The New York Times has awarded David Carr fellowships to three journalists: John Herrman of The Awl, Amanda Hess of Slate, and Greg Howard of Deadspin. The paper established the fellowship after Carr, who wrote the influential Media Equation column, died of complications related to lung cancer in February 2015.
BuzzFeed Pulls Writer’s Employment Offer Over Leak Allegations
The small staff of Boston.com, the breaking-news site associated with The Boston Globe, is still reeling from weeks of internal unrest stemming from a series a viral posts about a Harvard professor and a Chinese restaurant published in early December, which resulted in a retraction, some disciplinary actions, and a…
Gabriel Snyder Will Replace Franklin Foer at The New Republic
Something is afoot at The New Republic. Though no official announcements have been made, we’re told by staffers that the office is buzzing with rumors that Gabriel Snyder, a digital advisor at Bloomberg Media and former editor of The Atlantic Wire and Gawker, has been hired as its new editor-in-chief—replacing…
Jimmy Soni, the top HuffPost editor who left the site after an internal investigation into several young staffers’ sexual harassment claims against him, is now a “social media consultant” for The New York Observer.
Ex-First Look editor Matt Taibbi has landed a new feature-writing gig at Grantland. Taibbi has also returned to writing for Rolling Stone.http://gawker.com/matt-taibbi-le…
David Plotz, the editor-in-chief of Slate, is stepping down after six years. His deputy editor, Julia Turner, takes over the online magazine today.
Texas Monthly editor Jake Silverstein is the new editor-in-chief of The New York Times Magazine. According to Politico, Silvertein started out as “a reporter for the Big Bend Sentinel, a weekly newspaper in Marfa, Texas.”
Buzzfeed Hires 'Online Curiosity Collector' and Diaper Expert Katie Notopoulos
"Online curiosity collecter," Twitter power user, and sometime Gawker contributor Katie Notopoulos (pictured right) will be joining BuzzFeed as a senior editor in two weeks, working with managing editor Scott Lamb to bring her ongoing documentation of the weird, stupid, gross and hilarious on the internet under the…
White People Manage to Find Work
It's center-left policy wonk musical chairs: New York magazine just poached columnist Jonathan Chait from The New Republic—which hired Tim Noah, recently laid off from Slate, to replace him. What will Chait's sex diary read like? Stay tuned!
Facebook's Newest Hire Cost Sony $24 Billion
Just a month after George "GeoHot" Hotz was sued by Sony for hacking the PlayStation 3, he's got a new gig: He's working at Facebook. Think of what kind of example this sets for the kids.
Meet Al Qaeda's New Acting Leader, Saif Al Adel
Hey guys! Can I have everyone's attention, please? Where's Heather? Does anyone know where Heather is? Well, can you go grab her? We've got a big announcement. Yes, that's right, we've decided to appoint an acting chief of Al Qaeda.
Do All Tech Bloggers Secretly Dream of Working for Tech Companies?
Today, CNET social media blogger Caroline McCarthy announced she had been hired by Google to join its "Trends and Insights team." She's far from the first tech blogger to become a tech employee.
Robert Gibbs Might Go Work at Facebook
Get ready for some truly horrible jokes from our nation's least funny people, political pundits: Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs may be joining Facebook in "a senior role in helping to manage the company's communications."
Evan Bayh Is Fox's Newest Democratic Sap
Former Democratic Sen. Evan Bayh, who doesn't actually like the Democratic party, has joined Fox News as a contributor. He'll get to keep his new corporate lobbying job, too, since Washington has no professional standards.
Ex-Senator Chris Dodd Named Hollywood's Top Lobbyist
Recently retired Sen. Chris Dodd, who said last year that he wouldn't take a lobbying job after leaving Congress, has taken a massive lobbying job: Chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America. Congratulations, Chris Dodd!
White House Appoints a Gay Party Planner
The White House doesn't appoint nearly enough openly gay people for administration positions, it's been said, by someone, at some point. But now that's all over. They have appointed an openly gay man, Jeremy Bernard, to be secretary of defense. No just kidding; America isn't "there" yet. He'll be White House social…
Politico Steals Maggie Haberman From Rupert Murdoch
The same morning the New York Times posts their monster magazine profile of Politico newsletter savant Mike Allen, Politico management announces a high-profile hiring! Crazy! Washington influentials, please enjoy Maggie Haberman. And a VandeHarris memo!
Disingenuous Hack to Contribute to CNN
CNN, America's Favorite Source of Dumb Guys Reading Twitter Out Loud, has signed conservative blogger Erick Erickson to their "Best Political Team." This is a wonderful hire, as it provides yet another excuse to avoid CNN entirely.
Google's Still Got a Crush on Flickr, How Cute!
Yahoo has started its latest round of layoffs, which hit its pixel-cute photo-sharing site Flickr, a formerly sacrosanct fiefdom. We hear Google has its eyes on some of the Flickr employees Yahoo let slip.
MySpace Job Is Sweet Revenge for Ex-Facebook Exec
Owen Van Natta, Facebook's former COO, is officially taking over MySpace, News Corp.'s social network. With its user numbers stagnant, MySpace desperately needs a restart. Is Van Natta the guy to do it?
