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Wiping Blood Off White Buck Shoes

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 10.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Citigroup, President Obama, Orin Kramer, Realtytrac, JPMorgan Chase & Co., American International Group, Barack Obama, New York, Chrysler, Aig, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Dr. Daniel E. Fass, Morgan Stanley, University of California, General Motors, Wall Street, Bonus, Lehman Brothers, Great Recession, White Shoe, New York Times, U.S. Census, London Telegraph, David D. Kirkpatrick, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

In New York, the oldest and snobbiest financial ventures are called "white shoe" firms. Their arrogance, risky investments and confounding dealing in derivatives threw the rest of us into the Great Recession.

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The Media are Schrodinger's Cat

Charles Warner | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Fox News, Coen Brothers, New York Times, Ethan Coen, A Serious Man, Joel Coen, Media News
Charles Warner

Are newspapers alive or dead? Are the main-stream media fair and balanced or hopelessly biased? Is the New York Times too liberal or not liberal enough?

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New York Times Posts $35.6 Million Loss, Better Than Expected

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, New York Times Company, New York Times Earnings, Media News

The New York Times Co. cushioned the blow from another big drop in advertising in its latest quarter by shedding more payroll and collecting more mone...

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Debunking The Heroin Craze

nypress.com | Matt Harvey | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Suburban Heroin, Nike Heroin, Brooklyn, L Train, "Nike" Heroin, Glassine Bag Heroin, Middle-Class Heroin, Hipster Smack, Williamsburg Heroin, Heroin, Williamsburg Smack, New York, Glassine Bag, Newsday, Williamsburg, Hipster, Williamsburg Hipster, Metro, Graham Avenue, New York Times, Hipster Heroin, Smack, New York News

HE WEARS A black hoodie to protect himself from the cold rain. The baby-faced guy is Dominican, probably in his early twenties. He rushes by me at the...

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With News Jobs Vanishing, Why Are Journalism Schools Still Enrolling Students?

Peter Scheer | Posted 10.22.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Online Newspapers, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Peter Scheer

Traditional news media will continue to shed jobs, even in a general recovery, faster than digitally-based replacements for those businesses can be invented and built.

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To the "Kabul Class of 2009"

Rory O'Connor | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Richard Engel, NBC News, Afghanistan, On the Media, Afghanistan War, Media News
Rory O'Connor

Here's a brief commencement speech for the correspondents in the "Kabul class of 2009," who are now belatedly turning their attention to the country where the 9/11 attacks were really hatched.

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Designers Bring Africa to Runways, Leave Models Behind

Shaena Henry | Posted 10.21.2009 | Style

Read More: Africa, Marc Jacobs, Gentlemen of Bakongo, Sophie Theallet, Louis Vuitton, Milan Fashion Week, Antonio Marras, London Fashion Week, Paul Smith, John Galliano, Junya Watanabe, Cathy Horyn, North African Dress, Fashion Week Spring 2010, New York Times, Fashion Week Spring 2009, Sapeurs, Paris Fashion Week, Christian Dior, African Americans, Kenzo, Style News
Shaena Henry

I am now puzzled by the numerous fashion references to African and African-American cultures while the failure to acknowledge models of said backgrounds continues.

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Obama Administration Determined to Usher in New Great Depression

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Commercial Banks, Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, Economy, President Obama, New York Times, Timothy Geithner, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers, Glass-Steagall, Business News
Allison Kilkenny

Whatever one thinks of Paul Volcker, any amateur historian can see that he's right to want to keep investment banking separate from commercial banking.

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Moment of Clarity -- There's No Way That Is in Our Tap Water

Lee Camp | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New York Times, Lee Camp, Moment of Clarity, Tap Water, Clean Water Act, Comedy News
Lee Camp

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Surprising Reaction to Times Layoffs: 32% Of Commenters Say 'We'll Pay!'

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Richard Perez-Pena, Layoffs, State of Journalism, Bill Keller, Gawker, Drudge, New York Times, Media Decoder, Media News
Glynnis MacNicol

Yesterday afternoon the New York Times announced it would be cutting 100 newsroom jobs, about 8% total, by the end of the year. To do so the paper wo...

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Double Standard for the Times; But Then Why Not? Bloomberg Owns This Town

Leonie Haimson | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Times, Mayoral Control, Monopoly of Power, New York Magazine, Michael Bloomberg, Double Standard, New York Pension System, Randi Weingarten, Bill Thompson, Panel for Educational Policy, New York News
Leonie Haimson

In the mind of the Times, accountability for billions of dollars in tax funds for public education meant that one man alone, namely Bloomberg, should continue to have total control.

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New York Times Responds to "Liberal" Borrowing Policy Question...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, Media, Media News
Phil Bronstein

I like the tussle of digital world commenting, as nasty and angry as it can get. There are also endless tips, suggestions, ideas and other useful things in comments sections that may be bad for the ego but good for journalism.

