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11.18.2009 11:40 am

Justice Kennedy ‘frustrated’ by student press flap, WSJ reports

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy wants to set the record straight about his office’s request to see a high school newspaper’s article about a speech he gave before its publication:

His office did ask to see the story, Kennedy says, but…

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11.03.2009 1:46 pm

Tribune newspapers to test life without the Associated Press

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

If the St. Louis Post-Dispatch went a  week without content from the Associated Press, would you notice?

The Chicago Tribune and other Tribune newspapers hope to learn just how essential Associated Press content is to them — and their readers.  Tribune media writer…

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10.28.2009 11:22 am

N.Y. Observer offers glimpse of staffing levels in Times’ newsroom

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

As the New York Times — the nation’s largest newsroom — prepares to shrink by 100 jobs, the New York Observer offers an inside look at the Times’ staffing levels. The Observer’s John Koblin reports that the Observer has seen the…

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10.20.2009 5:45 pm

Weight becomes an issue in New Jersey governor’s race

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chris Christie/AP photo

Chris Christie/AP photo

As the governor’s race in New Jersey enters its final weeks, incumbent Democrat Jon Corzine has introduced the weight of his Republican opponent, Chris Christie, as a campaign issue.

An article on Slate.com by Daniel Engber — “Too Big To Win. Fat…

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10.02.2009 2:30 pm

Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity lack real power, Times columnist says

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The last presidential campaign — specifically the GOP primaries — should have shown how little power media “talk jocks like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity” really have,  columnist David Brooks writes in today’s New York Times.

Brooks writes that the talk…

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10.01.2009 11:11 am

Times says administration is hindering bill to protect press, sources

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

President Barack Obama’s administration is trying to weaken legislation that would protect journalists and their sources, the New York Times reports.

This is the top of a story — headlined “White House Proposes Changes in Bill Protecting Reporters’ Confidentiality” — by…

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09.16.2009 11:49 am

Krugman tops list of most influential commentators. Limbaugh is 2nd.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Paul Krugman of the New York Times is the nation’s most influential commentator, according to the Atlantic magazine. Rush Limbaugh is second on the Atlantic’s ranking of the Top 50.

An article on the AtlanticWire.com explains:

These are the most influential commentators…

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08.24.2009 9:14 pm

News aggregator replaces “Today’s papers” with 3 daily updates

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Online news aggregator Slate.com is dropping its once-a-day summary of the nation’s top newspapers and replacing it with a series of three daily newsletters that — according to the New York Times — “acknowledges that the news cycle has, well, sped up…

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06.23.2009 5:15 pm

Amanpour, Stahl discuss wisdom of concealing reporter’s kidnapping

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour — the network’s chief international correspondent — told Lesley Stahl in an interview “if I’m kidnapped I want you, personally, to lead the charge and make sure people know about it.”

Amanpour/CNN photo

Amanpour/CNN photo

The comment came as Amanpour and Stahl discussed the…

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05.07.2009 11:44 am

Boston Globe, New York Times report details of union concessions

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The newspapers closest to the situation — the Boston Globe and the New York Times — are reporting details of the deal that has kept the Globe publishing, at least for now.

Early Wednesday morning, leaders of the Boston Newspaper Guild…

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