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Harvey Weinstein, Stress Eater
cityfile · 07/09/09 11:04AMA couple of months ago, Harvey Weinstein was showing off his slimmer physique, a look he achieved thanks to weight loss guru Dr. Louis Aronne, the author of the diet book, The Skinny. But judging by the pics that Dealbook posted this afternoon from the media mogulfest in Sun Valley, Harvey hasn't been making much time for the good doctor recently. Stress will do that to you, of course, especially when the economy is in the toilet and your peers keep alluding to "depleted cash reserves" and the like. Do note, though, that Disney chief Bob Iger looks as svelte as ever. Getting up at 4:30am every morning to work out isn't much fun, no. But it does keep you in size 30 Dockers. [NYT/Dealbook]
Rupert Murdoch's UK Papers in Huge Phone Hacking Scandal
Hamilton Nolan · 07/09/09 09:17AMMore NYT Photoshop Fakery Found
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 02:05PMTag-Teaming in the Meat Room: Butcher Lust Becomes Frenzy
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 01:28PMRupert Murdoch Declares Culture War
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 12:43PMNew York Times Happy to Consider Story as Long as They Don't Have to Pay Expenses
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 11:52AMDying Mag Pays Fortune For Dead Author's Unfinished Book
Pareene · 07/08/09 10:49AMMagazine Newsstands: Hos Before Brünos
John Cook · 07/08/09 10:41AMThere Must Be a Metaphor in NYT Photoshop Scandal
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 10:31AMPolitico's Mike Allen Hangs Out at White House Party While Pool Reporter Languishes in Pen
John Cook · 07/08/09 10:05AM'Promiscuous Slut,' Legally Defined
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 09:38AMAndrea Peyser Disgusted By Your Sicko MJ Lovefest
Hamilton Nolan · 07/08/09 08:35AM'A Human Instrument Has Gone Extinct'
The Cajun Boy · 07/07/09 08:44PM'The Printed Blog' Was Not Deceptively Brilliant
Hamilton Nolan · 07/07/09 01:05PMSyfy's Arrival, Timberlake's Book & TMZ's Big Win
cityfile · 07/07/09 12:21PM• The Sci Fi Channel is now called Syfy. It's pronounced the same way, except it's less science fiction-y, which is why it was changed to begin with. [THR]
• Justin Timberlake has tapped lit agent David Vigliano to sell publishers on the notion that Timberlake is just the person to write a book about golf. [NYO]
• After a heated, two-year battle, big record labels and online radio stations have finally agreed on new royalty rates for streaming music online. [NYT]
• Who says embattled media companies are doing their best to spend money more wisely? The soundstage for Jay Leno's new primetime show will be "specially fitted to accommodate his passion: expensive cars." [THR]
• "Online predators" have hit Twitter. Paging Dateline's Chris Hansen! [LAT]
• A new study finds that kids are spending more time online. Surprise! [AP]
• Equally shocking: Breaking the Jackson story has boosted TMZ's traffic. [AP]
Sarah Palin Continues Her Brutal War on the Media
John Cook · 07/07/09 11:47AMJobless Media Workers Get the Banker Treatment
cityfile · 07/07/09 10:39AMRemember back in February when Mayor Bloomberg announced a program to "retrain" laid-off Wall Streeters for careers in other professions? No word yet on how former Bear Stearns brokers and Lehman mortgage traders have adjusted to their new careers as "repossession collection specialists"—a booming profession, we should point out—but the early signs must be encouraging, since Bloomberg now says he plans to do the same thing with unemployed media professionals, too: