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injustices
Enjoy Your Free Hulu While You Still Can
Why does everything good have to come to an end? Sigh. According to Jeff Bercovici of Daily Finance, Hulu is poised to start charging people subscription fees to watch video on the site. More »
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mysteries
Why Isn't Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone's Rockstar Writer, Blogging On Rolling Stone's Website?
Fans of Matt Taibbi, frequent Bill Maher guest, 2008 NMA winner and Tom Friedman's worst nightmare on steroids, have long wondered why Taibbi blogs for True/Slant and not Rolling Stone. It's time for some answers! More »
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Comment by mattchew03: I have an (arguably irrational) hate for Matt Taibbi. 15 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
WSJ. Is Here. Let The Schatshow Begin.
The Wall Street Journal's new glossy quarterly "Modern Wealth "-themed grab for the pocketbooks of the plutocracy-in-waiting is here!!!! And…would you believe that model's "dress" was "designed" by Roland Mouret? Huh. I can think of some Project Runway rejects who might have done it better for cheap?? But, whatever, it's a fine cover, so let's get down to "business": as we've discussed previously, this magazine is a naked appeal to modern wealthy Journal readers to finally take their ad pages home and leave them toiletside. But don't get it twisted! "The eschatological angst that characterizes much of the newspaper industry does not define Dow Jones," said new managing editor Robert Thomson at a press conference this morning.* Meanwhile, silver-dollar-shaped scones and "flights" of three different types of juice (Juice?) were served and Thomson talked lots of schat on their New York Times counterpart T. More » -
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An Expensive Trip
Radar runs a tangled tale of the junket to Las Vegas financed by email newsletter Thrillist and the righteous indignation it provoked from media ethics cop Jeff Bercovici. The Portfolio media reporter tried to catch out two reporters for the New York Post invited on the trip; but forgot to mention that one of his own Condé Nast colleagues was also along for the ride.
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By Nick DentonComment by ElleChin: even if Sklar or Jeff NARCed, almost everyone who junketed took pictures, twittered, text or blogged anyway. It is called... more » | Other threads
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By Nick DentonComment by The Dewd: @Bercovici: Eh, that was written in 2006. I say the story is fresh again! more » | Other threads
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corrections
When Is Malcolm Gladwell To Be Believed?
Jeff Bercovici's deleted blog post on Portfolio.com—on the tussles between fellow Conde Nast writer, Malcolm Gladwell, and the fact-checkers—has reappeared again. Apparently, it wasn't so much censored as benched, pending additional reporting. So, what has Bercovici's additional reporting uncovered? Gladwell, author of anecdotally rich best-sellers such as The Tipping Point, now denies ignoring a fact-checker's warnings at the New Yorker, where he is a contributor. That would be the end of it, except Gladwell's credibility is shot. The pop science writer boasts that he inserts nonsense into articles for his own amusement, but Gladwell is inaccurate even in regard to his inaccuracies. His denial might be a denial; or it could just be another elaborate prank within a prank.
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By Nick DentonComment by sampan: The "tipping point" isn't new; it's a functional idea in engineering, physics etc., one that, for example, Bill McKibben applied... more » | Other threads
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oops
Michael Wolff As PR Man
Why oh why did Michael Wolff ever abandon the comfortable world of print journalism to try his luck again at the internet tables? The Vanity Fair columnist, who documented his last business failure in the best-selling Burn Rate, is getting questions about the audience for his internet news venture, Newser. (Answer: actually, not hopeless.) But the new-fangled electronic mail can be so confusing. When briefing a colleague on a response to interrogation by Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici, Wolff made a common mistake: he hit the reply button, rather than forward. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by MATIC: I can see the appeal of the site among a certain subset of internet users. However getting the scale they... more » | Other threads
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digg this!
MySpace Primary Winner Ron Paul Will Boost Your Traffic!
