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publicity stunts
Pseudo.com Founder Josh Harris 'Attacked' at Film Screening
Nothing about Pseudo.com, Josh Harris's '90s-era Internet-broadcasting startup, was ever particularly real. So when Harris was apparently attacked by someone claiming to be a Pseudo fan last night, can you blame his doubters? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by RonMwangaguhunga: Did Pseudo.com spend all that VC funding on those crazy parties at 600 Broadway? 5 Responses | Other threads
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publishing
Blago's Publisher Almost as Sketchy as Blago
Remember when we all got outraged that Rod Blagojevich got a book deal? Well we should've guessed it came from a shady Hollywood publisher with a history of lawsuits and bankruptcy! More »
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By PareeneComment by Weegee's bored: Reminds me of the editor who paid me good coin to write a novel about a woman primate researcher who... 3 Responses | Other threads
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new york times
'Times' Lore: The Pristine Style Manual
We were sent this tear-jerking tale of the going-away party for a New York Times employee who got the best gift ever. "The story: Merrill Perlman, the director of copy desks at The Times, who has 'chosen' to leave the paper (read: got pushed out) received a send-off today in the same spot where the Pulitzers were given out earlier this year. (This, after the farewell had originally been scheduled for the Page One conference room — never mind that the copy editors constitute the biggest staff in the New York office.)" Read on! More »
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By PareeneComment by if_i_only_had_a_heart: comma comma comma commacomma chameeeeeeeeeeeeleon .... more » | Other threads
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journalismism
5 Years After Jayson Blair, Newspapers Too Broke to Care About Ethics
Superstar MarketWatch media columnist Jon Friedman remembered recently that there was this young fellow who worked for the Times once who got in trouble for making things up and lying. It was a bit of a scandal! It happened five years ago this... season, so Friedman asks a couple folk what they think of the current state of media ethics. Salon's Joan Walsh says the Jayson Blair (for that was the fabricator's name) scandal forced writers and editors to remind themselves not to lie, or to maybe fact-check once in a while. Editor & Publisher's Greg Mitchell says the scandal encouraged more papers to issue corrections more often and not plagiarize so much. But a couple critics note that Jayson Blair is really the least of the newsmedia's woes in 2008. More »
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By PareeneComment by BowlingAlleyLawyer: @Ssscorpion: I gotta disagree with you there. I don't think people really want non-partisan reporting. They want to either yell... more » | Other threads
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empathy
Keeping Good Karma In A World Of Scams
Lehman Brothers' Japan office is under scrutiny for making a little mistake: it lost a $350 million investment in a fraud. They thought the project they were investing in was backed by a reputable Japanese trading house, but it really wasn't. How did the scammers pull off their master plan? With fake stationery and business cards. Yes: somebody showed them some documents with an "official" company seal, handed over that genuine-looking business card, and next thing you know, $350 million! When things like this—or, say, a low-level trader at Societe General losing $7 billion by himself— happen at some of the world's top financial institutions, the impulse is to call those involved idiots or crooks. And sometimes they are. But guess what: getting scammed can be way easier than you think. And that especially goes for journalists! More »
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Comment by LeeroySpitzer: Insider Knowledge: Eliot Spitzer is hung like a bull. Oh, and you didn't hear it from me. more » | Other threads
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subterranean homesick blues
Wondrous And Shitty Siberia To Reopen, Really
Siberia, the Hell's Kitchen bar that was a home away from home for legions of disgruntled alcoholic journalists, closed in May. Its owner, Tracy Westmoreland, has been promising ever since that the bar will reopen. Now he's saying it louder![H]e thinks the club will remain in the same dank, subterranean space on 40th Street and Ninth Ave., but whatever happens, it will definitely be in Hell's Kitchen. "We're not straying from our roots. Siberia's always been in Hell's Kitchen and it works. There have been some shit holes in Hell's Kitchen, and that's basically what we're looking for.
Does this rebirth send hopeful smoke signals to former frequent visitor Jayson Blair that he too can be reborn as a shit hole?
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By Joshua SteinComment by tete rouge: Does anyone remember where I left my Purell? Looks like I'm going to need it again. more » | Other threads
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tomb of the unknown stringer
Pathetic Storage Bin For Media Crap Opens Soon
The Newseum, a gallery dedicated to the profession of journalism, is almost ready for visitors! Soon-to-be-former Times media reporter Kit Seelye takes a look at the monument to press freedom, decidedly one of the most expensive museums under construction. More »
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By abalk2Comment by Sam_Glamgee: And the fan under Larry King's chair. Don't forget that. more » | Other threads
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media
Media Bubble: Actually, We Could Use A New Liver
- Washington Post: "The best-run newspaper company in America because [Donald Graham] is head and shoulders the best newspaper executive in America." [NYT] More »
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jayson blair
Jayson Blair's Obit: Revealed
Thanks ever so much to those who submitted possible sin-erasing obituaries for ex-New York Times staffer Jayson Blair. The challenge was to come up with a first line that could successfully supplant likely references to Blair's career crash at the NYT. Hardly any references to hard drug use, disappointingly. The winner and honorable mentions, after the jump. More »
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By Chris MohneyComment by radiofree: I can tell you who one of the people is: ME! I'm not above shameless self promotion. I... more » | Other threads
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new york times
Write Jayson Blair's Obit!
