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Celebukids
Theo Spielberg, Student, Joins New York, as Intern
Celebrity spawn news! New York magazine has used a fair and impartial process to hire new interns, and one of them happens to be Steven Spielberg's son! Allow him to introduce himself [UPDATED below]:
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Media Crack
Sean Hannity Has No Excuse Not to Get Waterboarded
In your inhumane Friday media column: Layoffs at NPR, another freakin' Dubya('s dad) book, newspapers burn as usual, New York mag has ad trouble, and Sean Hannity's waterboarding money appears! More »
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Comment by The Real JR: Seriously. I would really like to get in that waterboarding for charity action. I really can't stand hearing people like... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Luxury Kills New York
Remember the iconic New York Magazine sign on Madison and 49th? Now it's a Burberry sign. Metaphor contest! We say "The triumph of the fetish over the fetishist." Sad for history. [Racked; Click to enlarge.]
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Comment by Mount_Prion: "Burberk" sounds like the noise you make just before you heave up vomit. 4 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
New York Lived the Dream. Now, the Nightmare
Item: We hear that New York Magazine recently called in its department heads and told them to prepare for more budget cuts. New York Magazine is the Gilded Age's demise, paper version. More »
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Comment by Nick Denton: A couple of years ago, I had lunch at The Modern with Adam Moss. We'd never met before, not properly,... 11 Responses | Other threads
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media
New York Magazine's Happiest Editorblogger
Hugo Lindgren was Adam Moss' first hire at New York magazine, following Moss over from the NYT magazine. Now Lindgren is one of New York's bloggers. They sure take this "blogging" thing seriously! More »
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: I think Lindgren is misunderestimating the downturnaround. more » | Other threads
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magazines
New York Great For Hookers
Former alleged Spitzer hooker #2 Kristin Davis: "I got the best response to my escort ad's in New York magazine. They're expensive, but that's where many of my clients got my phone number." [Steppin Out]
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Comment by Mr.Fantastical: ummm..... that's got to be a dude.... she's making spitzer look worse and worse... ok.. gotta run to the bathroom and vomit... 4 Responses | Other threads
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moguls
Bruce Wasserstein Now Has a Better Pastime than Magazines
Being a media mogul can get tiring. Could the news that New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein is marrying a younger woman signal a bit of loss of interest in his marriage to the magazine? More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: What is with media moguls and Asian women? I would go with a young Latin beauty, personally. 3 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
The Fall of the Almost-Rich
New York magazine, the bible of an entire class of affluent aspirationals, has already cut its masthead; now, it's instituting widespread pay cuts. In the "All New"economy, its audience is fading away. More »
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Comment by Aaron Altman: Other things that are "upwardly mobile": 1) Sir Edmund Hillary 2) Sherpas 3) Mountain goats 4) The person with the flugelhorn in the "Ricola"... 14 Responses | Other threads
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new things
New York Finds Enough 'All New' Stuff to Fill an Issue
Two months ago, New York magazine staffers were emailing friends seeking ideas about New things for the "All New" issue. Now that issue is here! It's just as totally contrived as you would expect. More »
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Comment by Kid Twist: Someone should do an all-nu issue, featuring items that fit the many variations of that word.Nu? Can you believe that... 2 Responses | Other threads
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media
Jesse Oxfeld Out At New York Magazine
We hear that former Gawker editor Jesse Oxfeld has been let go from his position as a senior editor at New York magazine. More »
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Comment by jko: Thanks, all. And thanks especially, Hamilton, for selecting a particularly flattering photo. 4 Responses | Other threads
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new york magazine
Does New York Have A Problem?
Yesterday New York magazine laid off Gael Greene, a food critic there for the past 40 years. Apparently the recession is hurting New York like everyone else—not as drastically as everyone else, of course, but enough to have to pare down their fat roster of restaurant reviewers. So is this just a longtime employee being pushed out, or a sign of something worse under the surface? More »
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Comment by jfk1624: Wow, that cover model looks a lot like Claire Danes before karma face got to her. She was so... 8 Responses | Other threads
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hsbc
HSBC Buys All Of New York's Ads: Good Timing Or Bad?
You may have noticed that a large percentage of flat surfaces in America are currently occupied by those vaguely enraging tri-panel HSBC ads, where identical images are given different captions to prove that—I suppose—HSBC does not believe in a Kantian sense of moral absolutism. "A child: Love. Responsibility. Welfare Fraud." Now the bank is sponsoring this week's entire issue of New York magazine, meaning you'll have more than a dozen new chances to soak in HSBC's triumvirates of relativism. But considering the timing, it's worthwhile to ask: "Banks sponsoring entire issues: Smart. The Future. Monumental Fuckup?" More »
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Comment by drunkexpatwriter: Not to get off on a rant but I hate HSBC and am sorta disappointed that they have not gone... 7 Responses | Other threads
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memos
New York's E-Mail to Certain Staffers: Behave, OK?
