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    Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival

    Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!

    Boring Airport Book Contract Better Than No Book Contract

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    Image of RuthHeracles RuthHeracles
    09/28/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    in case anyone is still reading, dolnick has his first story in the paper today. a fluff piece, which is what he seems to specialize in. he's a decent writer but definitley wouldn't have landed a job at NYT without the family connections.
    i knew him and his wife heidi while they were here in delhii. he's a true american hipster, and she's a twit who tried to be a journalist but couldn't get anything published despite being married to a sulzburger.
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    Image of procrastination_state procrastination_state
    10/12/09

    @RuthHeracles: Wow. You're a bitter ass who can't spell "Delhi" or "definitely". Or get approved as a commenter. Good luck with that.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    09/18/09

    In reply to Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival
    Will Salman Rushdie be discussing what it's like to nail Padma Lakshmi? Because that'll definitely bump my interest level in this event up a few notches...
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/18/09

    @DahlELama:
    I don't know how you verify this, but I'm betting she's a lox in the sack.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @Smitros: Are you suggesting she couldn't cream your cheese? I would still like to caper with her.
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    Edited by The Lone Scout at 09/18/09 1:56 PM The Lone Scout was starred The Lone Scout was unstarred
    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/18/09

    @The Lone Scout:
    Were I single, prolly. But my one single-guy experience with that sort of eye candy makes me wonder if, at least sometimes, foxy=loxy.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @Smitros: I would try to come back with something involving lemon juice and dill sprigs, but I think I've already worn out the whole brunch-in-the-sack metaphor.
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    Edited by The Lone Scout at 09/18/09 3:24 PM The Lone Scout was starred The Lone Scout was unstarred
    Image of ShreeparnaAristodemus ShreeparnaAristodemus
    09/18/09

    In reply to Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival
    Nice job on the New Yorker festival screwing up the URL for the ticket sales. Everything decent sold out.
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    marin79 promoted this comment Nick Denton approved this comment ShreeparnaAristodemus was starred ShreeparnaAristodemus was unstarred
    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    09/18/09

    In reply to Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival
    Dirty Projectors show Friday night?
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    Image of Iceland Spar Iceland Spar
    09/18/09

    In reply to Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival
    I would come to the Gawker Festival only if we wore masks representative of our avatars.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    09/18/09

    @Iceland Spar: What if your avatar is a snapshot of nothingness?
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    Edited by snugbug at 09/18/09 11:42 AM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred
    Image of Better to Eat You With Better to Eat You With
    09/18/09

    @snugbug: Lampshade.
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    snugbug promoted this comment Better to Eat You With was starred Better to Eat You With was unstarred
    Image of snugbug snugbug
    09/18/09

    @Better to Eat You With: Or bank robber ski mask.
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    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    09/18/09

    @snugbug: Nixon mask
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @Iceland Spar: I would come to the Gawker Festival only if other commenters really looked like their avatars. (I'm not ready to have cold water poured on my randy fantasies about certain commenters.)

    PS Yes, I'm male, I ride and shoot, and I do prefer the wild trail to my cubicle, but I'm not a Native American.
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    Edited by The Lone Scout at 09/18/09 12:03 PM The Lone Scout was starred The Lone Scout was unstarred
    Image of snugbug snugbug
    09/18/09

    @BookishLookish: Or Banksy mask.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/18/09

    @The Lone Scout:
    This probably doesn't involve your fantasies (I hope), but I look almost exactly like my avatar.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @Smitros: No fantasies for you, other than my favorite armadillo recipes, my little armored friend.
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    Edited by The Lone Scout at 09/18/09 12:35 PM The Lone Scout was starred The Lone Scout was unstarred
    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/18/09

    @The Lone Scout:
    I'm scrawny (only 4K of memory, I think), so you can find better.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @Iceland Spar: I heard that at the Jezebel Festival they're going to saddle up Sarah Jessica Parker for kiddie rides.

    [Gratuitous equine humor in the absence of actual SJP post]
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    Edited by The Lone Scout at 09/18/09 12:45 PM The Lone Scout was starred The Lone Scout was unstarred
    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @snugbug: I like you just for being, and consider you more than nothingness.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @Smitros: Mmmm, barbequed armadillo on a spit, Mexican armadillo casserole, mu shu armadillo...
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    Image of hamburgerhotdog hamburgerhotdog
    09/18/09

    @Iceland Spar: If I did that horrible violence would ensue. Against me.
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    Image of aLostLady aLostLady
    09/18/09

    @snugbug: Your name speaks far louder than any visual ever could, and you will forever be très adorable in my mind. Masks be damned.
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    Image of DahlELama DahlELama
    09/18/09

    @The Lone Scout: Well I know it's hard not to have randy fantasies about my avatar, but in all honestly, this isn't my usual shade of lipstick. The rest is dead on though, so hopefully I won't disappoint.
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    Image of Smitros Smitros
    09/18/09

