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Michael Wolff (Photo credit: Peter Sterne)

Michael Wolff Takes His J-School Hate Campaign To Columbia J-School

Michael Wolff—the Vanity Fair columnist, entrepreneur, and curmudgeonly media provocateur—trekked uptown last night to explain to a crowd of Columbia Journalism School students why they were wasting their money.

In a recent column in USA Today, Mr. Wolff argued that Columbia’s J-School was a racket and Steve Coll, newly named dean of the school, was the wrong person to run it. He was dismissive of the school’s nascent digital journalism program, noting that the school “curiously hir[ed] a Web editor from London to run it.” Read More

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Keith Kelly Takes a Break From His Vacation to Take a Shot at News Corp. Critic Michael Wolff

The New York Post says media columnist Keith Kelly is on vacation, but it appears he found time to contribute reporting to today’s article, “Staff Cries Wolff,” which says anonymous Adweek executives are considering not renewing editorial director Michael Wolff’s contract next month, citing his reportedly brusque management and loose spending practices. Read More