Idle Chatter: All Eyez on the 'L.A. Times'
-Sean Combs's lawyer says he tried to tell the Los Angeles Times that the documents supposedly linking him to Tupac Shakur's shooting were phony. Now it's suin' time. [E&P]
-Vogue, which detests unsightly fat people, kindly offered to help de-fat two of them, who happen to be designers. Now some women are upset about that. [NYT]
-Clear Channel has won a preliminary court victory against the banks that are balking at financing its sale. [Portfolio]
-The New York Times fell for an internet hoax inspired by the "rickrolling" phenomenon. (See the correction here.) [Mediabistro]
-Great news, publicists! Page Six will now publish your press releases with only minor alterations. Just remember to thank that nice Richard Johnson (and you know what that means). [Gawker]
-The Atlantic has hired away Wired's publisher, Jay Lauf, to be its own. [NYO]
- More Influence than Anxiety at the 'Time 100'
- May 9 2008 11:56AM EDT
- Dove: We Didn't Airbrush Our Lumpy Ladies
- May 9 2008 9:58AM EDT
- Idle Chatter: Jeff Zucker's Wife is a Lucky Woman
- May 9 2008 8:59AM EDT
- Late Breaks: Real Beauty? Not So Much.
- May 8 2008 6:36PM EDT
- Will 'Runway' Ditch 'Elle' Before New Season?
- May 8 2008 6:29PM EDT
- Promotions Galore at Conde Nast
- May 8 2008 3:37PM EDT
- Washingtonpost.com to Syndicate TechCrunch
- May 8 2008 11:24AM EDT
- The Thinking Behind the 'Post's' Price Hike
- May 8 2008 9:29AM EDT
- Idle Chatter: Bill Clinton, Ryan Seacrest, more
- May 8 2008 8:14AM EDT
- Late Breaks: NBCU, Cablevision, Barbara vs. Star...
- May 7 2008 7:54PM EDT
- L-Day at the 'Times'
- May 7 2008 1:08PM EDT
- (De)Press(ing) Releases: Chewing Out Uwe Boll
- May 7 2008 11:42AM EDT
- Rather Fleshes Out His Beef with CBS
- May 7 2008 8:56AM EDT
- Idle Chatter: Tina Brown, Uma Thurman, 'WSJ'...
- May 7 2008 8:40AM EDT
- Late Breaks: The Price of Murdoch's Friendship
- May 6 2008 3:31PM EDT
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