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Aug 21, 2008 1:00 PM CDT

Once a Playmate, Always a Playmate

Even after they move on, former bunnies are in the club for life

(Newser) - You can leave the Playboy Mansion, but you can't leave the "sorority," the New York Post discovers as it catches up with some former Playmates. "There's no such thing as a former Playmate," said Jule McCullough, Miss February 1986. So where are they now?

McCullough, 43:

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Daily News Owner Makes Newsday Bid

Apr 26, 2008 6:02 AM CDT

Daily News Owner Makes Newsday Bid

Zuckerman v. Murdoch fight may hinge on who can clear FCC

(Newser) - Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has matched Rupert Murdoch's bid for Newsday, the New York Times reports—but didn't go a penny over the $580 million the New York Post owner offered. Instead Zuckerman claimed his bid is the better one because, unlike Murdoch's, it doesn't run the risk of...

Murdoch Calls FCC Bluff With Newsday Move

Apr 23, 2008 6:43 PM CDT

Murdoch Calls FCC Bluff With Newsday Move

News Corp. would need waiver to dodge anti-consolidation rules

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch is betting new federal standards limiting media ownership to one TV station and one newspaper (per market) won't keep him from buying a fifth New York outlet. The mogul has long held waivers to control media in excess of the rules, and he doesn't think recent enforcement pledges...

Murdoch
Closing In on
Newsday Deal

Apr 22, 2008 10:27 AM CDT

Murdoch Closing In on Newsday Deal

Media mogul about to grab third New York paper

(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. empire is closing in on a deal to buy Newsday from the Tribune Company for an $850 million package, reports Reuters. Under the terms of the deal, Newsday would be run as a joint venture with the New York Post, but the papers would remain separate...

Zell Might Sell Newsday

Mar 20, 2008 9:44 PM CDT

Zell Might Sell Newsday

Tribune Co. may unload paper; Rupert Murdoch is interested

(Newser) - Falling ad revenues could push Sam Zell's Tribune Company to sell Newsday, the Long Island newspaper with the 10th-highest circulation in the nation, the New York Times reports. Among those interested are Rupert Murdoch, who already owns the New York Post. Also in the running are the owner of the...

Murdoch
Shuts Down PageSix.com

Mar 20, 2008 6:59 PM CDT

Murdoch Shuts Down PageSix.com

Online version of Post gossip column ends after 3 months

(Newser) - PageSix.com, the online version of the New York Post's celebrity gossip column, is shutting down after just three months, Gawker reports. The Rupert Murdoch project attracted 1 million pageviews last week when it published photos of Eliot Spitzer's escort, but, "given the difficulty in the economy, it was...

Clinton Loses Right-Wing Media Allies

Feb 16, 2008 7:51 AM CST

Clinton Loses Right-Wing Media Allies

As senator looks to her left, conservative bedfellows are bailing

(Newser) - The conservative press, once a surprising ally for Hillary Clinton, is turning out to be about as loyal as the Democratic senator should have expected, Politico writes. Though long reviled by the far-right masses, Clinton once had the carefully cultivated respect of some rightish media players like Rupert Murdoch and...

Post Slams
Hillary in Backing Obama

OPINION

Jan 31, 2008 2:15 PM CST

Post Slams Hillary in Backing Obama

Murdoch tabloid rails against 'Clinton co-presidency'

(Newser) - The New York Post today endorsed Barack Obama in Tuesday's Democratic primary, but devoted most of its space to railing against “the opportunistic, scandal-scarred, morally muddled” Clinton couple. Words like “thuggish,” “cynical,” and, of course, “triangulating,” flew in the right-wing tabloid. Only a...

Better 1st Kid: Chelsea or Jenna?

Nov 7, 2007 3:03 PM CST

Better 1st Kid: Chelsea or Jenna?

Ms. Clinton’s stock drops even as Ms. Bush’s rises

(Newser) - Conventional wisdom that puts Chelsea Clinton at the front of the class and Jenna Bush at the back is undergoing a makeover, as the current first daughter charms in public life while her predecessor hits the upper-crust party scene. The “closer I look, the more I like Jenna,”...

New York
Post Mocks 'Stray-Rod'

May 30, 2007 10:09 PM CDT

New York Post Mocks 'Stray-Rod'

Yank slugger snapped entering strip club with blonde non-wife

(Newser) - The New York Post decorated its cover with a photo of Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez and an unidentified blonde woman they allege he took out for dinner at a steakhouse; the two then proceeded to a strip club. Rodriguez is married with a child, and his wife appeared with him...

Page Six Fallout May Hurt Murdoch

May 21, 2007 12:45 PM CDT

Page Six Fallout May Hurt Murdoch

The Wall Street Journal doesn't have a gossip column, and that's no accident

(Newser) - Shenanigans at the New York Post may mean trouble for Rupert Murdoch's Dow Jones bid, David Carr writes in today's Times. The tales of sex, lies, and bribery spicing up Page Six are normal fare for the gossip standby, but the fact that they're about the Post itself may not...