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   “Five Good Years Left, If That” For Talk Radio?

   May 5, 2009 09:37 AM

   Talkers magazine's Michael Harrison talks about the present and future of AM/FM radio with the Boston Globe's Jeff Jacoby. Continue reading

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   Big Hairy Turnoff

   May 4, 2009 04:40 PM

   The extent of what I learned from today's Washington Post article, "Getting Their (Wireless) Lines Crossed," the latest in the paper's Dating In These Times Is Hard Series: Being on MySpace and not Facebook is, in today's... Continue reading

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   SupremeStakes Begins

   May 4, 2009 02:04 PM

   With word that Supreme Court Justice David Souter will soon retire, so begins SupremeStakes 2009 (frenzied press speculation of the Who The Nominee Will/Should Be and When The Nomination Will Happen variety). An early favorite in the genre comes from... Continue reading

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   8 Minutes In Heaven (Or: Left Behind)

   May 4, 2009 12:15 PM

   From a Saturday night Associated Press report (emphasis mine): The first couple took full advantage of the cool spring night. After a date night out on Saturday evening, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama decided... Continue reading

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   More Grades

   May 4, 2009 11:13 AM

   Results from last week's "unscientific" TVNewser poll asking readers to grade the White House press corps for its First 100 Days: 39% (of the "more than 2500 voters") flunked them. Elsewhere in grading (not involving White House reporters):... Continue reading

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   “Print Media Savior” Coming Soon?

   May 4, 2009 10:19 AM

   Here it comes to save the day? Large-screen Kindle is on its way. Maybe this week, even, reports the New York Times, awkwardly. As early as this week, according to people briefed on the online retailer’s plans,... Continue reading

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   About Newspaper Readers

   May 4, 2009 10:02 AM

   According to a study by a "psychographic-research company" called Mindset Media, "personality is often a more effective prediction tool for media usage than age, gender and income." And: Optimists spend more time with newspapers than any other medium, and... Continue reading

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   “Journalistic Ambien…”

   May 4, 2009 09:29 AM

   ... is Jack Shafer's assessment of Cokie Roberts's regular Monday NPR Morning Edition"analysis" segments. "Roberts doesn't just voice the conventional wisdom," writes Shafer, "she is the conventional wisdom." Continue reading

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   CPJ’s 10 Worst Countries To Be a Blogger

   April 30, 2009 11:45 AM

   1. BURMA 2. IRAN 3. SYRIA 4. CUBA 5. SAUDI ARABIA 6. VIETNAM 7. TUNISIA 8. CHINA 9. TURKMENISTAN 10. EGYPT Detailed "dishonor roll" here. Continue reading

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    Enchanté (And Not) and “John Wayne” Men v.”NPR Men”

    April 30, 2009 10:25 AM

    Swine flu. The economy. Pakistan. Iraq. Torture. Of all the pressing topics about which the president was asked during last night's prime time press conference, the question that seemed to be the first focus of reporters and commentators was... Continue reading

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    Slate “Stumble[s] Across A Primary Source”

    April 29, 2009 04:41 PM

    "100 Days of Obama's Facebook news feed" (most recently: "Arlen Specter joined the group Democrats"). Continue reading

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    Speaking Truth To Power…

    April 29, 2009 03:15 PM

    ...or biting the hand that feeds? CNN Contributor Roland Martin about an hour ago on-air declared "this whole 100 Days thing" "nuts," adding: "It's 100 days. You're elected for four years." This whole 100 Days thing? Continue reading

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    CNN Has A “Swagger Expert”

    April 29, 2009 02:08 PM

    Then again, would you expect anything less of The Best Political Team on Television (in this, The Week Of Obama's 100th Day)? The other cable channels may have (or call in) body language experts or lip-reading experts but can anyone... Continue reading

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    Office Quiz: Which Media Outlet Is This?

    April 29, 2009 12:56 PM

    "[A]n environment that is sometimes prone to more extreme emotional manifestations" is an insider's description of the workplace at which outlet, publication or show? A) CBS News, as described by Bernard Goldberg B) The American Prospect, according to... Continue reading

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    Gupta Goes Blair Witch Project

    April 29, 2009 12:46 PM

    My colleague Curtis sent me the link to this Sanjay Gupta CNN video from last night, noting its distinctly Blair Witch Project-like properties (Gupta creeping down the halls of a hospital in Mexico City filming himself, shaky, close-up, with... Continue reading

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    NYT Reader Requests Newsroom Blog

    April 29, 2009 12:26 PM

    During a "Talk to the Newsroom" chat at nytimes.com with Sewell Chan, bureau chief for the City Room blog, a reader asks: Q. Has The Times ever considered blogging about what’s actually taking place in the newsroom, which... Continue reading

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    NYDN: Photoshop Your Own Air Force One Photo-Op

    April 29, 2009 10:21 AM

    The New York Daily News invites you to "create your own NYC Air Force One flyover photo," showing off examples of their own creations (Mayor Bloomberg and Air Force One marching in the St. Patrick's Day Parade, for one). Continue reading

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    NY Mag Disapproves Of Coop’s Tweets

    April 29, 2009 09:31 AM

    Which news personalities' Twitter feeds does New York magazine find "insipid," if "news-sharing?" CNN's Anderson Cooper ("we expected more"), Katie Couric ("unofficial CBS News link dump"), and ABC News's George Stephanopoulos ("saw people playing badminton in... Continue reading

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    Dead Magazines Slideshow

    April 28, 2009 04:11 PM

    Silicon Alley Insider's Business Insider has a slideshow "of magazines shuttered in the current recession" (nitpick: "the current recession" officially started in December 2007, as we learned in December 2008; the shuttering of Teen People in September 2006,... Continue reading

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    Why Michelle Obama “Impresses German Women”

    April 28, 2009 03:01 PM

    More Michelle Obama's First 100 Days Coverage! CNN International has, in cnnpolitics.com's "The 44th President First 100 Days" section, a piece looking at why this First Lady "impresses" women around the world. In, for example, India, a program officer... Continue reading

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