Tag Archives: tabloids

The New York Times reports: The owners of The National Enquirer are in talks to sell the tabloid to the California billionaire Ronald W. Burkle, according to two people with direct knowledge of the negotiations. An acquisition of The Enquirer by Mr. Burkle, a Democratic donor with close ties to President Bill Clinton, could raise eyebrows in Washington given President …

The New York Post reports: American Media CEO David Pecker is expected to go to market next month in a bid to raise about $425 million to refinance debt. The controversy surrounding his role in helping federal authorities win a guilty plea from Michael Cohen, President Trump’s former personal lawyer, can’t help the situation. Pecker and AMI Chief Content Officer …

Mediaite reports: As President Donald Trump jetted off to Scotland, leaving behind his rollicking three day jaunt in England, British tabloids were prepping their Saturday papers. And their front covers didn’t hold back. The Sun — Rupert Murdoch‘s tabloid that snagged an exclusive interview with the U.S. president — decried his praise of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May as a …

The Independent reports: A Russian tabloid has quoted a description of the new President of France, Emmanuel Macron, as a psychopath who hates his country, and made derogatory allusions to homosexuality around him and his campaign. An article in Komsomolskaya Pravda, refers to a picture of a topless Mr Macron as he poses for a magazine with the title “coming …

The New York Times reports: Since Inauguration Day, President Trump has spent his time meeting with heads of state, titans of industry, economic advisers and public health specialists. And the founder of TMZ. Mr. Trump, in a meeting last Wednesday that went unmentioned on his public schedule, spent about an hour in the Oval Office chatting with Harvey Levin, the …

For the second day in a row Rupert Murdoch’s right wing New York Post has slut-shamed Melanie Trump with a front page image that’s too racy to post here on JMG. Such a strange turn for the tabloid. From their story: Here’s the nation’s would-be first lady — and right beside her, a second lady. Three years before she met …

Mediaite reports: The more conservative of the New York City tabloids is under fire this morning for its choice cover following the tragedy that unfolded late last night in Dallas. The reaction on social media was swift, with some decrying the sensationalized Post cover as race-baiting and editorially irresponsible. The headline implies that a national civil war is now underway …

From the National Enquirer: After nearly 1,000 days in hiding and a sudden hospitalization, The National ENQUIRER can now reveal the bombshell reason why Richard Simmons is no longer the man his fans used to know: He’s changed into a woman! In an explosive world exclusive, The ENQUIRER can now reveal jaw-dropping never-before-seen photos of Simmons draped in furs and …

McClatchy reports: The National Enquirer has published what it says is conclusive evidence that Ted Cruz’s father, Rafael B. Cruz, is the man photographed next to JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald distributing pro-Castro leaflets in 1963 in New Orleans. The Cruz presidential campaign fired back unequivocally. “This is another garbage story in a tabloid full of garbage,” communications director Alice …

From the New York Daily News: Just when you thought it was safe to take politics seriously again, gaffe-prone Sarah Palin stepped back on the presidential stage Tuesday to endorse her spotlight-loving, soulmate — Donald Trump. Palin, the former Alaska governor turned vice presidential candidate turned political pundit, stood side by side with the billionaire business mogul turned casino owner …

The New York Daily News today again strikes effectively at the gun lobby, calling the GOP “the party of pro-death.” Today’s front page calls out Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina, and Paul Ryan for their “blood-soaked chase for cheap votes.” Yesterday the tabloid blasted the NRA for its “act of terror” in tweeting out a bullet-strewn image of pro-gun …

CNN reports that beach volleyball is underway in Central Park and skaters at the Rockefeller Center rink are wearing shorts.

Gothamist weighs in: A few months ago, President Obama implored the media and entertainment outlets to stop making prison rape jokes, due to the fact that rape, in or out of prison, is a horribly insensitive thing to make light of. But not if you’re an editor at the NY Post, where they think it’s hilarious to advocate prison rape …

British and German tabloids are claiming that the Germanwings pilot was “tormented” about being gay. From Britain’s Daily Star, which has more than twice the circulation of the Guardian: Lubitz’ relationship with his girlfriend is said to have broken down and it has been claimed that he was secretly homosexual. He was even taunted by pilot pals for previously being …

(Tipped by JMG reader TJ)