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Back To School Kindles

Giles Slade | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon.com, Sony, Boston Globe, Kindle, Ereader, New York Times, Washington Post, Ebooks, Google, Eink, Prs-700, Media News
Giles Slade

The freshman class of 2009 can be expected to arrive as every other freshman class does in new clothes, excited, well-scrubbed and horny, but many of them will also have Kindles under their arm.

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New York Times Considers $5 Monthly Online Subscription Fee

Bloomberg | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Online Fees, New York Times, Paid-Content, Media News

July 9 (Bloomberg) -- New York Times Co. said in a survey of print subscribers that it's considering a $5 monthly fee for access to its namesake newsp...

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Bill Keller: "Insatiable Desire For Scoops" Fueled Press Failure In Run-Up To Iraq War

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 07.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Judy Miller, New York Times, Valerie Plame, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Time Magazine, Bill Keller, Judith Miller, Media News

In the latest installment of TIME's 10 Questions, New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller was asked by a reader in Portland, OR what he thought of...

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Want a Major Economic Indicator? The Sex Shop Uptown

Patricia Yarberry Allen | Posted 07.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Sex After Menopause, New York Times, X Dr. Pat, Menopause, Orgasm, Lingerie, Upper East Side X Upscale Boutique X Vibrator X Women-Centered Sex Toy Shop, Myla, Business News
Patricia Yarberry Allen

The loss of sexual interest among menopausal women has clearly become no longer newsworthy in this time of falling stock prices and rising unemployment. Otherwise, why wasn't it big news when the uptown vibrator store had to close down because of the recession?

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New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin Covering Sun Valley From Afar

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, Sun Valley 2009, New York Times Dealbook, Sun Valley, Media News

Every year, media moguls gather at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley conference to listen to each other gab, parade around in casual wear and occasionally ma...

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George Washington: The Dignity and the Slavery

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 07.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Oped Column, David Brooks, New York Times, Obama, Sanford, George Washington, Palin, Slavery, Politics News
Kenneth C. Davis

In his catalog of Washington's public virtues and civility, David Brooks neglected to mention that George Washington owned, bought and sold his fellow human beings.

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NY Times Pulls Photos Over Charges That They Were Photoshopped

AP | Posted 07.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Photos, Online Photos, New York Times, New York Times Photos, Media News

NEW YORK — The New York Times inadvertently published digitally manipulated photographs in the latest issue of its Sunday magazine, the newspape...

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California Theming On Such a Summer's Day

Dave Astor | Posted 07.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Moby Dick, Mark Sanford, Whale Oil, The Soloist, New York New York, Columnists, National Society of Newspaper Columnists, West Coast, Jamie Foxx, Republican Hypocrisy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, San Diego Padres, Ventura, California, Mamas and the Papas, The Terminator, Seattle, Starbuck, New Jersey, Portland Maine, New Hampshire, Portland Oregon, East Coast, Jeff Zaslow, Los Angeles Times, Pacific Ocean, Hypocritical Republicans, Blogging, Steve Lopez, Live Free or Die, Mark Sanford Affair, Randy Pausch, Lattes, California Dreaming, Crustaceans, Herman Melville, New York, The Last Lecture, Robert Downey Jr., Lobsters, City That Never Sleeps, South Carolina, San Francisco, New York Times, Republicans, Atlantic Ocean, Starbucks, Nsnc, Pequod, Comedy News
Dave Astor

I'm a New Jersey resident who recently returned from a conference in California, and I'm here to report some surprising similarities and differences b...

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Reuters, AP Legitimize Honduran Coup Regime as "Interim Government"

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.07.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, Reuters, Associated Press, Honduras, New York Times, Washington Post, Diplomacy, State Department, Foreign Policy, World News
Robert Naiman

Are those wielding power in Honduras today a "de facto" government, or are they an "interim" or "caretaker" government?

