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Desperate Fiends Paying To Have Google “Big Brother” Their Lives
7:15AM Foster Kamer | Google — Sauron of the internet, world, and soon: Middle Earth’s tech scene — will soon have your life on file, especially with the advent of Google Wave, which is still in the invite stage. People are now paying for invites. More »
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Pretty Graph Chart Shows Journalism’s Ugly Downfall
8:30AM Foster Kamer | Mint.com, way to promote your product! The free online money management program put together a wonderful, well-designed chart to show you how well they design things like charts. Their morbidly glee-tinted topic: the death of newspapers. More »
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That’s What She Said
3:37AM John Cook | Vanity Fair contributing editor and Graydon Carter pal Fran Lebowitz has some words of advice for a certain similarly named colleague. Annie Leibovitz, your ears are burning. More »
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Washington Post Empathises With Family “Sqeaking By” On $300K
9:15AM Foster Kamer | How does the other-other half live? You know, the families who are now forced to “squeak by” on $US300K a year? Leave it to the Washington Post to not only find out, but to attempt to elicit empathy! More »
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NYT Profiles Annie Leibovitz’s Financial Problems And Enablers
9:30AM Foster Kamer | You know the Times‘ Styles section was eventually going to pitch in on the fiscal trials and tribulations of Annie Leibovitz. They delivered, filing a quote-happy roundup on the matter, starring Tina Brown and Graydon Carter, defending their friend. More »
Small Screen
Can American Idol Ever Be Stopped?
1:49AM Richard Lawson | Short answer: No. Longer answer: Sorta. The New York Times ponders the important question today, as the singing competition show’s ratings drop but its revenues continue to skyrocket. More »
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