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Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
2:17AM John Cook | Maziar Bahari, the Canadian-Iranian Newsweek reporter who has been detained in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison since his arrest while covering the nation’s post-election uprising in June, has arrived safely in London in time for the birth of his first child. More »
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Newsweek CEO Must Have Skipped The ‘How Not To Fire Employees’ Seminar
4:48PM the cajun boy | The way Newsweek employees get fired now: Shamelessly and publicly, via mass emails from their boss singing the praises their incoming replacements while encouraging their co-workers to wish their shit-canned asses “bon chance” on the way out the door. More »
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Bill O’Reilly Has Had It With Media Corruption
6:49PM the cajun boy | Oh my—American news anchor Bill O’Reilly is angry. Angry at Newsweek specifically, for perpetrating what he sees as a “growing problem in America…media corruption.” What did Newsweek do? They allowed a liberal columnist to criticise Fox News and Sarah Palin! More »
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Return Of Fake Steve Is A Vote Of Confidence In Real Steve
6:02AM Ryan Tate | Fake Steve Jobs is back. Dan Lyons, author of the piercingly funny satire blog, insists his return may be temporary. But he wouldn’t be having this much fun with Jobs’ illness if he still worried about the Apple CEO’s death. More »
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Newsweek Reporter Arrested In Iran
12:21PM the cajun boy | Newsweek’s Maziar Bahari, who has covered Iran for the magazine for a decade, was taken into custody by Iranian officials during an early morning raid of his home. His captors also seized his computer and several videotapes. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Dana Milbank Steals Man’s Underwear On Normal Saturday Night
3:51AM Hamilton Nolan | In your shiny Monday media column: Spy magazine lives, David Carr survives, Dan Abrams hires, Dana Milbank thrives, and Fleur Cowles dies: More »
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Colbert Livens Up War Zone, Newsweekly
12:29AM Pareene | This week, Stephen Colbert is bringing laughter and joy to a devastated quagmire of misery and destruction: Newsweek. Oh, and Iraq. More »
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Stephen Colbert Issues Saucy Quote Re. Wacky Newsweek Stunt
2:26AM Hamilton Nolan | Newsweek has enlisted Stephen Colbert as a guest editor in a desperate attempt for “buzz.” It’s totally working! Because we have obtained, via a publicist, via Newsweek’s marketing team, a direct (outrageous!) quote from Colbert about his upcoming fake editorialism: More »
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Stephen Colbert To Guest Edit Newsweek
3:14PM the cajun boy | In a move that sort of reeks of desperation more than it does slick publishing PR, US Newsweek’s Jon Meacham announced that political satirist and tv host Stephen Colbert will be the magazine’s guest editor for the issue hitting newsstands on June 8. More »
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