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We Can Think Of Several Hundred Million Other Reasons
6:15AM Gabriel Snyder | Auletta: Google feared buying the NYT would “sabotage their identity as a neutral search engine”.
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The Great Newspaper Firewall Is Coming. And?
1:57AM Hamilton Nolan | Newsday is going to start charging for its awful website. One columnist there quit over it. The New York Times says it will make a decision on charging for its (good) website “within weeks”. Then what happens? More »
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Apple Tablet Creates Uneasy Alliance Between Cupertino, The Press
2:51AM Ryan Tate | Apple needed music publishers to make the iPod a truly massive hit. Now Apple must work with its natural enemy—the press—to do the same for its forthcoming tablet. How painful. More »
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How Newspapers Are Wording Their Own Obituaries
12:03AM Ephraim Gadsby | If anyone else is weirded out by newspapers trying to dispassionately report news of their decline, look away now. More »
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Hugh Hefner’s Old Penis Gets The Media Treatment
9:30AM Foster Kamer | Heh is the overwhelming sentiment one can read every time the New York Times gets cocky. And by cocky, I mean: talking about penises. In this instance, it’s talking about one of the oldest, most famous media penises still alive: Hugh Hefner’s. More »
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Today In David Rohde’s Great Escape
4:41AM John Cook | In Part Two of New York Times reporter David Rohde’s account of his captivity by the Taliban, we learn two things: 1) The Taliban lies, and 2) it seems like the New York Times‘ public relations professionals lie, too. More »
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NYT Reporter David Rohde And The Great Taliban Escape
12:45PM Foster Kamer | New York Times reporter David Rohde was held hostage by the Taliban for over seven months before he escaped. The Times coordinated a media blackout on the story to protect Rhode. Rohde’s publishing it in the Times. It’s pretty incredible. More »
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New York Times : ‘We Are So Old’
3:17AM Hamilton Nolan | Charming ad in today’s NYT: a 100 year-old Times front page, with a Corn Flakes ad at the bottom. ‘Statue of Purity For Times Square,’ says one typically laughable old-timey headline. How unlikely! More »
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Sex Will Be Sarah Jessica Parker’s Demise
8:00PM Andrew Belonsky | Being a movie star—or motherhood—makes Sarah Jessica Parker look sleepy. TLC learns its Gosselin lesson. Quentin Tarantino loves sequels. And Katy Perry teaches us the power of tit-pics. TGIF, you attractive devils! It’s your gossip roundup! More »
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