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"Identity Crisis"

Jerry Zezima | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Plastic Surgery, Sammy Davis Jr., Gas, Car, Ipod, Humor, Identity Theft, Bank, Atm, Debit Card, Newspaper, Itunes, Journalism, Popeye, Jerry Zezima, Lol, Living News
Jerry Zezima

At the risk of being sued by Popeye, I am what I am. Unfortunately, what I am can't be printed in a family newspaper. I don't even know who I am anymore. That's because my identity was recently stolen.

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Washington Post Looking for "America's Next Great Pundit" -- Could It Be You?

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogosphere, Op-Ed Page, Newspapers, Washpost, Bloggers, Writing, Msm, Pundit Contest, Newspaper, Opinion, Froomkin, Media, Journalism, Prize, Blogs, Mainstream Media, Politics, Contest, Wapo, Chris Weigant, Blog, Essay, Newspaper Industry, Post, Washington Post, America's Next Great Pundit, Editorial, Op-Ed, Huffington Post, Pundit, Dan Froomkin, Media News
Chris Weigant

Newspapers seem to be clinging to blandness as a viable business model in an exciting new world of opinions available to their potential customers -- to their detriment. And then they wonder why they're failing.

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Kirchner and Clarin: Argentina Media Fight Gets Personal

AP | By MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Kirchner, Christina Fernandez, Tv, Media, Argentina, Cable News, Grupo Clarin, Newspaper, Buenos Aires, Nestor Kirchner, Media News

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)-- An epic battle between Argentina's two reigning powers -- the presidency and media giant Grupo Clarin -- started with a...

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Harry Reid To Las Vegas Review-Journal Ad Director: "I Hope You Go Out Of Business"

Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Advertising, Harry Reid, Newspaper, Media, Business, Sherman Frederick, Media News

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reportedly didn't hold back during a recent engagement with The Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. According to The L...

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The Day After Hiroshima: When the Atomic "Cover-Up" Began, 64 Years Ago

Greg Mitchell | Posted 09.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspaper, Coverup, Nagasaki, Media, Nuclear Weapons, Hiroshima, Atomic Bomb, Media News
Greg Mitchell

The Truman announcement of the atomic bombing firmly established the nuclear narrative. Journalists had to follow where the Pentagon led, and most endorsed the use of the bomb against Japan.

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Paper Apologizes For Publishing 'Assassinate Obama' Ad

AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Pennsylvania, Barack Obama, President Barack Obama, Warren Pennsylvania, Newspaper, Obama Assassinate, Media News

WARREN, Pa. — A northwestern Pennsylvania newspaper is apologizing for running a classified advertisement calling for the assassination of Presi...

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Google Drops Idea Of Buying Newspapers

Financial Times | Posted 06.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Google NYT, Google, Google New York Times, Google Newspaper, Newspaper, Google Drops Newspaper, Newspaper Idea, Google Buying Newspaper, Media News

Google has considered buying a newspaper or using its charitable arm to support news businesses seeking non-profit status, but is now unlikely to purs...

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The Sun Sets on The New York Times

Jessica Olien | Posted 05.15.2009 | Media

Read More: New Media, The Times, British, The New York Times, Raj, Newspapers, Newspaper, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Jessica Olien

Don't get me wrong. I like the Times. I also like a frosty mug of IPA but that doesn't mean I wish India had never gained its independence.

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Ten Features that Are Dying with your Newspaper

Jason Notte | Posted 05.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Craig Newmark, Newspapers, Family Circus, Editorial Cartoons, Newspaper, Dear Abby, Advance Publications, Parade Magazine, Facebook, Slate, TV Guide, Newspaper Industry, Ann Landers, Benazir Bhutto, The Death of Newspapers, Joss Stone, Craigslist, Ted Rall, Dear Prudence, Dear Margo, Horse Racing, Media News
Jason Notte

Here's a fun game: Spot the difference between "Partly sunny" and "Partly cloudy" icons. There isn't one.

