DailyFinance http://www.dailyfinance.com DailyFinance http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.dailyfinance.com/media/feedlogo.gif DailyFinance http://www.dailyfinance.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/Mea Culpa: Fox News keeps making conservative-friendly mistakeshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/mea-culpa-fox-news-keeps-making-conservative-friendly-mistakes/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/mea-culpa-fox-news-keeps-making-conservative-friendly-mistakes/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/mea-culpa-fox-news-keeps-making-conservative-friendly-mistakes/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Every news organization makes mistakes. But when Fox News makes mistakes, they seem to tilt in a suspiciously consistent direction, favoring Republicans and conservatives over Democrats and liberals.

It happened again Wednesday, when host Gregg Jarrett, introducing a segment on Happening Now, described the "huge crowds" that were turning out to greet Sarah Palin on the promotional tour for her book, Going Rogue. "These are some of the pictures just coming into us," Jarrett said as images of Palin surrounded by throngs of supporters flashed across the screen.

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]]>daily showDailyShowfox newsFoxNewsgoing rogueGoingRoguegregg jarrettGreggJarretthannityhappening nowHappeningNowjon stewartJonStewartnews corp.NewsCorp.nwssarah palinSarahPalinsean hannitySeanHannitytea partiesTeaPartiesJeff BercoviciThu, 19 Nov 2009 16:45:00 ESTAOL seeks to shrink workforce by a third after spin-offhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/aol-seeks-to-shrink-workforce-by-a-third-after-spin-off/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/aol-seeks-to-shrink-workforce-by-a-third-after-spin-off/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/19/aol-seeks-to-shrink-workforce-by-a-third-after-spin-off/#commentsFiled under: , ,

AOL after Time Warner will be a substantially smaller company, at least in terms of the number of people it employs. The Internet pioneer, which is the parent of DailyFinance, revealed the rough outlines of a long-anticipated downsizing Thursday, saying it plans to reduce its global workforce by one-third, or 2,500 people, following its spin-off from Time Warner (TWX) next month.

To achieve that figure, the company is offering enhanced severance packages to volunteers who step forward between Dec. 4 and Dec. 11. (The spin-off will take place Dec. 9.) If the reduction can't be achieved solely through voluntary departures, the remainder will take the form of layoffs, with those workers receiving less-generous severance pay and benefits.

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]]>aollayoffsproject everestProjectEverestrestructuringSECspin-offtim armstrongTimArmstrongtime warnerTimeWarnerJeff BercoviciThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:20:00 ESTPalin photographer breached contract with sale to Newsweekhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/18/palin-photographer-breached-contract-with-sale-to-newsweek/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/18/palin-photographer-breached-contract-with-sale-to-newsweek/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/18/palin-photographer-breached-contract-with-sale-to-newsweek/#commentsFiled under: ,

What on earth was Sarah Palin thinking when she posed in a pair of teeny-tiny gym shorts for a photograph that ended up on the cover of Newsweek -- a cover she has called "sexist"? Perhaps she was thinking that her image would only appear in the magazine she was posing for, Runner's World, and nowhere else, at least not for months and months. If so, she had good reason -- since, as DailyFinance has learned, the photographer who shot the picture violated his contract by reselling them to Newsweek.

That photographer, Brian Adams, could not immediately be reached, and his agent, Kelly Price, declined to comment, saying, "I keep all of my clients' business private." But a spokeswoman for Runner's World confirms that Adams's contract contained a clause stipulating that his photos of Palin would be under embargo for a period of one year following publication -- meaning until August 2010. "Runner's World did not provide Newsweek with its cover image," the spokeswoman said. "It was provided to Newsweek by the photographer's stock agency, without Runner's World's knowledge or permission." The spokeswoman declined to say whether Runner's World intends to respond to Adams's breach of contract with legal action.

