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The Post and Daily News Want You to Know That OJ is Fat Now

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:35:42 +0000

OJ Simpson is back in court this week and well, the man has put on a few pounds. As long as you mention this at least once today or tomorrow in a conversation, the New York Post and New York Daily News have done their jobs.

You can try a simple ”Man, OJ is huge!” Or if you’re feeling up to it, the more complex “OJ? More like ‘OK that’s enough cupcakes,’ am I right?” Either one should suffice.

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Father of NY Post ‘Bag Men’ Hiring Lawyer

Chris O'Shea — Wed, 01 May 2013 10:30:08 +0000

When The New York Post idiotically plastered a photograph of El Houssein Barhoum’s son on its cover, labeling him and another man as “Bag Men,” Barhoum was outraged. His anger was understandable, because his son was being threatened and treated like the Boston Marathon bomber, all because of the Post’s reckless speculation. Now Barhoum has had enough. He is hiring a lawyer.

According to the Washington Post, Barhoum said his son only sleeps one or two hours a night now, and that he sometimes “refuses to go to school.” So Barhoum is seeking legal counsel, because “A lot of people, they tell me that’s your right to sue them.”

While suing the Post might prove to be difficult, we’re 100 percent behind Barhoum. We’re pulling for an out of court settlement that scores hims and his family millions. They do have one thing in their favor: News Corp. owned papers are fairly familiar with being taken to court. So at the very least, the Post should know the drill.

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NY Times Circulation Jumps 18 Percent, Daily News and Post See Declines

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:30:01 +0000

According to the new circulation report from the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM), The New York Times has been enjoying some success, but the New York Daily News and New York Post haven’t. For the period between March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013, the Times’ circulation grew by 18 percent; while the Daily News and Post saw their numbers drop by 11 percent and 10 percent, respectively.

As of the end of last month, the Times had a circulation of 1,865,318, but that still wasn’t enough to take the top spot from the Wall Street Journal. The paper’s circulation experienced a solid 12 percent growth, and clocked in at 2,378,827.

Much like the Daily News (516,165) and Post (500,521), Newsday’s numbers left a lot to be desired. The Long Island daily saw circulation drop by five percent over the past year, down to 377,744.

Let the over celebration or casual dismissal of the numbers begin.

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NY Post Horoscope Helped Jill Abramson Deal with Sexist Criticism

Chris O'Shea — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:06:06 +0000

After several anonymous New York Times staffers complained that Jill Abramson had the audacity to act like a boss, despite being a female, where did the paper’s executive editor turn for solace? Astrology.

In an email to Slate, Abramson said The New York Post’s horoscope was all she needed:

I began the morning, as I always do, reading my horoscope (I’m Pisces) in The New York Post. Here is what it says, ‘You will need to put on a brave face today, especially if you get news that seems to be the opposite of what you were hoping to hear.’ The important word there is ‘seems,’ because most likely it IS good news after all.

I read it aloud at our morning news meetings.

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NY Post Wrongly Accuses Man as ‘Bag Man,’ Daily News Enjoys Every Second

Chris O'Shea — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:00:30 +0000

The New York Post is looking worse and worse as the events unfold in Boston. Despite an attempt by Col Allan to defend the paper’s cover which portrayed two men as the Boston Marathon bombers (which we know now they are obviously not), and the Post backtracking on the story, this week has been rough for the tabloid. Which makes it a great week for the Post’s rival, the New York Daily News.

The Daily News took advantage of the bumbling Post by publishing a story about one of the men on the Post’s cover, Salah Barhoum. “It’s such a disaster,” he said. “To be blamed for all that injury and death. It’s the worst.” He also told the Daily News that he was being called racial slurs at school because of the Post’s photo. Barhoum’s father expressed outrage.

