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Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
More bad news for newspapers: I've learned that the Los Angeles Times expects to make as many as 40 layoffs before the end of this year, and it's likely that two senior film writers with well known bylines will be cut. (Yet the newspaper just hired a Hollywood Reporter film hack on the cheap. It's all about dollars and cents there these days, not quality.) Meanwhile, The Washington Post just announced...
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LAist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Screenshot of @LATimes/Twitter In the era of social media, even the media itself needs to be given guidelines. Los Angeles Times staffers who make use of Twitter have been given updated directions on their use of social media tools in conjunction with their jobs, according to the Huffington Post . This most recent update to guidelines includes reminders to focus on the significance of integrity, professionalism,...
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MTV News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
'American Idol' star's slink through 'For Your Entertainment' was clearly not for everyone. By Gil Kaufman Adam Lambert performing at the American Music Awards on Sunday Photo: Kevork Djansezian/ Getty Images If Adam Lambert proved anything during his sexually charged performance at Sunday night's American Music Awards , it's that he continues to give good headline. The "American Idol" runner-up...
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Editor And Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Updated guidelines for Los Angeles Times newsroom employees using social media emphasize that just about anything posted online will be viewed as reflecting on the newspaper's credibility and reputation. "Your professional life and your personal life are intertwined in the online world, just as they are offline," Times Editor Russ Stanton (left) and Assistant Managing Editor Henry Fuhrmann...
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WalletPop Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Filed under: Sex Sells , Tax , Celebs & Money Earlier this month, Girls Gone Wild promoter Joe Francis plea-bargained his way out of a possible prison sentence for charges related to filing false tax returns. By pleading guilty to filing false tax returns and bribing Nevada jail workers, Mr. Francis was sentenced to time served and one year of probation , according to the Los Angeles Times . Initially...
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GamesIndustry.biz (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Activision has a third development studio working on a new Call of Duty title, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. In a feature focused on the recent record-breaking sales of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which grossed USD 550 million in five days, the newspaper makes brief mention of a third studio "working on future versions." Traditionally, series creator Infinity Ward has...
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What Really happened (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Los Angeles Times and other media outlets published a series of photos that allegedly back the Israeli claims. Iran, however, says one of the photos -- an apparent shipping manifest from the Ministry of Sepah -- is from a defunct agency, suggesting Israel made up the story, state-funded broadcaster Press TV reports . Other reports from the Iranian media blame Western reports, the Times in particular,...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
The Los Angeles Times writes: "Sierra Leone is one of those nations where decades of foreign aid have failed to appreciably lift the fortunes of the people. The country is a charity case: 60% of its public spending comes from foreign governments and nonprofit organizations. Since 2002, it has received more than $1 billion in aid," the newspaper writes.
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
The Tribune Company indicated in court papers filed last Friday that it might emerge from bankruptcy by May 31 of next year. The company is filing for a four month extension "to craft a plan to exit Chapter 11 without interference from other parties." Bankruptcy is very confusing. More from the LA Times : The Chicago-based media company, whose holdings include the Los Angeles Times and KTLA-TV...
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Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Describing a controversial federal judge's accounting for a $33.8 million trust as "curious," the 9th Circuit today called for another judge to provide an accounting of how the money was handled. The decision concerns disputed assets of the late Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos which were entrusted to Real, who is now 85, while the federal courts sorted out his heirs, reports the Los...
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Google News - Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
BBC News In Israel, some on the right support talks with Hamas Christian Science Monitor A newspaper poll indicated that 53 percent of Likud party supporters favor talks with Islamist Hamas under certain conditions. Overall, 57 percent of Israelis back the idea. By Christa Case Bryant | Middle East editor 11.13.09 The left-leaning Israeli ... Critical Currents: Abbas's challenge to Israel Jerusalem...
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Writerswrite.com's Writer's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Libel laws are much stricter in Great Britain than they are in the U.S. and there no constitutional right to free speech. This puts U.S. newspapers in legal jeopardy when they sell U.S. publications, such as The New York Times , in Britain. Many expatriates read major U.S. newspapers, which are readily available in London. But now the newspapers are getting ready to pull out of Great Britain, saying...
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Modern Art Notes (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
This morning's New York Times features a front-page Deborah Sontag and Robin Pogrebin article on a story that MAN has been aggressively covering for six weeks: The New Museum's self-made ethical problems regarding its exhibition of a trustee's collection. ( Click here for a roundup of links to MAN's coverage. Click here for an op-ed I wrote for the current issue of The Art Newspaper.) Some thoughts:...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Britain's reputation for "libel tourism" is driving American and foreign publishers to consider abandoning the sale of newspaper and magazines in Britain and may lead to them blocking access to websites, MPs have been warned. Publishers, human rights groups and campaigners have expressed "substantial and increasing concern" because comments that would be protected under the freedom...
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newsjiffy (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Tunisan blogger Fatma Riahi, who is known online as Arabicca, has been released by police investigating whether she is the author of Blog de Z , according to a posting on the Free Arabicca blog. According to Al Jazeera , Riahi was first summoned to appear before the Criminal Brigade of Gorjani in Tunis on Monday. She was released only to be arrested the next day. Her home was searched, and her computer...
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