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Opinion Aggregator Atlantic Wire Launches - Posted September 16, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media has launched a new stand alone site The Atlantic Wire, to aggregate some of the best opinions and debates on the Web. The Atlantic has long been a source for well-thought out opinions and discussions, and some of the voice from the magazine and its Web site, like columnist... [FishBowlNY]

Americans' Opinion Of The Media Hits New Low - Posted September 14, 2009
A new Pew Research Center for the People & the Press survey, released yesterday, reveals that the American public's opinion of the press's accuracy has reached its lowest level in two decades of Pew surveys. The public's thoughts on media bias and independence didn't fare much better -- the levels reported in... [FishBowlNY]

USA Has Record Summer|No Ratings Slump For Fox News|Politico Continues To Grow|Gannett Consolidates Iowa, Indiana Facilities|OK! Lowers Rate Base - Posted September 2, 2009
Broadcasting & Cable: As the cable nets report their summer-ending ratings records, USA has emerged as a star. It had the best summer for any cable network since measurements have been kept. Mediaite: There's no summer news slump for Fox News. The cable news net had its best ratings of 2009 in... [FishBowlNY]

USA Has Record Summer|No Ratings Slump For Fox News|Politico Continues To Grow|Gannett Consolidates Iowa, Indiana Facilities|OK! Lowers Rate Base - Posted September 2, 2009
Broadcasting & Cable: As the cable nets report their summer-ending ratings records, USA has emerged as a star. It had the best summer for any cable network since measurements have been kept. Mediaite: There's no summer news slump for Fox News. The cable news net had its best ratings of 2009 in... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: Heathrow's "Writer In Residence," Fox News' High Ratings & Hunter S. Thompson - Posted August 19, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven chatted jovially about today's biggest media headlines. First on the docket, Fox News' big ratings week. "The craziest thing is Glenn Beck, who has been facing tons and tons of problems lately with advertisers...had... [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]

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]

Would You Pay To Read NYPost.com? - Posted August 6, 2009
Yesterday during News Corp.'s fourth quarter and year-end earning conference call, CEO Rupert Murdoch said the Web sites for his newspapers, which include The New York Post, would start to follow a pay model similar to the Wall Street Journal's in the coming year. "The digital revolution has created many new and... [FishBowlNY]

Would You Pay To Read NYPost.com? - Posted August 6, 2009
Yesterday during News Corp.'s fourth quarter and year-end earning conference call, CEO Rupert Murdoch said the Web sites for his newspapers, which include The New York Post, would start to follow a pay model similar to the Wall Street Journal's in the coming year. "The digital revolution has created many new and... [FishBowlNY]

Menu: DJ And Woodstock Chronicler Pete Fornatale Talks Tim Russert, Rubbernecking & "House Hippies" - Posted August 3, 2009
Today's media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast got a visit from a pro, as longtime radio DJ Pete Fornatale joined hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven to discuss the day's media headlines and Fornatale's recent projects. "I miss Tim Russert," Fornatale said while discussing the weekend's story about... [FishBowlNY]

Hearst Tries New Ads On Newspaper Sites|Clear Channel Turns Down Palin Radio Show|Olbermann-O'Reilly Fued Squashed By Execs|WaPo Posts Profit - Posted August 1, 2009
BayNewser: Hearst Co. plans to use a new kind of ad unit on its newspaper Web sites. FishbowlLA: Clear Channel has said no thanks to a Sarah Palin radio show. New York Times: Brian Stelter reports on the cooling of the feud between MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, which... [FishBowlNY]

ESPN & Post Face Off Over Andrews Scandal - Posted July 23, 2009
The Erin Andrews peephole debacle has now turned into a feud between Andrews' employer ESPN and The New York Post. After the Post published photos of from the illicit tape of Andrews (including one on it's Tuesday page one, at left) the sports network banned the Post's reporters from any of... [FishBowlNY]

Erin Andrews Peephole Scandal Continues To Make News - Posted July 22, 2009
For the second day in a row, The New York Post featured ESPN's Erin Andrews and her peephole scandal on its cover. Yes, it is newsworthy when anyone -- especially a sexy sports reporter -- is unknowingly filmed while staying at a hotel, but the invasion of privacy questions that this... [FishBowlNY]

Another WaPo-er Joins HuffPo|Fox News Producter Sentenced To 10 Years For Kiddie Porn|Penthouse Turns 40|Entrepreneur Writer Tells All - Posted July 21, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cBrian Williamswww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJoke of the Day WebNewser: The Washington Post's national reporter Jose Antonio Vargas joined The Huffington Post as technology and innovations editor. TVNewser: Former Fox News producer Aaron Bruns was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for... [FishBowlNY]

Another WaPo-er Joins HuffPo|Fox News Producter Sentenced To 10 Years For Kiddie Porn|Penthouse Turns 40|Entrepreneur Writer Tells All - Posted July 21, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cBrian Williamswww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorJoke of the Day WebNewser: The Washington Post's national reporter Jose Antonio Vargas joined The Huffington Post as technology and innovations editor. TVNewser: Former Fox News producer Aaron Bruns was sentenced to 10 years in prison today for... [FishBowlNY]

