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Newsweek Editor Defends Palin Cover - Posted 4 days, 6 hours ago
Newsweek's cover story on Sarah Palin -- and the accompanying cover photo -- raised a lot of eyebrows this week, including that of the former Alaskan governor herself on her Facebook page. The cover took a picture of Palin from an old Runner's World and added the headline "How Do You... [FishBowlNY]

FIshbowlNY Editor Has Nothing But Good News For The Menu - Posted 4 days, 11 hours ago
It seems like there's only bad news in the media world these days. But this morning on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu, FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst and hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven only had good things to report. That good news included a conversation about Sarah Palin's... [FishBowlNY]

Huffpost Coming to City Near Your| Tierney's Global Hype |Markets Rise|Post Falls As Daily Gains - Posted November 9, 2009
FishbowlLA: >The Huffington Post taking a page from The Times and asking readers for local submissions. i09: Can New York Times science reporter John Tierney actually examine the question of global warming critically? New York Post: The Dow Jones is finally up again, surpassing its yearly high, so we can all relax now,... [FishBowlNY]

Huffpost Coming to City Near You| Tierney's Global Hype |Markets Rise|Post Circ Falls As Daily News Gains - Posted November 9, 2009
FishbowlLA: The Huffington Post taking a page from The Times and asking readers for local submissions. i09: Can New York Times science reporter John Tierney actually examine the question of global warming critically? New York Post: The Dow Jones is finally up again, surpassing its yearly high, so we can all relax now,... [FishBowlNY]

Daily Beast Launches Socially Conscious Site Giving Beast - Posted October 23, 2009
Last week, The Huffington Post launched a new philanthropically focused vertical, HuffPost Impact, and this week Tina Brown's online publication The Daily Beast unveiled a socially conscious page of its own: Giving Beast. Just as HuffPost paired with Causecast.org, Daily Beast has launched Giving Beast in partnership with Global Philanthropy Group. The... [FishBowlNY]

Huffington On HuffPost's "Impact" Vertical: "This Has Been A Passion Of Mine For Many Years" - Posted October 21, 2009
Last week, The Huffington Post launched a new socially conscious vertical, HuffPost Impact. The new section of the online pub, launched in partnership with Causecast.org, features cause-related news and opinion, with many stories including a call to action that connects readers to ways to donate time or money. For example, during its... [FishBowlNY]

Huffington On HuffPost's "Impact" Vertical: "This Has Been A Passion Of Mine For Many Years" - Posted October 21, 2009
Last week, The Huffington Post launched a new socially conscious vertical, HuffPost Impact. The new section of the online pub, launched in partnership with Causecast.org, features cause-related news and opinion, with many stories including a call to action that connects readers to ways to donate time or money. For example, during its... [FishBowlNY]

NYT's Bay Area Edition Stirs Up Plagiarism Controversy - Posted October 20, 2009
The New York Times may have only launched its San Francisco Bay Area section just last week, but it's already finding itself in the midst of a controversy. Our sister blog BayNewser has the scoop: Yesterday, San Francisco Chronicle Editor at Large Phil Bronstein wrote a blog post that "all but accused... [FishBowlNY]

Balloon Boy|HuffPo Passes WaPo In Unique Views|Redstone To Sell $1B In CBS, Viacom Shares|MPA Conference Snap Shot|Tina Brown - Posted October 15, 2009
TVNewser: The saga of a six-year-old boy in a hot air balloon (or not) captivated the network news channels this afternoon. Editor & Publisher: The Huffington Post has surpassed WashingtonPost.com in terms of unique visitors for last month, according to numbers tracked by Nielsen Online. New York Times: Sumner Redstone will sell nearly... [FishBowlNY]

AP's Curley, Murdoch: Get Ready To Pay Up - Posted October 9, 2009
Two days after proposing that some people will have to pay a premium to get certain news first, the Associated Press's CEO Tom Curley spoke more about charging third parties for access to his organization's content at a presentation in Beijing on Friday. According to the AP report, Curley said content creators... [FishBowlNY]

