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Media man By Susan Lehman
With his new Web venture, magazine veteran Kurt Andersen promises a must-go news and information site that's as witty as the Wall Street Journal.
(12/13/99)

Tina fires back By Susan Lehman
The most controversial editor in the history of American magazines slams her critics, defends her business acumen and says Talk will probably be her last magazine.
(12/02/99)

Life's a scream By Susan Lehman
Advertising legend Jay Chiat talks about his new company, making ads work on the Web and the best commercials he's seen lately.
(11/17/99)

"None of us are hip" By Susan Lehman
An interview with Allan Siegal, language czar of the New York Times and editor of its new style and usage guide.
(11/05/99)

Chinese take-out By Sean Elder
Accusing the New York Times of a hit piece, Brill's Content does one of its own.
(11/01/99)

O.J.'s "I Found JonBenet!" and other upcoming St. Martin's titles By Sean Elder
After the unexpected P.R. bonanza of J.H. Hatfield's Bush bio, the imprint reveals its fall lineup.
(10/22/99)

The skinny on damage control By Sean Elder
A well-placed Web site stole the thunder of a "20/20" exposé.
(10/20/99)

A Dunne deal By Sean Elder
In his new memoir, Dominick Dunne describes how he found fame the old-fashioned way: He yearned for it
(10/13/99)

Kubrick's last film: An open and shut case? By Sean Elder
"Eyes Wide Shut" is still roiling the waters. Brill's Content: The media sucks! Harper's: The critics suck!
(10/08/99)

Crossing the Atlantic By Sean Elder
Michael Kelly and William Whitworth talk about the changing of the guard at one of the nation's most respected magazines.
(10/06/99)

Who wants to time-travel to 1357 France? By Nikki Finke
Michael Ovitz, onetime King of Hollywood, finds no takers for his new project -- a movie by Michael "Jurassic Park" Crichton.
(10/05/99)

How they got the Korean War atrocity story By Sean Elder
With a year's worth of digging, a team of stolid AP investigators searched records and interviewed survivors to piece together a horrifying story.
(10/01/99)

Bright lights, big titties By Sean Elder
As the lad mags in the U.K. wither, their American counterparts try to give the formula one more squeeze.
(10/01/99)

Death of a journalist By Eve Pell
Reporter Sander Thoenes was touring a neighborhood in Dili, the capital of East Timor. Then soldiers opened fire.
(09/30/99)

Who will buy the Village Voice? By David Carr
The Voice, L.A. Weekly and five other weeklies are put up for sale. Who will buy? A daily? A Web company?
(09/29/99)

Maslin bails, critics rail By Sean Elder
After more than 20 years, the New York Times film reviewer is calling it quits. Others across the country feel her pain -- and some would like to feel her paycheck.
(09/23/99)

Sheer Drudgery By Sean Elder
He has his Web site, TV show, radio show and soon an autobiography. So why isn't Matt Drudge happy?
(09/21/99)

Whither George? By Sean Elder
And what's up with Tina's Talk? Hachette wonders what to do with George, post JFK Jr.; the new issue of Tina's mag isn't going to get people talking.
(09/17/99)

Gilded ink By David Carr
At the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, conspicuous consumption is a highly profitable commodity.
(09/10/99)

Great balls of fire By Sean Elder
The press got a little burned at Waco as well.
(09/09/99)

The CBS-Viacom merger By Sean Elder
Putting the sin back in television synergy.
(09/08/99)

List this By Jake Tapper
See how U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of colleges stacks up against other media listings. (09/03/99)

Why we should get rid of political advertising -- now By Bob Welke
A veteran adman says that it's time for ads to go back to doing what they do best: Selling kitty litter.
(09/02/99)

Good old sex By Sean Elder
Modern Maturity -- the largest-circulation magazine in America -- gets sexier as the baby boomers realize that 50 isn't old after all.
(09/01/99)

Names that live in infamy By David Brin
Killers want notoriety. Let's not give it to them.
(08/13/99)

Logo wars By Gale Holland
For the 24/7 news channels drunk on tragedy, vivid labels are increasingly important.
(08/12/99)

Shark attack By Nikki Finke
ICM superagent Jim Wiatt defects to William Morris. Hollywood watches as all-out agency war looms.
(08/11/99)

Old dog, new tricks By Sean Elder
Tina Brown's first Talk hits the stands.
(08/03/99)

Top-heavy By Jenn Shreve
Playboy's Miss August tips the scales of centerfold history.
(07/13/99)

Talk of the town By David Carr
Tina Brown's new magazine hits newsstands Aug. 2; here's a look at the chatter about Talk -- and what may be in the first issue.
(07/10/99)

Talking to Tina By Bill Wyman
"Tina, how in the hell were you spending $35 million a year to put out the New Yorker?"
(07/01/99)

Courtroom cage match! By Eric Boehlert
Ever since wrestler Owen Hart fell to his death on pay-per-view, WWF impresario Vince McMahon has been down. Is he out?
(06/29/99)

Ann of a thousand lays By Thor Hesla
Ten modest proposals to help Ann Coulter get a date.
(06/25/99)

Keeping up with the Jonesness By Justin Holloway
The corporate mania for "brand essence" is getting just a little out of control.
(06/24/99)

Extry! Extry! Getcha screen legends here! By Nikki Finke
The American Film Institute's silly list of "50 Greatest Screen Legends" plunks that august body into the same leaky boat as the Letterman Top 10 list.
(06/16/99)

The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest American Screen Legends

(06/16/99)

Will Hannibal the Cannibal eat Hollywood? By Nikki Finke
Demme's out on "Silence of the Lambs" sequel; Universal may pass, too; Dino De Laurentiis stands rampant; and what do you suppose the chances are that Jodie Foster will play a cannibal?
(06/04/99)

When Moguls Attack! By Nikki Finke
Don't mess with The Big Mouse: Disney's Eisner pays back archnemesis Katzenberg by whacking Dreamworks pilot.
(05/19/99)

Let the games begin! By Nikki Finke
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Michael Eisner may just be two rich white guys.
(04/27/99)

Revolt of the elitists By James Poniewozik
Two new media studies amplify the death cries of the literate overclass
(01/27/99)

The man without principles By James Poniewozik
The career of the great German cultural critic Hans Magnus Enzensberger is a case study in the virtues of intellectual inconsistency
(01/27/99)

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