Klein Boosts King | Smith and Spencer | NYDN Slipping | Journos Too Self-Important? | Ex-Source Ed’s Payoff

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  • CNN Chief Jonathan Klein: Micromanages Larry King, gets ratings bump. [Jossip]

  • Daily News reporter/blogger Ben Smith, gives the blow-by-blow of his plane ride with Senate candidate John Spencer, who he quoted Monday as saying Hillary Clinton was “ugly” when she was younger. [NYDN]
  • News feels Post nipping closer at its heels. [Crain's New York Business]
  • Journalists have an inflated sense of their importance to society, writes Jack Shafer. You think? [Slate]
  • The Source: $14.5M poorer after harassed ex-editor takes mag to the cleaners. [NYDN]
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