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death of print
Did David Blum Help Gut a Third New York City Weekly?
Was former Village Voice and New York Press editor David Blum—whose tour through New York's dying weeklies has, fairly or unfairly, been regarded as a kiss of death—behind the bright idea of firing 10 New York Observer staffers? More »
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jared kushner
Typo, Filler Ad, Mainstream Movie Herald New York Observer's Second Very Short List
How is shopping newsletter Very Short List doing on the second day under the New York Observer's ownership? Poorly enough to motivate mogul wannabe Jared Kushner to hire some dedicated staff, perhaps. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ninety_nine: Maybe they thought DO was a new section in the 'revamped' Observer. Fun fact that you might have been able... 1 Responses | Other threads
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deals
'The Observer's Very Short List' Proudly Brought to You by the New York Observer
The first edition of email newsletter Very Short List is out for the first time under the control of New York Observer publisher Jared Kushner. What advertiser do you think he lined up? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by The Dominant Glee Club: High-brown? What is going with Gawker lately? 6 Responses | Other threads
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update
Our earlier post on Very Short List being sold is now confirmed via official email.
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breaking
'Very Short List's Been Sold To Jared Kushner, We're All Fired.'
A source writes in: ink on the long-rumored deal selling IAC property Very Short List to Jared Kushner and The New York Observer's dry. VSLers have been fired, and the property's clumsily fallen into the Observer's hands, now. Update: confirmed.
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By Foster KamerComment by Awesome X: Ethical question. You were just canned. The new you is on the phone, asking how to do the job you'd... 4 Responses | Other threads
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moguls
The Very Long Con of a Very Short List
Barry Diller's effort to pawn off Very Short List, his failed shopping newsletter for the rich, is turning into a classic New York media folly — a big drama over a puny digital property. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by CoachHogan: Which is it, guys? 40 percent or one fifth? 5 Responses | Other threads
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Requiem For An Editor
New York Mag's Peter Kaplan Tribute: "Perfect"
Longtime New York Observer editor-in-chief Peter Kaplan's 15-year tenure ended yesterday; last night, Jesse Oxfeld compiled a great, 2,000 word piece of quotes and anecdotes on Kaplan, which Daily Intel ran. It is, as one commenter noted, perfect. My three favorite quotes, after the jump: More »
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By Foster KamerComment by adster: Does he not look like Carl Fredrickson from Pixar's "Up"? [www.getthebigpicture.net] more » | Other threads
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media
Tom McGeveran's the New (Interim) New York Observer Editor
Staff favorite Tom McGeveran has been named the *interim* successor to departing New York Observer editor Peter Kaplan. Hopefully the paper lasts long enough for him to become the full-time successor. More »
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: The Observer is one newspaper I will miss when it goes under. Unlike the Lynchburg News and Advance, which... more » | Other threads
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the rich
Stereotypical rich boy Jared Kushner is helping needy college kids get loans! Harvard kids only.
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kids today
What Do Rich Kids Want to Do With Themselves, These Days?
Vanity Fair asked that pressing question, and they all want to GIVE BACK and BE CREATIVE ARTISTS, even though artists are all leeches, obv. More »
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By PareeneComment by Mount_Prion: Heirheads? Sorry! It's almost the end of the week, I'm running on fumes. 8 Responses | Other threads
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gossip
Peter Kaplan vs. Jared Kushner
Longtime New York Observer editor Peter Kaplan is leaving the paper to, okay, "spend more time with the family," but why did he really quit? Perhaps...he'd had enough of rich young NYO owner Jared Kushner? More »
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Comment by Nic Fit: What could be better than working for a rich kid half your age? 2 Responses | Other threads
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mensches
With Peter Kaplan's Exit, a New York Media Era Closes
It's as impossible to imagine the New York Observer without Peter Kaplan as it is to imagine him without a paper to edit. As he told Gawker, "I love my paper and my staff desperately." More »
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rumormonger
Jared Kushner Trying to Exit the New York Observer?
