Yesterday, the Atlantic’s James Fallows went on CNN’s Reliable Sources to discuss his recent cover story about Google’s impact on the future of newspapers and magazines.
“So my future in the newspaper business depends on faith?” Howard Kurtz asked Mr. Fallows at one point.
“Well, yes,” said Mr. Fallows. “But actually, you know, Read More
On Thursday morning, Daniel Ellsberg, government whistle-blower emeritus of Pentagon Papers fame, sat on a stage in midtown Manhattan and talked via Skype to Julian Paul Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, who was calling in from Australia.
It was the first morning of the annual Personal Democracy Forum Read More
Today, Claire Atkinson of the New York Post reported that Comcast and General Electric have finalized an exit package for current NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker, worth between $30 million and $40 million. According to the Post, Mr. Zucker will leave the network a couple of months after Comcast’s purchase of a majority share Read More
Jeremy Heimans, a 32-year-old tech entrepreneur, sat at a long, rectangular table in the lobby of the Ace Hotel at 29th Street and Broadway on a recent Wednesday morning. He was writing an email on his MacBook, which was plugged into the desk. Periodically, he glanced over at his iPad, which sat on the table Read More
Today, Janice Min announced that Kim Masters will be joining The Hollywood Reporter as editor-at-large.
From the release:
Masters is an award-winning journalist who currently covers the entertainment business for The Daily Beast website. She is also the host of “The Business,” a weekly public radio program about the business of entertainment that Read More
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On Sunday night, ABC finally got us off the island, bringing Lost to an end after six suspenseful, and, at times, maddening seasons.
In the end, the finale was unable to either (a) explain Read More
Yesterday in Los Angeles, F.B.I. officials arrested the secretary for Walt Disney Co.’s corporate-communications spokesperson Zenia Mucha and her boyfriend for attempting to sell advance information on the company’s earnings reports to hedge funds.
The investigation also revealed that one of the alleged perpetrators was telling his contacts that Disney chief Bob Iger was Read More
CNBC executives announced today that they have hired Eamon Javers of Politico to work as a Washington-based reporter for the network, covering lobbying and regulatory affairs. Mr. Javers will start at CNBC on June 14.
From the release:
Previously, Javers was a White House reporter for Politico where he covered the intersection of Wall Street Read More
Today Lewis Dvorkin, the founder of True/Slant, announced that his former employer Forbes is buying his nascent digital news operation, which launched in April 2009.
Forbes was an early investor in the site and will now be bringing True/Slant entirely into the fold.
Here’s Mr. Dvorkin writing about the deal:
The small True/Slant Read More
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