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January 2008 - Posts

Friday, January 11, 2008 1:14 AM

'Fair Enough?' Maybe Not

Tuesday, I suggested that Parade magazine's slip up with a Benazir Bhutto interview might be permissible since the magazine is printed so far in advance of its distribution to readers.The magazine's publisher, Randy Siegel, said he let an interview with
posted by AdrianUribarri | 2 Comments
Tuesday, January 08, 2008 8:00 AM

Bhutto's Death Puts Newsrooms in Bind

If you read your Sunday paper, you might have noticed the posthumous interview with Benazir Bhutto that that ran in Parade. The magazine's publisher, Randy Siegel, said it went to press before the former Pakistani prime minister was killed, too late to
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Monday, January 07, 2008 9:36 PM

Wasserman: Are Page Views Destroying Journalism?

Miami Herald columnist and Knight professor Ed Wasserman tells the story of "a career columnist with career problems":Penelope Trunk delivered career advice on Yahoo Finance until two weeks ago, when Yahoo dropped her Brazen Careerist column. Trunk
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Tuesday, January 01, 2008 5:40 PM

Reviewing anonymous chatter

I share this story from the Ithaca Journal in upstate New York (http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/NEWS01/712290341/1002) not because I'm quoted in it, but because it's a well-executed examination of the newspaper's decision
posted by AndySchotz | 0 Comments