So the "really angry" e-mail sent out to New York magazine's freelancers and others—warning them to stop using their New York associations to get into events—wasn't so mean after all. It's just that "at least one party crasher and one overly ambitious editor" have been getting, well, a bit overly ambitious! Click for the memo. Update: we think we know who the party crasher is! More » -
fuckups
How New York Burned Its Plastic-Surgery Source
Anonymous sources can usually put some faith in the journalistic principle, that the anonymity of a source is a sacred thing, to be protected even at the risk of jail. But they should have less faith in a reporter's competence. Last week, a New York Times reporter withheld the name of a critic of the Chinese government but gave him away accidentally by mentioning the restaurant he owned. And there's an equally moronic slip in this week's cover story on plastic surgery in New York magazine.
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By Nick DentonComment by off-kilter: Yah know, its really fun to skim down the comments, ignoring what thread they belong to. Its pretty surreal. By the... more » | Other threads
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joe scarborough
Tim Russert's Departing Words On Joe Scarborough
As predicted, New York magazine's profile of Joe Scarborough was much like its predecessor in the Times, recounting the MSNBC personality's trip from a scripted right-wing blowhard to a charming, inventive morning show host who even sympathizes with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. But the endorsements! The MSNBC hosts' colleagues are positively effusive. And no doubt the most powerful quote is this one from former Meet The Press anchor Tim Russert, collected two weeks before his death: More » -
punditry
'New York' is Scarborough Country
Did you enjoy the lengthy "in defense of" Rush Limbaugh profile in last Sunday's New York Times Magazine? Then you'll love the friendly profile of MSNBC token independent conservative Joe Scarborough in Monday's New York Magazine! We haven't read the piece, but we imagine it will explore his crazy trip from Gingrichian Congressional Republican to funny conservative that liberals love, all because he took over Don Imus' TV slot, started doing an entertaining morning show, and basically revealed himself to be totally in the bag for Obama. (As we learned last month in the Times.)
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By PareeneComment by OliverTwist: His show was fantastic for the couple of weeks he wasn't on it recently. more » | Other threads
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magazines
New York Magazine Hungry
"Menupages, the New York City based online restaurant menu guides site, is being bought out by New York Magazine, we have learned. This is the first such online buy for NYM..." [Paid Content via Silicon Alley Insider]
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By Ryan TateComment by thecomicscomic: So this would be a bad time to apply for that "Menu Project Assistant" opening at New York Magazine, then? more » | Other threads
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labor relations
Union Takes Anti-Wasserstein Fight to (Most) New York Media
Billionaire Bruce Wasserstein is under attack from communists! And they're taking the fight to the blogs! SEIU, the service industry union, has been trying to unionize workers at a chain of nursing homes called Atria Senior Living. Atria was recently bought by Lazard Real Estate Partners, which is a little corner of Lazard Ltd., which is the parent company of Wasserstein's investment bank. Since the buyout, SEIU says the nursing homes have raised rents while cutting staff and level of care. You'll find SEUI's tricky pretend financial ads on the sites of the New York Post, the Times, and, yes, Gawker (see attached, or look up). But you probably won't see them over at the homepage of New York Magazine, which is owned by a guy named Bruce Wasserstein. [NYP] -
clay felker
Clay Felker, Who Taught A City To Talk About Itself
Clay Felker, the founding editor of New York magazine, died today at the age of 80 after an extended illness. The Missouri native got his start in journalism as a magazine writer for titles like LIFE, Time, and Esquire, but he will go down in history as the man who codified a method for chronicling the elite of New York, while providing a platform for the city's best writers. He's responsible for creating the only real glossy city magazine that is also a good magazine on its own merits—unapologetically elitist, but not blinkered. And slick enough to justify it all. More » -
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Media Bitchery: The Definitive Bibliography
Think of how easy it might have been to understand Arianna Huffington's bloggy animus toward Tim Russert if there were a book out chronicling all the sordid details of their decade-and-a-half-long secret feud. (There is.) Every gossip-mongering gadabout should know the full backstory on every spat, falling out, and long-running mutual antagonism in media. Below are the volumes no shelf should be without.
