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Keith Olbermann Returns With Everything but The Audience

Hamilton Nolan · 04/26/11 02:11PM

In your tense Tuesday media column: Keith Olbermann is returning, a new Katie Couric rumor, Jay Rosen ruminates, Michael Kinsely's new job, Anderson Cooper's hot new cable news feud, and a new Village Voice columnist.

Conde Nast on iPad Apps: Eh, What's the Rush?

Hamilton Nolan · 04/22/11 03:04PM

In your breezy Friday media column: Conde Nast forsakes its hasty iPad pursuits, Fred Dicker's still alive, journalists meet Tumblr, TV networks approach pseudoevent overload week, and the AP and its union strike a deal.

The Today Show Has Been No. 1 for 800 Freaking Weeks in a Row

Hamilton Nolan · 04/21/11 02:00PM

In your breezy Thursday media column: the Today Show wins television forever, the NYT hopes its paywall rises higher than its ad revenue falls, Vivian Schiller warns NPR, Time puts random media people on a list, and Mediaite rules.

New Improved Adweek Debuts With Typo on the Cover

Hamilton Nolan · 04/19/11 02:00PM

In your neverending Tuesday media column: Adweek messes up, Reuters beefs up, the Pulitzers toughen up, Tribune Co. is screwed up, and Glenn Greenwald is all hooked up.

Pentagon Shockingly Sides With General Over Reporter They Hate

Hamilton Nolan · 04/18/11 02:00PM

In your money Monday media column: the Pentagon sides with a general over Rolling Stone, The New Yorker's boring Facebook success, Sidney Harman's unfortunate goodbye column, Les Moonves is overpaid, Glenn Beck is moving, and a history of Fox.

Malcolm X Still Able to Cause Minor Media Uproar

Hamilton Nolan · 04/15/11 02:00PM

In your finally Friday media column: Malcolm X's newest media controversy, Vegan mag in meaty photo flap, Anderson Cooper has a nice room, tabloid phone-hacking scandal updates, Graydon Carter's in the movies, and Bob Woodward creeps towards old codger territory.

What's Next for Newsweek?

Hamilton Nolan · 04/13/11 02:40PM

In your wet Wednesday media column: Newsweek's suddenly cloudy future, CNN would like some black viewers, Univision eyes cable news, the AP's union negotiations drag on, and a sad NPR Twitter addict.

Nancy Grace Sued by Fellow Angry Lady

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/11 02:00PM

In your cooling Tuesday media column: Nancy Grace gets sued, traffic stats for the post-paywall NYTimes.com, Hearst meets Mark Burnett, trade magazines roll up and die, and more Nocturnalist for all.

Masshole Radio Host Brags About Screwing Interns, Gets Fired

Hamilton Nolan · 04/06/11 02:00PM

In your serene Wednesday media column: Jay Severin gets canned, a blogger sues over working conditions, Pinch defends his paywall, Hearst is full of catty status-seekers, and Rachel Maddow will make you a martyr.

Fact: Having 'New York' in Magazine Title Is Guarantee that It's Good

Hamilton Nolan · 04/05/11 02:00PM

In your dreary Tuesday media column: the National Magazine Awards announce nominees, News Corp's Shine acquisition is complete, Jeff Greenfield needs a new job, the Brit phone hacking scandal continues, content farms get aspirational, and media launches still exist.

Newspaper Reporters Now Get to Sell Ads on the Side

Hamilton Nolan · 04/04/11 02:00PM

In your springy Monday media column: reporters get great bonus opportunities, Katie Couric's future in detail, the SF Chronicle eyes a paywall, the freelancer purge at AOL, and Ken Auletta on Robert Thomson.

Survey Says: Nobody Much Likes The Daily

Hamilton Nolan · 03/31/11 02:00PM

In your nor'easterly Thursday media column: The Daily's grim prospects, gritty Twitty New York City, newspapers will die, more awards news than is called for, and Arianna Huffington's latest outrage.

Murdoch Family Members Are Remarkably Successful at News Corp

Hamilton Nolan · 03/30/11 02:00PM

In your coincidental Wednesday media column: James Murdoch gets a promotion, digital media is a strange business, NBC News misplaced its GE story, Starbucks and Morning Joe will never separate, and the NYO is photogenic.

Shocking Photo Alerts College Students to the Existence of Oral Sex

Hamilton Nolan · 03/29/11 12:47PM

In your saddening Tuesday media column: college newspaper sex scandal of the day, cable news borrows liberally from a blogger, Computer Weekly folds in print, unpaid HuffPo writers prepare to speak, and a Reuters journalist is killed in Iraq.

What Poor Soul Will Replace Katie Couric?

Hamilton Nolan · 03/28/11 01:54PM

In your suspicious Monday media column: Katie Couric's future mulled, a racist theater review mocked, the WaPo's redesign criticized, the NYT paywall arrives, and Maer Roshan has a new hobby.

Lots of Staffers Leaving The Daily Already

Hamilton Nolan · 03/25/11 02:00PM

In your finally Friday media column: The Daily's culture desk evaporates, the grim outlook for journalism jobs, WaPo staffers mildly object to workplace wage inequality, Kathie Lee and Hoda's drinking roots revealed, and the NYT's story-stealing guidelines.

At Least One Washington Post Employee Is Making Millions

Hamilton Nolan · 03/24/11 02:00PM

In your persnickety Thursday media column: Katharine Weymouth has a sweet gig, NPR fights back on "liberal bias," dark predictions for HuffPo, Steven Brill sells out, and Jay-Z mysteriously controls The Atlantic, apparently.