New York media types are not easily startled, but when Jared Kushner became the Big Apple's newest newspaper proprietor, more than a few eyebrows were...
Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living
Epilogue is a gripping memoir by National Book Award finalist Anne Roiphe, who was forced to recompose her life after the sudden loss of her husband of 39 years.
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 09.19.2008 | Media
Most of the links I have seen for this Observer piece imagining a black comedian introducing John McCain at the RNC have been along the lines of "Don'...
Eric Boehlert | Posted 08.06.2008 | Media
When McCain gets regularly portrayed in the press as a serial liar the way Al Gore was in 2000, then he can complain about getting bad press.
Michael Shaw | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media
If the corporate media starts to latch on to this "Chicago boss" theme, you can expect a lot more photos, pulled out of context like this, to flesh out the picture.
Portfolio | Lloyd Grove | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media
His real estate-rich family has long operated the levers of power and influence in New Jersey, but few in Manhattan had heard of Jared Kushner until h...
New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 02.18.2008 | Media
In the middle of a media-saturated political season, Jared Kushner, publisher of The New York Observer, has been quietly nurturing an ambitious politi...
New York Times | Dealbook | Posted 02.07.2008 | Business
Private equity bosses are constantly fighting off criticism that they are "flippers," buying companies and quickly selling them for a profit without a...
Eric Boehlert | Posted 01.16.2008 | Media
In today's campaign coverage, what journalists think about unfolding events takes precedence over what voters think.
New York Observer | Doree Shafrir | Posted 01.02.2008 | Media
No one has ever accused Nikki Finke--the contentious journalist who has worked for the Associated Press, The Los Angeles Times, this newspaper and the...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.14.2007 | Media
We always enjoy the musings of the New York Observer's Simon Doonan, but today's outing on how the offspring of celebrities are taking all the glam me...
Huffington Post | Katherine Thomson | Posted 10.30.2007 | Media
Billionaire daughter Ivanka Trump appeared on Oprah today, talking about her New York apartment and her childhood of not feeling entitled. And shillin...
Some videos you just have to see to...
It appears in this video that President Bush's approval is in a sorrier state...
"As Sarah Palin settles back into her job as the state's chief executive, a new...
Dear Senator Lieberman, Congratulations! You got away with it! So despite...
Today, Al Qaeda's number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri,...
It is said that Barack Obama has read Doris Kearns Goodwin's book, Team of Rivals,...
Katie Couric discussed her infamous interview with Sarah Palin Wednesday night on...
CAIRO, Egypt — Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message...
John McCain is returning Jackson Browne's August lawsuit complaining about McCain using his...
It's a fact of life: we grow older. But if you're President of the United States of America, it...
WASHINGTON — The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought...
In an earlier post...
President-elect Obama's plan to put a million electric vehicles on the road in 10 years...
The Guardian | Tom Teodorczuk | Posted 11.10.2008 | Media