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Reuters Implores AP To ‘Stop Whining’

11:34AM Ryan Tate | Huzzah: The president of newswire operator Thomson Reuters says traditional journalism is not actually being strangled by Google, blogs and the rest of the internet. And that anyone who thinks so — *cough* AP *cough* — should get a grip. More »
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Bloomberg’s Dubious Claim: Three Times Scoopier This Year

5:13AM Ryan Tate | Bloomberg retains a reputation as the most brutal and authoritarian of the news wires, so it’s no wonder the company is churning out internal memos that could pass for North Korean propaganda. Scoop production increased threefold, says the glorious regime. More »

Sarah Jessica Parker And The Curious Case Of The Missing Mole

4:05AM Molly Friedman | The Daily Mail, that notorious rag that deconstructs celebrity faces and performs detailed analyses of every miniscule wrinkle, inflated pout, and sagging rump, has finally turned its eagle eyes towards Sarah Jessica Parker. And unlike fellow plastic surgery obsessed sites, the tab has gone beyond simply accusing the SATC behemoth of getting nips and tucks, choosing instead to focus on the famously anti-surgical enhancement star’s cute, albeit sizable, mole above her chin. You see, the British body part attack squad spotted a recent photo of SJP taken at last night’s MLB All-Star Game and jumped to the thrilling conclusion that the actress has had her trademark imperfection — the one that inspired Rex Reed to spend an entire paragraph of his mean-spirited SATC review begging her to laser off — removed once and for all. But paired with Parker’s decade-long (sometimes downright bitchy) assault on peers who dare halt the aging process with needles and knives, the photo in question does little to convince us Sarah Jessica is guilty of anything more than having enough money to hire a proper makeup artist: More »