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]]>agentbrian adamsBrianAdamscovergoing rogueGoingRoguejon meachamJonMeachamkelly priceKellyPricenewsweekphotographerphotographyrunners worldRunnersWorldsarah palinSarahPalinsexistJeff BercoviciWed, 18 Nov 2009 14:10:00 ESTRupert Murdoch is still hinting at a Google blockadehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/17/rupert-murdoch-still-hints-at-a-google-blockade/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/17/rupert-murdoch-still-hints-at-a-google-blockade/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/17/rupert-murdoch-still-hints-at-a-google-blockade/#commentsFiled under: ,

As I've written, it's all but inconceivable that News Corp. (NWS) will block Google (GOOG) from indexing the stories produced by its various online news outlets, but try telling Rupert Murdoch that. In an interview on his own Fox Business Network Tuesday, the owner of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post continued to hint that he's willing to resort to the nuclear option unless Google starts cutting publishers in on the billions it's making off their content.

"They have devised a brilliant search engine that scrapes all the material published in the world, and on the back of that they sell search, but they don't pay for the raw material," said Murdoch. "We have to do something about that."

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]]>content economicsContentEconomicsgooggoogleIn FocusInFocusnews corp.NewsCorp.newspapersnwsrupert murdochRupertMurdochJeff BercoviciTue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:00 ESTBloomberg makes bold choice for new BusinessWeek editor in chiefhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/17/bloomberg-makes-bold-choice-for-new-businessweek-editor-in-chief/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/17/bloomberg-makes-bold-choice-for-new-businessweek-editor-in-chief/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/17/bloomberg-makes-bold-choice-for-new-businessweek-editor-in-chief/#commentsFiled under: ,

In case it wasn't perfectly apparent that it's a new day at BusinessWeek, the magazine's new owner, Bloomberg LP, cleared things up Tuesday with its appointment of a new editor in chief. The job will go to Josh Tyrangiel, who, as deputy managing editor of Time, had been overseeing the newsweekly's fast-growing online presence. He replaces Stephen Adler, who resigned after McGraw Hill's sale of the title was announced.

Tyrangiel represents fresh blood in more ways than one. At 37, he's younger than many of the longer-serving editors and writers on BusinessWeek's masthead (although it's not yet official which of those editors and writers will be sticking around). And his background is in general news and entertainment, not business, unlike others who were reported to be possibilities, such as former Fortune editor Eric Pooley and former Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman.

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]]>bloombergbusinessweekeditoreric pooleyEricPooleyin focusInFocusjeff bewkesJeffBewkesjim kellyJimKellyjoanne lipmanJoanneLipmanjohn hueyJohnHueyjosh tyrangielJoshTyrangielnorman pearlstineNormanPearlstinestephen adlerStephenAdlertimetime inctime warnerTimeIncTimeWarnerJeff BercoviciTue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:00 ESTActually, yes: The Yankees certainly did buy the World Serieshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/actually-yes-the-yankees-certainly-did-buy-the-world-series/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/actually-yes-the-yankees-certainly-did-buy-the-world-series/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/actually-yes-the-yankees-certainly-did-buy-the-world-series/#commentsFiled under:

I grew up in Milwaukee, the smallest city with its own Major League Baseball team. During my summer vacations from high school and college, I worked as a vendor at Milwaukee County Stadium, where the Brewers played before it was torn down and replaced by Miller Park. Not once during that time did the Brewers make the playoffs. In fact, starting in 1982, they went 26 years without a post-season appearance.

Finally, last year, the Brewers sneaked in as a wildcard team, largely on the strength of C.C. Sabathia's superhuman pitching. Then the season ended, Sabathia (pictured) signed with the Yankees, and the Brewers, who couldn't come close to matching the Yankees' seven-year, $160 million offer, resumed playing their usual sub-.500 ball.

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]]>american leagueAmericanLeagueandrew zimbalistAndrewZimbalistbaseballc.c. sabathiaC.c.Sabathialuxury taxLuxuryTaxmark teixeiraMarkTeixeiramilwaukee brewersMilwaukeeBrewersmlbnational leagueNationalLeaguenews corp.NewsCorp.payrollrevenue sharingRevenueSharingsalary capSalaryCapwall street journalWallStreetJournalworld seriesWorldSeriesyankeesJeff BercoviciMon, 16 Nov 2009 17:10:00 ESTNewsweek, fighting for survival, drifts toward irrelevancyhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/newsweek-fighting-for-survival-drifts-towards-irrelevancy/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/newsweek-fighting-for-survival-drifts-towards-irrelevancy/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/16/newsweek-fighting-for-survival-drifts-towards-irrelevancy/#commentsFiled under:

About a year ago, media critic Michael Wolff predicted that Newsweek would go out of business "sometime around the fourth quarter of next year" -- i.e., right around now. That doesn't look like it's going to come true. But nor does it look as far off the mark as Newsweek's parent, the Washington Post Co. (WPO), might hope.

