Random Media Notes
Newsday, which is owned by Cablevision, has been turning down advertisements from Verizon.
World Wildlife Fund condemns ad depicting dozens of planes heading for the World Trade Center.
Reality show kills contestant. In the show contestants were made to swim across a lake wearing a fifteen pound backpack. The show was sponsored by Unilever, the multinational conglomerate behind Axe deodorant, Dove soap, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, and Slim-Fast. They denied any liability, though, according to Mediaite, a spokesman said that they were considering providing for Khan’s family “out of rightness.”
Baltimore magazine asks if the Sun, the city’s paper of record, is on the verge of collapse. (via Romenesko)
Investigative Twitter journalism class. For reals.

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