Reporter: Breitbart.com Took My Hagel-Hamas Joke Seriously
February, 20, 2013 9:55 am | Comments On #chuck hagel, friends of hamas, Media, New York Daily News, nydnNew York Daily News reporter Dan Friedman's said an offhand joke he made about connections between Chuck Hagel and Hamas was taken seriously by conservative news outlets, which then accused the Secretary of Defense nominee of a cover-up.
In an op-ed in the Daily News, the reporter said he called a Republican congressional aide to ask about any controversial groups from which Hagel might have received speaking fees. He made up a couple of fake organizations, he said, as a joke.
"Hagel was in hot water for alleged hostility to Israel," Friedman wrote. "So, I asked my source, had Hagel given a speech to, say, the 'Junior League of Hezbollah, in France'? And: What about 'Friends of Hamas'?"
He then...
Read MoreYahoo Revamped: Now With Facebook-Like Newsfeed
February, 20, 2013 8:54 am | Comments On #marissa mayer, Media, Today Show, YahooYahoo rolled out a new look for its homepage on Wednesday, giving users a more Facebook-like experience with a bottomless newsfeed of videos, pictures and stories.
CEO Marissa Mayer said on NBC's "Today" that the company would introduce more changes over the next week and tweek the design in the coming months.
The revamp marks the most obvious change to one of the world's most- popular websites since Mayer took over in July. Yahoo, founded in 1994, has struggled to continue to appear new and innovative compared to rivals like Facebook, Twitter and Google.
"We wanted it to be familiar but also wanted it to embrace some of the modern paradigms of the web,"...
Read MoreApple Suffers Hacking Attack
February, 20, 2013 7:49 am | Comments On #appl, Apple, Hackers, hacking, MediaApple admitted its systems were infiltrated by hackers Tuesday. However, the company said no customer data was compromised.
The iPhone maker said in a statement that some employees visited a developer site that installed malware on their Mac computers.
"We identified a small number of systems within Apple that were infected and isolated them from our network. There is no evidence that any data left Apple," the company said in a statement to TheWrap.
Also read: Facebook Hacked in 'Sophisticated Attack'
It remains unclear when the hack occurred. However, the company...
Read MoreCrime Writer Patricia Cornwell Wins $50.9M Lawsuit
February, 19, 2013 3:59 pm | Comments On #crime writer, kay scarpetta, lawsuit, Media, Patricia CornwellAuthor Patricia Cornwell was awarded $50.9 million on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit against her former financial manager, according to court documents obtained by TheWrap.
Cornwell, whose best-selling series of crime novels stars the medical examiner Kay Scarpetta, sued Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP and its former principal, Evan Snapper, in 2009 for negligence and breach of contract.
A U.S. district court jury in Massachusetts on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the financial firm cost Cornwell and her company millions of dollars in losses and unaccounted revenue.
Lawyers for the New York firm said no money was missing from Cornwell's accounts and blamed losses on the economic recession and on what they considered the author's extravagant lifestyle, which included a $40,000 per month apartment in New York City and expensive cars and helicopters.
But...
Read MoreHuffington Post Executive Editor Tim O'Brien to Depart
February, 19, 2013 12:00 pm | Comments On #Huffington Post, Huffpo, Media, tim o'brienThe Huffington Post's executive editor Tim O'Brien is leaving the site to work on the second installment of his five-book series, a spokesman told TheWrap.
O'Brien, a former New York Times Sunday Business editor and 2009 Pulitzer Prize finalist, is working for Random House on a series of historical thrillers set shortly after the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
"Tim has a book contract he wants to fulfill, and he wants to be fully engaged in his book writing," HuffPost spokesman Rhoades Alderson told TheWrap.
It remains unclear whether O'Brien will be replaced, but Alderson said his duties will be distributed to the senior editorial team of Howard Fineman, Peter Goodman, Ryan Grim, Kate Palmer, John Montorio, Sam Stein and Amanda Terkel.
