9:27 AM on Mon Mar 26 2007
By abalk2
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  • media

    Media Bubble: Fox Hunts

  • Keith Kelly gets the "exclusive": Time Warner is selling its Time 4 Media properties to the Bonnier Group for a sum considerably less than the $300 million they wanted. Tough break for AdAge, which had the story yesterday but pulled it. [NYP]
  • Star is not moving, Bonnie Fuller is not leaving, and everything that David Pecker says can be taken as the absolute gospel. [WWD]
  • NewsCorp subpoenas YouTube. [Guardian]
  • LAT names an "editor for innovation," plans to teach its reporters about the Web. [LAT]
  • Bill Keller believes in the New York Times even if Morgan Stanley doesn't. [American Journalism Review]
  • We'd like to start a fund to buy Tribune, just so we don't have to hear about it anymore. [WSJ]
  • Harry Potter brings you the old media/new media debate from Davos. [Guardian]

    • 9:10 AM on Thu Jan 25 2007
    By abalk2
    85 views, 1 comment

    Latest by raincoaster: I know he looks goofy (and has been retouched within an inch of his life) but Alan Rusbridger is actually more »

  • naomi campbell

    Gossip Roundup: Naomi Campbell Doesn't Need Your Ugly Courtroom

    • Naomi Campbell sends a judge into a fit when she fails to show for her court date regarding that incident when she chucked her BlackBerry at her maid's head. He was further angered to learn that prosecutors had not sought a bench warrant for the supermodel's arrest, but softened when prosecution explained that it was just because they didn't want to endanger any police officers. [NYDN]
    • BREAKING: Jessica Simpson is cranky! Bitchy! Barfy! Human! [Page Six]
    • More on Jack Nicholson's dildo. [R&M]
    • Stocking up for a long flight from JFK, the Olsen twins buy "a big bag of beef jerky, three large rolls of LifeSavers, two packs of gum and a copy of every tabloid magazine." That plane's poor toilets. [Lowdown]
    • American Media Inc. is actually upset that Katie Couric didn't mention that they had an employee die from anthrax. [Page Six]
    • We ignored it yesterday, but Avril Lavigne has now made a habit of regularly spitting on photographers. You, young lady, are no Canadian! [TMZ]

    1:40 PM on Thu Sep 28 2006
    By Jessica
    113 views, 8 comments

    Latest by fannybandaid: Or fire her Crackberry at you... more »

  • bonnie fuller

    Bonnie Fuller's MySpace Stalker Revealed

    "Lookit who's got a MySpace page" stories are tired as hell, especially since most are fakes put up as "tributes" to the celeb in question. The only thing that distinguishes American Media editrix Bonnie Fuller's fake page is its origin as a stunt to get on the AMI reality show One Park Avenue. Ad Age reveals the perp in question to be one Shmuly Tennenhaus, a self-described "Hasidic Jew with a ton of chutzpa." In addition to the MySpace, Tennenhaus of course has an OPA-focused blog, though the latter seems to be a repository for net marketing punditry as much as anything. His chances for getting on the show don't look good so far, as you have to make it clear you're desperate without appearing desperate. A nice rack doesn't hurt, either. More »

    9:45 AM on Thu Aug 17 2006
    By Chris Mohney
    755 views, 4 comments

    Latest by Simpatia: Mel had already said that the Jews are responsible for all the fake MySpace pages in the world. He was more »

  • jobs

    Joe Dolce Seeks Handsome, Young Slave

    Good news for aspiring roman a clef authors: Star EIC Joe Dolce needs an assistant. According to the Monster.com listing: More »

    10:07 AM on Mon Jul 10 2006
    By Jessica
    258 views, Comment

  • star

    'Star' Magazine Makes It Up to Reese Witherspoon

    Two weeks ago, Reese Witherspoon filed suit against American Media Inc. over an item in Star magazine reporting that the actress was pregnant with her third child. Star featured pictures of Witherspoon in baggy clothes and empire-waisted dresses, concluding that these wardrobe choices could only signify a secret fetus. Witherspoon thus sent her legal team to action, arguing that the inaccurate item damaged her reputation by suggesting that she'd not been honest with producers about her physical state. More »

    12:15 PM on Thu Jul 6 2006
    By Jessica
    186 views, 2 comments

    Latest by Will: Let that be a lesson to celebrities... trashy mags will always have the last laugh. more »

  • bonnie fuller

    AMI Renews Bonnie Fuller's Will to Live

    Happy Monday to Bonnie Fuller: With just five days left on her contract, AMI has recycled the editorial harridan's paperwork for another three years. Fuller will keep her base salary of $1.5 million per year, and the only change to this round of paperwork is the potential for more bonus pay: she had previously earned an average bonus of $275,000 per year, but that has been upped to a guaranteed minimum of $500,000, provided that Star doesn't deteriorate into bag-lady toilet paper. At the end of the day, it's the same luscious paycheck, the same angry staffers pissing in her soup. More »

    9:34 AM on Mon Jun 26 2006
    By Jessica
    155 views, 1 comment

    Latest by Leon Freilich: STAR BRIGHT, STAR BLIGHT Good-news day, meet your bad-news mate: Bonnie's salary takes the palm, Reaching double-mil estate; Chick-chat book, however's, a bomb more »

  • legal

    Reese Witherspoon Should Share the Lawsuit Love


    So long as Reese Witherspoon is suing AMI for Star magazine's story claiming that she's pregnant with her third child, she might as well have her educated pit bulls serve something similarly sweet for the rest of celebrity weekly gang. At left, Life&Style claims that loose top = fertile womb; at right, OK! points out Witherspoon's gut and politely calls it a pregnancy. More »

    5:37 PM on Thu Jun 22 2006
    By Jessica
    773 views, 2 comments

    Latest by Dave: My guess is, she must not be pregnant. After all, if she does squirt out another spawn of Ryan, more »

  • american media inc

    Here She Is, Miss 'Star' Magazine


    At left, the Miss USA loss that destroyed Dobson's will to pageant; at right, a brave face for her fans. More »

    11:13 AM on Thu Jun 22 2006
    By Jessica
    8,123 views, 1 comment