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Slate Launches Monthly Book Review - Posted March 2, 2012
Book review sections in papers and magazines might be dwindling, but Slate is doing its part to keep them alive. It is launching Slate Book Review, which will p... [FishbowlNY]

Digital Ellie Finalists Announced - Posted February 28, 2012
With the Oscars now over, let's continue the self-congratulatory awards news with The American Society of Magazine Editors' Digital Ellies finalists. Leading the way with 10 nominations is Cond Nast. Golf Digest, GQ, ... [FishbowlNY]

Slate Launches 'MySlate' - Posted January 30, 2012
It's easy to get bogged down with too much information when you spend all day online. You start out wanting to read about Greece's new austerity measures and halfway through you check Twitter, find an article on the "alluring" ... [FishbowlLA]

Slate Launches 'MySlate' - Posted January 30, 2012
It's easy to get bogged down with too much information when you spend all day online. You start out wanting to read about Greece's new austerity measures and halfway through you check Twitter, find an article on the "alluring" ... [FishbowlNY]

How to Make Content King: 3 Content Aggregation Tools Reviewed - Posted November 16, 2011
We all know that these days, content is king, but what exactly does that mean? It's a question I'm often asked by clients looking to build their social media presence and those unsure of how to use content to drive traffic to their website and improve their online visibility. Additionally, everyone... [SocialTimes.com]

Revolving Door: Hurricane Irene Coverage, Slate, Romenesko, and More - Posted August 25, 2011
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Slate's Jack Shafer Discusses Being Laid Off, Future Plans - Posted August 25, 2011
Last night two big stories broke. One was that Steve Jobs was stepping down as CEO of Apple. The other, and the one much more important to those of us in the media world, was that Jack Shafer was ... [FishbowlNY]

Slate, The Week, Foreign Policy Post Record Traffic in May - Posted June 2, 2011
More good stuff from news-packed May: Slate and the websites for The Week and Foreign Policy set record traffic marks. For Slate.com, it s... [FishbowlLA]

Tom Scocca Leaves Slate for Deadspin - Posted June 2, 2011
It's hard to imagine Deadspin with more of an edge, but if anyone can bring it, it's Slate's Tom Scocca. A.J. Daulerio, Deadspin's Editor-in-Chief, announced... [FishbowlNY]

What The Final New York Times Will Look Like - Posted May 10, 2011
Ever wonder what the final edition of The New York Times will look like? Well, Slate is giving us all a look into the grim future of the paper today. Produced by a group of writers, ... [FishbowlNY]

Slate's Jack Shafer Dismantles The New York Times Public Editor - Posted April 25, 2011
Over the weekend Arthur S. Brisbane, the Public Editor of The New York Times, wrote a piece lamenting the way the Times has attacked other media companie... [FishbowlNY]

Journalism, Social Media and PR: An Interview with Romey Louangvilay - Posted April 21, 2011
The context of social media in journalism today cannot be ignored. Several mainstream media organizations such as The Guardian, Slate, and The New Yo... [10,000 Words]

Even Slate Editor David Plotz Thinks Aggregation Is "Important" - Posted April 5, 2011
Slate editor David Plotz gave an in-depth interview to Sparksheet about how Slate manages to navigate its way through the seedy world of content farms, SEO, and aggregat... [FishbowlNY]

Vanity Fair Probes Julian Assange - Posted January 6, 2011
Sarah Ellison, former reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has a sprawling, in-depth look at Julian Assange and his relationship with The Guardian... [FishbowlNY]

Slate Updates iPad App - Posted January 6, 2011
Slate launched an update to its iPad app that addresses what it said were its users' two most common requests: the ability to save articles, and support for Instapaper. The update to the magazine's original iPad app, which ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Slate Widget Allows Users to See if Their Gawker Accounts Were Hacked - Posted December 13, 2010
Slate has a handy tool for Gawker readers who are concerned about whether their email addresses were compromised in the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Slate V Debuts Trending News Channel Video Blog - Posted December 7, 2010
Slate V launched a new video blog, Trending News Channel, which features two to three short videos per day detailing "the more shrug-worthy news items trending each day." Trending News Channel is being run by Slate V executive producers Bill Smee... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

The Tea Party Movement in Four Minutes - Posted November 5, 2010
Slate has broken down the history of the Tea Party movement into a simple, short, not entirely depressing video. Take notes. ... [FishbowlLA]

Slate V Gets All Up in Your Business - Posted October 1, 2010
Comedian Iliza Vie Shlesinger is channeling her very best Maria Bartiromo for Slate V, hosting Up in Your Business, a weekly series... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Slate Editor David Plotz on Motivation, Politics, Ideology, and a 50-Foot-Tall Michelle Obama - Posted September 29, 2010
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Outgoing Slate Writer: "People Rarely Leave" - Posted September 23, 2010
After eight years, Slate writer Daniel Gross has decided to try a new venture as a columnist for Yahoo Finance. But as he departed, he wrote quite the exit post. It's not odd in that h... [MediaJobsDaily]