Last week, the magazine laid off a dozen employees in its third round of staff downsizing in less than two years. But Newsweek is shrinking in other ways as well: Ad pages are down 29% year-over-year, while the circulation guarantee is slated to be reduced to 1.5 million in January, down more than 50% from its pre-2008 level.

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]]>in focusInFocuslayoffsnew york timesnewsweekNewYorkTimesperson of the yearPersonOfTheYearrunners worldRunnersWorldsarah palinSarahPalinstephen colbertStephenColbertthe economistTheEconomisttimetime warnerTimeWarnerwashington post co.WashingtonPostCo.wpoJeff BercoviciMon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTLou Dobbs headed to Fox News ... for an interview with Bill O'Reillyhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/lou-dobbs-headed-to-fox-news-for-an-interview-with-bill-oreil/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/lou-dobbs-headed-to-fox-news-for-an-interview-with-bill-oreil/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/lou-dobbs-headed-to-fox-news-for-an-interview-with-bill-oreil/#commentsFiled under: ,

Lou Dobbs knows the world is watching him closely now for clues that might explain his sudden resignation from CNN. So it's probably safe to read some meaning into the choice of the anchorman's venue for his first big post-CNN interview: He's going on Fox News.

The network is set to announce that Dobbs will be a guest on Monday night's edition of Bill O'Reilly's show, DailyFinance has learned. Warm feelings between the two men goes back to last summer, when O'Reilly publicly defended Dobbs against critics who wanted him fired for repeatedly showcasting the claims of "birthers" who allege President Obama wasn't born in the U.S. Dobbs offered to be interviewed on The O'Reilly Factor then, but quickly backed out, prompting speculation that CNN had ordered him not to appear on a competing network.

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]]>bill oreillyBillOreillybirtherbirther movementBirtherMovementcnnfox newsFoxNewsIn FocusInFocusjon kleinJonKleinlou dobbsLouDobbsthe oreilly factorTheOreillyFactorJeff BercoviciThu, 12 Nov 2009 18:30:00 ESTNews Corp. president wants consumers to pay their fair sharehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/news-corp-president-wants-consumers-to-pay-their-fair-share/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/news-corp-president-wants-consumers-to-pay-their-fair-share/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/news-corp-president-wants-consumers-to-pay-their-fair-share/#commentsFiled under: , ,

For Chase Carey, News Corp.'s new president and chief operating officer, the math in the media business is pretty simple these days: Getting paid one way is good. Getting paid two ways is better.

Whether it's broadcast television, newspapers or Internet video, the key to survival is supplementing advertising revenue with subscription fees and other revenues derived, directly or indirectly, from consumers, said Carey in an interview Thursday at the Dow Jones/Nielsen Media & Money Conference.

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]]>abccbschase careyChaseCareyhulunbcnews corp.NewsCorp.nwsretransmission feesRetransmissionFeesrupert murdochRupertMurdochtelevisionJeff BercoviciThu, 12 Nov 2009 12:20:00 ESTJohn King replaces Lou Dobbs at CNNhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/john-king-replaces-lou-dobbs-at-cnn/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/john-king-replaces-lou-dobbs-at-cnn/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/12/john-king-replaces-lou-dobbs-at-cnn/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Lou Dobbs's replacement may not draw the same kind of ratings as his predecessor, but he won't cause the same kind of headaches, either.

The network announced Thursday that John King will be getting a new show at 7:00 p.m., following the sudden departure of Dobbs, a long-time fixture whose increasingly strident politics have made him an awkward presence on a channel that strives for a middle-of-the-road image.

A former White House correspondent with impeccable straight-news credentials, King now hosts the Sunday morning show State of the Union, which will remain on the air for the time being. His new show will also focus on politics -- although presumably not on the sort of angry immigrant-bashing and conspiracy-mongering that reportedly caused CNN president Jon Klein to order Dobbs to tone down his rhetoric or find a new perch.

