NYT in 90 Seconds
Wednesday Jan 17, 2007
In this edition:
David Carr reports on the Golden Globes, where everyone is "a little special." Hey, that sounds just like our elementary school.
Today gains a fourth hour in its continued quest to become its own 24 hour-a-day channel.
The American Songbook returns to Lincoln Center, with rapper Mos Def in tow. Chappelle's Block Party this ain't.
And finally, as if you weren't depressed enough by the state of the industry, David Leonhart tells us what our government could have bought with the $1.2 trillion it's spent in Iraq:
For starters, $1.2 trillion would pay for an unprecedented public health campaign -- a doubling of cancer research funding, treatment for every American whose diabetes or heart disease is now going unmanaged and a global immunization campaign to save millions of children's lives.
But it's not all bad. There's two more hours of American Idol on again tonight! Monday Jan 08, 2007
One look at the changes over at Time names the weekly's ever-slimming look, its new Friday street date and pending employee cuts (is that all?) as the major changes Richard Stengel has initiated in his half-year post at the mag. Patience in its reader base will be key in upcoming months until the redesigns of the magazine and the new Web site— which makes its debut today— are complete.
The Politico plows ahead with high aspirations in the midst of a general retreat from Washington coverage forced by the glut of news from the capital city; and to top it off, access to the new venture's reporting will be free for readers both online and in print.
As we've noted, bloggers are (still) not appeased by the A.P.'s confirmation of a disputed source used in reports on the violence in Iraq, as this week they've shifted their criticism to the fact that the A.P. itself was at the root of the article acknowledging police captain Jamil Hussein, the source in question.
WSJ reporter Robert Frank and NYT contributor Robert Frank both will release new books— on the same topic (American wealth) no less— this summer. Not to worry: apparently the writers are "more amused than annoyed" by the coincidental timing.
Cole Campbell, one of the earliest newspaper editors to foster the idea of 'civic journalism,' died Friday in Reno, Nevada, when his vehicle flipped on an icy road.
DirecTV is all set to unveil the Sat-go, a 25-lb mobile satellite and television system projected to retail at over $1,000 bucks a pop starting this spring, today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
A story suggests that the ensuing print-Internet court battle being waged in China over violated copyright laws reflects the start of a media war and hints at a possible shift in policies in a country that has long been called a "no man's land for intellectual property rights."
An email from one of the Times' own, a senior editor, may be used in the suit against the paper over columns written about the deadly anthrax mailings back in 2001.Thursday Nov 30, 2006
Microsoft celebrated its new operating system Vista by visiting the Nasdaq headquaters in New York. According to the article, the system will make "Windows machines more secure, powerful and graphically dynamic." It will be availible to the general public on January 30th. Bill Gates will own the entire planet by late-February.
In another computer story, One Laptop Per Child will begin producing its $150 laptops in mid-2007. The original goal was $100, but the Minesweeper people held out for more money.
Both 30 Rock and Studio 60 survived through the midseason cancellation fest despite dissapointing ratings. 3 lbs., however, did not. Well, there's a shock.Wednesday Apr 26, 2006
We're so lost as to where in the process the Freedom Tower is, even this straightforward article doesn't even help.
Bush's "decider" declaration unwittingly adds to "lexicon of marital relations."
Almost unbelievably, Ken Lay says Enron was the media's fault.
Our Sweet Sixteen wasn't filmed by MTV, but these are.
New Jersey writer rejects Harvard gals apology.Tuesday Apr 04, 2006
Cheryl Tiegs — yes that Cheryl Tiegs — delivers a first-person account of her experience on airplanes. This is somehow in the business section.
ABC suspends Good Morning America executive producer for e-mail leakage.
This "Katie Couric" person sure generates a lot of coverage.
Viral video marketing stunt backfires for Chevy.
Who knew? Synagogues are becoming more and more like swinging comedy clubs. Just ask Lynn Harris, the mb instructor and writer-comedian who married a Rabbi.Thursday Mar 30, 2006
A British High Court case pitting the Beatles' record co., Apple Corps, against Apple's iTunes is underway. "Le Freak" is played in the courtroom. Seriously.
Wal-Mart looking for senior-level flaks on the attack.
A memorial for murdered Seattle rave kids that draws a Styles section worthy crowd.
Bloggers, they're relentless. Just ask a California Republican Congressional candidate, whose photo of a peaceful and prosperous Baghdad was really Istanbul.
If you've seen one solar eclipse, you've seen 'em all.Wednesday Mar 29, 2006
Lou Dobbs: CNN anchor-advocate takes up immigration issue, wins viewers.
Randy Quaid files suit over role in Brokeback Mountain, still considered by some to be an "arthouse" film.
Apple's chief technology officer and Mac OSX developer is set to leave.
Nigeria says ex-President of Liberia has disappeared. Ours, however, keeps popping up.
Commissioner of baseball Bud Selig to announce a steroid investigation. Not that there's a book out that essentially does the investigation for him.Tuesday Mar 28, 2006
Bush meets with reporters for off-the-record talks. The Times reports about it, but does not participate.
Google is ramping up its lobbying efforts in Washington.
Interpublic Groupe gives Wall Street 8 hours of speeches and presentations around the corner from mb HQ at the Puck Building in SoHo.
Two years later, the Federal Election Commission rules unanimously that political communication on the Internet, including blogs, is not regulated by campaign finance laws.
The only part of NASCAR we find mildly interesting: The post-race brouhaha.Previously
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