Mediabistro.com's DAILY NEWS FEED 1/6/05

mediabistro.com's
DAILY MEDIA NEWS FEED
edited by John Ghazvinian
Friday, January 06, 2006
http://www.mediabistro.com

DISNEY-PIXAR REUNION?
Walt Disney's new CEO Bob Iger fears that "he'll be viewed as a failure" if he doesn't reunite with Pixar in his first year, according to sources.
http://www.nypost.com/business/59873.htm

WILL GOOGLE BUY MONSTER?
Rumors swirl that the web search titan is considering a takeover of the online job site Monster.com.
http://money.cnn.com

NY OBSERVER BEING SHOPPED AROUND
The upmarket New York gossip paper, which continues to lose money, may be looking for a buyer.
http://www.nypost.com/business/58963.htm

NYT'S MR. UNPRETENTIOUS
James Risen, who has become journalism's man of the moment for exposing the Bush administration's domestic spying operations, insists he's "just a reporter."
http://www.marketwatch.com/

MCGRAW-HILL TO CUT 500 JOBS
The publisher, whose brands include BusinessWeek and JD Power, says the restructuring is designed to "enhance long-term growth prospects."
http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20060105-000634-0932

E&P: A THREE-HOUR TOUR
Editor & Publisher does a minute-by-minute breakdown of those fateful three hours on Tuesday night, in an effort to explain how newspapers across the country bungled the West Virginia mine story.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com

GOOGLE TO MAKE CBS SHOWS AVAILABLE
The television network has entered into a deal with Google to allow consumers to download some of its top prime-time shows from its library for viewing.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/

WASSERSTEIN: TW SHOULD EXPECT LONG BATTLE Lazard exec Bruce Wasserstein, who is advising activist shareholder Carl Icahn, says change at TimeWarner is "inevitable."
http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-01-05T213009Z_01_N05212943_RTRIDST_0_MEDIA-TIMEWARNER-ICAHN.XML

KRAMER NAMED NYDN EXEC
Marc Kramer, who has been with the New York Times Co. since 1998, will join the Daily News as CEO. Gawker: How long before Mort fires him again?
http://www.nydailynews.com/business/story/380138p-322808c.html
http://www.gawker.com/

STERN HITS SIRIUS JACKPOT
The satellite radio network has awarded shares worth $219 million to Howard Stern before his new show has even begun.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/06/business/media/06stern.html

INDICTMENT TALK FOR NYT
But will Bush have the chutzpah to go after the Gray Lady?
http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/multi_5/documents/05188679.asp

ANDERSON EXPLAINS MOVE TO HOUSTON CHRON
Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist Nick Anderson says there are "100 reasons" why he's moving to Texas. He gives E&P a few of them.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/

VICTORY FOR THE JAWS OF DEFEDE
The scrappy, tenacious journalism of sacked Miami Herald columnist Jim DeFede makes him the hero of the Art Teele affair, says CJR's Tom Austin.
http://www.cjr.org/issues/2006/1/austin.asp

WONKETTE'S GOODBYE TO ALL THAT
News of Jack Abramoff's plea deal made Tuesday a big day for political junkies, but the recently retired Ana Marie Cox was having none of it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/05/books/05wonk.html

SONY BOSS SAYS HE'S LOOKING FOR 'BALANCE'
CEO Howard Stringer says there's an internal "tug of war" at the company over the question of copyright protection.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/05/AR2006010501899.html

DIRECTV TO OFFER FX SHOWS ON DEMAND
Satellite broadcaster DirecTV plans to offer on-demand airings of Fox and FX cable-network shows such as "The Shield" and "24" as early as 48 hours before they're seen on those networks.
http://www.marketwatch.com/

SIRIUS TO LAUNCH PLAYBOY RADIO
The new 24/7 channel will include a morning show called "Ask Hef Anything." Folio: CEO Christie Hefner says that as the empire expands, focus remains on protecting the Playboy brand.
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001806334
http://www.foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=1477

HACHETTE'S MILLER TO JOIN AMI
American Media has named John Miller as its new president and COO.
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/recent_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001805813

BIRTH OF A COTTAGE INDUSTRY
A look behind the scenes at how Time Inc launched Cottage Living.
http://foliomag.com/index.php?id=396&backPID=392&tt_news=1449

IN YESTERDAY'S MB BLOGS:
AMANPOUR UNAWARE OF EAVESDROPPING [TVNEWSER] A CNN spokesperson released the following statement: "Neither CNN nor Christiane Amanpour is aware of alleged eavesdropping by the government on Ms. Amanpour and we are unable to confirm this story. We are looking into it."
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/amanpour_unaware_of_eavesdropping_30452.asp

ANA MARIE COX IS 2006'S CURTIS SITTENFELD [GALLEYCAT] Which is to say, the hot (defined as you choose) young D.C.-based novelist on which the New York Times is going to lavish oodles of attention (with the question of whether it's deserved left for you to decide for yourself).
http://www.mediabistro.com/

DAILY NEWS POACHES NEW CEO FROM NYT [FISHBOWLNY] Welcome to media musical chairs! First the New York Post raided Les Goodstein from the Daily News, and now the News has dipped into the New York Times' executive layer to pluck Marc Z. Kramer, now the proud new NYDN CEO.
http://www.mediabistro.com/

JT LEROY IS ALIVE AND WELL AND IN THE HOLLYWOOD HILLS, MAYBE [FISHBOWLLA] Like many things that may or may not exist--Sasquatch, Brad Renfro's brain, a house priced under $3 million-- JT LeRoy has been reportedly sighted in the Hollywood Hills.
http://www.mediabistro.com/

DC STYLE IS GROOVIN' TO MOVABLE TYPE [FISHBOWLDC] Whenever anyone or anything undergoes a makeover, you know that a blog can't be far behind.
http://www.mediabistro.com/

START ESTABLISHING YOUR PROMOTIONAL CREDIBILITY [MBTOOLBOX] If you're Oprah Winfrey, you don't have to worry so much about your weight loss book having issues with promotion.
http://www.mediabistro.com/