WikiLeaks head Julian Assange is angry that, among other things, the New York Times did not link to his site in their mammoth report. The complaint caught my eye because it’s something the Times has been taken to task for in the past (for much, much smaller stories). This time however the non-linking was very, very intentional.

The last of his breed of media tycoon is a 79-year-old Australian billionaire whose impact has been more corrosive than cohesive.” The media mud fight continues between the New York Times and Wall St. Journal owner Rupert Murdoch. Weeks after the Journal included a picture of Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger in an article about girly [...]

Former Speaker of the House and potential 2012 Republican candidate Newt Gingrich made some news this weekend when he tied the very high unemployment rates with President Obama’s proclivity for playing basketball in his free time. MSNBC’s Norah O’Donnell saw racial insensitivity in the comment; Bill O’Reilly called foul, and also dmitted how his coverage has changed since receiving charges of racial insensitivity.

Is this the man being prepped at Bill Keller’s heir at the New York Times? It certainly sounds that way. The Observer‘s John Koblin (also, of the newly relaunched Media Mob!) certainly seems to conclude as much.

It’s very tempting to be sarcastic and say something along the lines of this is how serious journalism works. Except this is how serious journalism works. Turns out the Times had the story a few days ago and held it at the behest of the White House. Times managing editor Bill Keller appeared on the NPR show The Takeaway today, to explain how and why the Times held the story.

It looks like the long-rumored, much-chattered about New York Times ‘bombshell’ story about Gov. David Paterson may end not with a bang but a whimper. The fact the damaging rumors even began in the first place is all Twitter’s fault. Or so say some disgruntled media folks.

The end is nigh! Again. But will it be the end of free content across the board, or will it be the end of the NYT dominance on the web? We shall see. Over the weekend it was once again reported the NYT may be charging soon. Here’s a look at the reactions.

After the New York Times cut 100 jobs, editor-in-chief Bill Keller told his staff that they should not fear a “next round” of layoffs because more cuts were neither “planned or foreseen.” In a memo that circulated Friday, as reported by The Observer, Keller was somber, yet hopeful, but his statements echoed the ones he made last year. And it only got worse.

From New York Times executive editor Bill Keller’s 2008 letter to the George Polk committee. It was this letter that WSJ managing editor Robert Thomson was referring to when he accused Keller of “casting aspersions” on the Journal. Hmm.

The 100 buyouts at the New York Times, announced earlier last month, have begun. Keith Kelly reported the other day that 50 unionized newsroom employees would be taking buyouts and the names have been trickling out since yesterday. Here’s a look at the list thus far.

Has the time finally come? Earlier last month managing editor Bill Keller in one of his “chats” revealed that the Times may be considering cutting some of its web content as a cost-cutting measure. Are those (necessary) cut coming in the next few weeks?

The NYT is currently trying to figure out how to best layoff 100 people. Perhaps the paper should consider draining some of its online excess in order to prop up the more important part of its print. Executive editor Bill Keller says “they will look at the 70 blogs on the paper’s Web site to see if any are not justifying themselves.” They won’t have to look far.

Last week, news spread that the New York Times would need to cut 100 of its 1,250 editorial staffers by year’s end. But instead of just flat out firing people, the Times decided to lead with a buyout option open to any newsroom employee. When the packages arrived they had some surprising details about the newsroom, as uncovered by the New York Observer, who managed to snag an envelope.

The Nieman Journalism Lab describes itself as “an attempt to help journalism figure out its future in an Internet age.” Apparently, the future of journalism now includes publishing “off-the-record” speeches. Recently they posted a revealing video of NY Times Executive Editor Bill Keller during an “internal chat” with his staffers.

Yesterday afternoon the New York Times announced it would be cutting 100 newsroom jobs, about 8% total, by the end of the year. The layoff announcement reportedly took the newsroom by surprise it also apparently put the scare into NYT.com readers, who quickly turned the comments section into an online petition of sorts.

New York Times editor Bill Keller sent out a very foreboding email memo to his staff today, warning that the paper would need to cut 100 newsroom jobs from its editorial staff of about 1,250 by the end of the year. Check out his full internal memo, including details of buyouts vs. layoffs, inside.

Today is the ‘State of The Times‘ meeting, the annual New York Times get-together. Hot topic this year is paid content. However despite all the recent noises the paper has been making about paid content, managing editor Bill Keller is clearly a man hoping to put off the unsavory for as long as possible.

Clark Hoyt, the New York Times ombudsman thinks the paper should stop running scared from Glenn Beck. Hoyt took the Times to task this weekend over their coverage (or lack thereof) of the ACORN and the Van Jones debacle. Apparently the problem is no one at the paper watches Fox News.

The New York Times just announced that they have tapped deputy managing editor Jon Landman to replace Sam Sifton as the Times culture editor. Bill Keller calls the appointment a “no-brainer” saying that Landman “yearns to get back to running coverage.”

Yesterday, the New York Observer took their turn in the age-old tradition of reporting on Matt Drudge‘s demise. Every so often some editor or reporter notices a new sliver of damning evidence, surely marking the end for the Drudge Report, and decides that this time it might just be enough to squash the seminal ring-wing news aggregator once and for all. But as a notable wordsmith once said, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

There is nothing populist about Vanity Fair‘s annual top 100 Information Age powers list — it is brazen in its celebration of the worldwide corporate aristocracy. What can we say, we’re suckers for power rankings. But as the media’s old guard works on curbing its exorbitance in the midst of a shifting economic reality and technological innovation, is there any room on the list for the Elite Media?

According to New York Times Stlye columnist Guy Trebay, this summer’s look is pretty much the same as last summer’s, except for one addition: The people have spoken and pot bellies are in.

Or are they? Cintra Wilson stirred up a storm by saying otherwise; Glamour followed up with a spread of a naked plus-sized model. Fat, it seems, is phat.

For as long as the Power Grid has been around, The New York Times’ Bill Keller has owned the Newspaper/Online Editors category. It’s no surprise why — despite the Times’ financial and existential troubles, it remains the most influential newspaper in print, regularly breaking big stories and shaping the debate. It follows that the Times’ top editor should be the top editor in the business.

Yesterday, Sam Sifton was named successor to Frank Bruni as New York Times food critic. Despite laments at Bruni’s departure, devoted foodies may welcome the choice: where Bruni is an eater, Sifton is a chef: the former writes in Born Round of inhaling cold sesame noodles on his futon, while his successor will teach you how to make them.

Mystery solved! The reason Alessandra Stanley remains at the New York Times despite a record of errors that threatens to eclipse her writing skills is that she is, the words of executive editor Bill Keller “a brilliant critic.” Keller also discloses who is responsible for the NYT‘s favoritism towards certain writers.