New York Observer owner and boy wonder Jared Kushner just bought a ("sexy") new $3.2 million apartment. In other news, we hear he'd like out of that paper. If only. More »
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gossip roundup
Robin Williams Needs Heart Surgery
Today's gossip is depressing, sorry: Robin Williams will go under the knife, Rihanna's friends are processing her Chris Brown decision and Michael Wolff is supposedly trying to kick out his mother in law. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Almostbanned: What photograph of two people kissing could ever possibly be worth $28k? Unless it's of Jesus kissing the Easter Bunny,... 6 Responses | Other threads
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struggling writers
New York Observer Stiffing Freelancers: Editors
Is Jared Kushner's family real estate business having trouble subsidizing the cash-bleeding New York Observer? Maybe: Editors told one writer about orders to delay freelancer payments. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Charlotte Rae's Web: Last time dotcoms tanked I had a ton of freelance writers working for me that weren't being paid. I did... 3 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Reporter Slugs 'The Dude' At Sundance
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner mixed well with the gay former mayor of New Jersey, while a Variety movie reviewer had a much harder time stomaching interaction with the real-life "Dude" from The Big Lebowski. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by VoxPopuli: I didn't know that the Big Lebowski was based on an actual person. I'm somehow disappointed. The Dude is an... 1 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Madonna Demands to Be Less Domineering
Everyone is trying calm down before the weekend. Courtenay Semel totally made up for setting Casey Johnson's head on fire. Madonna tried to not be a demanding, terrible ball-buster constantly. More »
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Media Crack
Newspapers, Magazines, TV, Websites, Celebrities, Sports!
Your Friday media column is here! Today, possible newspaper death, sort-of magazine rebirth, news anchor lateral movement, and more chomping action: More »
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Comment by BullfightsOnAcid: Hamilton, I just hope you know that until you accept Jesus as your savior, Tim Tebow thinks you are going... 4 Responses | Other threads
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speculation
Could a Bad Real Estate Deal Sink the New York Observer?
The commercial real estate market is tanking. Jared Kushner, the owner of the New York Observer, is invested up to his neck in that market. Is it time to start jumping to conclusions? More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: I miss reading Ron Rosenbaum there. He is one of my heroes. 2 Responses | Other threads
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layoffs
Jared Kushner's Not-So-Coast-to-Coast Political News Empire Is Now Less So
Jared Kushner, the Ivanka Trump-dating New York Observer publisher, once promised a Politicker for all 50 states. Yeah, so much for that. A tipster reports: "all of the non-East Coast sites are shutting down."
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By Owen ThomasComment by misterdisco: I was laid off. We didn't find out until about 9:30 or so this morning - or, at least that's... 1 Responses | Other threads
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new york observer
Observer At Center Of Exciting Criminal Conspiracy, Maybe!
Did you know the Observer is subsidized by an illicit slush fund? It shamefully is, according to a lawsuit filed by the former president of one of the Kushner Companies. When developer Charles Kushner bought a $1.8 billion office tower, he routed $18 million back to himself as commission on the mortgage, then allegedly siphoned $5 million off that for son Jared's cash-bleeding weekly newspaper. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SarahHeartburn: 666 Fifth Avenue, darling. 4 Responses | Other threads
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gossip
Ivanka Trump Continues Her Campaign to Be a Good Jew
Have we mentioned that Ivanka Trump is converting to Judaism, presumably so she will be a better marriage match for Jared Kushner, the equally young owner of the New York Observer? We have. Ivanka is only 27, but she recently auctioned off an internship with her for Chabad, the Hasidic organization her boyfriend supports. This donation and the visibility that comes with sounds like a good way to get in with Kushner's family, because we hear that they don't like the idea of Jared marrying outside the tribe. But Ivanka just made another move in the chess game to ingratiate herself with the Kushner family. Oh, UPDATE: apparently nobody wanted to bid on the "internship," and the person who finally did won't be sending the kid to the internship anyway. More »
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By SheilaComment by iplaudius: I like how Chabad reaches out to everyone, but I’m not sure how they reconcile the very real strictures of... 14 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Do the Trumps and Kushners Hate Each Other?
