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Even Exchange | Variety Buyer | Save It All

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 16:48:58 +0000

FishbowlDC: The Daily Caller is offering a free gun to whoever finds the person who hacked its site. Sounds perfectly logical.
FishbowlLA: Rumors of Ron Burkle buying Variety are picking up steam.
AllFacebook: Facebook might be launching a “save for later” option for all those times you wish you had more time to peruse status updates by parents proclaiming their appreciation of their kids’ poop.

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The Daily Drops a Third of Its Staff [Update]

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 15:56:00 +0000

The bad news for The Daily continues. According to All Things D, the digital newspaper is cutting 50 of its 170 employees, nearly a third of its staff. Apparently the hardest hit will be the the editorial and sports pages, which will still carry on after the lay offs, but with minimal content.

The cutbacks come on the heels of News Corp. announcing that it was putting The Daily on probation, so this probably isn’t a good sign for its future.

As for Jesse Angelo‘s comments that anyone saying The Daily is doomed is a “hater?” Well, we can only imagine what he’s going to say now.

UPDATE:
Check after the jump for a release about the cuts from The Daily.

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Media General Cuts 75

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:36:00 +0000

Media General, the company that sold 63 papers to Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway in May, is dropping 75 staffers.

According to a memo obtained by Jim Romenesko, the cuts were coming from “corporate staff departments and in the digital media section of the Growth and Performance group.”

“Affected employees are being notified effective today; however, certain positions will have a deferred termination date between now and the end of the year for various business reasons,” wrote Media General’s CEO, Marshall Morton, in the memo.

For more, head over to Romensko’s site.

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Pete Thamel Leaves New York Times for Sports Illustrated

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:39:13 +0000

Pete Thamel is leaving The New York Times for Sports Illustrated. Thamel has been with the Times for nine years covering national college football and basketball. He was also nominated for a Pulitzer by the Times in 2006.

The Big Lead reports that Thamel will cover college basketball and football for SI as well.

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WNYW Sports Anchor Duke Castiglione Gets Multi-Year Extension

Jerry Barmash — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:20:26 +0000

You’ll be seeing a lot more of sports anchor Duke Castiglione. Sources tell FishbowlNY that he has agreed to a multi-year extension with the Fox O&O. Since joining WNYW five years ago, Castiglione has covered every major sporting event. But none has been bigger than the New York Giants’ stirring Super Bowl XLII run. Castiglione capped the Giants’ dream season hosting the post-game show, and subsequent victory parade for Channel 5.

As the G-Men look toward a repeat, Castiglione, 39, will co-host the Giants season kick-off special, Defending the Throne, September 1 on sister station WWOR.

“Duke gives NY sports fans more than just scores and highlights; viewers get an all-access pass to their favorite sports teams,” WNYW news director Dianne Doctor, says. “His exceptional reporting continues to be an asset to our station and representative of our dedication to local sports coverage.”

Castiglione’s sports duties include hosting the long-running weekend wrap-up program Sports Extra, Sundays at 10:30 p.m. In addition, he covers Yankee post-games for Channel 9. The next game is August 14 versus the Texas Rangers.

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Lucky and Architectural Digest Launch iPad Editions

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:30:46 +0000

Lucky and Architectural Digest have finally come to the iPad. As of now, the only Condé titles not on the iPad are Details, W and Teen Vogue. WWD reports that the move to the iPad is especially important for Lucky, as ad pages are down 20 percent through September.

One of Lucky’s biggest lures on the iPad is giving users the ability to click on any single product and be directed to the designer’s site so they can purchase it. Brandon Holley, editor-in-chief of Lucky, told WWD that the app is, “The most shoppable digital edition of any magazine.” She’s surely not being biased.

Both Lucky and AD’s iPad apps are free for print subscribers. Single issues, monthly and yearly app subscriptions are also available.

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Jonah Lehrer Might Have Been Addicted to Lying

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 09:27:33 +0000

In an interview with Salon, Jayson Blair says that Jonah Lehrer’s tale reminds him of his own. Blair gives some great insight, and as we read the interview, we couldn’t help but notice how often the themes of addiction came up in Blair’s answers.

We understand that these are Bair’s comments and not Leher’s, but below are some excerpts that made us wonder: Was Lehrer addicted to lying?

Often people come into the office seeking me out because of what I went through and what I did, and they say to me, ‘I’ve done this really bad thing and I don’t ever want to do it again.’ And they come back two weeks later and say, ‘I did it again. I can’t stop the cycle once it starts.’ There are fire walls in life, things you never want to do, lines you never want to cross, because once you cross that line it becomes easier to do it again.

