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perez_hilton_prweek.jpgPerez Hilton: 'I Sometimes Render Publicists Useless' (PRWeek)
What kind of treatment do you get from the entertainment establishment? Hilton: It depends. I think and hope most of them enjoy it and get a kick out of it, and find it entertaining and informational. Some may not. Some may find me threatening because I speak the truth. I sometimes render publicists useless.


Pulitzers May Honor Photo Winner — For 1979 Shot (AP via E&P)
The Pulitzer Prize board will consider changing its records to recognize a photographer who is now credited with taking a chilling Pulitzer-winning picture of a 1979 Iranian execution. The photographer, Jahangir Razmi, had remained anonymous since the photo was shot, a decision made at the time by an Iranian newspaper editor, who feared the government would target him if he were unmasked.

The Mag Holiday Party Circuit (WWD)
Women's and men's fashion books vie to party at the latest hot spot, but coolness is ephemeral. Take the self-consciously secretive La Esquina, which hosted three magazine parties last year (Teen Vogue, Vogue and GQ) but which has evidently plummeted in magazine favor, left with just Condé Nast Traveler's business side.

Scientific American Experiments in Wiki-Reporting (CJR Daily)
When big news broke in the September 21 issue of Nature, Scientific American's news lineup was packed, and with a two-month lead time the editors could not squeeze it into the magazine. So they decided to try an experiment that they had been kicking around for months.

CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera...and France 24? (BusinessWeek)
On Wednesday evening, Dec. 6, France's elite will fête the long-awaited launch of France 24, the world's first French-run, round-the-clock international TV news network. The debut of this CNN a la francaise, available on Thursday via satellite in nearly 75 million households across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, will be a media event heavy with political overtones.

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