Have you heard of Ron Paul? He is running for president. He has a blimp. He would like to abolish the government and bring back the gold standard. His internet fans are legion, and they are also nuts. Did we mention that they got him a blimp? And whenever Ron Paul is mentioned, on the internet, in just about any capacity, on sites large or small, the Paultards show up en masse to argue in the comments and berate the regulars. Then they spam Digg with it. It's called The Ron Paul Effect. Would you like the hear the headline of the single worst press release of 2008 so far? It is: "MySpace Community Chooses Barack Obama and Ron Paul as Leading Presidential Candidates in Nation's First Presidential Primary." See? And everyone on the internet can play along.
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we've got to get out of this place
Laurel Touby's Inability To Use The Internet Creates Mayhem
Last night, Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby wonderfully displayed her utter inability to use email. (Once again, we question how this woman founded an internet company and sold it for $23 million.) Rebecca Fox, Mediabistro's managing editor, had sent out an email alert that News Corp. had bought Beliefnet.com. Rebecca did not bcc the email list—and so her boss Laurel replied to all. Which started a most unholy email chain!
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print is dead long live print
The Daily News may not turn a profit this year, according to owner Mort Zuckerman, who told a British Parliamentary group studying the media in September that the news business is "a glorious way to lose money." In fact, in minutes from Zuckerman's meeting with the group obtained by Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici, Zuckerman paints a less than rosy picture of how the News is doing. Circulation figures and ad dollars are down, an advertising office in Detroit has been closed and so have all twelve of U.S. News & World Report's foreign bureaus. The New York Post is a "non-economic competitor," according to Zuckerman, meaning that the Post can afford to undercut the rival News by spreading out any losses around NewsCorp properties, something the smaller News can't do. In fact, Zuckerman's comments to the committee have a distinct smoke signals feel; could he be making overtures to potential buyers out there? Given who pointed out the Portfolio item to us&mdash Mort Zuckerman himself—we're going to go with 'probs.'
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By MaggieComment by hercules q. einstein: US News & World Report is losing Mort more than $1 million a month. He has been reluctant to sell... more » | Other threads
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lewis lapham
Septuagenarian Lewis Lapham's post-Harper's magazine Lapham's Quarterly finally launched last night after a prolonged gestation period. Carnegie Corporation president Vartan Gregorian, who made an appearance in Lapham's "dramatic documentary musical" called The American Ruling Class, did introductions. Lapham, as Lapham does, didn't wear socks. Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici says the "Lapham's Quarterly will change the way you think about thinking." Of course he, like almost everyone else, hadn't actually read the issue. More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by MisterHippity: Yes, Jeff, but will it change the way we think about thinking about thinking? more » | Other threads
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how your sausage gets made
Here's HuffPo's Rachel Sklar on making friends down in Boca at the American Magazine Conference: "We're pleased as punch to report that [Portfolio blogger] Jeff [Bercovici] was enthused about the notion of cross-posting from Portfolio to HuffPo, saying that he was always happy to increase his traffic. Well, now, see Jeff? Compensation comes in many forms, and rich indeed are those who blog within our warm, happy embrace. Arianna was happy to give Jeff a mini-scoop which may or may not be showing up on his blog soon (free content for Jeff!)...." [HuffPo]
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By ChoireComment by ZiggyStardust: Hugs from Rachel Sklar are by far the best compensation ever. more » | Other threads
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by the numbers
Conde Nast Portfolio's December issue will have 111.3 ad pages, says the Post's Keith Kelly: "That comes after a 185 ad-page debut in April, followed by 121.2 in September, 117.9 in October and 108.2 in November." (That's a bit more than 1/3rd of Vanity Fair's ad pages, right?) Meanwhile, we hear that on their website, media blogger Jeff Bercovici and finance blogger Felix Salmon have recently been trading off months as top traffic-getters. We also hear that the online ad folks are totally over the top! They don't have much inventory to sell, as site traffic is still low—and yet veritable hordes of them fly across the country to meet with agencies and pitch. The sales team sounds crazily over-built for the current size of the website. -
revolving doors
More staff turnover at Portofolio: senior associate editor Jeffrey Chu bails for Fast Company. On the plus side, hey, Jeff Bercovici and, uh, Lloyd Grove are on the scene! [NYP] -
let's be honest
From former Radar reporter Jeff Bercovici's change-of-address email: "After a year at a turbulent start-up whose every move was covered in the press, I've moved on to... well, Portfolio!" -
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Reporter Jeff Bercovici, who got his start (as far as we're concerned!) at WWD, is leaving Radar for... wait for it... Portfolio! To BLOG. Enjoy blogging, blogsy! Blog it up! Though he'll stay at Radar as a contributing editor. -
ignominious downfalls
How Drew Kerr's P.R. Firm Died
The story of any company's demise is a mess of allegations, innuendo, slights, and wrongs: Employees treated badly, employers indignant, clients left holding the bag. The story behind the swift downfall of Drew Kerr's publicity firm, Four Corners, is no different. To pull out every last cliche, it's a cautionary tale of one man's twisted vision—a tale of how ego and greed should not be mistaken for ambition. Yes! So, how did Kerr's firm, which handled accounts like Radar and Maxim, go to hell so fast?
