On his Wednesday show, CNN host Lou Dobbs announced he was leaving the network. On Thursday, CNN announced John King would take over the time slot early next year. Swapping King for Dobbs does little to change the demographics of the prime-time hosts of the three largest cable news networks, CNN, Fox and MSNBC. Dobbs, [...]

(All times central. For another look at what happened, try the Google news timeline view.) 1:30 p.m. A gunman opens fire on soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas. 2:10 p.m. MSNBC posts a story and sends a breaking news alert about the shooting. CNN did the same at 2:30 p.m. Original reports said seven people were [...]

CNN.com launched a redesign; I’m sure you’ve seen it. It’s very modular and includes a few new features. But here’s my complaint: Headline style. According to the AP Stylebook, numbers less than 10 are spelled out, and numbers greater than 10 are, you know, numbers. (According to Fake AP Stylebook, “The numbers one through ten [...]

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During the (very strange) budget meeting Monday, someone questioned why a story on MySpace was big news — more important, why it warranted a position on A1. I tried to explain that MySpace was the largest social networking site. Proof from Hitwise: • MySpace has 5.86 percent of the total market share. Google is No. [...]