Media Blitz: We're v. v. Excited for the New V. V. Editor / Jossip

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Media Blitz: We're v. v. Excited for the New V. V. Editor

— Tue, Apr 18, 2006 —

Village Voice

• Exactly 11 people, and four blogs, await the announcement of the Village Voice's new editor. [NYT]

• It was probably Robin Givhan's appearance on the Colbert Report that locked up the Pulitzer for her. [WWD]

• One day soon, Superman will wash his tights in Tide. [WSJ]

• How a Chronicle of Higher Education article about university profs delivering soundbites for the media gets printed without a Robert Thompson mention baffles us. [TCOHE]

• Blogs and Internet pundits, like TV pundits just a few years ago, wield a "disproportionately large influence" on society, says new research. Also, according to new research, "Blah, blah, blah." [Guardian]

• Judging by its' latest cover, it seems The New Republic desperately needs a lesson in subtlety. [Media Mob]