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Media Crack
If Newspapers Die, It Won't Be Because of Donald Trump's Lackeys
In your merry Monday media column: Hearst Magazines is not dying quite so quickly as others (news!), the New York Times wants more of your money, a thing happens at 'Morning Joe,' Sun-Times people invite Bill Rancic to suck it, and more: More »
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protocelebrities
Lydia Hearst Goes Topless In Classy, European Fashion
Internet fameball competition was already intense before the recession and subprime celebrity crisis. Now it's gone cutthroat. And Lydia Hearst, never shy about exposing flesh, will not be forgotten so, hey, here are her tits.
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By Ryan TateComment by contradicto: I don't see what the big deal is. I already saw Heather Graham in Boogie Nights. 5 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Why the Large-Format Kindle Is Not a Life Raft for Newspapers
Terminal patients often suffer colorful delusions. But none is as cruel as the fantasy Amazon.com has kindled among dying ink-stained wretches, who believe a magical electronic reading device will cure what ails magazines and newspapers. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Peter Feld: And extra points for saying "the old" rather than "the olds." 3 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Magazine Readers Keen To Not Starve
Everyone else is cutting circulation, but Food Network Magazine expects to ride the whole "I can't afford restaurants but would like to still eat" meme to 1.1 million copies, triple the current level. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Kitten_Witawip: What about the people taking staycations? Won't they be going to restaurants? 3 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Esquire Is Getting Nervous
Esquire's ad revenue dropped 22% in the first quarter, which actually put it above average. But we hear that the magazine's staff, and its corporate overlords, are on edge. There was a meeting yesterday [UPDATED]... More »
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Comment by Cecil's Wielder: That new issue with the rearrangable (rearrangeable?) cover was pretty week. It's like Stacey Greenrock Woods isn't even trying anymore.... 3 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
Billionaire Wants To Forge Nation's Largest Nonprofit Newspaper
Wow, some nutty investor is actually buying into that harebrained scheme to turn the money-bleeding San Francisco Chronicle into a (purposely) nonprofit paper. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by jobsworth: What will happen if papers like and the NY Times can't afford to keep going? Will major cities then... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Generous Offer of Nothing For Newspaper Was Refused!
In your finally Friday media column: a paltry offer for the Seattle P-I, Jake Tapper's a twit, arm fetish redux, Baba Wawa looks towards the end, and newspapers....you know: More »
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print is dead
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Dies Tomorrow
In a move that surprises no one, Hearst finally announced today that the Seattle P-I will stop printing tomorrow. What took so long? More »
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san francisco chronicle
Who Would Fund America's Largest Nonprofit Newspaper?
San Francisco Chronicle journalists are trying to talk investors into buying the foundering daily newspaper and restructuring it as a nonprofit, writes the SF Appeal. Who are the ink-stained wretches courting? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by dell123: The Chron is a piece of crap; I mean, its book editor Weigand (white boy and rice queen who's... 3 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
At Bleeding Newspaper, Management Has Its Way With Union
You know when a labor union is proposing to eliminate paid vacation and cut pay 5 percent, things will not end well for workers. So it is at the San Francisco Chronicle. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Adah: I feel sad that the union had to give up the ability to protect senior members. It's the age 50+... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
College Papers Stage Sympathy Die-In
In your philosophical Friday media column: arm-twisting at the San Francisco Chronicle, intellectual thuggery at the NAACP, body-slamming of college papers, and death and rebirth of reporters: More »
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Comment by beppolina1: It would take some bananas starry-eyed chutzpah to work on a college newspaper these days. What are you being trained... 1 Responses | Other threads
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newspapers
Seattle Paper Migrates Self, Pay To Internet
Hearst is preparing to take the Seattle Post-Intelligencer online-only, the largest newspaper to make such a move. Pay and benefits are coming along for the ride. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Oxycontin Merry-go-round: Why oh why couldn't this be the Seattle Times instead? A paper that repeatedly endorses George W. Bush doesn't... 1 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
San Antonio and Houston Papers to Merge?
