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“AMERICA HAS SPOKEN!” So pronounced the re-elected George W. Bush, in a landmark quote for the year – one delivered in his best “Don’t mess with Texas” tones. Continue reading “Year’s End 2004: A Year In “Negotiated News”” »
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JOURNALISM TOOK BIG losses this week. New York lost the greatly lamented columnist Jack Newfield; the world lost Anthony Sampson (left).
I didn’t know Mr. Newfield, regrettably; I am grateful I did know Tony.
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YOU HAVE to be SOOOOO careful with these Latin American dictators. That applies even if they’re 89 years old, sickly, and out of effective power for eight years. Continue reading “Tip-toeing Around Pinochet” »
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YOU’LL HAVE ADMIRED the Time Warner Center, of course. The communications giant doesn’t, you probably know, occupy that entire eponymous Center, but Chief Executive Richard Parsons was eager to get the company name emblazoned on the whole luxurious shebang of a building … top-notch restaurants, glitzy stores, pricey food market and all. Continue reading “Media Facades Might Mislead” »
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THE REPLACEMENT GAME gains pace at Business Week. As longtime Editor-in-Chief Steve Shepard heads toward running the new graduate journalism school at CUNY, Mark Morrison, the magazine’s Managing Editor, might appear an easy shoo-in. Continue reading “The Media’s Revolving Doors” »