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]]>cnndon imusDonImusfox businessfox newsFoxBusinessFoxNewsglenn beckGlennBeckin focusInFocusjohn kingjohn stosselJohnKingJohnStosseljon kleinJonKleinlou dobbsLouDobbsJeff BercoviciThu, 12 Nov 2009 11:20:00 ESTAs Leno's fortunes fade at NBC, Zucker's continue to climbhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/as-lenos-fortunes-fade-at-nbc-zuckers-continue-to-climb/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/as-lenos-fortunes-fade-at-nbc-zuckers-continue-to-climb/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/11/as-lenos-fortunes-fade-at-nbc-zuckers-continue-to-climb/#commentsFiled under: , , , ,

Is a deal with Satan the kind of thing you're required to disclose in a proxy statement? If so, I'll be very curious to see the one filed after Comcast (CMCSA) completes its takeover of NBC Universal (GE).

It's hard to imagine what else could account for the continuing employment of Jeff Zucker as the head of one of the world's premier media conglomerates -- even as it becomes increasingly clear how unfit he is for the job. Now it looks like not even the sale of his company will put an end to Zucker's reign of error: Reuters reports that Comcast has agreed to keep him on as the CEO of the joint venture created by the acquisition, if and when it comes to fruition. This despite the availability of former News Corp. (NWS) president Peter Chernin, a media executive with a substantially better track record than Zucker's. Chernin is advising Comcast in the deal.

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]]>comcastconan obrienConanObriengegeneral electricGeneralElectricin focusInFocusjay lenoJayLenojeff zuckerJeffZuckerjimmy fallonJimmyFallonpeter cherninPeterCherninJeff BercoviciWed, 11 Nov 2009 11:30:00 ESTLawsuit claims rampant sex harassment, race discrimination at N.Y. Posthttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/10/lawsuit-claims-rampant-sex-harassment-race-discrimination-at-n/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/10/lawsuit-claims-rampant-sex-harassment-race-discrimination-at-n/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/10/lawsuit-claims-rampant-sex-harassment-race-discrimination-at-n/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Nobody ever accused the New York Post of being a hotbed of political correctness. But according to a lawsuit filed Monday, the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid is more than just another rowdy newsroom where off-color jokes are tolerated -- it's a place where women are harassed and propositioned by their male bosses, minority workers are mocked and marginalized, and those who object too loudly are subject to retaliation.

Those are the allegations of Sandra Guzman, a former associate editor who was terminated by the Post last month. The only black or Hispanic female editor at the right-wing tabloid, she was also the only staffer to go public with her disapproval of a cartoon published in March that was seen by many as a racist attack on President Obama and led to protests outside the Post's offices (pictured). Her dismissal provoked speculation that she had been fired in retribution for breaking ranks and giving the paper's critics ammunition.

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]]>chimpanzee cartoonChimpanzeeCartooncol allanColAllancolorofchange.orgdiscriminationnabjnahjnational association of black journalistsnational association of hispanic journalistsNationalAssociationOfBlackJournalistsNationalAssociationOfHispanicJournalistsnew york postNewYorkPostnwsobamaracismsandra guzmanSandraGuzmansexual harassmentSexualHarassmentJeff BercoviciTue, 10 Nov 2009 16:50:00 ESTAha! Oprah Winfrey, Mutual of Omaha end dispute over phrasehttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/10/aha-oprah-winfrey-mutual-of-omaha-end-dispute-over-phrase/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/10/aha-oprah-winfrey-mutual-of-omaha-end-dispute-over-phrase/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/10/aha-oprah-winfrey-mutual-of-omaha-end-dispute-over-phrase/#commentsFiled under: ,

Is anyone other than Oprah Winfrey allowed to have an "aha! moment"? Apparently so -- but it's best to get her blessing first.

Mutual of Omaha has withdrawn a lawsuit aimed at establishing its right to use that phrase in an advertising campaign after reaching a settlement with Harpo Productions, Winfrey's media company. Terms of the settlement were not made public, and neither company is saying much, but as of now, a website promoting the campaign is still online, complete with the disputed tagline "Mutual of Omaha: Proud sponsor of life's aha moments." The site features videos of real people talking about the epiphanies that changed their lives for the better.