We heard a downright bizarre unconfirmed rumor that Hearst's flailing newspaper division is considering merging the Houston Chronicle and the San Antonio Express-News into one operation. Bizarre, we say, for two reasons: More »
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Comment by Aaron Altman: Each day, someone from the Chronicle should drive toward San Antonio, whilst someone from the Express-News can drive toward Houston,... 11 Responses | Other threads
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e-books
Esquire Editor Admires the Kindle, or At Least the Hearst Replacement
Esquire editor David Granger loves the Amazon Kindle. Sort of. The e-book reader gives him hope that Internet-shortened attention spans will lengthen enough to spark a renaissance in books and magazines. He's utterly delusional. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by stoprobbers: I can't read off a screen, hurt my eyes. When society turns away from the written word -- on a PAGE... 2 Responses | Other threads
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e-books
Hearst's E-Reader: The Last Stand of a Doomed Industry
Dear media companies: Please stop trying to innovate. You're lousy at it. Hearst's supposed "Kindle killer," an electronic reader for magazines, is just the latest in a series of debacles from the moribund print-media business. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Argy: It's pretty hard to feature reader comments posted online when no one posts any. There's only so much citizens of... 2 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
San Francisco Chronicle Owner Threatens Shutdown
Hearst Newspapers could shut down San Francisco's dominant daily, the Chronicle, if unions do not agree to major job cuts. The threatened shuttering would leave the city without a real newspaper. Would anyone notice? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by PRIsNotJournalism: And this is when capitalism officially takes over democracy. Too bad no one will be around to document it, except... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Two Papers? Outrageous!
In your downward Friday media column: rumored layoffs at Playboy and Hearst, two-paper towns are dying, your favorite crappy TV channels revealed, and more! More »
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Media Crack
'Roger Ebert...Can Kiss My Ass'
In your pleasant Thursday media column: Jay Mariotti is an asshole, Teens can't read, checks are bouncing, and more: More »
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Comment by Colonel Mustard: Seventeen continues to dominate in the field of made-up Most Embarrassing Stories. I remember reading one where a girl... 12 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Marie Claire Bedbug Infestation Rumor Alert
Bedbugs aren't just for dirty hovels like Fox News and hipster Bushwick. The filthy bloodsuckers have allegedly infested the very flower of our national womanhood—the offices of Marie Claire: More »
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Comment by get the buttah: Wait. Bedbugs don't live only in beds? They hang out on a person's body? Oh god. 7 Responses | Other threads
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layoffs
Hearst Layoffs Hit Esquire
The layoffs at Hearst this week have already hit Redbook and Good Housekeeping. So as not to be sexist, now they've come to Esquire. We hear the upscale men's mag laid off four editorial employees yesterday, including two editors, and decreed that another open assistant editor position won't be filled. "They gathered everyone together to tell them not to tell anyone the exact number cuz they don't want any media," says a tipster. That's somewhat embarrassing. But not as embarrassing as the spending habits of another layoff-happy mag, the recently decimated Conde Nast Portfolio: More »
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magazines
Today In Magazine Layoffs
We hear that there were four editorial layoffs at Good Housekeeping today as part of the broader Hearst layoffs we mentioned yesterday. And FishbowlNY reports 20 layoffs at M. Shanken Communications, the publisher of Cigar Aficionado, Wine Spectator, and Food Arts. And Eric Schurenberg, the managing editor of Money, was laid off today as part of the Time Inc. layoffs. -
great magazine die-off
Layoffs At Redbook
We hear that as many as eight editorial employees—ranging from senior editors to editorial assistants—got laid off from Redbook today as part of the broader Hearst layoffs we told you about earlier. "The economy" was the stated reason. If you know more about layoffs at Hearst, email us.
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rumormonger
'Major' Layoffs At Hearst?
A tipster tells us there have been "Major, across-the-board layoffs at Hearst. All magazine titles had cuts, even the healthy mags had cuts, in all departments. Management says it's because of the economy." Hearst has already canceled its holiday party, and its top competitor Conde Nast just had layoffs of its own. If you have any info, please email us ASAP.
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Comment by Cheap Shot: Okay Mr. Nolan, I know this neatly fits into the 'print is dead' category but I do feel alot of... 2 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
Some Print Deaths Unmourned Amid Carnage
The publishing landscape is so bloodied right now that it's hard to keep track of all the corpses. This month has seen the end of Radar, Men's Vogue, CosmoGirl, 02138, Culture + Travel plus cuts at Time Inc., Portfolio, Niche Media, and Doubleday. Wow. Two casualties have gone largely unnoticed. A tipster informs us that Town And Country Travel closed a few weeks ago to little fanfare. Meanwhile, the New York offices of London-based travel book series Rough Guides are said to have closed, presumably doomed by declining travel, a declining pound — and perhaps a Gotham too depressing to visit. (Publishers, we know things are rough, but do allow us to give all your titles proper burials.)
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By Ryan TateComment by PRIsNotJournalism: Those are the mags people only read when they are waiting to a root canal at the dentist. But if Field... 2 Responses | Other threads
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parties
Hearst Cancels Christmas!
