The New York Post continues to show the New York Daily News how its done but they aren't getting it

BY ZOE. S OK we understand if the New York Daily News is trying to uphold a certain image and all but, in order to move copies at newsstands you need to get a little crazy because at the end of the day no one likes boring unless you're a Wall Streeter and you read the Journal or Financial Times. The New York Post may be known for its fuck ups and tabloidy ways but we always have to hand it to them. They know how to sell newspapers. Why wouldn't you pick up this morning's New York Post? Sure when you get down to the actual story it's more of the same, but chances are, its the cover that got you there, not because its ground breaking or anything, but because its creative and sums up exactly whats going on in Texas.

And now this morning's worthy media business news...

New York Times: With the New York Post's endorsment of Barack Obama, does this really splitsville for Rupert Murdoch and Hillary Clinton? Their newfound friendship seemingly came to a crashing end last Thursday. There was the headline on the front page of The Post, right next to “Cop Sex Ring,” for all to see: “Post Endorses Obama.” New York Post: Is anyone surprised that Google has injected itself into the whole Yahoo! Microsoft flirting? In a terse broadside of what could be a protracted war, Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond, hammered on concerns about Microsoft's software monopoly and its history of clashing with regulators over antitrust issues. AP: News Corp not interested in Yahoo! and today is earnings report day Apparently people were speculating that News Corp which is still digesting it's acquisition of Dow Jones would be interested in Yahoo! We're sure Rupe and his team looked at the company from a far but we don't see Rupert Murdoch dropping that much cash on anything right now. And besides, Microsoft is offering $44 Billion, way more than Yahoo! is worth right now and word is they are balking at the offer price saying it is too low.

The New York Post’s endorsement of Obama yesterday, worth as much as perverted cop that pimped a runaway

-ZOE S. So yesterday The New York Post went ahead and endorsed Senator Barack Obama. However you would think that with such a statement announcement they would have given the man the whole front page, nope. The Post split the cover 50/50 with the sleezy cop who was pimping out some runaway. You gotta love The Post.

In his father's shoes

BY SDH Lachlan Murdoch is taking a page out of his daddy Rupert's book and is building his media empire, one newspaper paper at a time. According to published reports the former New York Post Publisher and deputy Chief Operating Officer of News Corp has teamed up with Australia's richest man James Packer to acquire publishing company Consolidated Media Holdings for a cool $2 billion. Is Lachlan finally pulling the curtains up on his grand comeback plan? Word is an official announcement will be made later on today.

News Corp Aggregated: Hillary Clinton's unflattering campaign's unflattering coverage | Monster.com, not Linked-In on Rupert Murdoch's mind?

-SDH It looks like all that speculation about News Corp being in talks with the folks at business social networking site Linked-In is just that, speculation at least for now. Well there is new speculation again, but this time it involves job search engine Monster.com. According to seekingalpha.com, Murdoch sent a letter to the Monster.com board offering them $4.8 billion for the company. Sounds familiar right? Yeah, he took similar route when he went after DowJones. But is this rumor, just a rumor or is this really happening? seekingalpha.com fails to spark any sense of "WOW! this may happen" They only mention that Sal Iannuzzi was hired as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Monster.com back in April 2007 to reportedly set the company up to be sold, apparently because he's a wiz at selling companies or something. He sold a company called Symbol Tech Whooohooo! Like every other rumor, this is a wait and see. After all, News Corp is still chewing on their recent $5 Billion take over of Dow Jones. [seekingalpha.com] Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton should join the line of people who holds a grudge against Rupert Murdoch. Apparently Hill is kinda ticked off at the coverage The New York Post gave her during the New Hampshire debates. Is that what she was really worried about? [Newsbusters]

With that skinny black guy and chubby white guy dominating Thursday's front pages, NY Post & Daily News finally get their Britney on

-SDH Did the editors of both the New York Post and Daily News feel like they were in a dilemma when news broke that Britney Spears went nuts, and the results of the Iowa Caucuses became final? Did they have to choose which story would take the cover or was it a no-brainer to run Caucus related cover stories? Well both papers finally ran their Britney related cover stories today but we have to say we're a bit disappointed especially in the New York Post who usually walks the line with their cover headlines, and for the fact that they split the front page 50-50 with caucus related news. Not to say Britney's melt down is more important than the future of the country, but we really wanted the NY Post to knock it out the park. Is the Post feeling sorry for Britney or something? The Daily News comes a little closer to that line but not dangerously close. Here are some headlines we think would have gone over well for the Post. Nuclear Britney Popstar Pops Her Top Gimme Gimme Help! Britney Scares Poppsycho

And now this morning's worth mentioning media business news

-YOSH It looks like The New York Post's Page Six has finally taken on it's natural form [Pagesix.com] Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino is probably the most feared man in the music industry. Record label bosses better watch there artist [Fortune] Rupert Murdoch is planning to make WSJ.com a free website. But what exactly are his plans for that other barely mentioned Dow Jones news property, Marketwatch.com? [Fortune] What's the real word on Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook.com. Did that kid really get rich on a stolen Idea? [NYT] For Blog lord Nick Denton, losing three of his editors at his flagship blog gawker.com, is just the same old same old. [NYT] Lucky for Paramount's Brad Grey, David Geffen beefing with old man Sumner may have saved his ass from being replaced with perhaps Stacey Snider at the top of Paramount [NYP]

Leave it up to the New York Post to get all graphic with their headlines

We have been staying away from the whole Anna Nicole media blitz since the day she checked out. However we had to stick our big toe in just for a quick second, because this morning's New York Post front page headline stuck an image in our heads.