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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 »