Los Angeles Times
Suspended New York Post gossip
Jared Paul Stern's alleged demand for $220,000 to keep negative items about billionaire
Ron Burkle out of Page Six was too high, says "Freakonomics" co-author
Stephen Dubner. "He probably could have gotten away with it if he'd been reasonable. But by asking for $200,000 [sic] from one payola victim, he's basically saying his services are worth a few million a year because he could easily try to shake down a dozen or two [dozen] people at the same time."
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"The phrase 'gossip journalist' is an oxymoron," says Dimond (BaltSun)
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NYT has published 10,865 words on the scandal vs 6,588 in NYDN (WSJ)
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NY Sun: What's with NYT's obsession with the Page Six scandal? (NYS)
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Keller discusses NYT's coverage in "Talk to the Newsroom" column (NYT)