Post Fires Editor Who Was Critical Of Racist Cartoon - Posted October 6, 2009
The Huffington Post reports that The New York Post has fired associate editor Sandra Guzman, months after she was critical of a Sean Delonas cartoon that garnered criticism last February for its comparison between a crazed chimpanzee and President Barack Obama. Although HuffPo, citing anonymous Post employees, said Guzman's firing "seemed retributive,"... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Books Launches|FTC Threatens Fines For Endorsing Free Products Without Disclosure|Rocky Mountain Independent|Comcast-GE Deal For NBCU|Questex Files Ch. 11 - Posted October 5, 2009
WebNewser: The Huffington Post launched its books section, HuffPost Books, today. GalleyCat: Today the Federal Trade Commission revised their "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials," urging bloggers who review products, from a book to a video game system, to disclose if they received the product for free when giving an... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Reveals First "Game Changers" - Posted October 1, 2009
The Huffington Post is on a quest to find its game changers -- "100 people who are using new media to reshape their fields and change the world." Today, the online pub announced its 10 game changers in its entertainment and green categories. Two more categories will be announced every week for... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Technology|CNBC Cancels Kneale|A Newspaper Bailout Bill?|Atlantic.com Blogger's Plea Could Save Magazine|Times Co. Corrects SEC Filing - Posted September 21, 2009
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy WebNewser: The Huffington Post launched its new technology section today. It's being edited by former Washington Post national reporter Jose Antonio Vargas. TVNewser: CNBC canceled former Forbes managing editor Dennis Kneale's "CNBC Reports," but he'll still anchor the network's "Power Lunch." Toledo... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Appoints New President And CRO - Posted September 16, 2009
Just a few months after naming Eric Hippeau CEO, The Huffington Post today announced a new executive appointment. Greg Coleman, former executive vice president of global sales at Yahoo!, has been picked to succeed James Smith as chief revenue officer at HuffPo. Coleman will also be taking on the role of president... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPost Appoints New President And CRO - Posted September 16, 2009
Just a few months after naming Eric Hippeau CEO, The Huffington Post today announced a new executive appointment. Greg Coleman, former executive vice president of global sales at Yahoo!, has been picked to succeed James Smith as chief revenue officer at HuffPo. Coleman will also be taking on the role of president... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPo Launches Denver Local Site - Posted September 16, 2009
Yesterday, The Huffington Post launched its third locally focused site HuffPost Denver, just over a month after Howard Kurtz revealed that White House Senior Advisor David Axelrod's son Ethan Axelrod had snagged the role of the site's editor. Our sister blog WebNewser reports that HuffPost Denver will feature "Colorado-targeted news and a... [FishBowlNY]

Tech Cos. Share Ideas About Charging For Content|Tina Brown Talks Wintour|Remembering Dominick Dunne|HuffPo Uses Twitter For Headline Writing - Posted September 11, 2009
"YOU LIE" with Joe Wilson from Corbin Bernsen Associated Press: The Newspaper Association of America has asked IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and Google to come up with ideas about how media companies can easily charge for content on the Web. Daily Beast: Tina Brown on Vogue editrix Anna Wintour's recent spate of good press. New... [FishBowlNY]

NYMag.com Launches Sports, TV Blogs - Posted September 9, 2009
NYMag.com is already well-known for its irreverent and detailed coverage of New York, culture, fashion and food with its various blogs. Now the site is bringing that same voice to sports and television with two new blog launches. "The Sports Section," led by New York magazine contributor and Deadspin founder Will Leitch... [FishBowlNY]

NYMag.com Launches Sports, TV Blogs - Posted September 9, 2009
NYMag.com is already well-known for its irreverent and detailed coverage of New York, culture, fashion and food with its various blogs. Now the site is bringing that same voice to sports and television with two new blog launches. "The Sports Section," led by New York magazine contributor and Deadspin founder Will Leitch... [FishBowlNY]