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]]>advertisingaha momentAhaMomentharpo productionsHarpoProductionsinsurancemutual of omahaMutualOfOmahaoprah winfreyOprahWinfreyJeff BercoviciTue, 10 Nov 2009 13:15:00 ESTNews Corp. to boycott Google? Don't make me laugh (or wear a dress)http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/09/news-corp-to-boycott-google-dont-make-me-laugh-or-wear-a-dre/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/09/news-corp-to-boycott-google-dont-make-me-laugh-or-wear-a-dre/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/09/news-corp-to-boycott-google-dont-make-me-laugh-or-wear-a-dre/#commentsFiled under: ,

A lot of publishers have been making angry noises recently about news aggregators, which have been profiting from content they played no part in creating while the content producers themselves go begging. But no publisher has yet shown the slightest willingness to take the incredibly simple step that would disrupt this state of affairs: block Google (GOOG) from indexing its stories.

Until now.

Of course it would be Rupert Murdoch, that pugnacious iconoclast, vowing to lead the charge. In a recent interview with his own Sky News Australia, the News Corp. (NWS) chairman said his company's news sites will most likely make their stories invisible to Google once they've adopted a pay-to-read model, something he has promised is coming. Murdoch says he's willing to sacrifice the millions of clicks his websites get from Google News and Web searches if it will help persuade readers to subscribe to WSJ.com, nypost.com and foxnews.com, to name a few.

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]]>aggregatorsdaily newsDailyNewsgooggooglein focusInFocusnew york postnews corp.NewsCorp.NewYorkPostnwsparasitesrupert murdochRupertMurdochsaul friedmanSaulFriedmanwall street journalWallStreetJournalwsjJeff BercoviciMon, 09 Nov 2009 16:50:00 ESTMetropolitan Home magazine becomes latest recession victimhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/09/metropolitan-home-magazine-becomes-latest-recession-victim/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/09/metropolitan-home-magazine-becomes-latest-recession-victim/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/09/metropolitan-home-magazine-becomes-latest-recession-victim/#commentsFiled under:

The good news: Magazine ad pages are actually up in the fourth quarter for the first time in a dog's age. The bad news: Metropolitan Home won't be around to enjoy it. Hachette Filipacchi Media just announced that it's shutting down the shelter title following publication of its December issue, choosing to focus its limited resources on Elle Decor, its last remaining home-design magazine. A company spokeswoman says 13 editorial staffers have been let go, including editor-in-chief Donna Warner, along with a yet-to-be-determined number of business-side employees.

Shelter publications have been hit especially hard by the advertising downturn of the past couple years -- not surprisingly, considering that the recession was precipitated by the collapse of the housing bubble. Preceding Met Home into extinction were Home, another Hachette Filipacchi title, Conde Nast's Domino and House & Garden, and Hearst's O at Home, a spinoff of O, The Oprah Magazine.

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]]>advertisingconde nastCondeNastdominodonna warnerDonnaWarnerdwellhachette filipacchi mediaHachetteFilipacchiMediahearsthfmhomehouse gardenHouseGardenmagazinesmet homeMetHomemetropolitan homeMetropolitanHomeo at homeOAtHomeshelterJeff BercoviciMon, 09 Nov 2009 12:50:00 ESTFCC's Steve Waldman: Point man for fixing the news businesshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/06/steve-waldman-the-fccs-point-man-for-fixing-the-news-business/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/06/steve-waldman-the-fccs-point-man-for-fixing-the-news-business/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/06/steve-waldman-the-fccs-point-man-for-fixing-the-news-business/#commentsFiled under: ,

Imagine being asked to solve a problem so difficult that the smartest people you know have been trying to figure it out for months, even years, without getting anywhere. Now imagine doing it with one metaphorical hand tied behind your back.

That gives you an idea of the challenge Steven Waldman faces in his new job as the Federal Communications Commission's designated deep thinker on the future of media. As a special adviser to Chairman Julius Genachowski, Waldman will be asked to assess the health of the news business and come up with recommendations for improving it -- without exceeding the agency's relatively narrow charter.

