Quicker than you can say ‘political has-been,’ Ron Paul, the onetime GOP presidential candidate, has moved from “Manifesto” to “Memoir.”
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Ron Paul to write memoir
July 22, 2008 at 12:36pm | By Carol Eisenberg
Street-smart Times columnist David Carr takes on Fox News
July 19, 2008 at 9:34am | By A. James Memmott
David Carr, a columnist and reporter for The New York Times, has battled his own crack addition; he has survived cancer. Perhaps strengthened by those struggles, he’s now taking on a force that sometimes sends other reporters running for the hills: The PR department of Fox News.
Randy Michaels built a radio empire, but does he have a plan for newspapers?
July 18, 2008 at 9:16am | By Carol Eisenberg
Does the brash COO of the Tribune Company have any vision of where he is taking it - beyond bailing as fast as he can to stave off potential bankruptcy in the face of the $13-billion debt incurred by Sam Zell’s purchase last year?
Roger Ailes buys N.Y. paper, makes wife publisher
July 14, 2008 at 12:48pm | By Carol Eisenberg
Some men buy their wives flowers; others, chocolates. Roger Ailes, the chairman of Fox News, bought his third wife, Elizabeth, a community newspaper.
NBC political director Chuck Todd an unlikely on-air hit
July 1, 2008 at 9:12am | By A. James Memmott
As the presidential primaries dragged to a close, Republicans and Democrats alike agreed that there was at least one winner, Chuck Todd of NBC News and MSNBC.
Sheldon Adelson unwilling profile subject of the New Yorker
June 29, 2008 at 8:45am | By A. James Memmott
There was a time when Sheldon G. Adelson seemed famous for his anonymity. He built casinos, backed politicians and contributed millions of dollars to a variety of causes but stayed behind the scenes.
MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann is not going to take it anymore
June 23, 2008 at 6:17am | By A. James Memmott
It’s official. Keith Olbermann is mad. Mad as in angry, irritated and grumpy.
Rolling Stone replows old ground on Zuckerberg, Facebook
June 18, 2008 at 4:20pm | By Gary Jacobson
Don’t bother reading the Rolling Stone story (dated June 26) on Mark Zuckerberg and “The Battle for Facebook.” It has been done before. And better.
Tim Russert among the elite graduates of the Moynihan ‘Seminar’
June 17, 2008 at 10:13am | By Carol Eisenberg
The network that gave Tim Russert his start in life was called “The Seminar” by those who graduated from it.
Blogger Mayhill Fowler scores some of campaigns’ biggest scoops
June 10, 2008 at 7:16am | By A. James Memmott
One of the many ironies of the endless 2008 primary season is that two of the bigger news stories were generated by an unpaid “citizen journalist.”
Vanity Fair article on Bill Clinton reveals few facts and few sources
June 4, 2008 at 12:25pm | By A. James Memmott
It’s been that kind of year. As the primary season is about to end, as Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton could be preparing to say a graceful goodbye to the presidential race, her husband has gotten into yet another food fight.
CBS will pay $1.8 billion for CNET Networks
May 15, 2008 at 9:50am | By Laurie Bennett
CBS announced today that is acquiring CNET Networks Inc., for $1.8 billion, at $11.50 per share.
Craig Newmark pursues politics and citizen journalism
May 12, 2008 at 8:57am | By Laurie Bennett
It’s not only his day job that is drawing attention to Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist.
Barbara Walters sure knows how to pitch a memoir
May 5, 2008 at 2:40pm | By A. James Memmott
As a long-time interviewer of celebrities turned authors, Barbara Walters knows how to hype a book.
The drama of Eliot Spitzer’s rise and fall may be coming to a theater near you
May 1, 2008 at 2:03pm | By John Decker
Although Eliot Spitzer’s spectacular political flameout may be fading from most people’s memories, the tale may soon be revisited on the silver screen.