Oh no! Bad things are happening to the already trod-upon desolate dead-eyed employees of the mighty Hearst Company! The magazine business sucks, and the economy's cratering, and CosmoGirl closed, so Hearst has decided that this year there will be no Hearst Christmas Party. Ye gods! Last year the party already moved from Tavern on the Green to their office (it's a big fancy brand-new office, but still), who knew there was yet more indignity to be suffered. This is a bad sign, for America. More »
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By PareeneComment by Bklynexpat: Hearst was into bestiality? Who knew? 3 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
CosmoGirl Is First In The Great Magazine Die-Off
Jeff Bercovici is reporting that CosmoGirl, Hearst's teen-targeted girlie mag, is folding. It was just confirmed by the company, which says it's consolidating the mag with Seventeen. At least it lasted slightly longer than Teen People and ElleGirl! But this could just be the first of many titles to succumb to the horrible new economic environment for mid-tier media outlets, in particular. So what other magazines are going to fold next? We have a couple of guesses. Do you?:
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Comment by katastic: But who will mess with young women's heads now? WHO WILL GIVE 14 YEAR-OLD GIRLS DIET ADVICE? 3 Responses | Other threads
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tough love
To All The Sad Young White Media Interns Working For Free…
There's blind item is causing a mild shitstorm on Fashionista today about a "publishing house" that has been "quietly paying interns — but only if they're of a 'minority.'" Commenters immediately called out Hearst, which, what do you know, we called them up and it turns out that like myriad other media organizations recruits local minority interns* through a separate internship program with special terms and specifications, one of them happens to be a salary of $12 an hour. Now there is something to get enraged about. Not. Who planted this fucking item? Don't tell me, I don't want to know. This is for you. More »
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By MoeComment by ian spiegelman: Um...? What I take from all this is, if you want to get into journalism, you can. If you want... 19 Responses | Other threads
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field guide
Why Are Mean Fashion People So Mean To Marie Claire's Joanna Coles?
I get the sense Joanna Coles is one of those people whose unbridled enthusiasm for everything lends her a dorky quality that make her gargantuan ambitions somehow endearing. Since she took the editor-in-chief spot at Marie Claire two years ago, the magazine's newsstand sales have plunged nearly 30%, but you get the feeling she doesn't let it get her down! And anyway, people are paying attention to Joanna this Fashion Week because she just hired Project Runway judge Nina Garcia away from Elle. Fashion people sometimes say bitchy things about Joanna, mostly "that Joanna Coles is a nerdy poser who has to pay Nina to sit next to her at fashion shows," because fashion people are ridiculous and so is Joanna, a little bit. Just today Fashion Week Daily ran a huge long interview with her along with a little gossip item that seemed harmless but was actually sort of cruel! Read that and our Coles FAQ — and just for kicks, see a pic of Nina Garcia in a realllly short skirt — after the jump.
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By MoeComment by Baroness: Here's the thing: Marie Claire really is the nerdy girl at the party. I mean this as a compliment. It's... 10 Responses | Other threads
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reality tv
Can New Nina Garcia Marie Claire Show Be As Fun As Reality Itself?
Well if it isn't a blessing from the Gawker Media Gods who brought us that pretty fundamentalist rape victim hating Alaska Governess! The Style Network plans to double your viewing rations of Project Runway judge Nina Garcia! This was known already, actually, but now there are details: the show is called Running in Heels and revolves around the staff of Marie Claire magazine, Elle having fired Garcia after deciding to make a reality show featuring Garcia rival Anne Slowey. Nina vs. Anne! Elle vs. Marie Claire! It is like Road Rules vs. The Real World, only…something we'll actually set our DVRs for! But can the show be anywhere near as awesome as the reality-TV-esque circumstances that enabled it to be?
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By MoeComment by QuillanPrice: In the first episode, Nina is hardly in it. It's really much more about intern drama. Not sure what the... more » | Other threads
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death of print
Esquire's animated cover joins Seinfeld ad in museum of fail
The custom battery design that cost hundreds of thousands in Chinese R&D. The refrigerated trucks used to haul the magazines from Mexico to Kentucky. The fallback to finding a sponsor to defray costs — in return for an animated ad. If the managers at Esquire publisher Hearst Magazines want to spend time and money on a project that Wired probably already rejected as not worth it, that's their business decision. But the mag's blinky 75th anniversary cover is a massive letdown. Instead of a new slogan for the ages, the million-dollar signage simply says, "The 21st Century starts now :)." Yes, they put a freaking smiley on it. Party like it's 1999. (Update: Reader Keymaster corrects us that the icon some of us mistook for a smiley emoticon is actually an arrow done in reverse foreground/background from the letters.)