Reuters Snatches Former The Big Money Head James Ledbetter - Posted September 13, 2010
James Ledbetter landed the job of running Reuters.com just two months after business/economy site ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Simon Doonan Taking His Snooki Coverage to Slate - Posted September 1, 2010
Simon Doonan, the Barneys creative director and New York Observer columnist who recently revealed a possible ... [PRNewser]

Gerald Posner Plagiarized Miami Herald - Posted February 9, 2010
Gerald Posner, an investigative journalist and contributor to Tina Brown's Th... [FishbowlNY]

Cablevision Exec Responds to Low Subscriber Numbers - Posted January 29, 2010
There has been much egg on the face of Cablevision after its pay wall plan for Newday.com was revealed earlier this week ... [FishbowlNY]

BusinessWeek's New Hires Include New York Magazine Steal - Posted January 29, 2010
So the exciting news today is the new Bloomberg LP-owned BusinessWeek, which ... [FishbowlNY]

Atlantic.com's Biz Editor Out Before Site Launches - Posted January 27, 2010
Because the world of business news isn't saturated enough, Atlantic Media announced a new business site in October to be launched sometime this spring (after an initial push-back from this winter's original date). Originally, ... [FishbowlNY]

Atlantic Media Scoops Up Reuters.com Editor For Digital Project - Posted November 18, 2009
Earlier this year, we learned of Atlantic Media's plans to launch a new digital property when it brought on ... [FishbowlNY]

Reuters Hosts Panel On "Shaky" Audience-Media Relationships - Posted November 13, 2009
Last night at the Thomson Reuters building in Times Square, Jack Shafer of Slate.com moderated a panel for millennium journalism entitled "Audience and the Media: A Shaky Marriage." The speakers at the event each came from a mainstream ne... [FishbowlNY]

Feminist Press Honors Huffington|Mother Jones Focuses On Climate Change|More On The Vanity Fair Layoffs|Latina's Special Mexico Issue Brings In Ads - Posted October 23, 2009
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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. ... [FishbowlNY]

Slate Founder Michael Kinsley To Lead New Digital Launch For Atlantic - Posted September 11, 2009
Atlantic Consumer Media, which publishes The Atlantic, has brought on Slate founder Michael Kinsley as a media columnist and the editor of an upcomi... [FishbowlNY]

Friedman Gives Back $75K|Double X Takes On Jezebel|10 Reasons Why Bailing Out Newspapers Is A Bad Idea|Mag Publishers' Buyout Deal|Bankrupt Tribune Denied Severance - Posted May 13, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c... [FishbowlNY]

The Stimulist Puts Another Nail In Snark's Coffin - Posted May 12, 2009
Today is a big day for launches! Slate's Double X and The New York Times' ... [FishbowlNY]

Online Women's Mag Double X Launches - Posted May 12, 2009
Way back in November, Slate chairman and editor-in-chief Jacob Weisberg told us about the three ladies that would be helming his newest spin-off venture... [FishbowlNY]

Gazing Into the Kristol Ball: Thinking Outside the NYT Op-Ed Replacement Box - Posted February 5, 2009
Over at Slate Jack Shafer thinks the perfect person to replace ... [FishbowlNY]

Online Dispatches: EW, Forbes.com, Double X - Posted December 12, 2008
Keeping an eyes on some changes occurring online this week: Will EW go online only? (On a side note we imagine this will be a recurring theme in 2009 media land). Gawker was specu... [FishbowlNY]

Post Election News Slump Hitting Politico, TheAtlantic.com Thriving - Posted November 21, 2008
There's been plenty of talk the last few weeks about a post-election viewer slump both online and on television. Over at 538.com Nate Silver has taken his pollster powers and applied them to polit... [FishbowlNY]

You're Fired!: The Big Money to Publish Layoff Emails - Posted October 30, 2008
The amount of layoffs and foldings that have occurred in the last week have left our heads spinning a bit. Here's the thing, we all knew that print was a dying animal, but it's probably safe to say nobody knew it was going to die so fast! Anyway, the... [FishbowlNY]

Scenes From Last Night's Slate Obamamania Party - Posted August 26, 2008
Slate threw a party last night in honor of Obamamania. The takeaway? Peggy Noonan is one of the most charming people we've met, Chris Cillizza is much taller in person, and Tammy Haddad owns a portable fan that lights up to say "Tam Cam." ... [FishbowlNY]

NBC and the Olympics: The Dow Jones of Sap? - Posted August 11, 2008
The truth is that after Friday we mostly forgot to watch the Olympics (also known as Michael Phelps goes to Beijing, or alternately, ... [FishbowlNY]

NYT: In the Market For a Little Deja Vu? - Posted August 4, 2008
Last week Gawker pointed out that something about the New York Times was sounding awfully fa... [FishbowlNY]