Felix Salmon makes the eminently reasonable case that salaries should not be kept secret, but he fails to disclose his own salary. A mere oversight, no doubt. Felix Salmon, please leave your salary in the comment section below.
The Great Bike Debate
Why is everyone so damn worked up bike lanes, those green strips of pavement that have been popping up all over New York (and causing disputes) in the past few years? A New Yorker scribe is virulently opposed to them, and now everyone seems opposed to him.
The 8 Wall Street Journal Ads Taking Aim at the New York Times
Ever since the Wall Street Journal debuted "Greater New York" on April 26 and sparked a good old newspaper war with the New York Times, media watchers have been giddily blogging and tweeting out photos of various ads the paper has been plastering all over town to promote its new metro section.
Even More Layoffs at the AP
In your malevolent Monday media column: another round of layoffs hits the AP, refereeing Henry Blodget vs. Felix Salmon, Starbucks liberals in bed with Roger Ailes, and Gerald Boyd's kind of sad memoir.
But He Was So Funny in That One Movie
Ben Stein: is he still an idiot and a hack? Yes, Felix Salmon reports.
Why Hasn't Annie Leibovitz Filed for Bankruptcy Yet?
The deadline for Annie Leibovitz to repay her $24 million loan from Art Capital Group passed last night at 11:59 p.m. She didn't (her spokesman says she's trying to "work things out"), but Art Capital is mum. What's going on?
Blogger Grabs Shotgun, Hijinks Ensue
Gothamist took aim, Felix Salmon took a swipe and Jason Linkins took stock. The Twitterati were on the receiving end.
Journalism Schools Are a Tax on Rich and Stupid Kids
And also they are breaking journalism, and America. That is what finance blogger Felix Salmon has concluded.
Is Viacom Screwing its Vendors?
In your rumormongering Thursday media column: rumors of layoffs and shenanigans at Viacom and Sesame Street (updated), Felix Salmon jumps the Fort Polio ship, Jay Carney flackery, and a journalism grad is broken:
Always Jumping The Shark
Has Gawker jumped the snark? Discuss! Background reading: Leading Gossip Web Site May Have Jumped the Shark (October 2004) Gawker jumped the shark today, by Felix Salmon (February 2005). Incidentally, Salmon, a blogger for Portfolio's website, is quoted in the latest New York Times article, three years after his first…
The mathematical term for it is "luck"
Portfolio.com blogger Felix Salmon normally spends his time dryly bemoaning how much smarter than me he is. But buried at the end of a lengthy piece of guesswork decrying the not-as-smart-as-Felix-ness of Valleywag's new pay scale, the guy does some actual reporting:
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…
Eventually All We Will Be Writing About Is 'Portfolio'
As you might have heard, Conde Nast's Portfolio launches today. The most important business magazine of its generation, Portfolio starts life with 185 ad pages in a 332-page issue. Cond chair Si Newhouse says the book was "inspired by a positive response to business articles in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, although…
The Believer
As previously reported, Dave Eggers of McSweeney's is distributing a new magazine called The Believer (the brainchild of Heidi Julavits). The "indie" publication features pieces by up-and-coming "indie" writers like Salman Rushdie, Robert Olmstead, and Anne Carson. (Oh wait, it's "Be Nice to Celebrities Day." Sorry.…
Felix Salmon on Libeskind
Felix Salmon speculates that Daniel Libeskind's plan won because Libeskind knew how to navigate the bureaucracy: "Given the very high standard of many of the shortlisted plans, I think that the ultimate reason that Libeskind won was that he was most attuned to the process, and most willing to present his ideas as a…
Muschamp's about-face on Libeskind
Felix Salmon points out that Herbert Muschamp's vitriol for the Libeskind plan was noticeably absent in December. From Muschamp's December 19 article: "If you are looking for the marvelous, here's where you will find it. Daniel Libeskind's project attains a perfect balance between aggression and desire... Mr.…