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Chicago Tribune Twitter-izes Its Masthead

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 04.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspaper, Twitter, Chicago Tribune Twitter Masthead, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune Twitter, Media News

The Chicago Tribune has Twitter-ized its masthead! The flagship newspaper of the embattled Tribune Company included its editors' Twitter accounts und...

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Truth in Marriage

Stephanie Gertler | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Newspaper, Marriage, Husband, Love, Truth, Living News
Stephanie Gertler

What is truth in marriage? Or isthere truth in marriage?

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Where Is The New York Times Going?

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Gray Lady, New York Times, Newspaper, Media, Carlos Slim, Red Sox, News, The Times, Sulzberger, Old Media vs. New Media, Old Media Death Watch, The New York Times, Ochs-Sulzbergers, Old Media, Media News
Ashley Rindsberg

Today, the paper runs the most sophisticated, resource-rich, and usable news website in the US (and probably the world) but is bleeding cash and readers. Why?

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Who Will Watch Government When All The Journalists Are Laid Off?

Geri Spieler | Posted 02.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Unemployment, Watch Dog, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, Weak Economy, Journalists Government, Economy, New York Times Magazine, Jobs, Newspaper, Death of Newspapers, Labor Unions, Newspaper Industry, Media News
Geri Spieler

Reducing an experienced editorial staff is not the way to go about cutting business costs. When quality suffers, the entire industry is tarnished.

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Tower of Babel?

Caryl Rivers | Posted 02.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Publishing, Newspapers, Boston Globe, Citizen Journalism, Newspaper, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Washington Post, Journalism, Newspaper Industry, Citizen Journalists, Media News
Caryl Rivers

We need a press powerful enough to rival other power centers, like government and the corporate state. And we desperately need a new economic structure to save newspapers.

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There's Something About Print

Harry Moroz | Posted 01.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Fcc, James Surowiecki, Media, Urban Policy, Matt Yglesias, Detroit Free Press, Corporatization of the Media, Detroit News, Newspaper, Cities, Conglomerates, Media News
Harry Moroz

If local papers disappear entirely (that is, if their digital versions fail), the evidence suggests that "untraditional" sources like blogs just won't be able to pick up the displaced audience.

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"Real" American Newspapers Reject McCain

Tim Dickinson | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Newspaper, Endorsements, The Economist, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Tim Dickinson

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Jed Lewison

What Sarah Palin Was Reading

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Newspaper, Magazine, Sarah Palin, Reads, Katie Couric, John Birch Society, Politics News

So we know that Sarah Palin couldn't -- or wouldn't -- tell Katie Couric what newspapers and magazines she reads to form her world view. The obvious ...

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Life Cycle: All That's Fit to Print

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Epa, Recycling, Environmental, Eucalyptus, Online, Green, Environment, Waste, Newspaper, E-News, Recycled, Reading, Paper, Trees, Ink, Simran Sethi, Sarah Smarsh, Green News
Simran Sethi

OK, it's just newsprint. But we journalists tend to get excited about it. More than 50 million newspapers hit stands and porches every morning in this country (double that in China). A tree falls. Many trees, really--200 million per year, just for newspapers.

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Life Cycle: Java Break

Simran Sethi | Posted 07.18.2008 | Green

Read More: University of Kansas, Fair Trade, Shade Grown, Moolatte, Cigarettes, Slurpees, Green, Environment, Environmentalism, Newspaper, Eco, Coffee, Organic, Simran Sethi, Sarah Smarsh, Green News
Simran Sethi

Next to crude oil, coffee may be our strongest addiction. More than half of Americans fuel themselves with one to four cups of coffee, totaling upwards of 330 million cups daily.

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Vietnamese Community Tests Free Speech

Peter Scheer | Posted 06.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Editorial Independence, Footbath, Ethnic Media, Vietnam, Flag Desecration, Free Speech, Little Saigon, Newspaper, First Amendment, Media, Journalism, Diaspora, Media News
Peter Scheer

When the biggest Vietnamese-language newspaper in the country, gave offense to its readers in an obscure but controversial article about a work of art, it triggered an explosion of protests among readers.

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