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50 Favorite Magazines
 50 Favorite Magazines 
Jul 16, 2008 12:19 PM CDT

50 Favorite Magazines

From popular to niche, selected for being fun and instructive

(Newser) - From US Weekly to a quarterly for Godzilla enthusiasts, the Chicago Tribune's list of 50 favorite magazines both entertain and take readers to new places. The list includes:
  • NME: A rock and roll crystal ball, this UK music mag forecasts tomorrow’s megastars
  • Seed: Science never looked so glossy or
...

Pitt, Jolie Foil Tabloids With Baby Scoop

French daily gets inside track

(Newser) - In a style befitting a couple of action-movie stars, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt outfoxed the tabloids by allowing a local newspaper to break the story of their twins’ birth, the AP reports. The daily Nice-Matin got a heads-up before the big event, the scoop that the delivery was  moved...

Peekaboo With Kids Is Classic Political Game
Peekaboo With Kids Is Classic Political Game
Opinion
Jul 14, 2008 9:50 AM CDT

Peekaboo With Kids Is Classic Political Game

Puff piece with young daughters just another episode of political peekaboo

(Newser) - The press tries to treat politicians’ offspring, particularly younger ones, with kid gloves, writes David Carr of the New York Times—so it’s no wonder there was a furor when Barack Obama let Access Hollywood interview his 10- and 7-year-old daughters. Many reporters were irked by the beyond-puff piece,...

6 Maxims for Navigating the VP Search
6 Maxims for
Navigating the
VP Search 
GLOSSIES
Jul 2, 2008 2:10 PM CDT

6 Maxims for Navigating the VP Search

Media often miss behind-the-scenes political intrigue

(Newser) - While pundits stoke the frenzy around potential vice-presidential candidates, they rarely see what actually happens behind the campaign curtain. In Men's Vogue, Lloyd Grove offers six maxims to help make sense of the "veepstakes" hype:
  • Presidential hopefuls seek input from several quarters to curry favor, though most of it
...

In Internet Age, No Story Can Be Held
In Internet Age, No Story Can
Be Held
ANALYSIS
Jun 23, 2008 7:26 AM CDT

In Internet Age, No Story Can Be Held

Wikipedia announced Russert's death before NBC did

(Newser) - When Tim Russert died on June 13, NBC News held off reporting his death until it had notified the broadcaster's family. But by the time Tom Brokaw announced the news, NBC had been scooped—by Wikipedia, which broke the story 40 minutes earlier. As the New York Times reports, the...

Can Video Games Save the World?

Creators take aim at education in the gaming industry

(Newser) - A small group of educators and activists is championing the use of video games for more than just entertainment, the Washington Post reports. “I don't think games have to be fun,” one key organizer said. “I think games have to be engaging.” New titles in the...

In Russert's Life, Lessons for All
In Russert's Life,
Lessons for All
Opinion
Jun 20, 2008 8:07 AM CDT

In Russert's Life, Lessons for All

We can learn much from how he lived, writes Noonan

(Newser) - Media coverage of Tim Russert's death was unprecedented in scope—and worth every second, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal. Russert lived a life worth emulating with his emphasis on family, intregrity, faith, self-discipline, and guts. As for the journalists talking about his open-mindedness and serious approach to...

Zell's Tribune Co. Heads Toward Default on Loans
Zell's Tribune Co. Heads Toward Default on Loans
analysis
Jun 19, 2008 5:43 PM CDT

Zell's Tribune Co. Heads Toward Default on Loans

Newspapers reeling from low ad revenue

(Newser) - As the newspaper industry continues its accelerating skid into the red, even billionaire Sam Zell's Tribune Company is on track to default on its massive loans as soon as the end of the year, an analyst predicts. The parent of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times is far from...

For Obama the Nominee, Even More Discipline

Acutely aware of scrutiny, campaign takes control of image

(Newser) - As Barack Obama's campaign transitions from Democratic frontrunner to nominee, his team is ratcheting down control over the candidate's public image and media access to him. But yesterday's revelation that Obama campaign volunteers prohibited two Muslim women wearing headscarves from sitting behind him at a rally underscores the challenges facing...

Russert's Son: 'My Dad's Last Speech'

(Newser) - Tim Russert's 22-year-old son delivered what he called his "dad's last speech" today before a crowd of Washington luminaries, People reports. "My dad was my best friend," said a composed Luke Russert, who called his father a "force of nature" who combined his passion for work...

