AltWeeklies Wire
Who is the Media Person of the Year?new
 
    
    An entire media panel opted to stay seated in a room in a building that may or may not have been on fire instead of getting up to leave. This media discussion going up in flames is a completely and utterly apt metaphor for something about the content and state of these kinds of discussions.
  
    The Village Voice  |  
    Foster Kamer  |  
    12-07-2010  | 
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  Who Is Howard Kurtz and Why Shouldn't You Care?new
 
    
    Kurtz's move to The Daily Beast matches up exactly with his shtick: schlocky, celebrity friendly, high poses, low plays, spotlight-hungry news-as-brand-building.
  
    The Village Voice  |  
    Foster Kamer  |  
    10-06-2010  | 
    Media
  
  
  
    
  Vanity Fair Chief's Acceptance of Payment for Film Tip Was Benignnew
Vanity Fair chief Graydon Carter has, in my opinion, turned a little nutty in the past two years, with the usual throwaway editor's note becoming home to Noam Chomsky-like screeds about the Bush administration, but he's not a crook.
  
    New York Press  |  
    Russ Smith  |  
    08-07-2004  | 
    Media