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By Paul BoutinComment by Keymaster: I actually went to Borders to pick one of these up on my lunch break today but instead left empty... 1 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
5 ways the newspapers botched the Web
Here's our theory: Daily deadlines did in the newspaper industry. The pressure of getting to press, the long-practiced art of doom-and-gloom headline writing, the flinchiness of easily spooked editors all made it impossible for ink-stained wretches to look farther into the future than the next edition. Speaking of doom and gloom: Online ad revenues at several major newspaper chains actually dropped last quarter. The surprise there is that they ever managed to rise. The newspaper industry has a devastating history of letting the future of media slip from its grasp. Where to start? Perhaps 1995, when several newspaper chains put $9 million into a consortium called New Century Network. "The granddaddy of fuckups," as one suitably crotchety industry veteran tells us, folded in 1998. Or you can go further back, to '80s adventures in videotext. But each tale ends the same way: A promising start, shuttered amid fear, uncertainty, and doubt. More » -
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Oprah Tired Of Posing For O Magazine Covers
Such a pain! "It takes a lot of time and energy and she's sick of it. She's given them six months to figure out what to do without her." [Post] -
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San Francisco Chronicle to slash 125 jobs in desperation
The San Francisco Chronicle, which has been losing over $1 million a week for Hearst for years, is set to offer 125 employees across the company buyouts. Rather than a strategic round of buyouts focused on one division, any employee can offer up his or her name, marking a desperation to reduce overhead at all cost. It remains to be seen how many of the cuts will come out of the newsroom, and if more than 125 buyout applications are received, the newspaper may accept even more. If not enough employees apply for the buyout, layoffs are threatened. Who's responsible? More »
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By Jackson WestComment by michaellamb: they haven't had a good tech writer there since, well..... never. I liked Jessicy Gyunn the best but even her... more » | Other threads
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microsoft
While Yahoo burns, MSN and Hearst cook up food site
Targeting Yahoo again, Microsoft may be abandoning its "Project Granola" plan to grow its online presence organically, but that doesn't mean ignoring food altogether. Microsoft's MSN and Hearst magazines will partner to create Delish.com, a food and recipe site to be released this fall. Just like Conde Nast's Epicurious, but 13 years later! [AdWeek] -
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Rumormonger: Quick & Simple Folds?
We hear that Hearst's Quick & Simple, the housekeeping tips magazine, has just folded. No word yet on what's happening to the current staff, but there's been heavy turnover there for months, particularly in advertising and marketing. Any further info? Email us. [UPDATE: Ad Age says it's true. Click through for the spelling-challenged intro to a perfunctory goodbye note from a Q&S editor.] More »
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media
The Passing Of The Old Guard
The people who run some of the (once) grandest institutions in print media are tumbling from their perches like so many fallen leaves, cast off in the face of a new season. It's not always their fault. Print is slowly wasting away, and as companies shrink, they cut off their own heads in a desperate bid to prove that they're doing something to address the problem. Not fair, but that's capitalism for you. After the jump, a list of recently deposed members of the old guard; mourn their passing, briefly. More » -
victor ganzi
Silicon Valley Hearst May Have Pushed Out CEO
"Several industry observers zeroed in on William Randolph Hearst III, a family trustee widely known as Will, as a potential source of conflict with Ganzi." [Post] -
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Hearst Chief Fired Over Web Issues?
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Hearst Blows Up
Magazine groups are changing their management with all the abandon of the fractious Meade family in Ugly Betty. The latest casualty: dorky Victor Ganzi, who's stepping down as chief exec of Hearst with no successor lined up. (That's always a bad sign.) Magazine bosses must be feeling particularly insecure today. The rumors about Cosmopolitan publisher Hearst in the Wall Street Journal come the day rival magazine group Hachette dropped its boss of nine years. That leaves S.I. Newhouse's Condé Nast an island of stability—as long as the forgiving 80-year-old publishing magnate remains in charge. (Have the backstory on the sudden Hearst reshuffle? Email!) Update: At least Hearst isn't pretending this was in any way planned. "The reason for his resignation was irreconcilable policy differences with the Board of Trustees about the future direction of the company." And Meredith—which publishes a range of tepid lifestyle magazines such as More—just dropped its editorial director.
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By Nick DentonComment by Smirk: Dear m._s., I have tied said yellow ribbon around my old oak and eagerly await your arrival. Ribbon is quite snug... more » | Other threads
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david granger
Four Awful Tips For Women From Esquire Editor
Esquire's David Granger, you'll recall, secured a lone nomination in the National Magazine Awards this year thanks, reportedly, to lobbying by fellow Hearst editor Rosemary Ellis, of Good Housekeeping. No surprise, then, that Granger was all-too-happy to do a solid for another Hearst title, O, The Oprah Magazine, when editors there asked him to answer the question "Men! What Do You Like Most About Us [women]?" Granger's exuberant response (last item) is clearly intended to flatter O's middle-aged lady readers, which is fine, since that's half the point of these things. But the answers are so obviously terrible one almost wonders if it was written as parody. Did Granger hand this one off to a junior assistant or something? The four worst tips: More »
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