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Mediaite Has More Confidence Than Dan Kennedy That The Times Will Sell The Globe

From Mediaite: New York Times Co. May Sell The Boston Globe At A Loss The Boston Globe Co. announced today that businessman Aaron Kushner is planning to buy the New England Media Group from its parent – The New York Times Co. – for … Continue reading

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‘Mistah Kurtz – he dead’

MediaBistro’s Fishbowl DC has a thing about CNN/Daily Beast media hall monitor Howie Kurtz, who hit the daily double yesterday in the online dishateria. Hit #1: Mediaite Takes Kurtz to Woodshed Mediaite‘s White House reporter Tommy “I want to punch Wonkette’s dick writers  in … Continue reading

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Bustin’ Boston: Mediaite Whacks Hub Broadcasters

News aggregator/hall monitor Mediaite had a couple of Boston broadcasters on detention this week. First up: Jack Edwards, who calls Boston Bruins games for regional sports outlet NESN. A couple days ago, Boston Bruins announcer Jack Edwards found himself in the news … Continue reading

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Stories The Hardworking Staff Is Not On This Earth Long Enough To Read (II)

Again, via Mediaite: Glenn Beck’s TheBlaze.com Gets Inside Keith Olbermann’s Head   Why does the hws even mention this dreck? Because we can’t believe this is what the news media delivers these days. The great A.J. Liebling said, “The function … Continue reading

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Nothing Trumps This

As short-fingered vulgarian Donald Trump promotes his patently preposterous presidential pretensions (Birthers, Unite!), the current season of his thoroughly unwatchable Celebrity Apprentice surreality program breaks new ground in, well, surreality. Via Mediaite (with video): Cringetastic: Star Jones, Apparently Unclear On … Continue reading

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MediaYikes Hat Trick

Saturday’s Mediaite offered three entirely counterintuitive stories: 1) Bill Maher hatin’ on the Qur’an Bill Maher To Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison: The Qur’an Is A ‘Hate Filled Holy Book’ 2) The Huffington Post posting a conservative post HuffPost Ends Its Liberal … Continue reading

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His NYT Magazine Column Will Be The Death Of Bill Keller

Consensus among the hardworking staff: New York Times executive editor Bill Keller, who’s apparently suffering from Mort Zuckerman Syndrome (pat. pending), should not be writing for his own paper. Or any other, for that matter. The new, attitudinal Keller emerged in … Continue reading

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