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"(Lady Sybil) is starring in the movie 'Shoplifters of the World,' set in 1987, with a plot revolving around the band the Smiths." :
You could tell she was the hip one.
via Tumblr on February 22nd, 2012 1:13pm
Meanwhile, Borromeo refused comment yesterday when approached by The Post at Columbia University, where she is studying for a master’s degree in journalism.
“No!” she barked at a reporter.
via Tumblr on February 22nd, 2012 1:10pm
The death of Whitney Houston took up 10 percent of all U.S. media coverage last week
Her death was the third biggest story in the headlines, accounting for 10 percent of all news, according to Mark Jurkowtiz of Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism, which does a weekly analysis of U.S. news coverage.
The Houston saga, which reached its apex in coverage of her funeral on Saturday, trailed standing topics like the presidential campaign and the economy, each of which accounted for 16 percent of news coverage. More
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 9:56am
Longtime war reporter Marie Colvin killed in Syria during bombardment of Homs; plus, Atlantic staffs up, Chelsea Clinton re-ups
The deaths were a grim reminder of the danger reporters face Syria, where foreign journalists are not permitted to enter the country or work freely. They also underscored the importance of independent observers documenting the deadly turmoil that has been unfolding there at the hands of the Assad regime, which denies that a war is being waged on its own citizens. More
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 9:29am
Should Fleshbot be more like Newser? http://t.co/ZEqggyD6
Tweeted on February 21st, 2012 4:07pm
The report from inside Leon Panetta's mind, and lots more on today's media Lineup: http://t.co/caUZuDYl
Tweeted on February 21st, 2012 3:01pm
The report from inside Leon Panetta's mind; plus, Rupert Murdoch, Rachel Maddow, Stephen Colbert, the Best Obituary Ever
The most intriguing of these claims was Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' Feb. 2 report that defense secretary Leon Panetta "believes there is a strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June."
Where did that insight into Panetta's thinking come from and to what extent was Panetta himself involved in making sure it became public?
That's the subject of today's must-read from Keach Hagey and Josh Gerstein on Panetta's "Iran press dance." More
Posted on February 21st, 2012 2:57pm
@ATDMedia just fyi, HuffPost PR guy news was reported last week: http://t.co/XnaZfprP (hard to keep track of these things!)
Tweeted on February 21st, 2012 2:13pm
here are the young men.
look at rollins ruinin—
oh wait all these guts were already RUINED
I never knew that it was not Christopher Lee but in fact J. Mascis who played Saruman in Lord of the Rings!
via Tumblr on February 21st, 2012 1:37pm
"Right now the Post is in the middle of a campaign to make New Yorkers...care about obscure European royals." http://t.co/0QVMeOIZ
Tweeted on February 21st, 2012 1:09pm
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- 44Staten Island Republicans defend Grimm and roast the 'Times,' as potential challengers circle
- 55Andrew Cuomo's promise to fix redistricting isn't what it once was
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- 88Atlantic Media spreads its cash-cow mini-Davos enterprise to New York, thanks to Thomson Reuters and McKinsey
- 99As Schumer gets quieter on regulatory issues, Gillibrand steps up to champion Wall Street
- 1010Amy Poehler says what Carolyn Maloney said about an all-male contraception hearing in the House
- 11'Times' staffers gather for bullpen memorial for Anthony Shadid; his final piece published today
- 22Arianna Huffington's loyal flack departs to hang up his own shingle
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- 44Adam Hock fights Pierre Casiraghi in a nightclub, and the 'Post' wins
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- 77Bloomberg blasts questions from the Yale president (and reporters) on the NYPD's Muslim-student surveillance
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- 99A change at the top of The Huffington Post's business desk: More of Peter Goodman on the 'middle class'
- 1010Burying Zelda Kaplan to front a hot model, roasting a just-like-us Food Network host for lifting bad recipes
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mjbeckel: Michelle Obama, Melody Barnes & Kirsten Gillibrand appeared at an Obama Victory Fund fundraiser at DC's Mayflower Hotel today #source2012
TheFix: Just interviewed Kirstin Gillibrand for my book. Random fact: She speaks Mandarin.
JimmyVielkind: Cuomo is only statewide elected official not at head table. Schumer, Gillibrand, DiNapoli, Schneiderman are all here.
hunterw: Senators Schumer and Gillibrand making a Guillermo Linares sandwich http://t.co/YUpAhSql
CapitalTonight: Also here at Wilborn Temple: Senate Minority Ldr John Sampson, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Rep. Paul Tonko
hunterw: Senator Gillibrand with head bowed praying next to Jesse Jackson http://t.co/iOKQpUKO
hunterw: Sen Gillibrand says Biblical story of Esther is applicable to elected leaders because "We are all called to speak truth to power"
hunterw: "What Esther did, she resolved, 'I will speak out now'" - Sen. Gillibrand
hunterw: Senator Gillibrand discussing the story of Esther
