BizJournals Portfolio
Home >   Business Views, Opinions and Blogs >   Business Blogs >   Mixed Media >  

Idle Chatter Cnbc Ya Later Jama Drama More

Mixed Media

by Jeff Bercovici
Main
Is That an Ad on the Cover of 'ESPN'?   'NY Times' Cuts: Don't Call It a Furlough!

Recent Blog Posts

Links

Mar 27 2009 9:06am EDT

Idle Chatter: CNBC Ya Later; 'JAMA' Drama; more

-CNBC's Fast Money host Dylan Ratigan quit yesterday after months of feuding with his producer, according to Page Six. His contract expires next week and he's in talks with "other networks." [P6]

-A nonprofit watchdog group wants the Journal of the American Medical Association two suspend its editor in chief and another editor pending an investigation of claims that they tried to intimidate a researcher who criticized one of JAMA's papers. [WSJ]

-Americans spend 8.5 hours a day, on average, looking at screens of various kinds. [NYT]

-Katie Couric's Evening News is now beating Brian Williams's Nightly News in the ratings...in New York. [P6]

-Can't get enough newspaper parodies? Here's one of the Financial Times. [FT2020]. □

blog comments powered by Disqus
Real Business, Real Results
Out of the 'Family'

Did anyone at Microsoft ever watch the (gasp!) offensively funny show Family Guy?

Cruz Missile Lands

Ex-Morgan Stanley exec Zoe Cruz is now heading her own hedge fund. Are Wall Street's leaders done?

Scandal Chic

Martha, Bernie and Skilling know that what you wear for court can go a long way in public perception.

spotlight on

Health Care

Bad to the Bone No More

Companies such as General Mills say they're stepping up efforts to change employees' bad behavior and promote healthier lifestyles. Read More