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Remainders: Moyers to end 'Journal'
Beck has big plans for 2010 DC elites meet at Ratnesar book party. Hannity tops O'Reilly in Palin ratings. Moyers to retire from weekly television next year. Economist, Atlantic covers look very similar. Cablevision to carry Fox Business. HuffPo vote: next king/ queen of ...
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WaPo cuts several positions
The Washington Post has cut several positions, primarily on the web side, sources tell POLITICO. I’ve heard there may have been about 10-12 staffers let go, but it’s unclear exactly how many at this time. Sources have told me that Travis Fox and Pierre Kattar -- both ...
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Governing Magazine sold
When the Economist Group -- owners of Roll Call -- purchased CQ last in July, they didn't acquire Governing Magazine, which had also been up for sale. But now Times Publishing, which previously-owned CQ, has unloaded Governing to e.Republic , according to a release . The Sacramento-based ...
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Palin fan responds to O'Donnell interview
Palin fan responds to O'Donnell interview
politico.com — MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell has taken heat from conservatives for her interview of a Palin supporter waiting on line at a Barnes & Noble yesterday. While speaking with people on line, O'Donnell pointed out the inconsistency of Jackie, a Palin ... (more) Palin fan responds to O'Donnell interview
Remainders: AP layoffs
AP lays off 90 ; reaches payroll goal. Hannity scores 2nd best '09 ratings with Palin. Oprah ending show in 2011. BusinessWeek starts layoffs. Behar hasn't brought in better ratings at 9pm. Media Matters confronts Murdoch over comment. Kristof talks about his friends: Brad ...
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MSNBC prez: Imus is a 'non-player'
The Observer's Felix Gillette breaks down the numbers for "Morning Joe," and finds that the MSNBC show  lately been finishing fourth in the 25-54 demo, behind Fox, CNN and HLN. And while looking at the period between Sept. 1 through Nov. 13, he finds the show has dropped 35 ...
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Fox apologizes for airing wrong Palin footage
For the second time in just over a week, Fox has apologized on air for using the wrong footage when describing the size of crowds at events -- the first was an anti-health care reform rally, and the second was Palin's book-signing in Michigan. Last night, the network showed footage of ...
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Major Garrett: 'conscientious objector'
It can't be easy reporting between two warring factions , but Major Garrett tells the AP that he always been a "conscientious objector." Indeed, when Garrett got a chance to interview Obama yesterday -- along with correspondents from the other major networks -- he didn't press Obama ...
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What Palin reads (take 3)
politico.com — When Sarah Palin first got to do-over Katie Couric's simple question about what she reads, she told Fox's Carl Cameron in October 2008 that she reads the Economist and New York Times. But on "Hannity" last night, Palin added a few ... (more) What Palin reads (take 3)
Slevin: WashTimes doesn't discriminate
Now 10 days since the Washington Times fired three top executives , acting publisher Jonathan Slevin addressed the abrupt changes on the paper's editorial page. There, Slevin also take shots at reporters trying to make sense of what's been going on, writing that one needs to "read ...
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Fox uses old Palin crowd footage
Fox's Sean Hannity apologized last week after the Daily Show caught the host showing footage of the larger crowd at the 9/12 rally when discussing a smaller, anti-health care reform event. But today there was another instance of Fox running old footage for a more recent event.  ...
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Schwartz returns to WaPo as political editor
When Maralee Schwartz decided to take a buyout from the Washington Post in April 2008, she told me that the paper "has defined my life, from vacations to dinner dates, for the past 29 years." Starting on December 1, the Post will once again influence Schwartz's day-to-day routine. ...
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Remainders: A new Blade
WaPo makes Palin book index (but Slate's is funnier). Minter's wages were being garnished. Crowley talks about her new look. Lipsky slowly brings back the Sun. Runner's World photog breached contract. Oprah's ratings with Palin are best in two years. Shuttered Washington ...
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'Everybody is using everybody'
My piece on the Palin-media co-dependency: Sarah Palin talked on the campaign trail about trying to get around the elite media filter, but this week she’s pushed her way straight through it. And the media - liberal and conservative, bloggers and network anchors - have responded by ...
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Sullivan goes silent -- for now
Andrew Sullivan, one of Sarah Palin's biggest critics during the campaign, has been writing almost non-stop about her over the past few days -- more than two dozen Palin-related posts on The Daily Dish and an email to me. But then the blog went quiet following a "Mental Health ...
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NY Post: Gibson wanted Stephanopoulos as anchor
It's already been reported that Charlie Gibson was "livid" about Diane Sawyer getting the "World News" anchor job , although that was sourced anonymously and without context. Now Page Six reports that Gibson was "shocked" and "really angry" over the ...
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NYT's Kantor inks Obama book deal
The New York Times Jodi Kantor joins the growing list of journalists now working on Obama-related books, a group that includes Ryan Lizza, David Remnick, and Jonathan Alter. But Kantor's appers to be less-focused on policy issues or the West Wing tick-tock of the first 100 days -- instead, ...
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Remainders: Ross returns
Would Olbermann debate Ziegler? Benton claims he had deal to buy shuttered Washington Blade. DoubleX folded into Slate. FBI tracked Terkel for decades. POLITICO, HuffPo join YouTube Direct. Tyrangiel, favorite to replace Stengel, named BusinessWeek editor Dobbs next stop: ...
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Murdoch: Paterson 'doesn't really know what's going on'
When asked about civil discourse in politics today at a Wall Street Journal-sponsored conference, Rupert Murdoch brought up Governor David Paterson, who he described as "a very nice, honest man who's blind and can't read braille and doesn't really know what's going on." Paging ...
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WaPo renovation winding down
Major renovations often don't go as planned. And although Washington Post management said all along that the renovation of the 5th floor newsroom would start to take shape by around Thanksgiving, some staffers had their doubts. But reporters working from home, in a makeshift space, or in the ...
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