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Romenesko's dog days

LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Jim Romenesko s media news site has taken some hits lately.

Everything Old is New Again*

Slog (Free subscription) | yesterday

From Poynter Online : Bill Shapiro writes to Romenesko: I'm the former managing editor of LIFE (the newspaper supplement version). After The Speech last night, I couldn't help recall our third cover featuring McCain and.... Take a peek. I think you'll find it very fun and rather prescient. When we shot this photo for the third cover of LIFE (the newspaper supplement version) back in September...

• Palin speech prompts ex-Life editor to dig up an old cover - Everyday Ethics

Tina Fey, Expert Tie Straightener

The Media Mob (Free subscription) | yesterday

Former Life Magazine managing editor Bill Shapiro sent the above cover of the magazine from September 2004 (left) to Jim Romenesko's blog as a nod to Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin, whom many have noted resembles Tina Fey. Media Mob was just struck by how similar Ms. Fey's pose is to the most recent cover of Rolling Stone (right), which features the 30 Rock star along with Chris Rock...

Palin speech prompts ex-Life editor to dig up an old cover

Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | yesterday

Romenesko Misc. "Take a peek ," writes Bill Shapiro . "I think youll find it very fun and rather prescient."

Does Kristol owe NYT readers a disclosure?

Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

Romenesko Letters John Maggs has some questions for New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal : Is columnist Bill Kristol still a part of John McCain 's kitchen cabinet? Are there any rules about a columnist actively advising a political campaign that he's writing about? Are there any rules about disclosing such a role? Should New York Times readers know, one way or the other?

Additional items for September 2, 2008

Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008

Olympian editor retires; can no longer give 110% to the job > DM Register staff "working like crazy to adapt to this new age" > Diamondback publishes 500 fewer copies, focuses on website > Send link suggestions , letters, etc. to jromenesko@poynter.org > Sign up to receive Romenesko by e-mail at noon ET > Visit Romenesko's Obscure Store and Starbucks Gossip

Three South Florida papers to share editorial content

Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008

Miami Herald | Romenesko Memos McClatchy's Miami Herald, Tribune's Sun-Sentinel and Cox's Palm Beach Post announced content-sharing plans that will involve exchanging basic news stories. The experiment, which begins Monday and runs for a three-month trial period, will enable the papers to trade coverage of routine events and feature reviews. || Read the memo to Miami Herald staffers.

Ebert scolds Mariotti for the "ugly way" he left the Sun-Times

Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

Romenesko Misc. "It does not speak well for you," Roger Ebert tells Jay Mariotti in an open letter. "Your timing was exquisite. You signed a new contract, waited until days after the newspaper had paid for your trip to Beijing at great cost, and then resigned with a two-word e-mail: 'I quit.' You saved your explanation for a local television station. ...I think you owed us more than that. You...