Murdoch's Mess
For the latest developments in the hacking scandal and other serious legal woes causing the meltdown of Rupert Murdoch's global media empire, here's a link to a constantly updated special section of The Guardian, the leading British newspaper that has been at the forefront of investigative reporting on Murdoch's News Corp. http://bit.ly/p737M9
News Corp. has extensive worldwide ownership of print, television, book publishing, and other media, including, in the U.S.: HarperCollins,The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, and Fox News Channel. This graphic, published in the British newspaper, The Independent, shows the company's global reach. Prepare to gasp. http://ind.pn/riMWOl
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Much Ado About Publishing
Rupert Murdoch's Favorite Things
(Sing to the tune of "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music)
Papers in New York and all over Britain,
bribes for the coppers, threats to politicians,
newspapers hacking into things that ring...
These are a few of his favorite things.
Dreaming of cronies and oodles and oodles
of royals with scandals and brains made of noodles,
wild crazy lies, lots of rumors and sins...
These are a few of his favorite things.
A girl who is missing and satellite dishes,
hoping the Democrats sleep with the fishes,
spies and blackmailers he hopes never sing...
These are a few of his favorite things.
When the Dow bites, when his greed stings,
when he's feeling mad,
he simply remembers his favorite things
that make everyone feel bad.
When Hugh Grant bites, when his heirs fight,
when the press is mad, he simply remembers his favorite things
that make everyone feel bad!
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As a journalist, columnist, essayist, and media critic, Nina L. Diamond's work has appeared in many publications, including Omni magazine, The Los Angeles Times Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, and The Miami Herald. She was a regular contributor to a number of "late, great" national, regional, and newspaper Sunday magazines, including Omni; the award-winning South Florida magazine; and Sunshine, the Ft. Lauderdale (now South Florida) Sun-Sentinel's Sunday magazine. She covers the arts and sciences; the media, publishing, and current affairs; and writes feature articles, interviews, commentary, humor/satire/parody, essays, and reviews. Ms. Diamond is also the author of Voices of Truth: Conversations with Scientists, Thinkers & Healers (Lotus Press) and the unfortunately titled Purify Your Body (Three Rivers Press/Crown/Random House) , a book of natural health reporting which has been a selection of The Book-of-the-Month Club's One Spirit Book Club and the Quality Paperback Book Club. For its entire run from 1984-1998, she was a writer and performer on Pandemonium, the National Public Radio (NPR) satirical humor program, which aired on WLRN-FM in Miami. She has appeared on Oprah, discussing the publishing industry, but, in a case of very bad timing, that appearance was two years before her first book was published. She has written her Much Ado About Publishing column for Independent Publisher since 2003. * * * * * Follow Nina on Twitter: http://twitter.com/@ninatypewriter Become a "fan" on Nina's Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/NinaL.DiamondFanPage * * * * * Read some of Nina's previous Much Ado About Publishing columns: The Joy of Obits Wishful Thinking Apocalypse Fatigue When Only the Story Survives Authors Uncovered Choosing Crazy The Nice Guy Behind Evil Wylie: A Conversation with Andrew Shaffer De-Witched, Authored & Remaindered Moron Press: The Finest in Dreck Lit Playing 20 Questions with Evil Wylie When LOL Meets PPF Sunday in the Park with Scarlett, Seuss, Webster, Zhivago & Salinger There's No Such Thing As a Quick Remote Thanks for the Genes