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Comment by VenetiaCylla: I'm so glad I found this article! I am looking for a small PR firm with power and I have... more » | Other threads
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radar
How Well Do You Know The Staff Of 'Radar'?
Say what you will about Radar impresario Maer Roshan (and we have!), but the man knows how to put together a staff. In fact, one of the hallmarks of the three incarnations of his magazine has been the strength of the writers and editors he convinces to join him on his magical mystical journey through magazine-dom. But just who comprises this motley crew? From whence did they spring? And what in their varied backgrounds could have prepared them for the GREATEST MAGAZINE RE-RE-LAUNCH EVER? Come, let's examine their biographies together!
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Comment by Dottie: The Colin Farrell cover is a photo of a model who looks a lot like Colin Farrell. more » | Other threads
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media
Media Bubble: DO NOT MAKE IT LIVE!!!
- "Time Inc. has selected Stockholm's Bonnier Group as the winner of the auction for the right to buy 18 of Time Inc.'s magazines. There was no immediate word on the price that Bonnier will pay, but the terms are in place and a deal should close within a month." That's what AdAge said, but then they pulled it. So who knows? [AdAge] More »
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By abalk2Comment by Hyman Decent: Aw crap, I just sent Gawker (what I thought was) a tip about Fox News calling Anderson Cooper the Paris... more » | Other threads
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media bubble
Media Bubble: People Like News, Especially When It's Pretty
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The Re-Re-Radaring: Maer Keeps His Friends Close and His Enemies Closer
Radar chief Maer Roshan has never been known to be the most understanding subject when reporters break pieces of news he doesn't necessarily want broken, or with a spin he doesn't particularly want spun. So he was no doubt less than tickled with WWD media guru Jeff Bercovici back in March, when Jeff uncovered the news that Maer's beleaguered mag was set to be resurrected once again. Savor this irony, then: We're now hearing — just as a rumor, mind you, but from more than one person — that Bercovici is in talks with the Radarites to join the mag, should it ever launch. It's a clever way for Maer to control some of his coverage, eh? More » -
ellies
The High-Stakes Ellies Pool: All Hail Big Berc
Jeff Bercovici, the sharply dressed but nevertheless heterosexual media editor of Women's Wear Daily, won Gawker's High-Stakes Ellies Pool Tuesday night by correctly predicting winners in 10 of 22 National Magazine Award categories. Now officially known as the Most Accuratest Media Pundit in New York, Bercovici today accepted the remainder of his prize: The coveted Gawker Ellie, delivered over lunch at — where else? — Michael's.
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media bubble
Media Bubble: There Is No News About Katie, and Yet Still She Is News
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gawker explainer
Gawker Explainer: Even More Names in the News
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media thanksgiving
Media Thanksgiving: The Grateful Hacks
We asked a bunch of media folks why they're thankful on this Thanksgiving, and many of them told us. Here, the media reporters. We start with the Observer boys, and, first, Gabe Sherman: More »
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