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"With a wary eye on technological developments, the newspaper industry is preparing for change, and even if some of the accompanying rhetoric isn't entirely convincing, convergence with broadcast and online media is the shape of things to come for newspapers."
news hounding
"Now Adelman is locked in a battle against the Belo media corporation, owner of The Dallas Morning News, which sent him a legalistic letter this week demanding that BarkingDogs.org remove all "deep links" to the DallasNews.com site."
never happen
"Former President Bill Clinton met with NBC executives Wednesday in Los Angeles to discuss hosting his own talk show, according to several television sources.
Although the talks are only preliminary, one source said Clinton's interest was serious and said he was demanding a fee of $50 million a year and had aspirations "of becoming the next Oprah Winfrey."
sunnyside up
james fallows and ralph nader are at slate's breakfast table this week.
swallow tales
"John Dean, the White House counsel whose revelations about the Nixon presidency were the first flames in the volcano of Watergate scandal, is about to turn up the heat again by revealing the identity of Deep Throat." via spike
human nature
"Scientists for the first time have managed to remotely direct the movements of rats by using implanted electrodes to control their behavior -- in effect transforming living animals into robots."
deep dish
get down with your bad self
"R&B star R Kelly has been hit with a third lawsuit which says he had sex with an underage girl who then became pregnant."Kelly has been called to the Vatican for a special meeting where he will be presented with this months Cardinal Sin Award which is quite an honor considering the competition these days.
critical condition
metacritic
hate speech
im all for self hating jews, just as long as they they hate themselves for the right reasons. i can think of a few, not supporting israels incursions is not one of them. and then theres the rebuttal...