    @The Lone Scout:
    W/Leprosy!
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @Smitros: Blue ribbon for overshare. Let's get back to our discussion of Padma's potential loxiness, shall we?
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    Edited by The Lone Scout at 09/18/09 2:14 PM The Lone Scout was starred The Lone Scout was unstarred
    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @DahlELama: "DahlELama," eh? Sorry, I'm Presbyterian.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    09/18/09

    @aLostLady: @The Lone Scout: Aww.. sweet.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @snugbug: Yes, but mine was sweet with existentialism on top.
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    Image of Nic Fit Nic Fit
    09/18/09

    In reply to Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival
    I will be the guy in Juggalo drag.
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    Image of resipsaloquacious resipsaloquacious
    09/18/09

    In reply to Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival
    Meh... I'll be at the Big Lebowski convention.
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    Image of BookishLatkeish BookishLatkeish
    09/18/09

    @resipsaloquacious: I'm joining you with bells on. This whole New Yorker thing sounds like one big snore.
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    Image of snugbug snugbug
    09/18/09

    @BookishLookish: The attendees to the Malcom Gladwell talk should bring along pillows, blankets and canned food supplies. Can't stop, won't stop until he hits the 2.5 billion-word mark.
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    Image of The Lone Scout The Lone Scout
    09/18/09

    @snugbug: Perhaps someone in the audience needs to shout, "You lie!"
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    If anyone is still reading this one, Sam Dolnick and A.G. are second cousins, according to the family tree.
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    Image of HypocriticalOath HypocriticalOath
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    How nepotunistic!
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    Image of BigMaybelle BigMaybelle
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    I worked with Sam and he's one of the most intelligent, unassuming, funny, sincere people I've been on deadline with. He's also really cute! A boon to any newsroom, bloodline or not.
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    Image of m4ximusprim3 m4ximusprim3
    08/21/09

    @BigMaybelle: Sam? Doe you always talk about yourself in the third person?
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    Image of BigMaybelle BigMaybelle
    08/21/09

    @m4ximusprim3: Sam I not am.
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    Image of SanFranLefty SanFranLefty
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    I wish my great-great-grandfather hadn't been such a slacker growing potatoes in Ireland.
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    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    Sounds like a first-cousin-once-removed deal to me. That being out of the way:

    As fashionable as it is to sneer at anyone who gets a job because of inside connections, is there anyone here who is too proud to use them?

    I didn't think so.

    To be honest, I think it's a good sign for the NYT that the younger generation is getting involved with the business. You know how Ford has managed to struggle through the last couple of years? Smart/lucky financial management, and strong involvement from the folks whose name is on the building. Had GM and Chrysler not been playthings for financiers for so long, they might have been in better shape to weather this crisis.

    The reason Hearst was able to take over its hereditary enemy (the SF Chronicle) is because the deYoung-Therriot heirs wanted to cash out, like now. And now Hearst is threatening to shut down the paper, because its real estate in SoMa is worth more than the business.

    In other words, if you care about the future of the Times, you'd better pray that young Sulzbergers and their cousins want to work there. Otherwise, it's just another asset to be liquidated when convenient or necessary.
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    Image of HypocriticalOath HypocriticalOath
    08/21/09

    @Cynical Media Bitch: I am all for NYT getting the youngins involved. But as someone who used to work with another media clusterf*ck, Cablevision, the only thing the younger relatives do is spy and report back to the crypt keepers. There are plenty o' young folk who really need jobs who can keep the paper fresh. You know, ones without trust funds?
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    Cynical Media Bitch promoted this comment HypocriticalOath was starred HypocriticalOath was unstarred
    Image of Cynical Media Bitch Cynical Media Bitch
    08/21/09

    @HypocriticalOath: I think that says more about the Dolans and Cablevision than it does anything else. No, it's not good when the next generation is just a weaselly front for Mom and Pop. (I'm looking at you, Jed York.)

    I don't have a trust fund either, should I be putting that I my resume? Being someone who "really needs a job" isn't reason enough to get hired, as I can tell you from first-hand experience.

    Why do I fear that making the Times "fresh" is not good for the quality of journalism? Just a hunch, maybe?
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    Image of clintosterholz clintosterholz
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    Well at least the New York Times hasn't laid off dozens of qualified journalists! Otherwise this would be rather insulting to everyone else who has to actually work to get a job.
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    Image of Glib and Bitchy Glib and Bitchy
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    Punch
    Pinch
    Punk'd
    Prepped
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    Edited by Glib and Bitchy at 08/21/09 11:47 AM Glib and Bitchy was starred Glib and Bitchy was unstarred
    Image of Pesti-Esti Pesti-Esti
    08/21/09

    In reply to Sulzberger Family Member Lands Job at New York Times!
    Let me put it this way, Hamilton. You should pray Denton never has children.
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    Glib and Bitchy promoted this comment Pesti-Esti was starred Pesti-Esti was unstarred
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