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So Much For ‘Working It Out’: Michael Wolff Is Out At Adweek

Oct 17, 2011 12:59 PM

After two months of rumors of “he’s out/he’s here to stay,” Michael Wolff is out at Adweek, a little more than a year since he was hired to remake the b2b trade magazine into a more buzzworthy media news and lifestyle title.

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, B2B, Magazines, michael wolff

Adweek Struggles With Identity Crisis: Is Wolff In Or Out?

Sep 30, 2011 2:44 PM

Less than a year since Michael Wolff took over as editorial director of Adweek, tension is rising over the course of the revamped magazine amid speculation over Wolff’s own future with the company. 

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, B2B, Magazines, Companies, News Corp., adweek, michael wolff, rupert murdoch

The ‘New’ Adweek: Bigger, Bolder And Reaching For Relevance

Apr 18, 2011 12:30 AM

When the new issue of Adweek is laid out with the other trade magazines in the reception areas of advertising agencies, TV networks and media companies this week, even the most casual readers will certainly notice a number of differences in the look and feel—starting with the larger size and…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Media & Publishing, B2B, Magazines, adweek, brandweek, mediaweek, michael wolff

Updated: Waxman’s Wrap Tells Wolff’s Newser To Give Credit—Or Cease & Desist

Apr 7, 2010 7:54 PM

Updated: Newser’s Michael Wolff’s response below. There’s the legal language of a formal cease and desist letter like the one TheWrap.com just sent Newser LLC CEO Patrick Spain demanding an immediate stop to the controversial news aggregator’s use of the Hollywood news site’s work. (Full text embedded below.) And there’s…

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Posted In: Legal, Media & Publishing, Online News, michael wolff, newser, patrick spain, sharon waxman, thewrap

@ CMS2010: A Dose Of Wolff: Rupe’s Mad As Hell, Newspapers Are Over

Mar 18, 2010 12:50 PM

Nothing like a good, hard dose of scathing reality to scare the hell out of a media audience. Michael Wolff - the Vanity Fair columnist, Newser operator and Murdoch biographer - happily obliged at MediaGuardian’s Changing Media Summit in London… That Wolff is both a media realist and an increasing…

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Posted In: Events, Guardian Media Group Events, Changing Media Summit, Companies, News Corp., News International, michael wolff, rupert murdoch

Newser Gets $2.5 Million in First-Round Funding

Jun 18, 2009 8:30 PM

Newser, the news aggregation site founded by Patrick Spain and professional media provocateur Michael Wolff, has raised $2.5 million in its first official round of funding, we have learned and confirmed from the company. The new investment is from a slew of individual investors, most of whom were involved with…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, News Sharing, michael wolff, newser, patrick spain

Weekend Video: Michael Wolff On Burn Rates, Newser, Oh, And Rupert Murdoch

Dec 12, 2008 7:01 PM

After a session at our recent Future of Business Media conference, our EVP and co-editor Staci D. Kramer sat down with Michael Wolff, founder of Newser and author of the new Rupert Murdoch book The Man Who Owns The News. They chatted a bit about burn rates (an era ago…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, michael wolff, staci kramer

How Murdoch Wooed The Journal, and Zannino’s Role

Dec 1, 2008 12:53 PM

Michael Wolff’s much anticipated book about Rupert Murdoch, which comes out tomorrow, is all the rage on this media Monday, and is at least something to help distract us from the depressing news all around us. Reviews are coming in fast, and most have their own judgments about Murdoch, not…

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Posted In: Companies, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, michael wolff, rupert murdoch

@ FOBM: Newser Founder: Murdoch Wasn’t Aware of DJ’s Enterprise Business Before Sale

Oct 28, 2008 11:51 AM

Michael Wolff, founder of Newser, a columnist for Vanity Fair and author of an upcoming book about News Corp.‘s Rupert Murdoch, took a couple of shots today at the media mogul and his due diligence in paying $5.6 billion for Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS). “He had no idea there was…

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Posted In: Companies, New York Times, News Corp., Dow Jones, Wall Street Journal, michael wolff

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