Horowitz Leaves Observer For WaPo|HuffPo Gets Sporty|A Real Sized Model|B-to-B's See Ad Pages Drop 30%|Long Form Journalism And The Web - Posted August 25, 2009
FishbowlDC: The New York Observer's political reporter Jason Horowitz has left the paper to join The Washington Post on the D.C. paper's style desk. The Wrap: The Huffington Post is planning to launch a sports section later this fall. Today Show: Readers cheered 180-pound Glamour nude model's "real body." Folio: B-to-b's ad pages... [FishBowlNY]

Help HuffPost Pick New Media "Game Changers" - Posted August 14, 2009
The Huffington Post is launching its Game Changers awards -- "100 people who are using new media to reshape their fields and change the world." Making the awards democratic, Arianna Huffington is asking for your submissions for "game changers" in 10 categories: Politics, Entertainment, Technology, Media, Sports, Business, Style, Health, Green, Philanthropy... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPo Names Medical Editor - Posted August 10, 2009
Dr. Dean Ornish, the founder and president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif., has been named The Huffington Post's medical editor. As medical editor, Dr. Ornish will write regular columns about wellness and health care policy and work to recruit medical experts to write for HuffPo about these... [FishBowlNY]

What's Next In Online Publications: 4 Questions For The Faster Times' Sam Apple - Posted July 28, 2009
Newspapers are dying, magazines are closing and more journalists are finding themselves without paying gigs every day. Everyone is wondering: what does the future hold for the media? We brought the questions to the front lines, asking leaders in the field to tell us: what's next? Print newspapers have been hit particularly... [FishBowlNY]

Veteran AP Reporter Pyle Looks Back On 49-Year Career: "I've Been Very Lucky" - Posted July 27, 2009
Veteran reporter Richard Pyle retired today after 49 years at the Associated Press. The Huffington Post's Dana Kennedy got an interview with Pyle, and helped him look back his almost 50-year career -- spent at only one company. Read the whole interview for the entire experience, but here are some of Pyle's... [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]

SNL Character MacGruber Gets A Movie|31M Tune In To MJ Memorial|Froomkin Details HuffPo Job|WaPo Among Cyber Attack Targets|For Goodness Sake, Put On A Pair Of Pants On Friday - Posted July 8, 2009
AgencySpy: Following in the footsteps of the Coneheads, Mary Katherine Gallagher and Stuart Smalley, MacGruber (played by Will Forte) is set to become the latest "Saturday Night Live" sketch to make the jump to the big screen. Next up: Forte for governor. TVNewser: Michael Jackson's memorial yesterday drew 31 million U.S. viewers,... [FishBowlNY]

What's Next In Citizen Journalism: 4 Questions For ProPublica's Amanda Michel - Posted June 30, 2009
Newspapers are dying, magazines are closing and more journalists are finding themselves without paying gigs every day. Everyone is wondering: what does the future hold for the media? We brought the questions to the front lines, asking leaders in the field to tell us: what's next? Amanda Michel, editor of distributed reporting... [FishBowlNY]

What's Next In Citizen Journalism: 4 Questions For ProPublica's Amanda Michel - Posted June 30, 2009
Newspapers are dying, magazines are closing and more journalists are finding themselves without paying gigs every day. Everyone is wondering: what does the future hold for the media? We brought the questions to the front lines, asking leaders in the field to tell us: what's next? Amanda Michel, editor of distributed reporting... [FishBowlNY]