Mourning Russert, We Mourn an Era

 Mourning
 Russert,
 We Mourn
 an Era 

OPINION
Jun 16, 2008 9:16 AM CDT

Mourning Russert, We Mourn an Era

Mainstream political media being diluted by anonymous bloggers

(Newser) - For those who still see politics as important and noble, Tim Russert was like a high priest presiding over a Sunday morning mass that drove the week's news cycle, writes David Carr in the New York Times. But as much as Russert was a key Beltway player, that mass was...

Oprah Tops Powerful Celebs List Again

Talk show maven edges out Tiger, Jolie

(Newser) - Forbes ranks the 100 most powerful celebs of 2008 (complete with tweens), and Oprah leads the pack for the second year running. Stars are judged on the size of their paychecks and media clout, including their showing on the Internet. Here's how the A-listers stacked up:
  1. Oprah Winfrey
  2. Tiger Woods
...

Sam Zell: Saving Newspapers, or Burying Them?
Sam Zell: Saving Newspapers, or Burying Them?
Analysis
Jun 9, 2008 5:58 AM CDT

Sam Zell: Saving Newspapers, or Burying Them?

News cuts may stem advertising losses or hemorrhage them

(Newser) - Sam Zell and his Tribune Company announced last week that they would trim 500 pages of news each week from the conglomerate's dozen newspapers, including the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune. But is a paper split 50-50 between news and ads the solution for an industry in crisis? The...

Bringing Sexy Back? How About Just Reality?
 Bringing Sexy Back?
 How About Just Reality?
Opinion
May 23, 2008 3:08 PM CDT

Bringing Sexy Back? How About Just Reality?

Beyond blemishes, glossies have retouched the truth out entirely

(Newser) - Tired of seeing the truth airbrushed and Photoshopped entirely out of Vogue and its glossy rack-mates, Mark Morford, in the San Francisco Chronicle, ruminates on his ideal reality-based publication. His mag—Truth Hurts or My Eyes, My Eyes!—will feature "wrinkles and scars and flab and sag, stretch...

So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You
So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You
Opinion
May 20, 2008 12:41 PM CDT

So Long Katie; Don't Let the Door Hit You

Couric traded perky for automaton, but needed 'Michael Moore's DNA'

(Newser) - Katie Couric’s unhappy tenure as CBS Evening News anchor will soon end, and not a moment too soon for Nancy Franklin of the New Yorker. Couric seemed likely to succeed at the start, but she wound up ditching the qualities people liked in her and becoming a teleprompter-reading automaton....

Clinton Campaigns Against the Media

New message attacks pundits, not Obama

(Newser) - The Clinton campaign’s new chief target is the media that’s left it for dead, Politico reports. Hillary Clinton’s speeches, ads, and discussions with supporters and superdelegates now focus on what she considers the pundits’ premature verdict that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee. Her camp hopes...

McCain's Lead Dog Isn't Afraid to Bark, or Bite

Mark Salter rides the media hard, thinks he knows where Obama is soft

(Newser) - Mark Salter has the honor of being John McCain’s “chief creator, shaper and enforcer,” the Wall Street Journal reports of a man who rides the press corps hard and thinks he knows Barack Obama’s soft spots. A McCain confidant of two decades, the goateed, chain-smoking Salter...

Fritzl Blames Nazis, Says He Was Trying to Save Daughter

Didn't plan incest; gave in to taste for 'forbidden'

(Newser) - In jail-cell notes released by his lawyer, Josef Fritzl goes to bizarre lengths to defend the rape and imprisonment of his daughter, citing his Nazi upbringing for instilling “a high regard for decency and uprightness,” and a need to save the 18-year-old Elisabeth from drinking and dissipation. “...

Obama Eludes Not Only Clinton, but Media
Obama Eludes Not Only Clinton, but Media
Opinion
May 8, 2008 10:07 AM CDT

Obama Eludes Not Only Clinton, but Media

Pandering populism didn't play—except with pundits, Klein admits

(Newser) - After a career of sober-minded policy politics, Hillary Clinton let loose her inner populist pol in Indiana and North Carolina, Joe Klein writes, and, like much of the media, he thought the showmanship-over-substance (along with Obama's pastor problem) might pull it out for her. But that "shameless populism" proved...

Judges Back Rowling in Case Over Son Pics

UK outlets can't publish photos in ruling seen as blow to paparazzi

(Newser) - A British court approved JK Rowling’s request to ban publication of a photograph of her son, Reuters reports, reversing a lower circuit's ruling. "If a child of parents who are not in the public eye could reasonably expect not to have photographs of him published in the media,...

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