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Sarah Palin's Gut is Making Me Sick

Leah Anthony Libresco | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Gut Instincts, Sarah Palin Resignation, Ross Douthat, Bill Kristol, Sarah Palin Reaction, Anti-Intellectualism, Sarah Palin, Media News
Leah Anthony Libresco

By dismissing the media's assessment of her, Palin dismisses their entire metric for evaluation, without providing an alternative framework for determining merit.

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Become David Brooks in an Hour or Less; Become a NY Times Columnist in Your Spare Time

Adam Hanft | Posted 07.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York Times, David Brooks, Politics News
Adam Hanft

Want to be David Brooks? Just follow my free columnist-in-a box plan.

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Boston Globe Bid Deadline Postponed

AP | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Boston Globe New York Times, New York Times, Boston Globe, Boston Globe Sale, Newspapers, Media News

BOSTON — The Boston Globe's owners have reportedly postponed a deadline for potential buyers of the newspaper to submit their initial bids. The...

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Honduran Military: "We Won't Take Orders from a Leftist"

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.06.2009 | World

Read More: Honduras Coup, New York Times, Honduras, Washington Post, Diplomacy, Organization of American States, Foreign Policy, United Nations, World News
Robert Naiman

So far, whatever the Obama Administration has done has not caused the coup government to budge in its unwillingness to allow the democratically elected President of Honduras to resume his office.

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Trust Your Newspaper's Travel Section

Terry Gardner | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: LA Times, Newspapers, Good Journalism, Trust, Discounted Travel, Ethics, Honest Reporting, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Freebies, Media News
Terry Gardner

When you tell people you write travel articles, they often reply: "Gee, all the free travel must be swell!" Not true. Newspapers have strict ethical rules that prohibit accepting freebies.

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New York Times Tells Staffers: No Text Messaging, 411 From Company Phones

The New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Media News

In today's edition of New York Times cost-saving: Times editors are now strongly encouraging staffers to quit texting on their company cell phones, av...

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Biden: "We Misread How Bad The Economy Was" -- A Comment Scripted by the American Petroleum Institute?

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, Politics, Bail Out, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Joe Biden Vice President, Government Stimulus Package, Oil, New York Times, American Petroleum Institute, Opec, The Admistration. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Biden confessed that the Obama administration "misread" the depth of economic troubles it inherited and in doing so, displayed a chilling lack of understanding of the economic landscape.

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A Lesson About Female Friendship from the Ad World

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Living News, Relationships, Research, Best Friends Forever, Personal, Journal of Marketing, Netherlands, Hair, Irene S. Levine, Intimacy, Gender, Friendship, Female Friends, Friendship Doctor, Male, Loyalty, Advertising, New York Times, Marketing, Female, The Netherlands, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

When it comes to customer loyalty, women aren't necessarily more loyal than men; it's just that their loyalties take a different form.

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Boston Globe Bids Due This Week: Report

AP | Posted 07.06.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Newspapers, Boston Globe, Boston Globe Sale, New York Times Company, Media News

BOSTON — A deadline is approaching for the possible sale of The Boston Globe. The New York Times Co., which owns the Globe, has set a Wednesday...

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Remembering My Battle Against Fundamentalists

Jim Luce | Posted 07.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Jerry Falwell, Last Temptation of Christ, American Psychological Association, The Road Less Traveled and Beyond, U.P.I., Pat Robertson, Christian Fundamentalism, Religious Addiction, Jewish Fundamentalism, The Journal of Religion and Health, Fundamentalists Anonymous, Daiwa Bank, Mainline Churches, There Is a Way Out, God’s Will, Today Show, Marty Scorsese, Religious Right, Los Angeles Times, Fundamentalist, Washington Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, Moral Majority, Islamic Fundamentalism, Christian Science Monitor, Steve Allen, Phil Donahue Show, Hollywood Under Siege, Madonna, Culture Wars, PTL Club, USA Today, Toronto Star, Henry Luce III, San Francisco Chronicle, London Observer, Daniel Berrigan, Luce Publications, Norman Lear, Hank Luce, Gunther Hirshberg, Henry Luce Foundation, Village Voice, Ari Goldman, Universal Studio, U.S. Congress, A. James Rudin, M. Scott Peck, New York Law Journal, Josh Baran, Salman Rushdie, Newsweek, Frank Zappa, Presbyterian, Bill Geist, Ram Dass, Associated Press, A.C.L.U., Psychology Today, Terry Sweeney, Cnn, Like a Prayer, Wall Street, Satanic Verses, Jimmy Swaggart, American Jewish Committee, Oprah Winfrey Show, New York Observer, People for the American Way., New York Times, Episcopalian, New York News
Jim Luce