YouTube Launches Reporter Center|Wikipedia Co-Founder Helped The Times|Hachette Reorganizes Auto Brands|Atlantic City Paper's Editor Says Goodbye With Top Ten List|Spitzer Blogs For HuffPo - Posted June 29, 2009
WebNewser: YouTube launched its Reporters Center today, featuring instructional videos, tips and advice from journalists like Katie Couric, Bob Woodward, The New York Times's Nicholas Kristof, and Arianna Huffington. New York Times: More information about the lengths the Times went to to keep reporter David Rohde's kidnapping off the media's radar: Wikipedia... [FishBowlNY]

YouTube Launches Reporter Center|Wikipedia Co-Founder Helped The Times|Hachette Reorganizes Auto Brands|Atlantic City Paper's Editor Says Goodbye With Top Ten List|Spitzer Blogs For HuffPo - Posted June 29, 2009
WebNewser: YouTube launched its Reporters Center today, featuring instructional videos, tips and advice from journalists like Katie Couric, Bob Woodward, The New York Times's Nicholas Kristof, and Arianna Huffington. New York Times: More information about the lengths the Times went to to keep reporter David Rohde's kidnapping off the media's radar: Wikipedia... [FishBowlNY]

Madoff Sentenced To 150 Years - Posted June 29, 2009
If one thing could push Michael Jackson's death off the front pages of news Web sites around New York, it is the sentencing of Ponzi scheme perpetrator Bernard Madoff. Earlier today, a federal judge sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison -- the maximum sentence. Madoff's attorneys had requested a 12-year sentence,... [FishBowlNY]

Madoff Sentenced To 150 Years - Posted June 29, 2009
If one thing could push Michael Jackson's death off the front pages of news Web sites around New York, it is the sentencing of Ponzi scheme perpetrator Bernard Madoff. Earlier today, a federal judge sentenced Madoff to 150 years in prison -- the maximum sentence. Madoff's attorneys had requested a 12-year sentence,... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: Gannett Might Be Bankrupt, But HuffPo's Expanding - Posted June 23, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, GalleyCat's Jason Boog and editorial director Rebecca Fox barreled through technical difficulties to discuss some breaking media headlines of the day. This morning, Rebecca and Jason discussed news that USA TODAY publisher Gannett might have to declare bankruptcy and the launch of The... [FishBowlNY]

On The Menu: Gannett Might Be Bankrupt, But HuffPo's Expanding - Posted June 23, 2009
Today on the mediabistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, GalleyCat's Jason Boog and editorial director Rebecca Fox barreled through technical difficulties to discuss some breaking media headlines of the day. This morning, Rebecca and Jason discussed news that USA TODAY publisher Gannett might have to declare bankruptcy and the launch of The... [FishBowlNY]

HuffPo Launches New York Page - Posted June 23, 2009
Our sister blog WebNewser has news about The Huffington Post. One week after announcing the appointment of a new CEO, the online pub has launched a new section: Huffington Post New York. The new section, which launched yesterday with blog posts from with blog posts from Nora Ephron, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.),... [FishBowlNY]

Friday's RTCA Dinner Wrap Up|Meredith Titles Show Ad Growth In July|Gawker's Denton Says He's Not Bored|NYT's Pogue Takes Heat For Speaker's Fee|Dumenco Continues Anti-HuffPo Campaign - Posted June 22, 2009
FishbowlDC: Coverage of the Radio & Television Correspondent's Association Dinner, including reviews of keynote speaker John Hodgman. minOnline: Four of the top five magazines showing ad sales growth in July are Meredith titles: Fitness, Family Circle, Ladies' Home Journal and More. Flex rounded out the top five. Washington Post: Howard Kurtz interviews Gawker's... [FishBowlNY]

Kidnapped NYT Reporter's Escape Brings Press Blackout To Light - Posted June 22, 2009
Over the weekend, news broke that Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Rohde had escaped from captivity in Afghanistan, where he had been held for the past seven months. The news brought relief to a community overwhelmed by stories of violence against and arrests of journalists in Iran and the... [FishBowlNY]

