Paul Simon, the former U.S. senator who started out as a crusading newspaper publisher, died today after heart surgery. He was 75.
A stopper
A Newsday column lamenting “floating celebrities” — people famous for being famous — emits the following: In this, Hilton is one of a laundry list of not-so-illustrious examples. Kato Kaelin and Jessica Hahn, Monica Lewinsky and Joey Buttafuoco, Darva Conger…
Coverage of TV is lame, he says
In addition to our multitude of sins on other fronts, it seems we don’t cover the TV business worth a damn, either. I guess what I’ve learned is that the media have reflexively searched for the easy answers to trends…
Gone tabbing
Papers in the UK are unleashing tabloid editions. No topless P.3 girls for the Times of London, alas, but there appears to be a trend afoot: The move by The Times and The Independent is slightly different from the approach…
Top 20 under 40
Presstime magazine lauds “young” newspaper people of accomplishment. Just what the hard-chargers of our industry need: One more reason to lament not getting a raise this year.
Perhaps the worst column ever written…
… in which a 40something white guy tries to talk like a rapper, making fools of himself, his paper, his editors and the people who brought him into this world. Heads up to the Testy Copy Editors for flagging this…