Ivanka Trump and real-estate golden boy and New York Observer owner Jared Kushner have been dating for over a year, and seem to be heading towards marriage—especially when you consider Ivanka's highly-publicized conversion to Judaism. But they keep denying that they're getting engaged, and we've heard a possible reason why: their families can't stand each other. More » -
jared kushner
Jared Kushner Gives You Permission To Ask For Anything
The upside of being in a recession is that you can score some sweet concessions on a new apartment! Assuming you have money to get an apartment. If you're lucky enough to be a buyer these days, "Don't be afraid to ask for anything." So says boy wonder Jared Kushner, the publisher of the Observer and also a real estate mogul in his own right! Want to ask the current owner to come clean your kitchen every week? Need them to throw in a hypoallergenic puppy free with your purchase? Or something a bit more kinky? Nothing's too obnoxious to ask for, according to Jared. Click through to hear some buyer's wisdom straight from the lips that regularly make out with Ivanka Trump: More »
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jared kushner
George Clooney Turns Away Sad Observer Publisher
Britain's Guardian profiled Jared Kushner, and while the Observer owner makes some positive noises about his company, the salient facts are as follows: After two years and a purported 40 percent revenue increase, the paper is still losing about $2 million per year. Kushner said he is " definitely scared about newspapers" and compared the industry to "a falling knife." And despite having Ivanka Trump on his arm, Kushner was recently turned away from fading nightclub Bungalow 8: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by BookishLookish: I hope Ivanka didn't pay much for those new boobs, Lefty and Righty appear to be mad at each other. 4 Responses | Other threads
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minimoguls
Ivanka's Shiksa-to-Jewess Transformation Update
How's that going? They're grooming the Trump daughter to marry boy-mensch and 27-year-old New York Observer owner Jared Kushner. But first they've got to beat the Gentile out of her! Of course the YNet's Jewish World has something to say about it, declaring Kushner the "perfect match" and informing us that " following her husband-to-be's request, Ivanka has begun the conversion process at the Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue in Manhattan's Upper East Side." Has she been turned away by a rabbi three times, as is the custom? Update: But Kushner & Trump are not engaged as this article suggests, says Robert Sommer, Observer Media Group President. Apparently, they're just really seriously going steady.[YNet]
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By SheilaComment by Seriously: Interesting that she chose an Orthodox conversion. It's a very strict difficult project to undertake - they make you really... 17 Responses | Other threads
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gossip roundup
Ivanka Trump Picks A Rabbi
- Shiksa Ivanka Trump and Observer-owning Jewish beau Jared Kushner have the rabbi for her conversion all picked out. It was important to both of them that he hate the Times. [P6]
- OK, so Madonna has reportedly been calling soon-to-be-ex husband Guy Ritchie a gold digger, but she's the one who made him sign a contract to "enrich" his wife and "devote time to our sexual expressiveness." [Sun]
- The View denied that Elizabeth Hasselbeck gets into screaming matches with Joy Behar, as the Chicago Sun-Times reported. But she does get the lion's share of death threats from people outside the show, according to Whoopi Goldberg.
- Under a new court order, a medical team will monitor Britney Spears' career at all times to make sure it does not drive her insane. That's an actual fact. [TMZ]
- Do not speak to the Olsen twins at their book signing, do not photograph the Olsen twins at their book signing and do not ask the Olsen twins to read anything at their book signing. Why are you even at their book signing? [P6]
- Girls Gone Wild scuz Joe Francis claimed Lindsay Lohan isn't really lesbian and trashed the actress' girlfriend Samantha Ronson as a "wretched" manipulator. Because if you're going to manipulate women, you have to do it with class. Joe Francis class. [P6]
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie require the services of six nannies. They tried to cut down to four but that was just overwhelming. The dinner table seats 16. [Scoop]
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By Ryan TateComment by JinxyMcDeath: Ivanka Trump is converting to Judaism? Was this known previously? Also, only a New York newspaper would write that she was... 18 Responses | Other threads
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jared kushner
Kushner Eyes Jersey Paper
"New York Observer owner Jared Kushner, who had been among the potential buyers for Newsday, might be interested in buying the Star-Ledger if it were for sale, according to a person familiar with Mr. Kushner's thinking." [WSJ, Previously] -
class warfare
