Magazine editor Tina Brown has run Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Talk, which she founded. In 2008, she launched the Daily Beast, a news Web site conceived by Barry Diller who needed an editor to shepherd it. “I wasn’t that interested, actually,” Brown told the Los Angeles Times. “My head was still in print.” The LA Times profiled Brown and reported on how the Daily Beast is faring.

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LA Times: A low-key Tina Brown stares down a new beast, daily

Michael Jackson continues to be honored posthumously. The Library of Congress announced it is adding Jackson’s 1983 ‘Thriller’ video to its archives. Every year the library selects 25 titles that are “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant that will be preserved in its National Film Registry. In a press release, the library referred to the John Landis directed ‘Thriller’ as “iconic” and “the most famous music video of all time.” ‘Thriller’ is the first video to be included in the collection of 525 films.

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The election of President Barack Obama in the United States capped off a decade that began with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and included Hurricane Katrina and exponential advances online.

What a decade. As the new millennium approached everyone braced for the worst. Would our computers work? Would the banking system collapse? It was all for naught. The calendar turned to 2000 without a technical hitch. That fall George W. Bush was elected president of the United States. Eight months after he was sworn into office, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks occurred and defined the Bush presidency and in many ways shaped significant aspects of the decade. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were waged and continue. Bomb plots, some successful, others thwarted, plagued the globe. Days before the decade drew to a close, a failed terror attempt occurred on a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. In the intervening years, the Internet became a regular part of life; reality TV took over the airwaves; everyone went “green,” began eating organic foods and some even bought hybrid cars; the media industry entered crisis mode and continues a search for sustainable solutions; social media was created and adopted widely; financial institutions too big to fail did and the real estate bubble burst; and the death of Michael Jackson shocked the world. Darfur. Dubai. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet. iPods and iPhones. Oprah Winfrey. HBO’s The Wire. And of course, Google. America’s moment of shame? Hurricane Katrina. The biggest news of the decade? The United States elected its first black president—Barack Obama. For nearly a year, Obama has been facing some of the greatest challenges in American history overseeing two wars amid an economic recession and a push for healthcare reform. He lost the 2016 Summer Olympics, named the first Latino to the U.S. Supreme Court and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Meanwhile, First Lady Michelle Obama became a fashion icon. Many newsworthy, clever and comprehensive recaps capture the last decade (and year) in both words and images. Check out a selection of the most compelling.

NEWS

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Wash Post: Remembering the Decade

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WSJ: Decade in Review: A 10-Year Dose of Reality

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Newsweek: The Decade in Seven Minutes

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NPR: The Decade in Music: 00’s

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PHOTOS

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NYT: 2009 Year in Pictures
WSJ: 2009 Year in Photos
Corbis Images: Spotlight 2009
Chicago Tribune: 2009 Pictures of the Year

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NYT: Documenting the Decade: 10 years of reader photographs

OBITUARIES

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NYT: In Remembrance: Vivid Personalities of a Decade

FILM

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Chicago Sun-Times: Roger Ebert’s Journal: Best Films of the Decade

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Marie Claire: Top 50 FIlms of the Decade

BOOKS

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Publishers Weekly: Best Books of 2009

THE ARTS

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NYT: The Arts in 2009

ENTERTAINMENT

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YouTube: New Years Countdown: The most memorable videos in 2009

HEALTH

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WebMD: Top 10 Health Stories of 2009

TECHNOLOGY

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Fast Company: Gadgets of the Decade

DESIGN

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Fast Company: The Decade’s 14 Biggest Design Moments

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WebdesignDev: 50 Best Web Design Blog Posts in 2009

FASHION

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Marie Claire: 50 Best Dresses of the Decade
Bazaar: Michelle Obama’s Top Looks from 2009

FOOD

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Details: The Tastiest Food and Drink of 2009

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NYT: Dining & Wine: A Decade of Invention, and Reinvention

The last year of the first decade of the century was marked by the loss of significant figures in news, politics and entertainment. The shock of 2009 was the death of Michael Jackson. Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Roy Disney, director John Hughes, fashion photographer Irving Penn, and authors John Updike and E. Lynn Harris passed away in the last year too. Harlem political pioneer Percy Sutton departed over the holidays. D.C. sniper John Allen Muhammad was executed in Virginia. Walter Cronkite and Don Hewitt, the news legend that created 60 Minutes also died in 2009. Review some of the best tributes.

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NPR: Remembering Some Remarkable Lives Lost in 2009

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NYT Magazine: The Lives They Lived, 2009
A special issue that captures the lives of 21 unique figures including Ben Ali, who founded the legendary Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington, D.C., and Naomi Sims, the first black model to grace the cover of a mainstream magazine.

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Audio Slide Show of music legends who died in 2009
NYT Magazine: The Music They Made

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Wash Post: TimeSpace: 100 Lives: Notable Departures of 2009

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Sports Illustrated: Farewell 2009: Sportswriters remember sports figures who died in 2009

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People: Best of 2009: Tribute: The Stars We Lost This Year

Nearly 80 percent of adult Americans use the Internet. “But moving the focus of one’s social life online may also make it less diverse, as people tend to seek out shared interests, friends and experiences online,” according to the Wall Street Journal. There are still a some intentional hold outs who prefer to do their communicating in person. Reporter Kevin Helliker’s brother is one of them.

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WSJ: Daring to Live Your Life Offline