — apparently it's the new 'web is killing print' and/or 'Google... [FishBowlNY]

Rupert Murdoch: Merely Valuing the Valuable - Posted July 28, 2008
Is a little Rupe optimism going too long a way? Over the last few months the chorus of commentary where Rupert Murdoch and the WSJ is concerned has frequently been a concession that things are not nearly as bad as people had assumed they would be (read: apocalyptic). Just... [FishBowlNY]

Rupert Murdoch: Merely Valuing the Valuable - Posted July 28, 2008
Is a little Rupe optimism going too long a way? Over the last few months the chorus of commentary where Rupert Murdoch and the WSJ is concerned has frequently been a concession that things are not nearly as bad as people had assumed they would be (read: apocalyptic). Just... [FishBowlNY]

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, and None of Them are Especially Reassuring - Posted July 17, 2008
Both Felix Salmon and the folks at CJR have picked up on the fact that even the Wall Street Journal's "hedcuts" appear to be reacting to what feels like relentlessly bad news. Behold Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, in early June, and one week later when his own job was called... [FishBowlNY]

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words, and None of Them are Especially Reassuring - Posted July 17, 2008
Both Felix Salmon and the folks at CJR have picked up on the fact that even the Wall Street Journal's "hedcuts" appear to be reacting to what feels like relentlessly bad news. Behold Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit, in early June, and one week later when his own job was called... [FishBowlNY]

DealBook vs. DealBreaker: We All Have Truths, Are Mine the Same as Yours? - Posted July 11, 2008
As a general rule we tend to steer clear of stories dealing Wall St. or finance because we know next to nothing about either. However, after glancing at the homepage of the New York Times a number of times today it became apparent even to us that things are really... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 10.17.07 - Posted October 16, 2007
Good morning Washington. Rowan Scarborough has left the Washington Examiner. He says, "after a stint in the Navy, 30 years at five newspapers and two book, I'm retiring, while eyeing some new projects in 2008." An NBC release announced, "According to Nielsen Media Research data, 'NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams' was the... [FishBowlDC]

Morning Reading List, 03.27.07 - Posted March 27, 2007
Good morning Washington The hometown team is favored to win it all. FishbowlDC has learned that Ben Giliberti is no longer a wine writer at the Washington Post. A reader comments, regarding this, "There is also a major standoff between ABC and WGAE, which covers productions types in the Washington bureau." ThinkProgress documents what they... [FishBowlDC]