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Director Andrew Rossi‘s upcoming film Page One: Inside The New York Times (opening June 17th in New York, and nationally July 1) documents a year in the life of the Gray Lady, but also sets the table for what may either be the print media’s suffocation within, or emergence from, the chrysalis of the brave new media world. Rossi spoke with Mediaite about his film, its de facto star (Times Media reporter David Carr), and what it all means for journalism.

There’s really no way to spin this that does not make it both bad and embarrassing: Newsday.com has 35 subscribers. Meaning I suppose, that not everyone’s parents who works at the paper has bother to cough up the $5/week. Kidding! They probably already subscribe to the print version and therefore get online access for free.

David Folkenflik is NPR’s media correspondent and the man whom Geraldo Rivera once called “a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter.” His professional record indicates otherwise: Folkenflik has won numerous awards for press criticism and investigative reporting, and has broken/advanced the ball on many big media stories like the Tribune Co. woes as well as bringing [...]