Mediagazer: Will you get disciplined at the Post for using too many pop culture references in stories? (Steve Myers/Poynter)

12:20 PM ET, November 22, 2011

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Steve Myers / Poynter:

Will you get disciplined at the Post for using too many pop culture references in stories? — Guild co-chair Fredrick Kunkle says that's one of the “highly subjective and weaselly criticisms” that supervisors are citing in what he says is a campaign to push out some longtime employees …

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Jim Edwards / Business Insider:

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Hollywood Reporter:

Disney's ESPN Head George Bodenheimer to Drop Day-to-Day Duties Jan. 1 … NEW YORK — In a surprise announcement Tuesday Walt Disney Company president and CEO Robert A. Iger promoted John Skipper to ESPN president and co-chair, Disney Media Networks replacing longtime ESPN chief George Bodenheimer …

Paul Farhi / Washington Post:

Christopher Walken impression on D.C. radio gets connected to Natalie Wood case — Radio producer Marc Sterne does some amusing impressions on Washington area sports-talk station ESPN 980. His impersonation of actor Christopher Walken was so convincing that it did more than entertain — it made international news.

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Jeff Sonderman / Poynter:

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