George Bush's plan to win over the Jews (not exactly his best audience): Avoid conflicts at all costs and adhere strictly to Wasp values. It worked for me.

There seems to be a shortage of small rich men who want to be press barons. Leonard Stern's selling. Arthur Carter's tempted. Maybe they just need to think bigger.

Call it the law of political gravity: What goes down (an economy, a president’s stature) must go up. So why are we always shocked when it happens?

For some, summer means Paris, and Paris means the "International Herald Tribune." But is the paper slowly being submerged by the flood of global information?

A new bio roughs up the media world's Über-power couple -- no surprise there. But how, exactly, did Tina-and-Harry-bashing become everybody's favorite pastime?

Michael Bloomberg is peddling two myths about himself: that he's a major media mogul and a credible mayoral candidate. For $30 million, we'll believe anything.

The impending war, the threat of terrorism, and the troubles on Wall Street, in the media business, and with the economy as a whole are creating a perfect storm of anxiety for New Yorkers. Is this a passing phase? Or (gulp) our new reality?

Bush and Gore debated with all the wit and subtlety of rhinos. And who was the loser? Actually, there were 46 million of us.

He's smart, he's funny, and he's multitalented. So why is John Hockenberry parked in network purgatory instead of saving the news?

Contrarian market watcher James Grant spent the last decade sticking to the fundamentals -- and being wrong! Now the Fed's on his side, so will he become a bull?