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The New York Post Reports Things

Chris O'Shea — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:58:43 +0000

According to The New York Post, things are happening. The things started one day and are expected to continue until another day. The Post’s editor, Col Allan, explained, “Every American should know about these things.” An anonymous law enforcement agent also expressed his concern, telling the Post in an email, “We have been discussing these things at length and are prepared to take some sort of action.”

The Post ran photos of the things on its cover this morning. The startling images grabbed readers’ attention immediately. “I’m worried, I can tell you that,” Bronx resident John Russo, told the paper. “I called my fiancee and told her about the things and she just started crying. I’m just glad the Post was brave enough to tell us all that these things were happening. I had no idea.”

FishbowlNY was unable to get any other news outlet to comment on the Post’s things exclusive. A spokesperson at The New York Times sighed heavily and then hung up on us, and Stephen Adler, editor-in-chief of Reuters, replied to our email with a cat gif.

[Editor's note: This is satire, yo]

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Michael Wolff Says New York Post Will Die Before Rupert Murdoch

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:15:21 +0000

Michael Wolff doesn’t exactly believe in the New York Post’s future. In a scathing column, Wolff declares that the Post is slowly dying and that it will perish before Rupert Murdoch does. Grim! Here are a few things that Wolff says point to the end of the tabloid:

The upcoming News Corp. split. “As Murdoch gets ready to separate his newspapers from his richer entertainment holdings in a move that will force the papers to pay their own way, the Post’s day of reckoning nears.”
Even Rupert Murdoch is losing faith in the paper. It has become “an increasingly sclerotic and gothic enterprise, full of aging figures.”
“Robert Thompson, the Wall Street Journal editor, who will be the CEO of the new newspaper company, is openly contemptuous of Col Allen and the paper’s low-rent, cowboy atmosphere.” If Robert Thompson is mad at Col Allen, imagine how Robert Thomson feels about Col Allan!
The paper is losing a ton of money. Wolff says it’s about $80 million per year, but we’ve heard estimates as high as $110 million.

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The New York Post Welcomes Anthony Weiner Back in Style

Chris O'Shea — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:16:13 +0000

The cover of today’s New York Post is why we can’t ever quit the paper. Anthony Weiner’s comeback is getting the rigid attention it deserves.

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New York Post Restructures Sales Teams, Cuts Nine

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:10:29 +0000

The New York Post is restructuring its sales team, and as we all know, anytime the “r word” is mentioned, layoffs are never far behind. Capital New York reports that as a result of the moves, a total of nine Post staffers were let go from the paper’s marketing and promotions, ad sales, and tele-sales departments.

The changes, according to a memo from the Post’s publisher, Jesse Angelo, are designed to “modernize” the paper’s organization:

Accordingly, today sales marketing and digital ad operations are being moved directly into the sales department to create a more integrated team. This will also free up the rest of the marketing department to be completely focused on a bolstered consumer marketing effort. In addition, the feedback you all gave us during the past few weeks made clear that we need a less tiered sales structure. To that end, we are reconfiguring some managerial roles to flatten our organization. We are also adopting better results-based compensation policies.

As for those let go? Angelo wrote that “We are very appreciative of their efforts on behalf of the Post and in order to assist them with their transition, we have provided each of them with severance packages reflective of their years of service.”

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New York Post Launches Tour Bus

Chris O'Shea — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:45:32 +0000

The New York Post now operates a tour bus. Yes, we’re serious. For just $49, the paper’s bus will provide tourists with a 2 1/2-hour pun-filled tour that goes through Midtown, SoHo, Greenwich Village and lower Manhattan.

Just what will riders see? How about the The Plaza, which inspired this Post headline: “TRASHED! [Charlie] Sheen in coke and hooker fueled rampage at The Plaza.”

“Overall, I want it to be fun for people,” said the Post’s publisher, Jesse Angelo, in a statement. “That’s the whole point. Every tour on earth tells you about The Plaza. None of them tells you about Charlie Sheen.”

We’d say tours don’t tell people about Sheen because no one wants to hear about the idiot actor, but sadly enough, we know people do care. Enjoy, America!