Addiction is a cycle. It starts with some feeling — insecurity, loneliness, etc. — and then progresses into a behavior meant to silence that unpleasant feeling, even if that behavior is something that will make things worse. But it stops the “pain” briefly, just long enough to make a person consider doing it again.

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FishbowlNY Newsstand: Your Morning at a Glance

Jerry Barmash — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:58:24 +0000

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Drink Up | Sexy Caller | Dishing Out

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:00:25 +0000

AgencySpy: Diet Coke is throwing 30-second birthday parties for all the people who keep drinking it despite it tasting like crap.
FishbowlDC: The Daily Caller got really, really sexy this morning.
FishbowlLA: Tony Ortega has yet another scoop on everyone’s favorite religion (or whatever), Scientology.

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David Speranza Joins Road & Track

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:29:04 +0000

David Speranza has been named design director for Road & Track. Speranza joins the magzine from Bicycling, where he worked under the same job title, since 2002.

Prior to his time at Bicycling, Speranza worked for such publications as TV Guide, Elle and Golf for Women.

“David has a keen eye and an impressive artistic body of work,” said Larry Webster, Road & Track’s editor-in-chief. “I’m looking forward to working with him to create the best showcase for our dynamic writing and photography.”

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Jonah Lehrer Resigns from The New Yorker

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:08:57 +0000

Well, the saga of Jonah Lehrer is officially over. The New York Times reports that Lehrer — who was busted recycling stories for his New Yorker blog — has resigned from the magazine after he was caught fabricating Bob Dylan quotes in a book he wrote. The latest accusations came from Tablet, the online magazine.

Add this to everything else, and you see that Lehrer has built quite the career (well, had built quite the career) out of being a liar.

Via the Times, a snippet of Lehrer’s statement:

The lies are over now. I understand the gravity of my position. I want to apologize to everyone I have let down, especially my editors and readers. I also owe a sincere apology to Mr. Moynihan [author of the Tablet article]. I will do my best to correct the record and ensure that my misquotations and mistakes are fixed. I have resigned my position as staff writer at The New Yorker.

Everyone who actually believes Lehrer when he says that “the lies are over now,” please congratulate yourself, because you’re a more optimistic person than us.

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Fairchild Fashion Media Makes Publisher Changes

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:10:52 +0000

There have been two changes at Fairchild Fashion Media. Pamela Daniels has joined the company as the new publisher of Beauty, Inc. Daniels comes to Fairchild from Rodale, where she served as business development director since February. She will report to Paul Jowdy, vice president, publisher of WWD.

Additionally, Matt Rice has been promoted to associate publisher of Style.com, NowManifest and Style.com/Print. Rice was most recently advertising director for Fairchild.

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Camille Edwards Named WABC-TV VP of News

Jerry Barmash — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:21:24 +0000

WABC/Channel 7 has appointed Camille Edwards to oversee the more than 40 hours of live news programming. As VP of News, Edwards is also in charge of the station’s content on all platforms, including online and Taxi TV. She succeeds news director Kenny Plotnik, who left WABC June 1 after 25 years.

Edwards has more than 20 years of journalism and management experience, including major market stops in Washington, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

“Camille Edwards’s proven commitment to excellence in local TV news, along with her innovative work expanding news content to new-media platforms, made her the ideal choice for the top news post at WABC-TV,” Dave Davis, WABC president and general manager, says. “We’re all proud to welcome Camille back to the ABC Owned Television Stations Group and look forward to her continuing success ahead at WABC-TV.”

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WCBS-FM Moves on in Middays Without Bob Shannon

Jerry Barmash — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 11:42:58 +0000

A WCBS-FM mainstay is no more. Midday jock Bob Shannon, who hasn’t appeared on the station since late 2011 while on medical leave, will not return to the Classic Hits station.

Until earlier this month, Ron Parker and Joe Causi had been filling in saying, “In for Bob Shannon…” Now, Parker has taken the midday slot. Showing an unfortunate end to Shannon’s illustrious radio career, Causi is no longer rotating at night or saying that he’s in for Parker.

As early as April, FishbowlNY learned that Shannon would not be able to return, but remained quiet due to privacy issues.

Shannon, 64, is a link to the Oldies past of CBS-FM, where he was the popular afternoon DJ starting in 1986. For the recent 40th anniversary celebration, Shannon was heard on tape from several years earlier. It is yet another indication that Shannon was apparently too ill to participate live.

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Newsweek Calls Romney a ‘Wimp’

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 09:57:42 +0000

According to Newsweek, Mitt Romney is a “wimp.” He is also “kind of lame,” “weenie-ish,” “annoying,” and he says “incredibly off-key things.” But those are just the facts in the magazine’s cover story. The opinions are way worse.

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