Media Business

This has GOT to be some horrible mistake. Rosie O'Donnell (at right in file photo) in the Forbes Top Ten Pundits list?! (h/t Allahpundit at HotAir): No. 6: Rosie O'Donnell Politics Appeal points (out of 100): 29 Awareness level: 92% Total points: 26.7 Public describes her as: Rude, Aggressive, Kooky/Wacky

As NewsBuster John Stephenson reported Monday, a Politico column by Ben Smith revealed that the Clinton campaign apparently forced GQ magazine to not publish a negative piece about Hillary if they wanted future access to Bill. As a result, Slate's Mickey Kaus asked Tuesday, "Is the GQ Man a Wuss?" Kaus marvelously began (h/t Glenn Reynolds):

Most folks by now are certainly aware of the infamous taser incident that happened Monday at the University of Florida. In a somewhat stunning aftershock (pun intended!), the editorial board of Colorado State University's student-run paper has offered possibly the finest example of Bush Derangement Syndrome to date by actually blaming this incident on - wait for it! - the current President of…

As characteristically strange and bizarre as Dan Rather's lawsuit against CBS is, chances are high that CBS is going to give him some kind of concession, monetary and otherwise.Neil Cavuto, host of FNC's "Your World" made this point earlier this week stating that CBS has no real alternative other than a long, dragged out court case that will rehash its worst corporate moment. He's right: Dan…

Jake Byrd, the celebrity-obsessed character of sketch comic Tony Barbieri, appeared on the Thursday night "Jimmy Kimmel Live" show to discuss his impromptu performance behind O.J. Simpson's lawyers.He didn't say much, the clips said it all. Barbieri's performance was picked up by all of the cable news channels. WMV video available here. Is Jake Byrd set to become the next Borat? Quite possibly so…

Update/related item appended at bottom of post.The statements in Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit, filed Wednesday against CBS for terminating him nearly two years after his discredited story on President Bush's National Guard service, reflect a conspiratorial paranoia about how he sees himself as a victim of Bush White House pressure and is unable to accept responsibility for his sloppy and…

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! That was the cry of many an alternative rock fan in D.C. in January 2005 when WHFS went from alt-rock to 99.1 El Zol, a Spanish language station playing mostly salsa music. [Although to be perfectly honest most music snobs agree that WHFS was past its prime in cutting edge programming, having become too corporate, etc.] Don't expect the same donning of sackloth and ashes…

As NewsBusters reported earlier (here and here), the New York Times is likely to soon abandon its TimesSelect pay-subscription online service. That's hardly a surprise when you look at the numbers writes Brett Arends: The New York Times Web site is extremely popular. According to figures tracked by Nielsen/NetRatings, nytimes.com attracted about 12.5 million readers worldwide in June, the month…

The TimesSelect firewall at the contracting New York Times is coming down soon, according to a report by its growing rival, the New York Post: The New York Times is poised to stop charging readers for online access to its Op-Ed columnists and other content, The Post has learned. ..... The number of Web-only subscribers who pay $7.95 a month or $49.95 a year fell to just over 221,000 in June,…