David Kaplan
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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David Kaplan
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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David Kaplan
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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Staci D. Kramer
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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Robert Andrews
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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Rafat Ali
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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Amanda Natividad
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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Rafat Ali
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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Tricia Duryee
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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