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Arianna's Most Tortured Attendants

We asked, earlier this week, if "editors are 'retards' and servants to Arianna" Huffington, subject of an all-too-squishy New Yorker profile this week. After hearing from still more Huffington Post insiders, it would seem the answer is a resounding "yes." And an obvious "yes" to those who have come to appreciate that the ambitious divorcée draws few boundaries between her own professional and personal lives, working manically, phoning and emailing editors in the middle of the night, obsessively arranging the order of stories on HuffPo's front page and in its various sections, and hollering at her staff over an intercom in her Brentwood mansion even while she has her nails done. The only clear line, it seems, is between the smart, charming image Huffington projects to her celebrity friends and the world at large and the rather nastier and more careless Arianna seen inside HuffPo. More »

11:55 AM on Thu Oct 9 2008
By Ryan Tate
5,823 views, 31 comments

Latest by mz_wysiwyg: So when do we get to read about Mr Denton's Most Tortured Attendants? That'll generate some pageviews for you Ryan, more »

editors from hell

Bullied Assistant Put Snot In Bonnie Fuller's Mini Soufflé

Class resentment and anonymous speech on the internet make a toxic combination. (According to Fucked Company, I once paid for lazik eye surgery for a young MBA on staff whom I actually despised.) But occasionally the office legends are accurate—which is lucky because there were some particularly lurid stories about axed Star supremo Bonnie Fuller. Before the stake was put through her heart, the celebrity mag editor was so demanding and abusive to her underlings that she warranted her very own rumor message board, 'I Survived Bonnie'. The demand for first-class tickets from the Make-A-Wish charity? The bullied assistants who exacted revenge by rubbing snot in her souffle and crotch juice on the bread? All true, according to 2004's bitchy profile by Judith Newman of Vanity Fair. After the jump, read about the editor who made all her counterparts look like saints. More »

4:28 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Nick Denton
11,190 views, 69 comments

Latest by lizzybennett: @Rbastid: And get fired and have a fucking hard time finding a job afterward.Unless of course you're graydon carter.Problem is more »