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    Comment by raincoaster: In related news, Al-Jazeera's sattelite services are provided by an Israeli company. Although that won't stop a determined bigot from... more » | Other threads

  • new york magazine

    NY Mag Rich Man Feeling Poorly?

    Though he's supposedly giving a speech today at Lazard (the investment bank he heads as his "day job"), New York magazine's owner Bruce Wasserstein reportedly hasn't been doing well lately. Blogging Stocks claims that Wasserstein has been living reclusively for some weeks; moreover, "[h]e has lost 50 pounds and is said to look like a wobbly, 75-year-old" (Wasserstein is 58). Speculation abounds as to whether this is related to his sister's untimely passing earlier this year or the stress surrounding the Time-Warner-ripping report he created. Personal accounts of recent Wasserstein encounters welcome. More »
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    By Chris Mohney
  • new york observer

    Introducing the Next Owner of the 'New York Observer'

    We never quite bought Keith Kelly's claim that rich guy, investment banker, Carl Icahn ally, and New York owner Bruce Wasserstein was seriously considering buying the New York Observer. (If you already owned one publication that covers media and politics and business and Manhattan society, we wondered, why would you buy a second one?) But now it's moot: Today Kelly is reporting that Wasserstein is no longer interested — if he ever was. More »
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    By Jesse

    Comment by Felix: This I love. Almost the archetypal Gawker post. Now please god let it be true. more » | Other threads

  • obits

    Wendy Wasserstein Exits

    If we may be serious for just a moment: Playwright Wendy Wasserstein died this morning of cancer. She was 55. More »
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    By Jesse

    Comment by firebrand: jko - Agreed, her death was indeed tragic. She was immensely talented, and we've lost a great voice in... more » | Other threads

  • new york observer

    The 'Observer' to Seek Shelter in Wasserstein's Wealthy Embrace?

    Post media stalker Keith Kelly has an interesting item this morning regarding the fate of our much beloved New York Observer (#15 on our 123 reasons for loving this godforsaken town): After years in the red and a circulation plateauing at about 45k, the pretty pink paper is being "quietly shopped around" to prospective buyers. Specifically, editor Peter Kaplan, who very much wants to save his baby, has hit London to meet with New York moneybags Bruce Wasserstein. More »
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Nick Denton: "The more nasty amongst you might even say Carter's ambivalence is making the whole situation a lot worse than it... more » | Other threads

  • time warner

    Media Bubble: TWX, NYT, NBC, CBS, and CNP. And Canada, Too.

    • Investor Carl Icahn signs on Bruce Wasserstein's Lazard to join in his crusade against Time Warner management. New York feature on Icahn's clever business strategy TK soon. [NYT] More »
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  • new york mag

    'New York' Mag: Always Be Closing

    Funny: To magazine people, "closing" usually means something different than it does to salespeople. And, frankly, we don't so much want to be doing their kind. (We don't really want to be doing our kind, either, but it goes with the territory.) Somehow, though, lines got a little crossed yesterday at New York magazine, where some business folks decided to let no selling opportunity go unexploited and therefore reconfigured the email system to automatically append this flackery to the end of every outgoing message: More »
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