Edwards' Affair And Media Behavior, Mach 2: Just When I Think I Was Out On Vacation, They Pull Me Back In

Posted by: on August 08

Hmmm, wonder why this comes out on a Friday, in August, just as the Olympics start?

(You mean they timed this for when people would be paying less attention? Geddouttahere!)

So Edwards owns up, ABC gets the big get, and everyone else is left sort of standing around flatfooted. I’ve had a number of interesting exchanges re media bias because of all this, and quite a few people telling me I’m just another lefty media stooge. But the head of a pin that USA Today/New York Times/Washington Post/Wall Street Journal/big broadcast networks/everyone else were dancing on was this: We didn’t get the story ourselves. We don’t have photos or reporting on it--and while we might pick this up if we could source the story and photos to USA Today/New York Times/Washington Post/Wall Street Journal/the big broadcast networks, we ain’t gonna if it’s the National Enquirer.

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Gone Fishin'

Posted by: on August 08

I'm on vacation until around the 19th of August, so things are going to be pretty quiet around here until then.

I will still be approving comments, so keep 'em coming, and I reserve the right to weigh in should something fascinatin' cross my transom.

But! I also reserve the right to remain silent.

PS: My new column is just up and on newsstands now. It plumbs why GE won't be selling all or parts of NBC Universal anytime soon, even though it doesn't make a lot of sense for them to still own it.

A Thought For Time Warner Regarding AOL: Keep The Access Business And Sell Everything Else

Posted by: on August 06

There is now a case to be made for Time Warner to hold onto AOL’s dial-up subscriber business and sell the troubled online unit’s advertising and content businesses.

As they say on lousy sitcoms: it’s a crazy idea, but it just might work!

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Weird Newspaper Story Of The Day, Part Two: Street Hawkers Spot Potential Reader, Freak Out

Posted by: on August 06

A pal who resides in Manhattan texts me:

Yesterday both sides of my cab got attack-accosted by dueling Post and Daily News salesmen actually offering free papers.

In one case, my pal says, "offering" a free paper was more accurately described as "shoving it inside an open window." While his rival on the other side of the cab tried to call attention to his paper.

This happened around 60th street and Broadway, near an entrance to the subway where hawkers were giving out copies of free dailies am New York and Metro.

I just called said pal to ask him about this, and he said that the following day the Post and News giveaway guys were back at it.

Except that one of them was on a bike, in order to get from car to car faster.

Weird Newspaper Story Of The Day, Part One: Wall Street Journal Cuts Service To Some Rural Subscribers

Posted by: on August 06

A reader who lives in Wyoming, around 30 miles away from the nearest decent-sized town, recently sent me the following email about his Wall Street Journal subscription:

>>> i got a wsj email today announcing that i would no longer get the paper day of [publication]. i thought i might be the most geographically peripheral person you know. instead they will give me free website access for the paper i guess. who knows?

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