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Michael Wolff – What’s Really Going on Behind Murdoch’s Paywall?

My sources say that not only is nobody subscribing to the website, but subscribers to the paper itself—who have free access to the site—are not going beyond the registration page. It’s an empty world. The wider implications of [...]

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Here’s an article that Target might be expanding into Canada. They have Costco and Walmart and Sears, but no Target. I just find it interesting how some stores go across the border and others don’t.

And I heard on my free-for-six-months-satellite-radio-feed-of BBC Radio 1 that they’re allowing product placements on TV shows in the UK (but [...]

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That thing about design from Steve Jobs hit my Tumblr module RIGHT WHEN MY iPHONE 4 CAME.

<3

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Notice: Shopping for houses sucks and I recommend no one try it. Instead, cyanide and great aunties. Trust me it’ll go smoother.

In other news, this made me pull a face and nod a lot:

Wheat & Weeds – Lament For The Sense Of Humor

Guy writes a funny piece about how soccer is ruining America. [...]

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Apparently Boris had words with Americans on a morning program. I shall find video of this. Meantime, Scott Adams:

When I heard that BP was destroying a big portion of Earth, with no serious discussion of cutting their dividend, I had two thoughts: 1) I hate them, and 2) This would be an excellent [...]

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Thomas Friedman, who used to write the 411 column for Fox News but who now has a blog for the Hollywood Reporter, writes on Helen Thomas’ resignation:

The New York Times, which did not even mention what was going on previously, now reports the story online. The Times has simply ignored [...]

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Half, on Helen Thomas (and face):

Per Dad…. she’d make a train take a dirt road.

Oh man. Oh man.

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We finished our Niall Ferguson documentary on a financial history of the world. I love this show but of my lord I didn’t get so much of it.

Not to ruin the ending though, but basically the US is screwed, it’ll end up in hyperinflation like Argentina or else in a world war with China, or [...]

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“Anchorman” writes an anonymous letter to his network news bosses:

Dear XXXX, I’m writing for some clarification about how we are supposed to cover the Gaza flotilla story. If we, as a news organization, are supposed to be acting as a public relations arm of Hamas, or Hezbollah, both internationally recognized [...]

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…to somewhere (Germany? Poland? Perhaps she wishes it were so?), Roger Friedman (formerly of FoxNews.com) gets an interview with Rabbi David Nesenoff, who got that video out of Our Helen:

Rabbi David Nesenoff is a journalist and filmmaker from Long Island who has his advanced degree from the Jewish Theological Seminar. He went to [...]

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Telegraph – More than 50pc of large London properties bought by foreigners

More than a half of large London properties are being bought by foreigners for the first time, according to data from a leading estate agent.

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The country’s in the very best of hands:

CNN Money – Health care law’s massive, hidden tax change

“HIDDEN,” “MASSIVE.”

Section 9006 of the health care bill — just a few lines buried in the 2,409-page document — mandates that beginning in 2012 all companies will have to issue 1099 tax forms not just to contract [...]

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Here’s an old column of Janice Turner’s, which she’s linked to again in her Twitter feed today:

Guardian – Dirty young men Pornographic poses, the going rate for sex, jokes about ’stupid tarts’: the misogyny of the new breed of lads’ mags is breathtaking. So why do the editors swear to Janice Turner that it’s all just [...]

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And I forgot to publish this yesterday so I’m fiddlin’ with the date, here.

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Marketwatch:

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — AT&T Inc. (T 26.24, +0.09, +0.34%) said it plans to take a non-cash charge of about $1 billion in the first quarter following the passage of the health-care reform bill earlier this week, according to a filing submitted by the company Friday. The telecommunication giant will also evaluate [...]

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