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Two of the NYT's 100 Notable Books...

UNOFFICIAL VERSE CULT (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009

Two of the NYT's 100 Notable Books of 2009 are poetry collections.

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NYT: Obama alludes to expansion in Pakistan

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President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops.

NYT: Obama alludes to expansion in Pakistan

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President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops.

NYT: Obama alludes to expansion in Pakistan

MSNBC.com: South and Central Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday

President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops. Pakistan - Afghanistan - New York Times - Asia - United States

NYT: Obama alludes to expansion in Pakistan

MSNBC.com: South and Central Asia (Free subscription) | yesterday

President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops. Pakistan - Afghanistan - New York Times - Asia - United States

NYT: Obama alludes to expansion in Pakistan

MSNBC.com: Politics (Free subscription) | yesterday

President Obama focused his speech on Afghanistan. He left much unsaid about Pakistan, where the main terrorists he is targeting are located, but where he can send no troops. Pakistan - Afghanistan - New York Times - Asia - United States

NYT Offers Readers (And Advertisers) A Tool For Skimming

Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

On the heels of its new e-paper promotion , the NYT is rolling out another product aimed at making digital reading feel more print-like. The new app is called Times Skimmer , and it displays headlines and short summaries of articles in a grid layout, which users can customize one of several way. Beyond the reader experience, the new online format is meant to appeal to advertisers, who get a prominent...

NYT Buyout News

MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009

NYT veteran reporters Stephen Labaton and Neil Lewis in the Washington bureau are taking buyouts in the latest rounds of cuts, Politico reports today. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media .

Meet The NYT's Newest Online Tool: Times Skimmer

MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago

Amidst rumors that The New York Times is looking to its blogs to cut costs , the Gray Lady launched a new online tool today giving readers a new way to view the paper's content. Called the Times Skimmer , the newest Times tool has seven different layout options, including "fridge," which displays headlines, bylines and ledes of top stories as if they were magnetic poetry on a blackboard....

Today’s Best Market Rumors (12/2/2009) (KFT)(NYT)(GE)

24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | yesterday

Updated throughout the day. Vivendi will get no upfront cash from GE (NYSE:GE) for the sale of its stake in NBCU (Reuters) More that one of the candidates for the Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) job wants the firm broken into pieces (WSJ) News Corp’s (NYSE:NWS) WSJ is spending $15 million to build local coverage of New York City to better compete with The New York Times (NYSE:NYT) (NY Observer) Kraft (NYSE:KFT)...

NYT's Standards Editor Slams Use Of "Bollix" As Verb, Calling It "Particularly Earthy" Slang. Maybe He's Confusing It With "Bollocks"?

the nytpicker (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009

In his weekly NYT post today, Standards editor Philip B. Corbett objected to a recent use by reporter Peter Baker of the verb "bollix" -- calling it "particularly earthy" and declaring it "slang." Seriously, Phil? Maybe you're thinking of "bollocks." Now that's earthy slang! In a November 14 news analysis about a U.S.-Russian deal on Afghanistan supply route,...

NYT: With Iraq foothold, oil giants eye future

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009

Major oil companies are finally gaining access to Iraq’s petroleum reserves, but at far less advantageous terms than they once envisioned.

Shorter NYT on Food Stamps

Underbelly (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009

One in four American kids is on food stamps. Link . (Thanks, Francine.)

NYT: Bad boys, bad boys ... avoid Steven Seagal

MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009

In separate reality shows being introduced next month, Steven Seagal and Jesse Ventura hope to blaze a trail by showing a celebrity can do something other than make fun of his own irrelevance.