Andy Rooney Becomes A Great Grandfather - Posted June 5, 2009
Congratulations all around for "60 Minutes" sage Andy Rooney and his grandson, Fox News Pentagon producer Justin Fishel. Fishel and his wife, Gayle -- a former Fox Newser herself -- welcomed twins Andrew Kirby and Liza Cassidy a couple of weeks ago, TVNewser reports. Turns out, broadcast is a tradition in the... [FishBowlNY]

New York Times Tops Technorati Attention Index - Posted May 15, 2009
Our colleagues over at BayNewser have Technorati's list of mainstream media Web sites that get the most hits from bloggers, which they have titled the "Attention Index." YouTube is number one on the list (although we agree with BayNewser that the classification of that site as "mainstream media" is a bit of... [FishBowlNY]

News Corp. Papers Have Difficult Q3 - Posted May 7, 2009
News Corp. released its third quarter earnings numbers yesterday, and although Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch mentioned cable network programming -- and FOX News Channel in particular -- as a bright spot, the results for News Corp.'s newspapers and information services division was grim. Operating income for the newspaper group, which includes... [FishBowlNY]

News Corp. Papers Have Difficult Q3 - Posted May 7, 2009
News Corp. released its third quarter earnings numbers yesterday, and although Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch mentioned cable network programming -- and FOX News Channel in particular -- as a bright spot, the results for News Corp.'s newspapers and information services division was grim. Operating income for the newspaper group, which includes... [FishBowlNY]

USA Network Retains Crown: Most Watched Cable Network - Posted December 26, 2008
USA Network, bolstered by the success of Tony Shalhoub's detective series "Monk" and other shows like "Burn Notice" and "Psych," has claimed the most-watched cable programming crown again, averaging about 2.8 million viewers in prime-time, the Hollywood Reporter said. This had to be good news for NBC Universal, which has not had... [FishBowlLA]

Fox's Friedman Banned From Cruise's Comeback - Posted December 16, 2008
Fox News' Roger Friedman, an able-bodied film raconteur if ever there was one, has been banned from screenings of Tom Cruise's new film, "Valkyrie," apparently for...saying bad things. Now, Friedman has never been an ardent fan of Cruise or his Scientological leanings, but the Fox journo has long written about him,... [FishBowlLA]

Judith Miller to Join Fox News - Posted October 20, 2008
So what do you do if you're a disgraced former investigative reporter for the national paper of record, who, in your own words, became a "lightning rod for public fury over the intelligence failures that helped lead our country to war?" You go work for Fox News of course! ... [FishBowlNY]

Forget Cable! Roger Ailes to Own Local Paper - Posted July 14, 2008
Here's one way to support your local news. Roger Ailes, chairman of Fox News, reportedly liked his local paper The Putnam County News and Recorder circulation 3,000, so much that he bought it. (One can only hope that in the coming months Michael Bloomberg will suffer the same affliction).... [FishBowlNY]

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 Events 2.22.08 - Posted February 22, 2008
FRIDAY 2.22.08 WHAT: Signing of No End In Sight: Iraq's Descent Into Chaos WHO: Charles Ferguson WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Book Soup WHY: Dreary, yes, but this work takes you inside the White House, Pentagon and Baghdad's Green Zone to unravel the, well, unraveling of Iraq. SATURDAY 2.23.08 WHAT: 16th Annual Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibition WHO:... [FishBowlLA]

Fox News, New York Times Vandalizing Rivals' Wikipedia Entries? - Posted August 15, 2007
Were staffers at Fox News and the New York Times engaged in Wikipedia vandalism on the job? It sure looks like it. A writer for tech publishers O'Reilly Media traced changes to Al Franken's Wikipedia entry to a Fox News IP address. Then bloggers Geeks Are Sexy compiled a list of Fox... [FishBowlNY]

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]

Rising Star Finalists - Posted February 6, 2007
After the jump, you'll find the finalists for FishbowlDC's Rising Star competition. Congrats to everyone for being nominated and making it into the 2nd round in our first "Rising Star" competition. The winners will accompany mediabistro.com and FishbowlDC to the National Press Foundation Dinner, with a seat next to a high-profile... [FishBowlDC]

$50,000 For 'Money Honey' Ride | 10,000 Teens | Time Tries To Poach From Times | JFK Jr.'s Ex snags $1.2M Book Deal | ABC's Cuomo Unscathed In Iraq Roadside Bombing | Fox, CNN Spar Over Obama - Posted January 24, 2007
10,000 Teens: Already registered for CondéNet's Flip.com. [WWD] ABC's Cuomo: Narrowly escapes roadside bomb attack in Iraq. [WaPo] Rupert Murdoch: Enters Tribune Co. bid battle with Ron Burkle, makes play for Newsday. [FT] Time: Trying to poach NYT writers. [NYO] Ex-JFK Jr. Girlfriend: Snags $1.2M deal for tell-all. [Gatecrasher] Exec's... [FishBowlNY]

Oprah's Book Club, Post-Frey | CBS' 'Soft' News | Idol's Mean-Streak - Posted January 22, 2007
Oprah's Book Club: Returns from one-year hiatus after James Frey debacle. [GalleyCat] CBS News Prez Sean McManus On Evening News With Katie Couric: "We may have started off a little soft." [B&C] Yahoo and Reuters: BFFs. [Guardian] American Idol Judges, Producers: We're not meaner this season. [USA Today] Lucrative Sirius,... [FishBowlNY]