Read more Michael Wolff stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/32739/michael-wolff.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T00:32:25http://www.newser.com/story/80353/your-guide-to-the-internets-next-big-thing.htmlMichael Wolff hears so much about the Internet’s future “that I should be in a position to get rich, finally.” But it’s tough deciphering all this chatter, “because the technology business is at least as much talk as it is science,” he writes. So in his latest Vanity Fair column...http://www.newser.com/story/80353/your-guide-to-the-internets-next-big-thing.html2010-02-08T19:10:57http://www.newser.com/story/78145/palin-hire-a-genius-move-whether-or-not-shes-good.htmlRoger Ailes "is a genius" and hiring Sarah Palin is his latest masterstroke—even if she never says anything interesting on Fox News. Ailes’ rivals at other networks “still hire talent for their abilities,” explains Michael Scherer of Time . “Ailes knows you can also hire talent for who they anger,...http://www.newser.com/story/78145/palin-hire-a-genius-move-whether-or-not-shes-good.html2010-01-13T19:02:51http://www.newser.com/story/73058/when-news-is-for-the-rich-newser-is-robin-hood.htmlThe year is 2012, and Michael Wolff is in prison. He’s the first high-profile conviction under 2011’s anti-aggregation law, the draconian act that’s allowed newspapers to duck behind ever-pricier paywalls. These days, a New York Times subscription will run you $7,000, and “the cultural divide between the news-haves and...http://www.newser.com/story/73058/when-news-is-for-the-rich-newser-is-robin-hood.html2009-11-02T15:46:56http://www.newser.com/story/68655/the-washington-post-is-odds-on-fave-to-survive.htmlLike America's other newspapers, the Washington Post is in pain, operating $86 million in the red after axing 400 reporters. “And yet,” Newser founder Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair , “if you had to look for a circumstance out of which a newspaper might have the chance to re-invent itself,...http://www.newser.com/story/68655/the-washington-post-is-odds-on-fave-to-survive.html2009-09-04T21:00:38http://www.newser.com/story/66832/im-fat-but-no-idiot-consumers-will-pay-for-news.htmlMedia maverick (and Mavericks owner) Mark Cuban mixes it up with Newser's Michael Wolff, laying out his argument that consumers should and will pay for online content if it's packaged in a new way. Allowing as how he's fat, but hardly an idiot (as per Wolff's column yesterday, see link...http://www.newser.com/story/66832/im-fat-but-no-idiot-consumers-will-pay-for-news.html2009-08-13T16:08:47http://www.newser.com/story/66540/berlusconi-why-the-sex-scandals-dont-hurt-him.htmlBesieged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is “a national joke,” Michael Wolff writes in Vanity Fair . He’s also immensely popular. In the midst of his most recent sex scandal, he and his party were handily reelected. What’s the deal? To begin with, “he controls his country’s dominant political party, its...http://www.newser.com/story/66540/berlusconi-why-the-sex-scandals-dont-hurt-him.html2009-08-10T20:19:18http://www.newser.com/story/63283/politicos-obsessive-focus-is-future-of-news.htmlIf you want to see the future of news—and how it will be delivered—look no further than Politico as a reasonable guide, writes Newser founder Michael Wolff in Vanity Fair. Unlike general-interest newspapers, which flail about knowing too little about everything, Politico has an obsessive focus: “It exalts,...http://www.newser.com/story/63283/politicos-obsessive-focus-is-future-of-news.html2009-07-01T23:27:58http://www.newser.com/story/54710/cbs-news-is-the-future-of-news-newser.htmlPolitical correspondent Jeff Greenfield examined what he called "the demise of the great metropolitan daily" on CBS News this morning, wondering what will replace it. The answer: Newser, among other online sources. "It is potentially an incredibly good time," said Newser founder Michael Wolff. "We have a much bigger audience...http://www.newser.com/story/54710/cbs-news-is-the-future-of-news-newser.html2009-03-29T17:00:00http://www.newser.com/story/49882/the-beasts-roar-fades.htmlIs media darling Tina Brown headed for another disaster? That's what the Observer is asking, noting that traffic to the celebrity editor's website dropped 17% after its glitzy launch last fall. Despite a start-up budget said to be as high as $18 million, and a staff of 24, the Daily...http://www.newser.com/story/49882/the-beasts-roar-fades.html2009-02-04T16:50:29