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Potter Debuts, Fortune Revamps, Twitter Gets Hacked
cityfile · 07/15/09 01:07PM• The Harry Potter frenzy kicked off last night when the latest installment debuted at midnight last night and raked in $22.2 million in the process. [THR]
• Jared Kushner's struggling Observer is still hunting for a new editor. [DF]
• Time Inc. has "assembled a high-level SWAT team" to revamp Fortune. [NYP]
• The most successful magazine at the moment? Fitness. Obviously! [Folio]
• Ukraine's Culture Ministry has banned Brüno because "it's immoral." [THR]
• A hacker accessed the computers of several Twitter employees, made off with a big bunch of documents, and is now leaking the info online. Technology! [TC]
• Is NBC's wacky, new terrorist-hunting reality show going to put war correspondents in danger's way? Guess we'll find out shortly, right? [NYO]
Delusional Americans Love Fitness Magazine
Hamilton Nolan · 07/15/09 12:36PMJake Tapper Knows How to Grease a Gatekeeper
John Cook · 07/15/09 10:50AMNew York Post to Debbie Rowe: So Sue Us
John Cook · 07/15/09 09:36AMBill O'Reilly Has Had It With Media Corruption
The Cajun Boy · 07/15/09 03:49AMDebbie Rowe Sics Her Lawyers on the New York Post over Report She Sold Her Kids
John Cook · 07/14/09 04:18PMFelix Dennis Is a Food Safety Fanatic
Hamilton Nolan · 07/14/09 03:00PMOnly Two More Years of Ad Despair
Hamilton Nolan · 07/14/09 02:12PMStephen Colbert's Attempt to Locate Mark Sanford—in Colbert Nation
John Cook · 07/14/09 01:20PMThe Times Sells WQXR, Murdoch to Buy the 'News'?
cityfile · 07/14/09 12:27PM• The New York Times Co. is selling its classical radio station WQXR to WNYC Radio and Univision as part of a "complex deal." One thing that isn't complex: The sale will pump a much-needed $45 million into the paper's coffers. [NYT]
• Is Rupert Murdoch planning to buy the Daily News from Mort Zuckerman? That's what some are suggesting, although Mort is denying it. [DailyFinance]
• McGraw-Hill shouldn't expect to make much from the sale of BusinessWeek. In fact, the company may be forced to give the magazine away. [FT]
• Neil Patrick Harris has signed on to host this year's Emmy Awards. [NYDN]
• Russell Brand will be the host of the MTV Video Music Awards. [Vulture]