By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 12/21/12 3:04pm

RIP

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The Daily Keeps Tweeting From the Great Beyond

The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s foray into iPad-only journalism, officially shut its virtual newsstand last Saturday. But The Daily‘s Twitter feed is still going strong, despite a lack of original content. @Daily (not to be confused with the handle @TheDaily, which belongs to the University of Washington’s student newspaper) continues to provide “news distilled,” as the Twitter bio says. In this case, the distillation of the news is in the form of links to interesting stories by other publications.   Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 12/14/12 12:28pm

Goodbye to all that

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The Daily Bids Adieu to You and You and You

The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper, is shutting down tomorrow. And how better to say goodbye than with a song from everyone’s favorite musical about a nun and a strict captain fleeing the Nazis?

For their final installment of “Karaoke the News,” a segment in which songs are rewritten to reflect the week’s events, The Daily’s staff rewrote the lyrics to “So Long, Farewell” from The Sound of Music to say so long and farewell to subscribers. Some of the 120-person, soon-to-be-laid-off staff take turns waving goodbye to the camera–including cameos from the former EIC (and new publisher of the Post ) Jesse Angelo, Publisher Greg Clayman, Senior Vice President John Kilpatrick and Managing Editor (and soon to be editor of Esquire digital) Mike Nizza..

We admire their musical abilities and their pep. Other publications we can think of would be more apt to bid adieu by smoking cigarettes and complaining. Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 12/04/12 7:41pm

off the record

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Media Winter Redux: The Daily Dies; Downsizing at The New York Times

It didn’t feel much like winter.

It was balmy: 60 degrees and sunny. The holiday decorations felt out of place in the mild breeze. But the frost was creeping in—media winter (as foreshadowed in October by the fall of Newsweek) was in full swing by 9 a.m. on the first Monday in December.

First came the announcement that The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s foray into iPad journalism, was being shuttered after less than two years and many millions of dollars. The news wasn’t wholly unexpected. A third of the staff had been laid off over the summer, and a sense of doom and gloom had hung over the ninth floor of News Corp. HQ ever since. It was a matter of when, not if, the tablet app would disband. But, as with any death watch, just because it’s expected doesn’t make it any less humbling. Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 10/01/12 5:51pm

Go West Young Man

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Investigative Reporter Josh Bernstein Decamps for Denver

Acclaimed investigative reporter Josh Bernstein is going to Denver to become the Senior Investigative Reporter at KDVR Fox 31, a Fox affiliate.

“They have a huge commitment to building up the investigative team,” said Mr. Bernstein said of his new station. “We will be very involved with several investigations related to the election season,” he said, noting Colorado is a swing state. Read More

By Kim Velsey 7/31/12 1:28pm

Manhattan Transfers

iPad tabloid publisher buys in Brooklyn Heights.

The Daily Publisher Greg Clayman Grabs $1.2 M. Brooklyn Heights Co-op

Despite rumors that NewsCorp’s The Daily has been put “on watch,” it seems that publisher Greg Clayman is feeling optimistic about the future.

(Update: It looks like today wasn’t the best day for Mr. Clayman to close on a million-dollar house. A few hours after publishing, news broke that The Daily is planning to lay off a third of its staff.)

Mr. Clayman and wife Amanda have purchased a townhouse co-op in Brooklyn Heights for $1.16 million, according to city records. Read More