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Michael Wolff

Sexy Job of the Future: the Almighty Fact-Checker

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

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Andrea Chalupa

It's sad to think that journalistic standards, and reliability, is slipping away as magazines and newspapers shut down. But this is creating a great Hollywood close-up for the humble fact-checker.

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Hannity Wants to Be the Face of US Torture

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

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You wouldn't necessarily think that the right wing would want to distinguish itself by its enthusiasm for torture, but that's clearly the message Sean Hannity is gleefully sending.

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Michael Wolff Divorce: Victoria Floethe Affair Ends Marriage

New York Post | Page Six | Posted 04.30.2009 | Media

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MICHAEL Wolff is finally free to flaunt his girlfriend. The bald, trout-pouted Vanity Fair writer, 55, has been carrying on a steamy public affair wit...

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The New York Times Is Falling Down, Falling Down...

Michael Wolff | Posted 03.28.2009 | Media

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There's the letter from the Times threatening criminal prosecution that arrived in our offices at Newser the other day.

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All is Vanity (Fair): The Man Who Owns the News

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 03.14.2009 | Media

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Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

In Michael Wolff's book, he serves lots of candy and cat food as he tells the story of Murdoch's rise from scion of a smallish Australian newspaper empire to master of the universe in today's media world.

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GOP House Member To Rush Limbaugh: Back Off

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

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Rush Limbaugh is taking heat from all sides for his comments about hoping President Obama's administration is a failure. Bill Bennett disagreed with ...

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The Times Dies

Michael Wolff | Posted 02.09.2009 | Media

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I don't know of anyone now -- at least anyone who isn't employed by the Times -- who believes that the business, as currently organized and managed, can survive.

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Jon Stewart Talks Rupert Murdoch: Not Powerful, Just Tool Of Powerful People (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.07.2009 | Media

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Jon Stewart hosted Michael Wolff, author of Rupert Murdoch bioraphy "The Man Who Owns The News," Tuesday night on "The Daily Show." Stewart, who has ...

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Michael Wolff's Murdoch Book Sales Lackluster

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 01.19.2009 | Media

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The Huffington Post's Sam Stein reported last week that Amazon sales for Michael Wolff's much-hyped biography of Rupert Murdoch, The Man Who Owns The ...

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Conrad Black Rips Apart Michael Wolff's Rupert Murdoch Biography

The Daily Beast | Conrad Black | Posted 01.17.2009 | Media

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Rupert Murdoch is the greatest media owner in history because he built a little company into a huge one, cracked the outrageous London print unions, b...

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Judith Regan Slams Michael Wolff Over Murdoch Book: "He's A Repulsive Specimen"

New York Daily News | Rush and Malloy | Posted 01.14.2009 | Media

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Judith Regan has had enough. The most-talked-about publisher in bookdom has brushed off two unflattering profiles by her former college pal Michael W...

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Sam Stein

New Murdoch Book Sales Disappointing

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.10.2009 | Politics

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Despite getting very good play by the press, Michael Wolff's new book on Rupert Murdoch is not burning up the best-seller lists. "The Man Who Owns Th...

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Obama Fox News Showdown A Murdoch 'Set Up': Wolff

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.08.2009 | Media

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Back in September, then Presidential hopeful Barack Obama had a "secret meeting" with Fox News executives in an effort to hash out "concern[s] about t...

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Rupert Murdoch Objects To Portions Of Michael Wolff's Biography

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 11.23.2008 | Media

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Last year, in the gleeful afterglow of his deal for The Wall Street Journal, Rupert Murdoch agreed to cooperate with Michael Wolff, a columnist at Van...

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Inside Barack Obama's Secret Meeting With Rupert Murdoch And Roger Ailes

Vanity Fair | Michael Wolff | Posted 10.03.2008 | Media

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Just before the New York Democratic primary, when I found myself undecided between Clinton and Obama, I said to Murdoch (a little flirtation, like a l...

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Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff: "If Newsweek Is Around In Five Years, I'll Buy You Dinner"

Huffington Post | Adam Rose | Posted 06.12.2008 | Media

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Vanity Fair media columnist Michael Wolff said today he'd be surprised if newsmagazines like Newsweek survive the next half-decade, given how much the...

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Anticipation Builds As Murdoch Takeover Nears

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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On the heels of Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones takeover, to be made official with tomorrow's shareholder vote, today was a big day in Murdoch/Dow Jones ne...

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"Budding Feud" Between Two Journalists Writing About Murdoch-Dow Jones Takeover

New York Post | Keith Kelly | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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A budding feud is developing between Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff and Wall Street Journal reporter Sarah Ellison, both of whom now have book de...

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