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Why the New York Times Paywall and Match.com Work

Mike Smith | Posted 05.16.2012

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Mike Smith

I went to four conferences at Internet Week in New York. But the two keynotes I found most compelling were by the intractable Barry Diller and the irrepressible David Carr, who continues to celebrate the Timesasking online subscribers to actually pay!

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Tyra Banks: I Used To Be 'Too Heavy' To Be A Model

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 05.17.2012

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It's hard to imagine the fashion world without Tyra Banks. We would have never seen her signature runway walk, been obsessed with "America's Next Top ...

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No, This Is Why We're Fat!

Marianne Cusato | Posted 05.09.2012

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Marianne Cusato

Dismissing community design in fighting obesity is irresponsible. In 30 years, the number of overweight children in the U.S has tripled, and there's a direct correlation between the reduction in walking and biking and increased weight.

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Why One Aging Hippie Mom Loves Twitter

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.19.2012

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Holly Robinson

I love Twitter -- especially for the friendships it has brought me.

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Let's Talk About Sex

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.03.2012

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Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Women today are raised on empowering messages. From the time we're little, we're told girls can do anything boys can do. This doesn't mean we should do things the way they do.

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Tina Brown: Newsweek/Daily Beast Isn't ‘Making Money Yet'

ABC News | Posted 05.21.2012

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There were many skeptics when the 79-year-old news magazine "Newsweek" merged with the upstart website The Daily Beast in 2010 under the leadership of...

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Focusing on Women in the World

Cheryl Saban Ph.D. | Posted 05.17.2012

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Cheryl Saban Ph.D.

There was shock and there was repugnance at what these women had been subjected to, mostly at the hands of men, but sometimes at the hands of other women -- at times their own mothers.

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PHOTOS: Introducing The New 'It Girl'...

Huffington Post | Julee Wilson | Posted 02.27.2012

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The September issue of New York magazine hailed her a "style icon," Miuccia Prada considers her a muse and now 32-year-old Shala Monroque can add "it ...

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Inside The Sex Addiction Epidemic

The Daily Beast | Posted 11.26.2011

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Valerie realized that sex was wrecking her life right around the time her second marriage disintegrated. At 30, and employed as a human-resources admi...

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The Mrs. Nixon You Don't Know

The Daily Beast | Posted 01.09.2012

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Ann Beattie's playful and polymorphous new book, Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life, is unlike anything she has written. Beattie is noted for the ...

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Too Old To Be A Dad?

The Daily Beast | Posted 01.08.2012

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Alexander is, on paper and otherwise, a success. He has degrees from two Ivy League schools. He runs his own consulting business, with offices in Bost...

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Is Cheating The Secret To A Happy Marriage?

The Daily Beast | Posted 12.13.2011

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In The Secret Lives of Wives, more than 200 women reveal to Iris Krasnow how they keep their relationships together, from separate vacations to 'boyfr...

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Jason Linkins

Erroneous Pelosi Quote Spawns RNC Attacks, Kurtz Correction

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.03.2011

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Howard Kurtz's brief career for Newsweek/The Daily Beast may be better known for its blockbuster corrections than for the content he actually set out ...

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The Monzur Revolution

David Suissa | Posted 09.28.2011

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David Suissa

It's not as if we in the Western world have been kept in the dark about the abuse of women in Muslim societies. No one has gouged our eyes out; we have closed them ourselves.

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How Not to Write About the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Neil Hicks | Posted 09.28.2011

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Neil Hicks

In a ludicrously alarmist piece that appeared on the The Daily Beast, Douglas Schoen and Randall Lane assert that "clearly and unambiguously" the political climate in Egypt is moving in a new direction that is "inimical to American and allied interests."

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Tina Brown Launching Online Talk Show

The New York Observer | Posted 09.20.2011

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Tina Brown is planning to launch an online talk show for The Daily Beast, according to former Newsweek staffers apprised of the company's plans. The N...

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Newsweek Website Shutting Down

nymag.com | By: | Posted 09.10.2011

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Right now if you go to newsweek.com, you'll see a basic magazine website, updated with content from the print version of the mag and a top navigation ...

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The Life Out Loud: 'America The Angry'

MeiMei Fox | Posted 08.17.2011

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MeiMei Fox

As unemployment, gas and grocery prices are on the rise, so are people's levels of anger, anxiety and frustration.

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The Best Cities for Recent Grads

The Daily Beast | Posted 08.01.2011

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The Daily Beast rates the best cities for recent college grads....

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Tina Brown: Newsweek/Daily Beast Will Make Money In 'Two To Three Years'

Yahoo! News | Joe Pompeo | Posted 07.17.2011

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The Daily Beast, Brown reminded her questioner, was conceived in 2008 on a five-year business plan, "on which we are very, very handsomely along the...

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Tina Brown: Newsweek/Daily Beast Will Make Money In 'Two To Three Years'

Yahoo! News | Joe Pompeo | Posted 07.17.2011

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The Daily Beast, Brown reminded her questioner, was conceived in 2008 on a five-year business plan, "on which we are very, very handsomely along the w...

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Tina Brown Loses Top Deputy

Adweek | October 17 2010 | Posted 07.13.2011

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It's one step forward, one step back for Tina Brown's Newsweek, which has lost a key hire even as its ad pages get a shot in the arm. Brekke Fletch...

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Tina Brown's Saucy Catchphrase

nytimes.com | Posted 07.09.2011

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Brown drives her staff at warp speed. "I'm up from 5 a.m., going online and sending BlackBerry messages out from then until I go to bed," she said. "...

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Andrew Sullivan Departure Doesn't Hurt Atlantic's Traffic

nymag.com | By: | Posted 07.03.2011

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Even though it had produced up to a quarter of the site's traffic, after Andrew Sullivan and his blog decamped for the Daily Beast/Newsweek, TheAtlant...

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Jason Linkins

Red Cross Study: A Majority Of Teens Now Support Torture

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.13.2011

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Over at the Daily Beast, Daniel Stone dives into a study on torture conducted by the American Red Cross. "Americans' opinions on torture seem to have ...

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