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McGinniss Book: Palin Had One-Night Stand, Used Coke

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 10:15:25 CDT

Never shy about trumpeting scoops from the mountaintops, the National Enquirer 's latest is, as usual, less than subtle: "WORLD EXCLUSIVE! SARAH PALIN BOMBSHELL BOOK SHOCKING CLAIMS!" Turns out the Enquirer says it has sources with information about Joe McGinniss' upcoming book on Palin , and they say it reveals that...

Tabloids Are Important Part of Our Culture

John Johnson — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:28:28 CDT

Let's not get carried away with anti-tabloid fever just because News of the World broke laws to gain scoops, writes Ryan Linkof in the New York Times . Most tabloids get their stories legally—even if they do "test the limits of the ethically or legally acceptable"—and they play an...

Ex- NOTW Reporter Describes Dirty Tricks

Rob Quinn — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:42:41 CDT

The first, but almost certainly not the last, former News of the World reporter has come forward with stories of her time at the disgraced tabloid. The US-based journalist says that during her stint at the British paper, she was ordered to catch Mike Tyson in a cocaine orgy. Using...

Hugh Grant Schools Former NotW Editor

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 10:59:06 CDT

Hugh Grant was one of the victims of the News of the World phone hacking scandal, and in a confrontation Mediaite calls "amazing," he slammed a former NotW editor yesterday on the BBC. Some background: Grant had a chance run-in with Paul McMullen last year, and McMullen told Grant he'd...

Ugandan Paper Prints Another Gay 'Hit List'

Matt Cantor — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:20:10 CDT

After calling for the hanging of 100 “top gays and lesbians” in Uganda—which spurred attacks on gays—a tabloid in the country has published another list, this time of 10 homosexuals, their addresses, and alleged details about their anatomy, CNN reports. The paper's 22-year-old editor says he discourages attacks,...

Enquirer Refused Masseuse Request for $1M

John Johnson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:16:00 CDT

Al Gore's masseuse/accuser tried to score a big payday from the National Enquirer , but the tabloid refused her request for $1 million, reports Howard Kurtz of the Washington Post . "No money changed hands," executive editor Barry Levine tells Kurtz. He said the Enquirer conducted only a quick interview with the...

The Tabloid Pic Stalling Wills' Engagement

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 02:08:00 CDT

For all you rabid royal-watchers wondering why Prince William didn’t announce his engagement to Kate Middleton last week like Tina Brown said he would , she's got the story behind the delay over at the Daily Beast . Turns out Wills and Kate are having a bit of a tiff about a...

Snobs Doomed Enquirer's Pulitzer Bid

M. Morris — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:37:00 CDT

By any sane measure, the unmasking of John Edwards as a philanderer who knocked up his mistress while his wife battled cancer was one of the all-time great scoops—except in determining the winners of yesterday's Pulitzer Prizes for journalism. "The media elite circled the wagons to exclude the scrappy,...

Ex-Addict Lands Prince William Portrait Gig

Emily Rauhala — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:41:00 CST

The portrait of Prince William gracing the cover of an upcoming issue of Hello! is unusual for its candidness—and for having been taken by a recovering drug addict. In a project to benefit Crisis, the homeless charity that helped Jeff Hubbard learn his craft, the prince also got behind...