Columbia Panel Examines Business Press Post-Crisis: "They Followed Conventional Wisdom" - Posted June 17, 2009
Last night's panel (from left to right): Ackman, Starkman, Madrick and Morgenson Last night, we headed up town to Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism for a panel discussing the future of business journalism. The panel, which was called "Now What? Business Journalism After the Meltdown," featured New York Times assistant business and... [FishBowlNY]

Columbia Panel Examines Business Press Post-Crisis: "They Followed Conventional Wisdom" - Posted June 17, 2009
Last night's panel (from left to right): Ackman, Starkman, Madrick and Morgenson Last night, we headed up town to Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism for a panel discussing the future of business journalism. The panel, which was called "Now What? Business Journalism After the Meltdown," featured New York Times assistant business and... [FishBowlNY]

Updated: Huffington Post Gets New CEO - Posted June 15, 2009
Eric Hippeau, managing partner of venture capital firm SoftBank Capital, has been named CEO of The Huffington Post. Hippeau, a HuffPo board member, is taking over for Betsy Morgan, who joined the online pub in October 2007 from CBSNews.com. She is leaving the company and vacating her spot on the board,... [FishBowlNY]

Mirror Awards Take Heat For Honoring Huffington - Posted June 1, 2009
Advertising Age's Simon Dumenco is outraged that Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications is awarding Arianna Huffington its Fred Dressler Lifetime Achievement Award at next week's Mirror Awards, and not just because AdAge has never won a Mirror prize. Dumenco is upset because, to him, Huffington represents all that... [FishBowlNY]

Huffington Post Expands Business Side With Two New Positions - Posted May 27, 2009
As other media companies contract, the Huffington Post continues to expand, and its adding people who can bring in more money to fund its expansion. Today, the online pub announced that its had added a CFO, Eric Ashman, formerly CFO at TheStreet.com. Additionally, HuffPo said ex-Elle associate publisher Samantha Fennell will be... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Presser: 'Sam Stein, Huffington Post -- Where's Sam?' - Posted February 10, 2009
Those of you watching President Barack Obama's first national press conference last night — and due to the blanket press coverage it was hard to miss — may have done a small double take when the President called on Sam Stein of The Huffington Post for a question. Considering the... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Presser: 'Sam Stein, Huffington Post -- Where's Sam?' - Posted February 10, 2009
Those of you watching President Barack Obama's first national press conference last night — and due to the blanket press coverage it was hard to miss — may have done a small double take when the President called on Sam Stein of The Huffington Post for a question. Considering the... [FishBowlNY]

Top 2008 News Stories that Don't Begin With 'O' - Posted December 23, 2008
Barack Obama is not the only top story of 2008! Over at The Morning Delivery Bill Lucey has done some digging and uncovered websites such as HuffPo, Salon, and yours truly (technically mediabistro.com) who crowned others the most newsworthy this year (hello Sarah Palin!). You can find his full... [FishBowlNY]

The Huffington Post's World Page to Highlight 'Global Stories and Voices' - Posted December 4, 2008
FBNY has more details on The Huffington Post's newly launched World News page. According to HuffPo the page will include content from "editorial partners with correspondents in more than 50 countries" as well as "foreign policy experts and advocates." Says Arianna: "As the recent Mumbai attacks made so painfully... [FishBowlNY]

The Huffington Post Takes On the World - Posted December 3, 2008
Looks like The Huffington Post is set to go international. The website has just added a World News page to its already packed masthead. And considering the terrible news out of Mumbai this weekend and the apparent inability of the U.S. media to deal with it, maybe the timing... [FishBowlNY]

The Huffington Post Gets $25 Million in Funding - Posted December 1, 2008
Recession? Not according to The Huffington Post! After months of speculation about the future of Arianna Huffington's website post the election — would traffic drop off? would she sell it? — HuffPo has just announced it has secured $25 million in funding from the California based venture capital... [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 politically-oriented websites to see how these sites are faring now that the election has concluded. The results... [FishBowlNY]