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Ron Paul to write memoir

By Carol Eisenberg   |   July 22, 2008 at 12:36pm   |   1 Comments

Quicker than you can say ‘political has-been,’ Ron Paul, the onetime GOP presidential candidate, has moved from “Manifesto” to “Memoir.”

Street-smart Times columnist David Carr takes on Fox News

By A. James Memmott   |   July 19, 2008 at 9:34am   |   0 Comments

David Carr, a columnist and reporter for The New York Times, has battled his own crack addition; he has survived cancer. Perhaps strengthened by those struggles, he’s now taking on a force that sometimes sends other reporters running for the hills: The PR department of Fox News.

Randy Michaels built a radio empire, but does he have a plan for newspapers?

By Carol Eisenberg   |   July 18, 2008 at 9:16am   |   1 Comments

Does the brash COO of the Tribune Company have any vision of where he is taking it - beyond bailing as fast as he can to stave off potential bankruptcy in the face of the $13-billion debt incurred by Sam Zell’s purchase last year?

Roger Ailes buys N.Y. paper, makes wife publisher

By Carol Eisenberg   |   July 14, 2008 at 12:48pm   |   0 Comments

Some men buy their wives flowers; others, chocolates. Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, bought his third wife, Elizabeth, a community newspaper.

GateHouse Media, Lee Enterprises top newspaper ‘misery index’

By Gary Jacobson   |   July 6, 2008 at 6:14am   |   0 Comments

Rapidly shriveling stock prices have produced a new misery index for the nation’s beleaguered newspaper industry: sky-high stock dividend yields. So high, some observers believe, that some cash-strapped companies will soon have to cut dividends, putting even more pressure on their stock prices.

NBC political director Chuck Todd an unlikely on-air hit

By A. James Memmott   |   July 1, 2008 at 9:12am   |   1 Comments

As the presidential primaries dragged to a close, Republicans and Democrats alike agreed that there was at least one winner, Chuck Todd of NBC News and MSNBC.

Researcher Steven Hatfill wins settlement in anthrax case

By A. James Memmott   |   June 29, 2008 at 8:57am   |   0 Comments

Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, a biomedical researcher, is no longer a person of interest in the investigation of the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States.

Sheldon Adelson unwilling profile subject of the New Yorker

By A. James Memmott   |   June 29, 2008 at 8:45am   |   1 Comments

There was a time when Sheldon G. Adelson seemed famous for his anonymity. He built casinos, backed politicians and contributed millions of dollars to a variety of causes but stayed behind the scenes.

MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann is not going to take it anymore

By A. James Memmott   |   June 23, 2008 at 6:17am   |   7 Comments

It’s official. Keith Olbermann is mad. Mad as in angry, irritated and grumpy.

Tim Russert among the elite graduates of the Moynihan ‘Seminar’

By Carol Eisenberg   |   June 17, 2008 at 10:13am   |   1 Comments

The network that gave Tim Russert his start in life was called “The Seminar” by those who graduated from it.


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