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When hospitals, police officers and school officials—even traditional media outlets—failed to get the word out, Facebook became the go-to source for information on missing students at Virginia Tech.

Reporter Steve Volk said Tierney slighted him for 126 days in the recent issue of Philadelphia Weekly. Tierney, who recently fired 50 members the Inky’s newsroom, is rumored to be making overtures to PW.

Whew! Reading about terror resurgence in Afghanistan is, like, a total drag. So it makes sense that both Time and Newsweek published cover stories on the topic all over the world—'cept the United States.

Hillary as a Big Brother-type? The creator of the Orwellian YouTube video comes forward. Also worthy of note: He resigned from his company, which has ties to Obama.

Peter Mucha of The Philadelphia Inquirer provides readers with live, first-hand accounts of events on his blog “Live From …” on Philly.com.

So justice does exist in the White House! At least when it comes to seating arrangements in the WH briefing room.

Print and broadcast are dicey businesses these days. Just take it from a Wall Street financial adviser who cautioned clients to “steer clear” from putting stock in Gannett.

Things can’t be that bad, right? I mean, here! Look! One union was able to reach a deal between workers and owners of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette just hours ago! So, that means everyone’s happy, right? Not if you look at the fine print on the contract.

The New York Sun wants to shine all by itself. The broadsheet hopes to launch a national political blog with a hometown spin.

Let’s face it: protests are bad publicity for politicians. So when the press attempts to cover protests inside the office of this Rochester congressman, the solution is easy: ban the media. Fortunately for us, someone got a camera in anyway.

There’s only room for one Eliot Spitzer on the Internet. Just ask the man himself. Spitzer is poised to steamroll his opponents yet again—this time, over web real estate.

Gawker’s video creates a (partially inaudible) buzz. It’s no secret that technology has provided teens with the ultimate weapon: an inaudible cell phone ring/text alert that only they—and not their teachers— can hear.

NBC’s “Today Show” informs us that one in eight Americans are addicted to technology. That would make Forbes managing editor Dennis Kneale the poster child for phantom addictions (“I had physical symptoms [of withdrawl].”).

Anna Nicole coverage trumps that of the war. An interesting breakdown of how media outlets handled coverage of both the war and Anna's death on Thursday after the jump.

Charlie Gibson wants you to have a steady diet of news—whether you like it or not. Details after the jump.

The future of newspapers is, at best, uncertain. And comments made by New York Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger yesterday—also noted in a previous post—really drove that point home. More after the jump.