The New York Post

Fired Post Editor Comes Forwards With Allegations - Posted November 10, 2009
Rupert Murdoch just can't catch a break these days: He's waging war against Google, The New York Post's readership is down, and he's got to deal with this Glenn Beck debacle for calling Barack Obama racist. On top of that there has been this scandal of Sandra Guzman, the editor who... [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]

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]

Murdoch: Pay Walls May Come Later Than Promised - Posted November 5, 2009
A few months ago, there was much ado about New Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch's plans to instate pay walls on his company's newspapers' Web sites in the coming year. But today, The Guardian reports that Murdoch's deadline for his pay walls may have been a bit too ambitious: "When asked about his self-imposed... [FishBowlNY]

Sue Simmons Admits To Drinking On The Job - Posted November 2, 2009
Sue Simmons on on LX New York with fellow guest Andy Cohen, discussing her former drinking days Sue Simmons, the WNBC-4 anchor who gained infamy for using the F-bomb on live television almost two years before Jenny Slate, confessed last week on WNBC's new show LX New York that in the 80's... [FishBowlNY]

This Week's Layoff News: Teen Vogue, Details and More - Posted October 28, 2009
While we await sad news of layoffs that is likely to come out of Forbes this week, Condé Nast continues to pare down its staff and there's more news on impending Time Inc. cuts and The New York Times buyouts. - Yesterday, we heard whispers of cuts among the editorial staff... [FishBowlNY]

Vanity Fair, GQ Latest Casualties Of Condé Nast Cuts - Posted October 23, 2009
Yesterday, the axe fell hard at Vanity Fair, which had already cut a handful of business-side staff last week as part of the Condé Nast bloodletting. Hey, if Anna Wintour has to do it, so does Graydon Carter. Except, according to Keith Kelly, Graydon didn't even stick around for the bloodbath, instead... [FishBowlNY]

More Employees Fleeing BusinessWeek? - Posted October 21, 2009
Editor-in-chief Steve Adler has already departed BusinessWeek in lieu of the Bloomberg takeover, but are more staffers following suit? Executive editor Ellen Pollock is on her way out, according to The New York Post, and other executive editor John Byrne is moving to San Francisco, though, as an anonymous employee pointed... [FishBowlNY]

HollywoodLife.com Snags Another NY Gossip Columnist - Posted October 19, 2009
Bonnie Fuller continues to beef up the staff of her Mail.com Media Corp.-owned celeb Web site HollywoodLife. Just a few weeks after picking up Page Six reporter Corynne Steindler from The New York Post, Fuller has hired New York Daily News Gatecrasher columnist Laura Schreffler to serve as West Coast bureau... [FishBowlNY]

HollywoodLife.com Snags Another NY Gossip Columnist - Posted October 19, 2009
Bonnie Fuller continues to beef up the staff of her Mail.com Media Corp.-owned celeb Web site HollywoodLife. Just a few weeks after picking up Page Six reporter Corynne Steindler from The New York Post, Fuller has hired New York Daily News Gatecrasher columnist Laura Schreffler to serve as West Coast bureau... [FishBowlNY]

NY Association Of Black Journalists Speaks Out Against Post's Firing Of Guzman - Posted October 8, 2009
Earlier this week we learned that The New York Post has laid off associate editor Sandra Guzman, who edited the Latino-focused section, Tempo, for the paper. Guzman also spoke against a Sean Delanos cartoon that debuted earlier this year featuring a monkey and a possible reference to President Barack Obama. Combine that... [FishBowlNY]

More Thoughts On Condé Nast - Posted October 7, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cPregnant Gourmet Bride Magazinewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorRon Paul Interview It's only natural that, in the days following the announcement of four magazine closures at Condé Nast, everyone around the industry would have something to say. (We also had our own thoughts... [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]

Breaking: Layoffs At Reader's Digest? - Posted September 30, 2009
We've heard that they have been doing some restructuring over at Reader's Digest's Web site, RD.com, resulting in layoffs. It looks like Gawker has been hearing from the same people. We tried to reach out to Beth Turner, the executive editor of ReadersDigest.com as recently as July, but an operator at the... [FishBowlNY]

Breaking: Layoffs At Reader's Digest? - Posted September 30, 2009
We've heard that they have been doing some restructuring over at Reader's Digest's Web site, RD.com, resulting in layoffs. It looks like Gawker has been hearing from the same people. We tried to reach out to Beth Turner, the executive editor of ReadersDigest.com as recently as July, but an operator at the... [FishBowlNY]

Post Unveils New Web Site - Posted September 8, 2009
We've always found The New York Post's Web site distracting, difficult to navigate and hard to read -- quite the opposite of the print version. But this week, the Post is sporting a new online look at NYPost.com that's cleaner and less cluttered. There's still a lot going on -- from headlines... [FishBowlNY]

Reader's Digest Files For Ch. 11 - Posted August 25, 2009
One week after announcing its intention to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Reader's Digest Association Inc. filed the necessary paperwork with the bankruptcy court yesterday. In a release about the filing, the Reader's Digest publisher said that 80 percent of its senior secured lenders had already agreed to the restructuring plan... [FishBowlNY]

Former Portfolio.com Staffer Lands TV Gig - Posted August 18, 2009
BloombergTV has brought on online and print veteran Dan Colarusso to serve as managing editor of U.S. television for the network, TVNewser reports. Colarusso previously worked as managing editor for Portfolio.com, the Web site for doomed Condé Nast business publication Portfolio, which was shuttered earlier this year. Prior to joining Portfolio.com, Colarusso worked... [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]

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 Journalist Loses Paying Gig - Posted July 16, 2009
Last week, after working for fashion and nightlife Web site Shecky's for several months as interim senior editor, PJ Gach lost her steady gig. Shecky's brought the longtime freelancer and style maven on board in April to help relaunch the site and upgrade the content -- a short-term contracted position she hoped... [FishBowlNY]

As Business Magazines Stuggle, Fortune Revamps - Posted July 16, 2009
Yes, business magazines are in trouble. This week there's been news of BusinessWeek going up for sale and Forbes.com's CEO stepping down. Now, The New York Post's Keith Kelly says Time Inc. editor-in-chief John Huey has turned his attention towards Fortune. Kelly reports that Huey has put together "a high-level SWAT team... [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]

More Cuts To Come At Forbes? - Posted May 15, 2009
It's been a tough year at Forbes. The media company, which owns Forbes magazine, Forbes.com and a handful of other magazines like Forbes Woman, has already gone through two rounds of layoffs across the business and editorial staffs and more bad news might be on the way. The New York Post's... [FishBowlNY]