Saturday, May 30, 2009
Online
No Cursing At Yahoo Corporate, Except For Carol Bartz
10:35AM Ryan Tate | The Twitterati went on vacation: Kevin Rose visited his exclusive happy place; Xeni Jardin was in Gautemala; and an AFP reporter set off for Paris. More »
Online
Arianna Huffington Discovers ‘Weird Porn’ On The Internet
5:28AM Ryan Tate | Though she’s been depicted strangling newspapers and stealing their content, Arianna Huffington was just warmly praised by the Washington Post’s publisher. There are several reasons for this, starting with her comment about “very weird porn.” More »
People
Phil Spector Sentenced To 19 Years For Murder
5:21AM Richard Lawson | Wild-maned music producer Phil Spector has been given the maximum sentence of nineteen years to life for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Spector will be 88 years old before he’s eligible for parole. He also paid $US17,000 for funeral expenses, as per his sentencing. [CNN, image: Getty]
Print
Pennsylvania Paper Publishes Obama Death Threat
4:13AM John Cook | Someone placed a personal ad in the Warren (Penn.) Times-Observer calling for Barack Obama’s assassination. But to understand the ad you have to know history and stuff, so no one at the paper really got it. It’s kind of like The Da Vinci Code. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Not-Secret Meeting Shrouded In Secrecy
4:09AM Hamilton Nolan | In your slammin’ Saturday media column: Lola Ogunnaike’s out of a job, the LAT’s web editor’s into a job and the secret newspaper meeting was not a secret we swear, so don’t ask any more about it or else: More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Family Guy Would Like An Emmy For Best Gratuitous Non Sequiturs
2:16AM Richard Lawson | An annoying TV show would like some recognition, please. Terrible originals and remakes are getting made all over LA. Danny McBride continues his ascendancy. And people get TV deals and I don’t. More »
Online
Secret Newspaper Conspiracy Meeting Probably Not Illegal
1:31AM Hamilton Nolan | Yesterday, executives from most of America’s biggest newspapers held a hush-hush meeting about the future of their dying industry. Isn’t that basically, obviously, a huge violation of antitrust laws, probably? No, thanks to the corporatefreedom-supporting US Court! More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Let’s All Dwell On The Great Depression
12:49AM Hamilton Nolan | How to reassure scared consumers that they can afford to spend their precious pennies on your crappy product? By relentlessly bombarding them with images of the Great Depression! It sells ads, at least: More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