Arianna Huffington, the site's founder and editor-in-chief, announced O'...
Read MoreBill Gates: I'm Not Satisfied With Microsoft's Innovations
February, 18, 2013 3:04 pm | Comments On #Bill Gates, Media, MicrosoftBill Gates admitted he is "not satisfied" with Microsoft as the tech giant has lagged behind in innovations in the gadget market.
In an interview with Charlie Rose on "CBS This Morning," the Microsoft chairman and philanthropist praised CEO Steve Ballmer's leadership but said neither excutive was happy with the company's status quo.
"There's a lot of things like cellphones where we didn't get out in the lead very early," the 57-year-old billionaire said in the interview. "We didn't miss cellphones, but the way we went about it didn't allow us to...
Read MoreN.Y. Times Public Editor: Reporter Used Poor Judgment in Tesla Review
February, 18, 2013 1:47 pm | Comments On #Margaret Sullivan, Media, NY Times, NYT, public editorThe New York Times public editor Margaret Sullivan said Monday that she found problems with reporter John M. Broder's note-taking and judgment after his negative review of the Tesla Model S sparked a tiff with the carmaker's CEO, Elon Musk.
The Feb. 8 story, paired with a photo of a red Model S hoisted onto the flatbed of a tow truck, claimed that the electric car's battery could not hold up over long distances, as advertised. Musk quickly challenged the account of the test drive, and released driving data that seemed to contest Broder's article.
But while Sullivan said Musk's vehement dismissal of the Times story as "faked" doesn't hold up, she criticized some of Broder's reporting.
"I do not believe Mr. Broder hoped the drive would end badly," Sullivan...
Read MoreAlec Baldwin Denies Racial Slur Aimed at Photographer
February, 18, 2013 9:52 am | Comments On #Alec Baldwin, Media, new york post, newspapers, tabloidAlec Baldwin denied hurling a racial slur at a New York Post photographer after telling another reporter he wanted her to "choke to death," the Post reported Monday.
Baldwin allegedly called the black Post photographer a racial epithet, a "crackhead" and a "drug dealer" when the photographer and a reporter approached him on the street in Manhattan's East Village.
The Post reported that Baldwin, when asked for comment about a lawsuit against his wife, Hilaria, grabbed reporter Tara Palmeri's arm and said, "I want you to choke to death."
...
Read MoreMother Jones Wins George Polk Award for '47 Percent' Romney Scoop
February, 18, 2013 8:23 am | Comments On #47 percent video, george polk awards, journalism, Media, mother jones, RomneyThe Mother Jones reporter who shook up last year's presidential campaign with a report on Mitt Romney's remarks that 47 percent of Americans "believe they are victims" was among the winners of this year's George Polk Award.
David Corn, the reporter who broke the story, is one of the winners, along with an array of other news outlets, including the New York Times, Bloomberg News, Frontline, GlobalPost and the Washington Post.
The 64th annual prize, awarded by Long Island University, honors examples of bold reporting. The name pays tribute to George Polk, a CBS correspondent murdered in 1948 while covering the Greek civil war.
“Our winners were outstanding during a year filled with...
Read MoreReader's Digest Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection for Second Time
February, 18, 2013 7:44 am | Comments On #bankruptcy, magazines, Media, Reader's Digest, readers digestThe holding company that owns Reader's Digest has filed for bankruptcy protection for a second time in four years, according to documents obtained by TheWrap.
The company is laboring under $465 million in debt.
RDA Holding Co.'s Chapter 11 filing comes as the magazine industry is struggling to adjust to declining print advertising and growing competition from other online outlets. Last week, Time Warner entered into talks to sell most of its 21 magazines to publisher Meredith Corporation.
Reader's Digest, a general interest magazine, was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace and went public in 1990. It is perhaps best known for its landmark 1952 report on the dangers of cigarette smoking.
In 2007, an investor...
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