The big newsweeklies and business titles have been periodically downsizing for years — closing foreign bureaus, shedding layers of reporters and researchers, buying out the oldest and priciest editors, reports Portfolio.
How Obama Tapped into Social Networking Power (NYT)
Barack Obama stops by the White House (CoverAwards)
Big day for Keith Olbermann: He signs 4 year deal with MSNBC and angers the women on the View by telling them he doesn’t vote.
Joe Scarborough Drops the F-Bomb and Apologizes (CoverAwards)
Matt Lauer’s Divorce Laughed about on Today Show (Huffington Post)
Flashback: Newsmax pays homage to iconic Time cover (CoverAwards)
Jared Kushner on future of Newspapers, New York Observer. “I’m Definitely Scared.” (Guardian)
Bob Cohn is coming on board as editorial director of theatlantic.com after seven years as executive editor of Wired (Portfolio)
Some of Time Inc.’s biggest magazines have put out the call for at least 83 volunteers to take buyouts (Mediaweek)
Discovery’s OWN Wants Oprah Sooner Rather Than Later (AdAge)
Scholastic Begins Hiring Freeze; 110 Accept Retirement Package (Folio)
TIME (right) and Newsweek, which both rushed election specials onto newsstands early, say the issues are already selling out in the major metropolitan markets. (NY Post)
Anne Kornblut, who covered the presidential election for The Washington Post will write a book called Rejection: Why America Isn’t Ready for A Woman President. (NYO)
Playboy and Primedia both reported financial declines through the first nine months of the year. (Folio)
Facebook and MySpace: It’s War! (Guardian)
NBC News’ DC bureau yesterday made a renewed plea to staffers to take the network’s buyout package. (Fishbowl)
American Media Inc.’s longtime financial backers are finally ready to take a financial bath and hand over control of the company to the bondholders. (NY Post)
Former Time Inc. Exec Robin Domeniconi to Lead Microsoft U.S Ad Sales. (AdAge)
Craigslist agreed to crack down on advertisement sposted by prostitutes. (Reuters)
There’s been a ton of push back on Barack Obama’s suggested plan to pull out troops within 16 months - and establishing a “time frame.”
The White House agreed last week to work on a “general time horizon” for removing U.S. troops — a significant reversal from President Bush’s long held opposition to discuss any time frames.
My question is what the heck is the difference between a time horizon and time frame?
Sounds like the same thing - right?
Thoughts?
While Time Magazine mentions the “next president” on its cover, that’s the closest thing we get to seeing the candidates on one of the major national news weeklies.
If there was any time to feature the candidates week after week - this is the time.
This continues to be a hot story and the editors should not be scared to do the campaign week after week.
And the American public can not get enough of this year’s election - especially on the Democratic side - which should translate into stronger newsstand sales.
Time Inc. publishers, presidents, editors, and PR directors along with members of the press—gathered on the second floor of the Time and Life Building Wednesday for Time Inc.’s “Digital Showcase,” where Time Inc. EVP John Squires told the crowd that the division’s digital revenues were up $20 million year over year.
That growth is led mostly by Sports Illustrated and CNN Money, he said, with digital revenue contributing about 15 and 20 percent to their respective bottom lines, reports Folio.
What do Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Miley Cyrus and George Clooney have in common?
They are all on Time’s fifth annual list of the world’s most influential people: leaders, thinkers, heroes, artists, scientists and more.
Cliick here for the complete list.
Not only is the current issue of Time magazine inspired by The New Republic, it represents how Time magazine and the rest of the media is spinning this election.
