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Jon Friedman Pleads: Don't Ignore Harper's
This week in his 48-second Media Web Minute, MarketWatch's Jon Friedman wonders why Harper's doesn't have the "buzz" of other general interest magazines like The Atlantic, The New Yorker or Vanity Fair.
"It's about time the public stood up for Harper's," Mr. Friedman declares in his accompanying column. "Even with its pedigree and its ambition, it's no sure thing that Harper's can match the successes of its rivals. It has a lot of catching up to do. Fair or not, right or wrong, nowadays in publishing the buzz counts for plenty."
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Gannett to Cut 1,000 Jobs; Stock Price 'Soars'
It's another bad day in the newspaper business. Gannett, Co., Inc., publishers of USA Today and numerous other papers across the country, will reportedly let go of 1,000 employees according to a memo obtained by Gannett Blog.
Almost immediately following that revelation, MarketWatch reported that the company's stock "soared on the news."
The (Big) Round-Up: Monday
- Icahn-controlled firm bids $4.3 billion for Reckson. [Crain's]
- The apartment atop the garage makes comeback. [NY Times]
- A talk with real estate lawyer Carl F. Schwartz. [NY Times]
- Got a defect in your house? Good luck selling it. [NY Times]
- Exploiting light in an apartment redesign. [NY Times]
- Finding the backstory of La Rochelle on West 75th. [NY Times]
- When the old house isn't selling. [NY Times]
- No one wants to leave Port Richmond, Staten Island. [NY Times]
- Court ruling protects condo, co-op boards. [NY Times]
- Boomers may cause stagnation in housing markets. [NY Times]
- Continuing the Lower East Side's redesign. [NY Times]
- Climbing to a Manhattan penthouse. [NY Times]
- Will Hotel Pierre's penthouse triplex sell for $70 million. [NY Times]
- Not as many Landmarks in Village historic district. [NY Times]
- 421-a incentive negotiations continue. [NY Times]
- Macklowe withdraws from Reckson bid. [NY Times]
- Moinian wants Park Avenue co-op for office tower. [NY Post]
- Feds investigating city's trade center insurance company. [NY Post]
- Icahn now stands alone in Reckson bid. [NY Post]
- Exploded townhouse site sells for $8 million. [Daily News]
- Report: Housing won't stymie consumer spending. [Daily News]
- Brunei imbroglio involves Manhattan's Palace Hotel. [Daily News]
- 4,200 may lose jobs if city hospitals close. [Daily News]
- City gambling on makeovers for off-track betting parlors. [Daily News]
- Activists fight to stop city sale of firehouses. [Daily News]
- Buyers return to converted 110 Livingston Street. [Daily News]
- Homeowners, beware: New tax bills in the mail. [Daily News]
- Mack-Cali quits group going for Reckson. [MarketWatch]
- 111 Central Park North condo tops off. [NY Sun]
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The Round-Up: Tuesday
- Pension fund buys Staten Island marine terminal. [Crain's]
- Bond ratings firm leases in 140 Broadway. [Crain's]
- Trammell Crow-CB Richard Ellis merger moves forward. [CPN]
- Reckson postpones decision on SL Green. [BusinessWeek]
- City management firm, brokerage join forces. [Real Deal]
- Panel to call for closing five city hospitals. [NY Times]
- Whitney to build satellite at High Line entrance. [NY Times]
- MTA would sacrifice beauty in downtown subway hub. [NY Times]
- Macklowe, Icahn own 8 percent of Reckson. [NY Times]
- Pataki administration races on Atlantic Yards. [NY Post]
- UN in talks for temporary home at 380 Madison. [NY Post]
- Duane Reade heads for Queens luxury condo. [2nd item] [NY Post]
- Existing home sales up for first time since February. [MarketWatch]
- Realtors: Home prices drop a record. [CNN/Money]
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The Round-Up: Friday
- Icahn, Macklowe suprise SL Green with Reckson bid. [Crain's]
- Two condo conversions, including 20 Pine, get financing. [GlobeSt]
- Judge tosses out Craigslist discrimination suit. [Chicago Tribune]
- Judge dismisses lawsuit against new Yankee Stadium. [NY Times]
- Corzine: Can Jersey afford property tax cuts? [NY Times]
- The U.S. department store makes a comeback. [NY Times]
- Crowne Plaza Hotel in Times Square sells for $362 million. [NY Post]
- Trump nears approval for Soho condo-hotel. [Daily News]
- New Jamaica Bay homes going for millions. [Daily News]
- Housing starts drop to six-year low. [MarketWatch]
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Junior Barons Go High-Definition
