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• TimeSelect Firewall Reportedly to Come Tumblin' Down

  Published: August 7, 2007, 2:32 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman, Media Business, New York Times, Major Newspapers

  The TimeSelect firewall at the contracting New York Times is coming down soon, according to a report by its growing rival, the New York Post: The New York Times is poised to stop charging readers for online access to its Op-Ed columnists and other content, The Post has learned. ..... The number of Web-only subscribers who pay $7.95 a month or

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• MRC/NB's Graham Discusses Rather Lawsuit

  Published: September 20, 2007, 7:09 pm

  Tags: Dan Rather, Heather Nauert, Tim Graham, Media Business, The Big Story, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Fnc, Government Amp Amp Press, Video

  the bewilderment many in the media business have been expressed about Rather's decision to file a lawsuit. "Big Story" co-host Heather Nauert agreed, adding that she found incredible Rather's claim that his on-air apology for Memogate was "forced." For a comprehensive listing of Dan Rather coverage in NewsBusters, check here.

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• Rather Paranoid

  Published: September 20, 2007, 1:21 pm

  Tags: Dan Rather, Media Business, Broadcast Television, Cbs, Cbs Evening News

  him, Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz on Thursday quoted the lawsuit, "into publicly apologizing and taking personal blame for alleged journalistic errors in the broadcast." Josh Howard, the Executive Producer at the time of the weekday 60 Minutes who was forced to resign, rejected Rather's claim that he was just a

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• Presidential News Conference Live Blog

  Published: September 20, 2007, 10:51 am

  Tags: Foreign Policy, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, George W Bush, Media Business

  had very little national media coverage. And unsurprisingly, no one asked about the Petreaus smear by MoveOn.org except Bill Sammon of the Washington Examiner (and also a Fox News contributor). * * * * * * ** * * * Bush turns over press conf to Michael Leavitt for q's on SCHIP, 11:20, Fox News fades out of press conference, as do other cable

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• Schonfeld on Leaving Business 2.0 for TechCrunch Blog

  Published: September 21, 2007, 1:12 pm

  Tags: Media, Business 2 0, Erick Schonfeld, Time Inc

  pulling the plug on Business 2.0 after the October issue, Erick Schonfeld, the magazine's editor-at-large, had several options to consider. He could try another Time Inc. title, such as Fortune they've been accepting Business 2.0 refugees. And, of course, says Mr. Schonfeld, there were meetings with the usual suspects, in the

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• Jake Byrd Recaps His OJ Trial Adventure

  Published: September 21, 2007, 8:17 am

  Tags: Celebrities, Jake Byrd, Media Business, Humor, Video

  Jake Byrd, the celebrity-obsessed character of sketch comic Tony Barbieri, appeared on the Thursday night "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show to discuss his impromptu performance behind O.J. Simpson's lawyers. He didn't say much, the clips said it all. Barbieri's performance was picked up by all of the cable news channels. WMV video available here.

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• College Newspaper Blames Bush for Florida Taser Incident

  Published: September 22, 2007, 11:24 am

  Tags: Academia, George W Bush, Media Business

  local and national media will inevitably jump on this controversy, I strongly urge the university community to try and understand that the intentions of the students on staff, including me, were not to cause harm, but rather to reinforce the importance of free speech at our great institution. My staff and I are extremely proud to be CSU

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• The Rather Suit: Settlement a Likelihood

  Published: September 22, 2007, 10:09 am

  Tags: Dan Rather, Neil Cavuto, Media Business, Media Scandals, Cbs

  But because CBS, in its media heart of hearts, can't be bothered with it.In terms of the law, CBS has a strong chance that it can defeat Rather on the merits, especially concerning the disgraced anchor's claim that the Memogate panel was "biased." Dan's right in asserting the report was biased, but it wasn't against him. If you

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• LAT Leaves Out Prison Overcrowding Critic's Lengthy Rap Sheet

  Published: September 24, 2007, 1:14 pm

  Tags: Media Business, Los Angeles Times, Blogs, Humor

  Los Angeles Times reporter Matt Lait failed to inform readers that a critic of overcrowded jails is himself a convicted felon. [No, this is not a NewsBusted joke but check the bottom of the post if you want to make it one.] What's more, Stephen Yagman is no petty one-time offender, notes Patterico: There's just one little thing about Yagman that

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• Time's Tumulty Pans Planned SCHIP Veto: 'Really Dumb Fight for Bush'

  Published: September 24, 2007, 12:04 pm

  Tags: Conservatives Amp Amp Republicans, Health Care, Labeling, Media Bias Debate, Political Groups, George W Bush, Karen Tumulty, Media Business, Blogs

  a helpful, liberally-biased media had in furthering storylines about how evil Reagan and Gingrich supposedly were when it came to "cutting" social spending. Of course that shouldn't be surprising given Tumulty's penchant for liberal politician puffery. As MRC/NB's Tim Graham noted in May: Time magazine's list of "The Most

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• After Clinton Campaign Kills Negative Story, Is The GQ Man a Wuss?'

  Published: September 25, 2007, 11:06 am

  Tags: Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Media Business, Slate

  to Bill as leverage over media's reporting of Hill, we might as well just give them both the keys to the White House now, assuming they returned them in January

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• Koppel 'Hurts' for Rather 'Travesty'

  Published: September 25, 2007, 5:25 pm

  Tags: Dan Rather, Ted Koppel, Media Business, Broadcast Television

  departments face as parts of media conglomerates. Speaking of his former employer, he said, ABC News is a pimple on the elephant's behind the elephant being ABC parent Walt Disney Co. Koppel also explained why he was, like Dan Rather, never been allowed to conduct an interview with George W. Bush since he became president: When Mr.

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• Forbes Places Rosie O'Donnell in Top Ten Pundits List

  Published: September 25, 2007, 3:40 pm

  Tags: Rosie O Amp 039 Donnell, Media Business, Abc, The View, Variety

  This has GOT to be some horrible mistake. Rosie O'Donnell (at right in file photo) in the Forbes Top Ten Pundits list?! (h/t Allahpundit at HotAir): No. 6: Rosie O'Donnell Politics Appeal points (out of 100): 29 Awareness level: 92% Total points: 26.7 Public describes her as: Rude, Aggressive, Kooky/Wacky The

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• Even Columbia Journalism Review's Sales Pitches Skew Left

  Published: September 26, 2007, 10:36 am

  Tags: Academia, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mike Hoyt, Media Business, Journalistic Issues

  here at Shopfloor.org about media bias off and on, the inclination of mainstream media outlets to hype risk, denigrate business and generally take an oppositional stance toward the free market and cultural institutions. The CJR subscription pitch is a sad but very telling illustration of that attitude. They can keep their free issue. Wood's

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• MRC/NB's Graham: Couric Comments on Iraq War a Sop to MoveOn

  Published: September 26, 2007, 5:49 pm

  Tags: Anti War, Moveon Org, Katie Couric, Marvin Kalb, Neil Cavuto, Media Business, Your World, Cbs, Cbs Evening News, Fnc, Mrc Nb News, Video

  That's how MRC director of media analysis and NewsBusters senior editor Tim Graham described Katie Couric's recent conversation with Marvin Kalb in which the CBS anchor laid out her liberal opinions of the Bush administration and the war in Iraq. We knew that'd get you hooked. You can view the entire segment on the September 26 "Your World

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