2 articles from 2009
7 April 2009 11:05 AM, PDT | Vanity Fair | See recent Vanity Fair news »
Yesterday, Roger Friedman, a columnist for Fox News, was canned by Fox brass Roger Ailes and John Moody. Outside of those facing death and mayhem, Friedman's date with the pitiless Ailes and the I'm-bad-too Moody probably meant he had the worst day of anyone in New York. What got Friedman into difficulty was reviewing a movie, Wolverine, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, one of the companies owned by News Corp., which also owns Fox News (Wolverine stars Hugh Jackman, a close friend of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi). The difficult part is that he reviewed, however favorably, a pirated copy of Wolverine. This was not just a copyright theft, but a theft of his own company’s copyright (curiously, he was merely using what his company owns for his own company’s benefit.) What was on Friedman’s mind? Perhaps he is a wise guy and »
7 April 2009 10:34 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Yesterday, Roger Friedman, a columnist for Fox News, was canned by Fox brass Roger Ailes and John Moody. Outside of those facing death and mayhem, Friedman's date with the pitiless Ailes and the I'm-bad-too Moody probably meant he had the worst day of anyone in New York. What got Friedman into difficulty was reviewing a movie, Wolverine, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, one of the companies owned by News Corp., which also owns Fox News (Wolverine stars Hugh Jackman, a close friend of News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and his wife, Wendi). The difficult part is that he reviewed, however favorably, a pirated copy of Wolverine. This was not just a copyright theft, but a theft of his own company’s copyright (curiously, he was merely using what his company owns for his own company’s benefit.) What was on Friedman’s mind? Perhaps... »
- Michael Wolff
2 articles from 2009
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