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Holocaust Museum Attack Is an Excellent Media Opportunity For Deranged Racists
John Cook · 06/12/09 01:25PMPorn Mags You Read For The Stories Grow Less Lucrative
Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/09 12:56PMGlobe Bidders, Facebook Changes & The End of Analog
cityfile · 06/12/09 12:31PM• Three more people have come out of the woodwork to express an interest in acquiring the Boston Globe. Let the bidding war begin? [Reuters]
• Analog television meets its maker tonight. Tell your grandma. [NYT, AP]
• Facebook introduces vanity URLs at midnight! Just in case you have absolutely nothing better to do and/or you're not too busy tweeting. [ABC]
• The New York Times is cutting, combining a few of its blogs. [E&P]
• Yahoo's new CFO is known for his ruthless cost-cutting. Good news for the beleaguered Internet company, bad news for beleaguered employees. [PC]
• Jon and Kate have been on the cover of Us for seven straight weeks now. "Unless Britney Spears gets pregnant or Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie break up, it appears the troubled couple won't be bumped anytime soon." [WWD]
The A-Pee
Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/09 09:33AMMagazine Covers Now Smarter Than Magazine Ethics
Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/09 09:14AMDude Who Looks Like Kim Jong Il Incredibly Not Kim Jong Il's Son
Hamilton Nolan · 06/12/09 08:34AMBlack Guy Photoshopped In
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 02:56PMMedia Jobs '09: Craigslist Serfdom
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 02:15PMNewspaper Exec Murdered For Pocket Money
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 01:20PMLate Night Comedy, Lou Dobbs & Labradors
cityfile · 06/11/09 12:55PM• The late night battle rages on: After losing ground to Letterman, Conan bounced back last night, and had a pretty solid first week overall. [THR, NYT]
• Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. confirms that it has been talks with the New York Times Co. to purchase the Boston Globe. [BH]
• Stephen Colbert's decision to broadcast from Iraq worked out nicely: Ratings for the Comedy Central show have been up 25 percent this week. [NYT]
• Joy Behar is launching a new talk show on HLN. The best part about it: She'll be bumping blowhard Lou Dobbs from his 9pm slot on the network. [NYT]
• TV, print and online ad spending fell 14 percent in the first quarter. [WSJ]
• Hope you're a Marley & Me fan. HarperCollins is cemented a deal to publish 13 children's books about the world's most famous Labrador. Yes, 13. [PW]
Chaos at Brant Publications
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 12:41PMWho Are the Lucky Journos Getting Sent to Palau?
John Cook · 06/11/09 12:13PMNews Corp. Not Racist Any More
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 10:47AMWhy Won't the Times Review Warren St. John's Book?
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 10:10AMNew York Times vs. Jason Jones
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 09:52AMNewspaper For Sale!
Hamilton Nolan · 06/11/09 09:02AMHe's Not Easily Swayed, That Arthur
Hamilton Nolan · 06/10/09 04:32PMTV Lady Who Reports on Nude Celeb Pics Outraged at Her Own Nude Celeb Pics
Hamilton Nolan · 06/10/09 04:16PMPeter Brant Comes Undone
cityfile · 06/10/09 03:30PMPolo-playing paper tycoon Peter Brant has had plenty of drama on his plate in recent weeks. His divorce from Stephanie Seymour has only been getting messier by the day. (Last week, the ex-supermodel got into a shoving match with one of Brant's bodyguards at the couple's Greenwich estate; over the weekend, she was issued a summons after another run-in with Brant's staff.) But that isn't the only crisis unfolding in the house of Brant. The convicted felon—Brant served 84 days in prison in 1990 after pleading guilty to tax fraud—is now watching Interview, the art/fashion mag founded by Andy Warhol and which Brant has controlled since the late 1980s, crumble to pieces. And it's all happened under the not-very-watchful eye of the man that Brant appointed to oversee his collection of magazines—his equally scandal-plagued son, Ryan Brant.