Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Media

New York Times Calls an End to Vanity Fair Oscar Party as “Hot,” as Magazine’s Newsstand Sales, Online Traffic Plummet

It took the New York Times to say what's been on a lot of people's minds for a year: Vanity Fair, and its annual...

Fox TV Adds Disgraced Trump Press Sec Sean Spicer to “Extra,” Turning Syndicated Celebrity Show Into Right Wing Propaganda Outlet

Stick a fork in "Extra." If I were Mario Lopez, I'd be updating my resume fast. Last December the Warner Bros. distributed syndicated celebrity show...

Report: Amazon’s Jeff Bezos Considered Buying American Media aka National Enquirer to Catch Leaker of Sex Photos

Vanity Fair's Gabe Sherman has a startling tidbit buried in his filing today: Jeff Bezos seriously considered buying American Media, parent of the National...

A Media Era Comes to An End: Jann Wenner Totally Out of Rolling Stone as Penske Media Buys Up Rest of Company

Jann Wenner is out. It's been 51 years since Wenner started Rolling Stone as a broadsheet from San Francisco. It used to fold in half...

Exclusive: Media Rumor of the Week– Is Col Allan Returning to the New York Post as Editor in Chief? To Pump Up Trump? (Maybe)

There's not much left to gossip about in New York media circles these days. Mort Zuckerman is gone, the Daily News is barely in...

Vanity Fair Annual Hollywood Issue Makes History with Multi-Cultural (and Beautiful) Cover

The new annual Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair is out. I haven't seen the issue yet, but the cover should win a prize. Seven...

Three Weeks After His Death, Still No One Has Said Why KTLA Anchor Chris Burrous Overdosed at a Suburban Days Inn

December 28th-- it wasn't that long ago. Three weeks. Yet in that time no one from Los Angeles or from KTLA has answered this question:...

Game of Thrones: Popular NY Post Publisher Is Suddenly Ousted, James Murdoch Prepares His Own Exit

Big news this afternoon: Jesse Angelo, publisher of the NY Post, and golden boy in the Murdoch empire, is out. Angelo is bffs with...