Author: Joe Pompeo, Capital New York

'Daily News' Doctored Its Front-Page Photo from Boston Bombing

via Charles Apple (via Capital New York)

The New York Post was derided Tuesday for apparent inaccuracies in its reporting on the bombing at the Boston Marathon. And now, its rival tabloid, the Daily News, is facing criticism over an apparent photo touch-up.

Lena Dunham Quietly Shakes Up the Writing Operation on 'Girls'

Before the writers' room would have started gathering to help chart out season three, Dunham did some house-cleaning: a number of the staff writers were let go, and there haven't been plans to replace them

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Bedbugs Infest 'Wall Street Journal' HQ

Wall Street Journal employees began their day this morning with a bit of a headscratcher. (More of a head-to-toe scratcher, really.) And this is not the first time.

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New Editor at 'New York Observer' Has Family Ties and Maybe Ambitious Hand

Ken Kurson is a political consultant, longtime professional associate of Rudy Giuliani and close friend of Jared Kushner, who owns the paper, and his father Charles.

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Who Wants to Buy the L.A. Times and Chicago Tribune?

Here's some news out of the Tribune Company: As it emerges from bankruptcy, the embattled media conglomerate is looking to sell off The Chicago Tribune and The Los Angeles Times. Paging Rupert Murdoch?

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The Newsweek Layoffs Are Coming, and This Could Get Ugly

Tina Brown announced the names of three editors who will top the masthead of the Newsweek-Daily Beast company after it replaces Newsweek. Now layoffs are imminent.

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Tabloid Photographers Defend Man Who Snapped 'Post' Subway Horror

The Internet's response seems to be that the photographer should have been attempting to help the victim. Is it really that black-and-white, though?

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It WIll Be Months Before the New York Daily News Returns to Their Headquarters

Daily News employees on Monday were told to expect their offices at 4 New York Plaza to be out of commission for nine months.

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Arthur Sulzberger Gives a Vote of Confidence to Incoming New York Times CEO Mark Thompson

New York Times Company chairman Arthur Sulzberger Jr. gave a resounding vote of confidence to Mark Thompson, the former chief of the BBC who is under scrutiny for his handling of a sex scandal and is due to take over as CEO of the Times Company on Nov. 12.

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Barry Diller Will Try to Make Newsweek Layoffs as 'Spare' as He Can

IAC Chairman Barry Diller says downsizing is inevitable after Newsweek ceases publishing its print edition but the company will try to be as "spare" as possible when they cut staff.

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'Daily News' Fires Political Editor Right Before Conventions

It can't be a good thing to lose the guy who runs your politics coverage a month ahead of the Republican and Democratic national conventions. But that is precisely the situation the Daily News now finds itself in. 

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Vice Is Coming for Your TV

Seeing what Vice comes up with is never confusing. It's been producing this brand of dark, off-beat journalism for years now, both through its flagship U.S. magazine, its 25 or so international editions, and the online video arm it launched in 2007.

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Time Magazine Generously Shares National Magazine Award

"I feel like when we win, everybody wins," said Time managing editor Rick Stengel in a ballroom at the New York Marriott Marquis Thursday night, accepting a National Magazine Award for magazine of the year, the evening's top honor. Of course, everybody did not win.

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Eliot Spitzer's Just Glad His Mom Watches His Show

"Look, my mom watches, she's happy. I've got a bunch of friends who love it," he said.

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Lawyers for John Edwards Threaten to Sue Over Mommy Madam Story

John Edwards' attorneys have threatened litigation against local news website DNAinfo after the site published a report Thursday about the former senator and presidential candidate, according to the site's managing editor.

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