While Rupert Murdoch gave
Georgetown University
students tips on how to take over the media world, big things were happening at
his
Wall Street Journal, including
the newspaper improving its congressional coverage by
upping
its Capitol Hill bureau to three members. As News Corp.
announced
the
Journal will be sold in
London, Murdoch's daughter
hosted
a fund-raiser for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama. Meanwhile, rival mogul Ted Turner
gave
his thoughts on global warming – and cannibalism.
In focus: The fight
for Newsday
It might no longer be a three-man race. New York Observer owner
Jared Kushner reportedly expressed
interest in buying the least salacious of the Big Apple's tabloids. Or could a
Murdoch bid get blocked
by the federal government over monopoly concerns?
Also:
Among
the latest Peabody
award winners, Stephen Colbert.
A New York Times reporter was taken
into custody in Zimbabwe.
“Good news” and “New York Knicks” in the same sentence? The
much-maligned basketball franchise's new president might mean
a new media stance.
Karl Rove blasts
CBS News over a 60 Minutes story
alleging he meddled in dirty Alabama
political tricks.
Former Gawker co-editor Emily Gould moves to
MediaBistro's GalleyCat.
The Tribune intern
who won
the Chicago Sun-Times “Zell no!”
contest? She hasn't received
her check yet.
The Journal-Register newspaper chain could be delisted
by the New York Stock Exchange.
The Washington Times' editor alludes
to cuts.