Punny, yes. Funny? No. The closing of the Uranus Examiner presents a serious problem for the residents of Pulaski County now that its lost its only locally-produced newspaper.
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KY3-TV: “The Uranus Examiner in Pulaski County, Mo. calls it quits”
Associated Press: “It’s over: Uranus Examiner ends publication, blaming judgmental people”
Scott Andera, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “One newspaper’s end leads to mess over another’s name in Uranus, Missouri”
Person of the Year: Guardians of Truth
Karl Vick, Time: “The Guardians and the war on truth”
Amy B Wang, Washington Post: “Time’s Person of the Year: ‘Guardians’ of the truth, including Jamal Khashoggi”
Ted Johnson, Variety: “Jamal Khashoggi, other journalists named Time’s Person of the Year”
Jill Disis & Brian Stelter, CNN: “Time Person of the Year: ‘The guardians and the war on truth’”
Sarah Meehan, Capital Gazette: “Capital Gazette staff among Time Person of the Year honorees”
Tim Stelloh, NBC News: “Time’s 2018 ‘Person of the Year’: Killed and imprisoned journalists”
Hayley Miller, HuffPost: “’The Guardians’ for truth named Time Magazine’s 2018 Person of the Year”
Bloomberg in 2020?
Steven Perlberg, BuzzFeed: “Reporters are Bloomberg News are worried about Michael Bloomberg’s potential presidential run”
O. Kay Henderson, Radio Iowa: “Bloomberg discusses objectives of possible 2020 presidential bid”
Kathy Kiely, Washington Post: “Michael Bloomberg still doesn’t understand how journalism works”
Maxwell Tani, Daily Beast: “We asked dozens of Bloomberg staffers if they want him to run in 2020. Only 1 said yes.”
Alex Sherman, CNBC: “Mike Bloomberg says he’d try to sell Bloomberg LP if he becomes president, but finding a buyer wouldn’t be easy”
‘Temp’ employment creates anxiety
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “At NPR, an army of temps faces a workplace of anxiety and insecurity”
The Culture at CBS
Dawn C. Chmielewski, Deadline Hollywood: “CBS interim CEO Joe Ianniello tells staff investigation ‘nearing an end’”
Alexandra Steigrad, New York Post: “Les Moonves threatens to sue CBS over leaks about sex misconduct probe”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “’60 Minutes,’ king of accountability for others, operated without it”
A.J. Katz, TVNewser: “CBS is found to have allowed misconduct by 60 Minutes executives for decades”
Don Resinger, Fortune: “’60 Minutes’ became a ‘toxic’ workplace environment for women, investigators say”
Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting Cable: “’60 Minutes’ founder Hewitt caught in CBS harass net”
Rob McLean, CNN: “NYT: CBS still paying legal settlement over allegations of sexual assault by ’60 Minutes’ legend Don Hewitt”
Rachel Abrams & John Koblin, New York Times: “At ’60 Minutes,’ Independence led to trouble, investigators say”
Norman Weiss, TV Tattle: “Report: CBS still pays ex-employee who alleged 60 Minutes creator Don Hewitt sexually assaulted her”
Susan Antilla, New York Times: “When #MeToo investigations go wrong”
Nobel Prize Coverage
Nathan Lawrence, KBIA: “Dr. George Smith accepts his Nobel Prize in Stockholm”
Nathan Lawrence, Meg Cunningham & Savannah Rudicel, KBIA: “In Nobel presser, MU professor reflects on inspiration and collaboration”
Emma Veidt, Columbia Missourian: “The Nobel Prize watch party in the University of Missouri Student Center cheers as George Smith is awarded the Nobel Prize”
Ethan Burks, KOMU: “Nobel Prize could attract more students to MU”
Scanners go silent
Amy DiPierro, Palm Springs Desert Sun: “Coachella Valley police radio system will cut access to local media, including the Desert Sun”
John White, KESQ-TV: “Local media losing access to police scanners”
‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MFJ7ie_yGU
Michelle Ewing, Atlanta Journal Constitution: “’Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ writer’s daughter says song isn’t about date rape”
Chris William, Variety: “End the war on ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’! It’s feminist – really”
Renee Graham, Boston Globe: “Baby, it’s cold outside – for songs that celebrate sexual assault and domestic violence”
Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News: “Dean Martin’s daughter responds to Baby, It’s Cold Outside controversy, says her father ‘would be going insane’”
Lynna Lai, WKYC: “Could the “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” controversy hurt #MeToo?”
Katy Guest, The Guardian: “Don’t listen too hard to Christmas songs: their lyrics are always creepy”
Kellie Hwang, Indianpolis Star: “Offensive Christmas songs: Why these 5 songs are kind of terrible (and kind of great)”
CBS News: "Radio station returns 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' to playlist after 'overwhelming' poll results"