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War Fever at the Times: A Five-Day Log

David Bromwich | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Dexter Filkins, Cia, Eric Schmitt, Pat Tillman, Pakistan, David Rohde Escapes, David Petraeus, New York Times Magazine, Stanley McChrystal, New York Times, Taliban, Afghanistan, Lewis Sorley, David Rohde, Media News
David Bromwich

Made nervous by signs that President Obama will not push for a bigger war in Afghanistan, the New York Times is showing what the rest of his time in office will be like if he does not cooperate.

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David Rohde: Held By The Taliban. Part Three

nytimes.com | DAVID ROHDE | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Nytimes, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, David Rohde Escapes, New York Times, NYTimes.Com, David Rohde Taliban, Taliban, David Rohde, World News

A NERVOUS-LOOKING Pakistani soldier pointed a rocket-propelled grenade at our pickup truck in late January. The Taliban guard beside me loaded his rif...

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New York Times' SF Debut Gets "Liberal," But Applies to Borrowing Policy?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, San Francisco Chronicle, Media, Media News
Phil Bronstein

The Times chose to invade our Western shore pretty much wearing panties and floaties instead of the full battle gear available to the national "paper of record."

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New York Times To Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Newspapers, New York Times Buyouts, New York Times Newsroom Cuts, New York Times Job Cuts, Media News

NEW YORK — The New York Times said Monday it will cut 100 newsroom jobs and an unspecified number elsewhere amid industrywide declines in advert...

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NPR Gets in News Staff's Facebook

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Howard Kurtz, Daily Show, Bill Lichtenstein, Jon Stewart, Vivian Schiller, Social Media, Social Networking, Npr, Vivian-Schiller, Twitter, New York Times, Washington Post, Facebook, Raju Narisetti, National Public Radio, Myspace, Marcus Brauchli, Frank Rich, My Space, Lichtenstein Creative Media, New Media, Lcmedia, Media News
Bill Lichtenstein

One has to wonder just what the editors at NPR will say if they are asked, "Is it OK to post a link to last night's Jon Stewart rant or to Frank Rich's recent editorial on my Facebook page?"

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An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part I

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Five Points, Morrison Road, Denver Neighborhoods, Bob Herbert, New York Times, Drugs, Westword, Gangs, Inner City Neighborhoods, Lohi, Highland, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

Once destitute, dilapidated and shunned, speculators and trendsetters now serenade the Five Points or LoHi neighborhoods, singing their praises to the tune of million dollar residences.

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David Rohde: Held By The Taliban, Part I

nytimes.com | DAVID ROHDE | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan War, David Rohde Series, Afghanistan, David Rohde, War Wire, New York Times, New York Times Journalist Kidnapped, Taliban, Foreign Affairs, World News

THE car's engine roared as the gunman punched the accelerator and we crossed into the open Afghan desert. I was seated in the back between two Afghan ...

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Sienna Miller Is Less Promiscuous Than The New York Times Thought

Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sienna Miller New York Times, New York Times, Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Entertainment News

Sienna Miller is the subject of a profile in the New York Times this weekend, but the paper initially reported that Miller was more promiscuous than t...

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NYT Journalist David Rohde Recounts 7 Months In Taliban Captivity

nytimes.com | David Rohde | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Mullah Atiqullah, Tahir Luddin, Islam, Taliban Commander, Gunmen, New York Times Journalist, Afghanistan, Pakistan, David Rohde, Taliban, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Hostage, Al Qaeda, New York Times, Islamic Emirate, Kidnapped, Capitivity, Asad Mangal, Media News

The car's engine roared as the gunman punched the accelerator and we crossed into the open Afghan desert. I was seated in the back between two Afghan ...

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Nicholas Kristof Talks About Sex Trafficking, Rape and Raising Kids

Mona Gable | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Sex Trafficking, Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky, San Francisco, International Museum of Women, Nick Kristof, Media News
Mona Gable

"People always ask, how do you do all this and stay married?" he said to the audience. Let's just say the books are easier to put to bed than the kids. "Books don't play you against each other."

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Nan Robertson, Pulitzer-Winning New York Times Reporter, Dies at 83

New York Times | MARGALIT FOX | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Nan Robertson, Media News

Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times who was widely known for her book "The Girls in the Balcony," which chronicled...

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Retire the 401(k) - Replace it with This

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Fidelity Investments, 401(K), Time Magazine, Retirement, Aig, New York Times, Erisa Industry Committee, Retirement Planning, Citigroup, Business News
Eric Schurenberg

Jilting the 401(k) to return to the old-fashioned pension, like going back to your spouse after a fling, is not an option. You need something that combines features of both.

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Boston Globe Sale Off: NYT Decides Not To Sell Newspaper

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

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

BOSTON — The Boston Globe is off the market. The New York Times Co. said Wednesday it won't sell the newspaper after all, following "careful co...

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