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adorable bloggers
HuffPo Blogger Wonders Where the Ladies Are
According to her bio, Jessica Wakeman is "an associate blog editor at Huffington Post." We are not really sure what that means except that she writes totally adorable blog posts about media and all the people in media who she loves, like a little Rachel Sklar. Last time we checked in, she was distraught to learn that to "make it" in New York, "you need a strategy." Her mentor Vanessa Grigoriadis told her! Gosh! Wakeman decided she better stick with the web, a safe space for earnest and sincere young women, where Wakeman can work on writing about important cultural things, like her idol Vanessa or "Ariel Levy or Emily Nussbaum." Today, Wakeman is a little bit upset at her favoritest magazine ever! More »
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By PareeneComment by tete rouge: I'm going to be catty and judge her for "there's several." Just because I can la la la judge judge... more » | Other threads
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art?
'New York' Stays Classy, Always
When Nick wrote about New York's cheeky Spitzer cover earlier today, I thought it looked like a ripoff of the work of legendary conceptual artist and designer Barbara Kruger. Turns out, per New York's Jesse Oxfeld, the cover is by Barbara Kruger. So between this and the high-minded smut of February's "Lindsay Lohan naked but photographed by Bert Stern," we have to wonder who else New York can employ to lend a classy sheen to baser-minded content. Maybe they can get Claes Oldenburg to make their next "sex and love" issue 50 feet long! [NYM]
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By PareeneComment by dadoorunrun: oops, I meant Lazard Freres. All those wall street firms look alike. more » | Other threads
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media
Lindsay Lohan's Tits Save Magazine Industry
New York got 20 million page views on Monday and Tuesday. Non-Lohan content "received between 2 million and 3 million page views." Further: maybe we are wrong about everything, or some things, at least? "A spokeswoman says New York has sold 500 more subscriptions this week than in an average week." Sure to be 500 very disappointed people. Unless they really need to know the best doctors in New York or why everyone hates Park Slope. [Portfolio]
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By PareeneComment by heroinandpeeps: Gross. That broad's skin makes her look like a Jackson Pollock. I wonder what messages her body has for the... more » | Other threads
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media
Internet To Save/Destroy Traditional Media; Britney Spears, You To Help
Magazines are dying and the web is surging, but maybe there is a web ad bust on the way, and also maybe the web is what is killing magazines, or maybe no one reads anymore, and (former Gawker managing editor) Choire Sicha is trying to figure it all out in today's Observer. He's also trying to figure out Rolling Stone's Britney Spears cover and New York's Lindsay Lohan cover, the two most important magazine covers of this century. But, about that Rolling Stone piece—we all saw the good bits, because they were leaked, by RS, to Perez, but maybe we mostly missed the more "important" thinky bits of Vanessa Grigoriadis' story, because RS only put the first 606 words on their website? Regardless, Rolling Stone had their "best week ever in the history of the Web site," even without the story. So maybe all they needed were the photo galleries? "Until the people on the business side are sure they're going to replace that revenue, that's how it's going to be," says an editor. Maybe we don't actually need content anymore, just the idea of content? That will save everyone a bit of time and money! More » -
tabloid stories
You Can't Keep Col Allan Down
It's a pleasant surprise, but we actually love Lloyd Grove's profile of New York Post editor-in-chief Col Allan in this week's New York. Allan, a saucy Aussie if there ever was one, comes off as a pugnacious tyrant who is driven by a desire to win at all costs. Also, he likes a drink every now and again. Mostly now. Read the whole piece: There's a ton of detail, and Grove's knowledge of the tabloid industry may not have saved his job at the Daily News, but it is put to good use here. Our handy highlights follow. More »
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By abalkComment by Ian Spiegelman: @Sara Benincasa: Ah, after all these years I've finally given someone something instead of just taking, taking, taking! more » | Other threads
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tabloid wars
How crazy is it that Lloyd Grove, our favorite former gossip columnist at the New York Daily News, is on assignment for New York magazine to write about nutty New York Post editor Col Allan? So crazy! We hear the piece is at least a few weeks away, though he's been working on it for a while. One might assume the rationale for assigning the piece, despite any actual or theoretical conflict of interest, is that Lloyd would bring some sort of inside knowledge to the story. But if that were true, wouldn't he still have his job at the Daily News? Hi-o! Oh, just asking, Lloyd!