We're glad to see that disgraced New York Times journalist Jayson Blair is larding his self-pity with more angry cynicism these days. However, in Matt L. Perrone's otherwise charmingly angry extended interview on PopMatters (conducted when Blair served as MC at a high school awards ceremony in Virginia), the man shows the strain a bit. When asked how his death notice would read, a grin-deflated Blair responds, "I cannot imagine anything I could do, no matter how long I live, that will change that first line of my obituary." More »
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By Chris MohneyComment by raincoaster: I know it's a bit late,but here's mine: "The unidentified human skeleton found last week in Central Park have been found... more » | Other threads
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new york times
'New York Times' Staff Explained For Math Majors
We were recently directed to PX This., the "witty, irreverent (star-studded) four year journal of a struggling New York commercial-artist/fashion-designer moonlighting as a maitre d' at some of Manhattan's most well-known restaurants." While perusing its contents, we came upon the following entry (all contents completely [sic]): More » -
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Media Bubble: Year Three, After Jayson
• Three years ago today, the Times published its Jayson Blair, and things went from bad to worse for Howell Raines (and from good to better for Seth Mnookin). [E&P] More » -
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Lit Agent David Vigliano Thinks People Love Jayson Blair's Story, or Hate It
David Vigliano on Jayson Blair, in "Hey, Victim, Want a Book Deal? Jill Carroll's Post-Trauma Choice," by Sheelah Kolhatkar, NYO, today: More » -
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Gawker's Week in Review: Tastes Like Pearlstine's Spirit
• John Huey is finally initiated as the successor to Norm Pearlstine's editorship at Time Inc. The ceremony involved branding, hazing, and some tasty swag. More » -
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Gossip Roundup: Naomi Campbell Snaps Nicole Richie in Half
• Irate supermodel Naomi Campbell, having had more than her fair share of niceties on Tyra Banks's show, turns her wrath on Nicole Richie, who "disobeyed" Campbell by hanging out with Nicky Hilton. Wait — Nicole is still friends with Nicky? Does Paris know? And how do they acheive such a dangerous balance? [Lowdown (2nd item)] More » -
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Jayson Blair on 43rd Street: An Eyewitness Report!
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Jayson Blair Is, Shockingly, an Unreliable Source
As we mentioned in Gossip Roundup this morning, Rush & Molloy reported in today's News that Jayson Blair paid his first visit to 43rd Street since unleashing the unpleasantness of 2003. Here's how Blair described the scene to the gossipmongering duo: More »
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By JesseComment by Jackson West: I blame Jayson's antics on the fall of literary fiction and the rise of creative non-fiction in the market. ... more » | Other threads
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nick and jessica
Gossip Roundup: AMI to Kill Nick and Jessica's Tabloid Baby
• The day Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey announced their separation, Star and Celebrity Living had covers suggesting the couple's pregnancy. Surely they'll save face by giving Simpson a miscarriage next week. [Page Six] More » -
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Media Bubble: Syd, Jim. Jim, Syd.
• Syd Schanberg says journalism's big problem is insufficient transparency — that is, not enough journalism about journalism. In next week's "Press Clips," we fill him in on the existence of Jim Romenesko. [VV] More » -
new york times
Are You Ethical Enough to Work at the 'Times'?
The Times and the Newspaper Guild finally worked out their differences on ethics training for newsroom employees, and now each employee must take and pass the big ethics testby next Monday. The Observer's Gabriel Sherman scored a copy of the exam. More » -
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Jayson Blair Is Your New HR Person. Commence Screaming
Imagine applying for a new job. You've gone through all the channels, you've met with your potential boss, you've said the right things, you've even complimented him on his vomit tie. All you have to do now is go see the HR department. You walk in the door, and there, waiting for you, is ... Jayson Blair! (You'll have to look close. He's very tiny.) More » -
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Fly Like a Cockroach
Folio's Dylan Stableford reveals that the egregious Jayson Blair has a brand new gig writing a column for BP a magazine for people who suffer from bipolar disorder. Blair now claims the disorder, combined with "trying to accomplish my job while I was sick without letting anyone know (what) was wrong with me," led to "the dangerous territory of mania high risk behavior in the form of fabricating and plagiarizing stories." His describes a recovery that includes medication and speaking engagements. Like Icarus, I soared like an eagle, Blair writes, but fell with a shattered wing. Eagle, eh? Isn't flying cockroach more like it?—MG More » -
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Libraries to Blair: Burn Down Masters' House Elsewhere
Why are so many "ex-library" copies of Jayson Blair's Burning Down My Masters' House available in the Used Books section of Amazon? More »
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