Sad... Loved his language columns in the NYT Magazine.

Quoted: William Safire, a speechwriter for President Richard M. Nixon and a Pulitzer Prize-winning political columnist for The New York Times, dies at a hospice.

Damn, go Bill!

Quoted: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has pardoned two jailed American journalists and ordered their release after an unannounced meeting with former President Bill Clinton, state media  said.

Great piece from Slate's "The Big Money."

Quoted: With the media world in a seemingly downward spiral, many journalists are wondering how do you get ahead in an industry that can’t see its own future?

Scary ... glad to see there's some headway being made in this case.

Quoted: An eight-year jail term for a U.S. journalist may be reconsidered on appeal, a spokesman for Iran's judiciary said Tuesday in a possible indication her sentence will be commuted.

If she made links to the journalists' work more prominent (like linking the headline), there probably wouldn't be an issue.... well, maybe if you're being paid per page view.

Quoted: Pinch any journalist (print, Web, or broadcast) who creates what he considers original copy, and he's likely to regale you with the stories of how his publication's product has been stolen or otherwise misappropriated by a Web site. More often than not, the wronged will point his finger at the Huffington Post, the self-styled "Internet newspaper" launched by Arianna Huffington in 2005.

Sad... The article makes some really good points, though.

Quoted: A moment of sympathy, please, for newspapers, whose readers and advertisers have been fleeing at a frightening rate.

These reactions from Iraqis are fascinating to read - some in support of and others critical of the journalist who threw his shoes at Bush.

Quoted: An American military patrol in Najaf on Monday was pelted by shoes thrown by supporters of Moktada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite cleric. In Tikrit, journalists demonstrated in support of the Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush during a news conference yesterday.

The Times is hanging on, but this doesn't exactly sound good...

Quoted: NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Times does not plan to cut any more newsroom staff from its namesake newspaper, its top editor told employees, but limited visibility amid the ongoing financial crisis prevents him from making guarantees.