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By ChoireComment by Brad Walsh: The Oberlin yearbook is called Hi-O-Hi. For real. more » | Other threads
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knowing your enemies
How Exactly 'New York' Mag Is "Crap"
Today Radar launches a much-deserved attack on New York magazine. John Cook writes: "New York is to journalism what The Eagles were to rock: a technically flawless assemblage of expertly crafted elements that look, on paper (as it were), as though they ought to translate into a superb magazine, and yet somehow still manage to suck." The whole thing is so worth your time (bonus points for "Reading it is like eating a bowl of ice shavings prepared by Jean-George Vongerichten") and it also put us in mind of an email conversation we had some weeks ago with New York's icy publicist, Serena Torrey. More »
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By ChoireComment by contradicto: Eh, I wanted to be well informed, but Brown was right, that article is too effing long. Just one question: Is... more » | Other threads
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media
Media Bubble: Everything's Gone Green
- Very odd array of online publishers, print media, and actual businesses look to cash in on whole environment thing. [LAT] More »
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By abalk2Comment by the earl grey: I was pleased to see NY Post item today that Gore is thinking about running in 08. may Vogue has... more » | Other threads
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media
Media Bubble: "Hey, It's Scooter. You Know That Plame Chick? CIA."
- Scooter Libby would call Judy Miller at all hours just to tell her that Valerie Plame worked for the CIA. [WaPo] More »
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new york magazine
'New York': Old Media Is Really, Really, Really Dead
It's not that any one article in this week's New York proves the death of old media (or at least any more so than any other article ever does). It's more of a penumbra thing: The combined take-away from all the media coverage in the new issue of the mag is downright depressing. More » -
new york magazine
'New York' Salary Issue, Courtesy of Google?
This week's New York mag cover story is a brilliant study in class envy: It's the salary issue, in which the projected payoffs of various Manhattanites are presented in a handy listicle, ready for your shock and ire. More » -
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Did Adam Moss Just Hire His Own New Boss?
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Looking at the Look Book
Intern Alexis would like to apologize to each and every one of you: For the past three weeks or so, she's been a PCP-infused haze, eating innocent kittens, and ditching her intern responsibilites like only a bitchy addict would. By abandoning her Look Book duties, she burned you, she burned us, and she burned dozens of starving orphans who had nothing more to look forward to in life than Alexis' weekly feature. More » -
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Beauty Queen No More: Landman to Leave 'New York'
Start slathering on your going-out face and undergoing all the latest peels, rubs, and injections: We hear spa and beauty guru Beth Landman is soon to be skedaddling from the luxurious mud baths of New York mag. We understand it's an amicable departure, but we don't know any more than that. Feel free to fill us in, if you'd like. More » -
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'New York' vs. 'The New Yorker'
If you're frustrated the All-Star break is leaving you with insufficient athletic-spectation opportunities this evening, we've got some great news: New York battles The New Yorker on the soccer pitch tonight. The game starts at 9:05 at Houston Street and the West Side Highway. And the smart money (at least at 444 Madison, it seems) is on The New Yorker. More » -
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The Perfect 'New York' Article: Pimps, Hookers, & Lizzie Grubman
The latest New York magazine has a too-many-words-to-count feature on Riker's Island inmate Jason Itzler, also known as the free-spending, arrogant pimp behind NY Confidential, a high-dollar escort agency that brought in as much as $25,000 a night from its Worth Street loft. The story is a typical tale of a rise-and-fall in the underworld, complete with a heartwarming storyline of Itzler's beloved, a $2K hooker named Natalia. In this story, however, it's not the money and the sex that are fascinating — it's Itzler's interaction with high society that we find particularly enlightening: More » -
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'New York,' 'New York,' It's a Helluva a Mag
New York lost a features editor last month and an articles editor in September. Now it's staffing back up, hiring two folks who will be, as editor Adam Moss put it in an informal and friendly staff email yesterday, "roughly replacing the recently departed chris lehmann and the less-recently departed joanna coles." (No caps, the sure sign of an informal and friendly email.) More » -
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The Five Stages of Lindsay Robertson
Our first reaction on reading New York's report that Lindsayism.com proprietress Lindsay Robertson had been "cyberstalking" Corey Feldman was, in a word, denial. "Mild-mannered Lindsay?" we asked ourselves, amazed. "That blonde pixie we've known all these years? Her?" (And, more to the point, in what world is that cyberstalking?) It couldn't be, we thought. It just couldn't. More » -
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Another Day, Another Reason for Amsden to Cling to Young Girls
The byline and lede are unnecessary; one really only needs to glance at the headline to know that this was written by anthropologist of the barely-legal, His Skeeviness David Amsden. In his defense, however, Amsden seems to be growing up: These girls are high school graduates, after all. More » -
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The Cock Goes Down
The notoriously raunchy East Village gay bar The Cock will be closing in a few weeks. One wonders: What finally sealed its fate? The post-ban smoking? The backroom? Nope.In the end, though, they were done in by real estate. When the lease came up, "my landlord wasn't having it anymore."
So now The Cock will enter The Hole, as it were, and the latter's location on Second Avenue will be known as The Cock. More »
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