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“The shock jock’s syndicated morning radio show once drew a national audience of 12 million, but since jumping to satellite radio three years ago, his listeners have dwindled to a fraction of that. Where once Stern routinely commanded a parade of Hollywood’s hottest stars — George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts — today [...]
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NFL Cheerleaders
“The FCC says Comcast should carry the league’s NFL Network on its popular digital cable package. The commission ruled that Comcast discriminated against the NFL Network by agreeing to carry the channel only on a more expensive sports cable service.” [Link]
“At the start of this month, the newspaper said it was desperately seeking cash. It supposedly raised ‘a lot’ of money in the following two weeks, but then came a brutal Wall Street meltdown that appears to have ended any hope for new benefactors.” [Link]
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“American Idol alum Clay Aiken and newborn son Parker pose for their first photos AND Aiken officially comes out. Parker Foster Aiken was born on August 8 in North Carolina to Aiken’s good friend Jaymes Foster, 50.”[Link]
“According to Nielsen’s preliminary estimates, NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ coverage averaged about 19 million viewers during prime time, almost 7 million more than the 12.2 million viewers who watched the Emmy’s from 8 to 11 p.m.” [Link]
“Attacking the New York Times — and the media generally — is a smart strategic move when it comes to uniting the Republican base behind McCain. While that base has never felt warmly toward McCain, they feel even less warmly toward the media in general, and the New York Times in particular. It’s the ‘enemy [...]
“On Saturday’s (September 20th) ‘Election HQ,’ Greg Jarrett teased the upcoming segment with the comment that both Barack Obama and John McCain are each ‘getting a turn on the couch; but one had a rougher ride. Are the ladies of The View seeing things from only one side?’” [Link]
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“According to a National Enquirer source, ‘Elisabeth feels she can’t win at The View, but she’s been told by friends at Fox News that they’d find a spot for her without hesitation.’The insider adds that the mom of two feels like she can’t win. ‘Elisabeth is just as tired of the ladies [...]
Gospel Today Magazine With Women Pastors
“The group says women pastors go against its beliefs, according to its interpretation of the New Testament. The magazine was taken off stands in more than 100 Lifeway Christian Bookstores across the country, including six in metro Atlanta. Published for nearly 20 years, Gospel Today is the largest and most [...]
“Terri Hughes, who is African-American, alleges that when a host of another Playboy show — who was also an African-American woman — requested for Hughes work on her show, the executive producer of Playboy Radio warned, ‘I don’t know how to say this, and it might offend you, but I’m just going to say it [...]
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“Through the first three days of the week, half a million viewers have been watching CNBC during the business day, nearly double the number that watch on an typical day. On Monday, the network drew an average of 488,000 viewers between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m.; on Tuesday, that average grew [...]
“Former Eagles quarterback turned entrepreneur Ron Jaworski is being sued in Superior Court here by the owner of Running Deer Golf Club, under claims his allegedly deceptive business practices forced the club to file for bankruptcy. The civil suit was drawn up on behalf of Edward Carman, who designed, built and has operated the Pittsgrove [...]
“Coco, real name Nicole Austin, married Ice in 2005 and has since made a name for herself by wearing raunchy outfits on the red carpet next to her fella. She posed for Playboy earlier this year but she hopes her official magazine, filled entirely with shots of herself, will prove a bigger hit.” [Link]
“According to an article appearing in The Sun, while promoting her new line of fine beddings for Macy’s during New York’s Fashion Week, Eva Mendes revealed having had sex in all 50 states, going on to say, ‘A lot of it was on a road trip I took when I was younger,’ and noting that [...]
“The Vaughan Hannigan photo agency, which has represented the disgraced, excrement-obsessed photoshopper Jill Greenberg, has just dropped her from its client list. Bill Hannigan, who runs the agency, told me a few minutes ago that Greenberg and the agency had ‘different views on how to conduct business.’” [Link]
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“The net appears poised to continue modest growth via a fall lineup that welcomes WWE ‘SmackDown’ — wrestled from the CW — on Friday nights; ‘The Tony Rock Project,’ starring Chris Rock’s comedian bro; and new episodes of ‘Magic’s Secrets Revealed.’ ‘Celebrity Expose,’ a net staple geared to draw women, returns; so [...]
“More than 40 million people tuned in last week to listen to the speech from Palin, the 44-year-old first-term governor whom McCain announced as his surprise vice presidential pick just days before. Since then, that basic script is all anyone has heard from her publicly, and her only interaction with the media was a brief [...]
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“Asked on Fox & Friends about the ‘damage done’ by having Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews anchor MSNBC’s election coverage, the Media Research Center’s Tim Graham responded, ‘Not only is the damage already done, the damage continues. I mean, not only are they keeping these people on for an hour a night, they’re [...]
“Why doesn’t News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch just make it official? His wife, Wendi Deng, serves as ‘chief strategist’ for MySpace China, the media conglomerate’s Internet outpost in her homeland. MySpace China CEO Luo Chuan has just quit. Just promote her already, Rupert!” [Link]
“The Silver State bank of Henderson, Nevada was closed by Federal bank regulators on Friday. On or about July 27, a scant six weeks ago, John McCain’s son Andrew McCain, resigned from its Board of Directors for ahem, ‘personal reasons.’ This closure is significant for two reasons. First, one wonders if there is more to [...]
“On this peaceful, pleasant Atlanta Saturday morning, my colleague Cynthia Tucker, syndicated columnist and the AJC’s editorial page editor, was returning from a trip to the grocery store when she was ‘ambushed’ on the sidewalk in front of her home by a three-person crew sent by Fox’s Bill O’Reilly.” [Link]