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New York Daily News Moves Three Blocks Away From New York Post, Journalists to Fight in The Streets

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 13:30:08 +0000

The battle will take place on Sixth, between 48th and 51st. Crain’s reports that The New York Daily News staffers — after months of working from home and New Jersey offices because their downtown office was flooded by Hurricane Sandy — are returning to the city. The only problem? The temporary office is at 1290 Sixth Avenue, only three blocks away from the tabloid’s number one competitor, The New York Post.

While Bill Holiber, publisher of the Daily News, said he expects the paper to be back at 4 New York Plaza in about three months, we must be prepared for News and Post employees to take their rivalry to the streets. And trust us, you don’t want to find yourself in the middle of a journalist fight.

The brawl will likely start with yelling about exclusives and threats to retweet typos, and then next thing you know one will yell something like “Embargo this bitch” and all hell will break loose. It’s not pretty.

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New York Post’s First eBook is Written by Former Call Girl Ashely Dupré

Chris O'Shea — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:30:05 +0000

You had to know that The New York Post would only enter into the eBook business if it could do so in a ridiculous way. Thankfully, the paper did not disappoint. The Post’s first eBook will be the pun-tastic Tricks of The Trade, written by Ashley Dupré, Eliot Spitzer’s favorite, um, writer.

Tricks of The Trade is a collection of the Post’s “Ask Ashley” columns, which are penned by Dupré. The advice is billed as “An honest guide to sex, love, lust, and healthy relationships.” We assume the Post is joking about the “healthy relationships” part, but you never know.

“Many of our readers have already embraced the Post’s digital products, and we believe this new venture into eBooks will prove very popular,” said Jesse Angelo, publisher of the Post, in a statement.

Tricks of The Trade ($5.99) is available for download from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple’s iBookstore, Google eBooks and more.

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Deadspin Out-Reports Major Media with Manti Te’o Scoop

Chris O'Shea — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:20:03 +0000

In case you haven’t heard: Deadspin unleashed the scoop of 2013 (so far) last night by revealing an elaborate hoax involving Manti Te’o, star Notre Dame linebacker. Deadspin’s well-reported account showed that Te’o's “girlfriend” that died of cancer never existed, and either Te’o, his family, and his friend were all involved in scamming the media, or Te’o was the victim of an insanely complex and malicious practical joke by someone he didn’t know.

The facts are still being uncovered, but this much is clear: Deadspin has a huge hit on its hands. As of now, Deadspin’s post has been viewed over 2.7 million times, and in being the first to break the story, Deadspin out-reported a slew of media heavyweights that didn’t bother investigating Te’o's claims.

Here are just a few of the major media entities that Deadspin beat:

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New York Post Veteran Bob McManus to Retire [Update]

Chris O'Shea — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:20:46 +0000

Bob McManus, a veteran of The New York Post since 1984, is retiring. Capital New York reports that Fred Dicker — another longtime Post editor — announced the news this morning on his radio show. McManus will step down in January.

McManus came to the Post as chief editorial writer. From 1990 to 2000 he served as deputy editorial page editor. In 2000 McManus was named editorial page editor.

Dicker said that McManus’ successor will be someone from the Wall Street Journal, but he declined to say who.

UPDATE (5:09 pm):
William McGurn, a vice president at News Corp. and former speech writer for George W. Bush, will succeed McManus.

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Photographer of Grim New York Post Cover Pic: ‘I Could Not Reach That Man’

Chris O'Shea — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:20:26 +0000

We still haven’t received comment from The New York Post about their decision to publish the grim photo taken by R. Umar Abbasi, of Ki Suk Han about to be killed by an approaching Q train. But what we do have, is an explanation from Abbasi himself.

Abbasi penned his thoughts on the situation today in the Post. He claimed that he didn’t carefully plan the pictures like some have accused him of doing. He added that he was too far away from the man to save him, and that the experience was “one of the most horrible things I have ever seen.”

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