Romenesko

New Yorker
Post columnist Steve Dunleavy chats with John Cassidy about the Jared Paul Stern/Page Six scandal: "It’s the most incredible thing. Thirty or forty years ago, maybe there was stuff like this going on. Somebody would say, "Put this story in and I’ll do something nice for you.’ And somebody would end up with a fur coat. But nothing as straightforward as this. What was the guy thinking? ...He must have had some sort of mental breakdown." STERN WRITES TO ROMENESKO: "Dunleavy is a crazy old bastard, and I love him for it. I, however, did not have 'some sort of a mental breakdown' -- except perhaps for the time I offered to buy him a 'couple' drinks."
> Stern says he was set up by Burkle in a plot to destroy Page Six (NYS)
> Stern: Page Six staff offers three levels of protection to celebs (NYDN)
> Excerpts from Stern's March 31 meeting with billionaire Burkle (NYDN)
> E-mails between Stern and Burkle's aide after "deal" is made (NYDN)
> NYDN has pulled out all the stops in its Page Six scandal coverage (NYT)
> Boehlert: Fox News has all but ignored the Page Six scandal (HuffPost)
> Brady: "They may have to put in some new rules" at Page Six (E&P)