Our biggest accomplishment was standing up for those torn down by the TV evangelists.

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Silly Sarah and the Govinator: A Study in Contrast

Giles Slade | Posted 07.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Esalen Institute, Big Sur California, Bringing Up Baby, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Katherine Hepburn, Danny Devito, The Barracuda, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, CBC Documentaries, Terminator, California Economy, Monterey California, Cary Grant, Matilda, The Young and the Restless, Bruno, Barack Obama, One Life to Live, Twins, HuffingtonPost.Com, Ted Stevens, Pete Kott, Maureen Down, Lisa Murkowski, Iran, Bev Masek, Sean Parnell, New York Times, Tina Fey, Vic Kohring, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Politics News
Giles Slade

Sarah's resignation confirms what her values actually are by defining what is most important to her. Governor Palin is going to keep as much of her newfound money as she can.

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The World of Free and The Huffington Post

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Journalists, Newspapers, Print Journalism, Writers, Content, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Chris Anderson, Death of Newspapers, Media, Business, Malcolm Gladwell, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Mainstream Media, Information, New York Times, New Media, Seth Godin, Media News
Michelle Haimoff

While the Times is stubbornly manning the gates of the fancy Midtown office building it can't afford, The Huffington Post is churning out content and swimming in advertising dollars in its small workspace downtown.

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Rupert Murdoch Denies Interest In New York Times, Disses Twitter, CNBC

The Street | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, New York Times, Newspapers, Rupert Murdoch New York Times, Media News

TheStreet.com: Michael Wolff has written in Vanity Fair that you want to buy The New York Times (NYT Quote), that you've planned out the deal in detai...

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Abstract Quality Journalism

Norman Solomon | Posted 07.01.2009 | Media

Read More: President Obama, Quality Journalism, Peter K. Cross, New York Times, Afghanistan, Iraq, Rick Reyes, Journalism, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Afghan Army, Steven T. Drees, Media News
Norman Solomon

The political rhetoric in Washington is close to 100 percent humanitarian, while the new supplemental infusion of U.S. spending for Afghanistan is 90 percent military.

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Happy National Sovereignty Day, Iraq. Sorry About The Mess

Beau Friedlander | Posted 06.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: 107th United States Congress, Derrick Jensen, War on Iraq Book, Margo Baldwin, 2002 War Resolution, Trevor Bundy, George W Bush, Iraq War, William Rivers Pitt, Andrew Card, Scott Ritter, New York Times, Iraq Troop Withdrawal, Politics News
Beau Friedlander

Our presence is an ongoing affront to democracy and human dignity, and yet now that the damage is done, everyone's stuck between that rock and a hard place.

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AIG Plummets: Didn't the Reverse Stock Split Cause it?

Michael Russnow | Posted 06.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Abc, Jeanine Poggi, Lou Dobbs, Nbc, Anderson Cooper, Ram Productions International, David Goldman, Cbs, Insurance Companies, Facebook, Wall Street Journal, Msnbc, Cnbc, Cnn, Youtube, Michael Russnow, Today Show, New York Times, Wash Post, Fox News, Street.com, Personal Finance, Financial Crisis, CNNMoney.Com, Aig, Business News
Michael Russnow

Folks, AIG hadn't won the lottery in March, April and May and the news forthcoming about its actual worth hasn't been alarming the last week or so.

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