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The Steve Wars

5:15AM Hamilton Nolan | In your inexplicable Thursday media column: picturing the New York Times‘ printing presses, Porsche’s CEO pays off old reporters, a 174-year-old newspaper folds, and Steve vs. Steve. Steve? More »
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News Corp. Not Racist Any More

1:47AM Hamilton Nolan | To make up for employing Sean Delonas, News Corp. is forming a “diversity community council” to rubber-stamp bland statements affirming the company’s commitment to non-white individuals, or whatever. Which frees up Sean Delonas to expose Obama as an Arabian terrorist! More »
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Reporters Hired, Fired, Mired, Tired

4:01AM Hamilton Nolan | In your torrential Tuesday US media column: No rock-breaking for Current reporters, a new job for Jesse Oxfeld, more Observer layoff victims, ad spending plunges (more), and one more unnecessary Obama book TK: More »
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Are 637 Identical Obama Books Enough?

4:22AM Hamilton Nolan | In your Thursday stateside media column: Steve Forbes is in your pocket, insulting your bosses in your competitor’s paper may damage your career, somebody fucking finally does not write an Obama book, and much more!: More »

One-Two Comedy Punch Of Phelps And Obama To Create Laugh Explosion On ‘SNL’

9:05AM Defamer Hollywood | Saturday Night Live certainly has balls. They already booked an unfunny guest host in Michael Phelps for this weekend’s season premiere, and now they’ve decided to compound the non-laughs by bringing in Barack Obama, an unfunny politician. At least he speaks clearly and doesn’t have an underbite like certain 8-time-gold-medal-winners we know. His sketch is still being worked out, but expect lipstick-on-a-pig jokes-a-plenty. More »

Gwyneth Paltrow Not Exactly Helping Obama Combat Those ‘Elitist’ Charges

9:20AM Mark Graham | Gwyneth Paltrow has worked really hard at ditching her snottier-than-thou attitude this year. Not only did she go to great lengths to sex up her image during the seemingly endless Iron Man press tour by donning a series of towering heels and flashing ample amounts of thigh, her admission that she’s raising a pair of cross-dressing toddlers might even earn a nod of approval from the Lou Reed and David Johansen’s of the world. But all of the inroads she’s built look like they could come crashing down, thanks to her appearance in a hoity-toity political ad airing overseas now.