journalismism

Flacks Love This Businessweek Deal

Hamilton Nolan · 10/14/09 01:07PM

In your overstuffed Wednesday media column: a PR man cheers Bloomberg's latest purchase, Calvin Trillin says crotchety things, the New Yorker hires(!) somebody, Brides loses advertisers, and the Washington Post poaches from HuffPo, for a change.

Everyone Wants to Be Biggest Dying Paper

Hamilton Nolan · 10/12/09 12:50PM

In your papery Monday media column: the ferocious war of words for newspaper supremacy, another theory about Gourmet's death, the sensible end of newspaper endorsements, and a cool new newspaper hero!

The Federal Trade Commission's Coming War on Bloggers

John Cook · 10/09/09 12:18PM

The FTC is planning public hearings aimed at figuring out how to prop up dying newspapers. On the agenda: tax breaks for news organizations, changing copyright law, and "greater public funding of public affairs news." This is very, very bad.

College Paper Uproar: Masturbation Masturbation Masturbation

Hamilton Nolan · 10/06/09 02:37PM

The editor of Towson University's college newspaper has resigned amid scandal. Sexy scandal! The Towson University community was just not ready for sexy mutual masturbation talk. What? It's natural and human. Masturbation 69 orgasm dildo masturbation masturbation. What? Be mature.

Which Magazine Would NYC Be?

Hamilton Nolan · 10/06/09 12:47PM

In your controversial Tuesday media column: A magazine tries to claim NYC as its own, Details loses a publisher, Nancy Grace is the next Judge Judy, and Madonna wants to suck a newspaper's life blood (money).

Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic

Ryan Tate · 10/06/09 12:09PM

Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke has always been cagey about her Web traffic. But having sold her website, the stabby gossipmonger can't keep her numbers private any longer. All she can do is try and push them up. Which we'd recommend.