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]]>beliefnetfccJuiusGenachowskiJulius GenachowskiJuliusGenachowskinews corp.NewsCorp.steven waldmanStevenWaldmanJeff BercoviciFri, 06 Nov 2009 13:00:00 ESTOprah Winfrey will end her syndicated show, report sayshttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/oprah-winfrey-will-end-her-syndicated-show-report-says/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/oprah-winfrey-will-end-her-syndicated-show-report-says/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/oprah-winfrey-will-end-her-syndicated-show-report-says/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Oprah Winfrey has been the queen of all media for most of the 23 years she's been on the air. But it looks like she's about to pull a Howard Stern -- packing up her free, over-the-airwaves broadcast and taking it to a more exclusive venue.

According to Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke, Winfrey is days away from announcing her decision to end her syndicated talk show with plans to resurrect the show on cable after the launch of the Oprah Winfrey Network, or OWN. The Oprah Winfrey Show would cease to exist in its current form in mid-2011, when her syndication deal with CBS Corp.'s (CBS) CBS Television Distribution expires.

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]]>cbscbs television distributionCbsTelevisionDistributiondiscovery communicationsDiscoveryCommunicationsharpo productionsHarpoProductionshoward sternHowardSternnikki finkeNikkiFinkeoprah winfreyoprah winfrey networkOprahWinfreyOprahWinfreyNetworkownsiriusthe oprah winfrey showTheOprahWinfreyShowJeff BercoviciThu, 05 Nov 2009 15:45:00 ESTGossip Girl threesome protest equals free advertising for The CWhttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/gossip-girl-threesome-protest-equals-free-advertising-for-the-cw/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/gossip-girl-threesome-protest-equals-free-advertising-for-the-cw/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/05/gossip-girl-threesome-protest-equals-free-advertising-for-the-cw/#commentsFiled under: ,

I'm beginning to suspect the Parents Television Council is actually a front group controlled by the entertainment industry. The group, which calls itself "the nation's most influential advocacy organization," has trained its rhetorical cannons on The CW Network, which has been promoting an upcoming episode of Gossip Girl featuring a three-way sexual romp between its teenage characters.

"To include a storyline like this on a program that is expressly targeted to impressionable teenagers is reckless and irresponsible," says PTC president Tim Winter. "We are asking each CW Network affiliate to use their common sense and preempt this episode."

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]]>affiliatescbsFamily valuesFamilyValuesgossip girlgossip girl threewayGossipGirlGossipGirlThreewayMenageATroisparents television councilParentsTelevisionCouncilprotestptcthe cwTheCwthreesometim wintertime warnerTimeWarnerTimWinterJeff BercoviciThu, 05 Nov 2009 13:20:00 ESTMurdoch dishes on Fox News feuds with White House, MSNBChttp://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/04/murdoch-dishes-on-fox-news-feuds-with-white-house-msnbc/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/04/murdoch-dishes-on-fox-news-feuds-with-white-house-msnbc/http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/11/04/murdoch-dishes-on-fox-news-feuds-with-white-house-msnbc/#commentsFiled under:

Rupert Murdoch wants everyone to know that Fox News doesn't start playground fights -- but it's not afraid of them, either.

On a conference call to discuss News Corp.'s (NWS) fiscal first-quarter earnings, the 78-year-old chairman, dialing in from Sydney, Australia, was asked about reports that Fox News had agreed to a "cease-fire" in its war of words with MSNBC, and about a recent White House effort to isolate and discredit his network.

"We did not start this abuse, which we thought went way beyond," Murdoch said about the hostilities with MSNBC, implying that it was the rival network's commentator Keith Olbermann and colleagues who had initiated them. "It was personal and went way beyond -- not on me but on others. Finally, we had to allow people to retaliate. The moment they stop, we'll stop. We don't believe in it, and we don't think it's good business."

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On Wednesday morning, during Time Warner (TWX)'s third-quarter earnings conference call, chairman Jeff Bewkes said, "We'll continue to take a look at non-strategic and less profitable titles."

Apparently, one of those non-strategic titles is Fortune Small Business. A Time Inc. spokesman confirms to DailyFinance that the Fortune spin-off is suspending publication.

The news comes just as the publisher embarks on a fresh round of job cuts aimed at saving $100 million in costs. Between 400 and 500 jobs will be eliminated, according to The New York Times, only a year after the company shed 600 workers.

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