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Today's Papers Cover the Death of Michael Jackson
The Cajun Boy · 06/26/09 06:14AMWas the Times' Alessandra Stanley Too Hard on Farrah Fawcett?
The Cajun Boy · 06/26/09 01:09AMET Claims Victory In Race For Last Photo Of Michael Jackson
The Cajun Boy · 06/25/09 09:06PMDead Magazine Replaced With Dead Magazine
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/09 03:45PMDaily News Breaks Farrah's Death Before It Happens?
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/09 02:07PMFarrah, Late Night Ratings & Anderson's Mea Culpa
cityfile · 06/25/09 12:55PM• ABC and NBC will face off on Thursday night with competing tributes to Farrah Fawcett, who died today. But you probably expected that, no? [NYT]
• David Letterman beat out Conan in the ratings last week, the first time the Late Show has dominated the weekly ratings since 2005. [THR]
• Rosie O'Donnell will debut a new show on Sirius XM this fall. [NYDN]
• Rumor has it Ben Silverman's tenure at NBC may be ending soon. [DHD]
• Fox News now averages the same number of viewers as CNN, MSNBC, and HLN combined. Cue an evil grin across Roger Ailes's face. [THR]
• Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson's new book contains material he ripped from Wikipedia. But he's really, really sorry about it, okay? [NYP]
New Trial For Anna Politkovskaya's Accused Killers
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/09 12:46PMNew York Times Investigation Reveals The Ass You'll Never Have
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/09 10:54AM'Anderson Cooper's Big Fat Coming Out Party' (Updated)
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/09 09:28AMSwine Flu at Washington Post
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/09 08:13AMIs Les Moonves Being Adequately Compensated For Losing $11.7 Billion?
Hamilton Nolan · 06/24/09 01:02PMThe Times, The Oscars & The Facebook Movie
cityfile · 06/24/09 12:11PM• New York Times Co. CEO Janet Robinson "isn't happy with the media." She'd also like to make it clear that the company is not currently up for sale, so please put your dollar bills back in your wallet, thank you very much. [MW]
• Ten movies will compete for Best Picture at the Oscars now, not 5. [THR]
• Sad: Dick Cheney landed a $2 million deal to publish his memoir. [NYT]
• Also sad: MSNBC, the illustrious home of blowhard Keith Olbermann, seems to think its tired prison docs are more important than covering Iran. [LAT]
• Director David Fincher is in talks to make a movie about Facebook. [Reuters]
• The always classy In Touch spent $75,000 to purchase photos of Kate Gosselin spanking her kids in public for its cover last week. [WWD, NYP]
Tentative Settlement Reached in Times vs. Globe Deathmatch
The Cajun Boy · 06/24/09 02:59AMAnchorman Sequel, Real Life Version
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/09 04:44PMSuccessful Writer Feels Not So Successful
Hamilton Nolan · 06/23/09 12:51PMNetwork News Declines, TLC's Big Night, MySpace Cuts
cityfile · 06/23/09 12:27PM• The bleak outlook for network news is getting bleaker: Both the CBS Evening News and ABC's World News suffered all-time ratings lows last week. [HuffPo]
• CBS chief Les Moonves's compensation was slashed by 76 percent last year. He still earned $13.6 million, though, so don't feel too bad for him. [Crain's]
• Depressing: Monday's breakup episode of TLC's Jon & Kate Plus 8 was the most-watched episode of the show ever with 10.6 million viewers. [THR]
• MySpace is closing four of its international offices and cutting two-thirds of its staff abroad advertising falls and Facebook and Twitter take over. [NYT]
• A woman in Massachusetts has filed a lawsuit against Elisabeth Hasselbeck for allegedly ripping off her self-published book on celiac disease. [BH]
• Bravo honcho Andy Cohen is going to be hosting a live show once a week called Watch What Happens. You can watch what happens on July 16. [LAT]