Carrpetbagging: Goodbye to Old Hats
The day after writing up "The Rise and Fall of Media," David Carr hands over his Carpetbagger blog to younger person and new-media professional Melena...
By Molly Fischer | December 1, 2009 | 11:09 am
Post Faces Another Lawsuit
Nine months later, that cartoon likening President Obama to a dead chimpanzee continues to plague the New York Post. Yesterday, another former reporter sued the tabloid for racial discrimination, citing the cartoon as evidence that the paper...
By Reid Pillifant | December 1, 2009 | 10:49 am
Crime Waves: 'A New Sheriff in the Cyberworld'
Today The Times explores issues of identity and authenticity in the police world. For example: it turns out many police officers carry fake badges--"dupes"--to avoid losing the actual ones. The practice is widespread and longstanding but against...
By Molly Fischer | December 1, 2009 | 9:07 am
Today in Local Sports Coverage: Heresy
Your morning papers gin up a little controversy on an otherwise slow sports day. The newsiest story is that the Nets seem to have found an interim captain for their Titanic season. General Manager Kiki Vandeweghe, master of...
By Reid Pillifant | December 1, 2009 | 8:41 am
Items! Bankers Hang With Jay-Z, Have Christmas Parties
Spotted: Jay-Z. hanging out at Goldman Sachs. This is what's in Ruth Reichl's...
By Molly Fischer and Reid Pillifant | November 30, 2009 | 6:45 pm
New BusinessWeek Hires Old Broadcaster
Tomorrow, Bloomberg officially takes over BusinessWeek, and, having cleaned house for Josh Tyrangiel—its young new editor—one might expect him to fill his stable of columnists with all sorts of fresh young faces. One would be wrong. Today, on...
By Reid Pillifant | November 30, 2009 | 6:40 pm
Rudy Clears the Wrong Field
As Rudy Giuliani slowly mulls a Senate bid, churns the rumor mill, and soaks in the positive poll numbers of an undeclared candidate who hasn't held office in seven years, conservatives are getting...
By Reid Pillifant | November 30, 2009 | 5:14 pm
Ladies Love Their Social Networking
It turns out that women are somewhat more likely than men to use sites like Facebook and Twitter--to talk and talk, presumably, as ladies are wont to...
By Molly Fischer | November 30, 2009 | 4:24 pm
How Albany Responds to a Budget Emergency
The latest from the Capitol:...
By Reid Pillifant | November 30, 2009 | 3:39 pm
PBS NewsHour Too Cool for Jim Lehrer Now
The PBS news program formerly known as "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer," now "PBS NewsHour," is launching a fresh effort to keep pace with digital media. The New York Times chronicles these developments in an article with all...
By Molly Fischer | November 30, 2009 | 2:42 pm
Times' Washington Bureau Keeps Shrinking
The New York Times' Washington bureau keeps shrinking. Politico reports that Stephen Labaton and Neil A. Lewis will each take a buyout offer--a month after Bill Keller met with the bureau, and a year after Linda Greenhouse...
By Reid Pillifant | November 30, 2009 | 2:29 pm
Maloney Pulls a Gillibrand
Back when Carolyn Maloney was considering a challenge to incumbent Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Ms. Maloney compared a primary to the Iranian elections and said "New Yorkers deserve the right to vote, the right to make their own...
By Reid Pillifant | November 30, 2009 | 1:04 pm
Sun-Times Congratulates Itself as Times and Tribune Fight
The Times introduced its two-page Chicago supplement on the 20th, and the local-news gambit has spurred "a new-fangled newspaper war" with the Chicago Tribune, according to the Chicago...
By Molly Fischer | November 30, 2009 | 11:47 am
Crime Waves: 'Our Page Is Private'
Brooke Astor's "swindling son" is trying to avoid jail, writes the Post. Sources tell the paper that Anthony Marshall will be filing a motion asking the judge to dismiss the first-degree grand larceny charges against him, based...
By Molly Fischer | November 30, 2009 | 9:08 am
Today in Local Sports Coverage: The Da Vinci Coach
Two big stories in your sports pages this morning, and they're both about coaches trying to connect with young...
By Reid Pillifant | November 30, 2009 | 9:00 am
