2012 Elections
Nate Silver receives the adulation of New York's media demimonde in Nick Denton's Soho loft
Denton has continued to regularly have parties for media types at his apartment; it's just the excitement that feels like a throwback. One of the parties hosted here, after all, was for Tina Brown on the merger of Newsweek and The Daily Beast, a move regarded by most in the New York media world with severe skepticism. But tonight's honoree was Nate Silver, the New York Times blogger and poll-rider, the proprietor of FiveThirtyEight, and the media's' winner of the 2012 election cycle. More
Guess who was rooting for Romney: 'Double Bammy!' versus 'Barack 4 More'
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)Self-referential 'Post' goes for Romney because it doesn't have a choice
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Fox News has highest telecast ratings of its 16-year run with last night's debate
And that, even as the total number of viewers across all broadcast and cable networks was lower for this debate than for the two previous ones, with a total of 53.9 million viewers. More
(2)Celebrating William Thomas, the stroller-pushing 'pimp' of Fort Greene
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(3)'News' bets on lead indicators of a Romney catastrophe
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
The 'Post' rallies around Romney's remarks, awkwardly
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
Kate Middleton 'a-titter' saves the 'Post' from its own awkward moment
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)The conventions: Why bother? Plus, Rupert Murdoch lashes out
The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day. More
'Daily News' fires political editor Ian Bishop on eve of 2012 conventions
Attempts to reach Bishop for comment were unsuccessful. But the story circulating is that he and editor-in-chief Colin Myler had been butting heads over coverage, which ultimately led to Bishop's dismissal yesterday. More
(3)Rupert Murdoch's 'charismatic authority' over the 2012 election
When Rupert tweets, who listens? More
(1)In a memo, Ricketts tells his news staff his politics have 'absolutely no impact' on their work
Ricketts tells his staff in the memo, obtained by Capital, that "although I feel a strong obligation as a citizen to engage politically in support of the principles I hold dear, I feel equally strongly that my personal politics should have absolutely no impact on your work as objective, fair-minded journalists." Whole thing after the jump. More
With an anti-Obama attack plan, DNAinfo owner Joe Ricketts comes out of his shell
One thing not mentioned in today's bombshell article in The New York Times about billionaire Joe Ricketts, the man behind a Super PAC campaign to revive the issue of pastor Jeremiah Wright in the 2012 election cycle? More
(2)'Times' and Politico duke it out for Super Tuesday web-video watchers
Among those you'd generally expect are too busy with their faces buried in notebooks or laptops to get dolled up and camera ready: "Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg; FiveThirtyEight blogger Nate Silver; chief correspondent for The Caucus blog Michael Shear; Washington bureau chief David Leonhardt, White House correspondent Jackie Calmes, New York Times Magazine political correspondent Matt Bai; and reporters Jeremy Peters, Ashley Parker, Brian Stelter, Nick Confessore, and Michael Barbaro. Megan Liberman, deputy news editor, will host the news segments." Additionally, "Op-ed columnist Charles Blow will host the opinion segments, which will feature Gail Collins, Bill Keller, Joe Nocera, Ross Douthat and Thomas B. Edsall," the release states. More
At Timberland headquarters, Ron Paul gets reprieve from morning 'mob' scene, for better or worse
Following a chaotic Ron Paul cameo this morning at a restaurant in Manchester, where dozens of reporters tripped over one another trying to get close to the candidate, and a town hall event several hours later in Hollis, where one of his aides excoriated CNN's Dana Bash over an unfavorable question, Paul enjoyed a much more subdued appearance this afternoon at the tree-lined national headquarters of the rugged outdoors brand Timberland. More
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