Harvard Prof Tired of Rich Students, Like Jared Kushner
We just discovered this recent gem from the Times Higher Education. A certain Harvard professor is tired ofbabysittingteaching those "post-pubescent children of notables" who can buy and sell him! Especially Jared Kushner, son of real estate developer Charles Kusher—also known as the boy who bought the New York Observer. Professor John H. Summers recalls him as a student—which was not that long ago, as Kushner is 27. The juicy bit? Kushner's Observer takeover resulted in a pay cut for Prof Summers, who did freelance reviews there. More »
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By SheilaComment by janjapuddle: This guy was not a history professor at Harvard. He was a tutor and lecturur, and he only worked there... more » | Other threads
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ivanka trump
Ivanka Trump Plans Conversion To Judaism For Jared Kushner
Adorable publishing tyke Jared Kushnergot got back together with girlfriend Ivanka Trump! Really, how could he not, they have so much in common: Both are attractive, both rich due to inherited real estate wealth and both have fathers who get extremely nasty while feuding with enemies. But Kushner is a Jew and Ivanka's a shiksa, and this has been a problem for Kushner's Orthodox family. In fact, the religious divide may very well have been behind the couple's mysterious breakup in April, around the time of their one-year anniversary. To get Kushner back, Ivanka has promised that, if things get more serious, she'll convert to Judaism. So sweet! And I'm sure the socialite feels a profound, authentic connection to the religion. Totes! Well, sort of. A friend tells Page Six the conversion is "a possibility, but that's way down the line." A brief recap of the Kushner-Trump romance, for those who have not been following along at home: More » -
media barons
Jared Kushner: "Real estate is like porn for rich people."
Former Daily News gossip hack Lloyd Grove has a lengthy interview with New York Observer owner and golden-boy-about town Jared Kushner out today, in which the 27-year-old Kushner yacks and yacks about his real estate holdings, his media holdings, and how the Observer's revenues are way up this year (although it's doubtful the paper has made him money yet). He's guarded, and talks a lot like a PR person. But one thing comes through quite clearly, just by his use of examples: this is a rich, rich young man. And maybe done dating Ivanka Trump? He won't say. Still, the time to snag this wealthy media baron is now!: More » -
publicity stunts
Smack-Talking Celebrities At Time 100 Gala
Time magazine brought together members of its 100 "Most Influential People" list at Time Warner Center tonight, and thanks to phone-blogging members of the press, the celebrities' trash talking, braggadocio and false humility has already hit Twitter in a sort of first-draft of the recaps that will probably hit blogs and newspapers over the next few days. after the jump are some highlights, including quips from Robert Downey Jr., Amy Poehler and John McCain, plus fameball Julia Allison explaining why she wasn't invited. More »
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heartbreak
Kushner's Ex Loses 'Observer' Socialite Catfight
Did the Ivanka Trump/Jared Kushner breakup affect her performance in the Kushner-owned New York Observer "Socialite Slapdown"? Trump had been inexplicably placed in the "brains" bracket, not "birth," but while she fought her way to the Sweet Sixteen, she finally and suddenly lost out to #14 seed Peter Davis. The contests seem to perhaps be based on "internet voting" but there's plenty of room for mischief in that. Recount! -
what makes jared run
Why Did Ivanka and Jared Break Up?
Cute li'l real-estate magnate and newspaper-owner Jared Kushner broke up with oddly attractive-despite-her-family Ivanka Trump! This is according to Page Six, who note that Ivanka has gone to parties by herself, which is irrefutable proof. They've been together for almost exactly one year, which is, if you ask us, suspicious. What's Jared up to? Why is he breaking up with his hot, brand-name girlfriend? Why is he pretending he's going to buy Newsday? Is he just toying with us?? More » -
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Little Mogul Wants Little L.I. Daily
Tribune Co owner Sam Zell is looking to unload Long Island tab Newsday, because Newsday is the saddest paper in his mostly sad stable. So far, rumors have flown that New York Post and Wall Street Journal owner Rupert Murdoch is interested, but the Journal reports today that junior real-estate magnate Jared Kushner "is among those who may be contemplating bids to buy or enter into a partnership with Newsday, according to a person familiar with the situation." Apparently owning the ailing Long Island tab would help keep down the costs of printing Kushner's first foray into vanity newspaper ownership, the New York Observer. [WSJ]
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our crumbling infrastructure
Littlest Mogul's Crumbly Building Seals Off Entirety of Connecticut
All service in and out of Grand Central station and the whole Metro-North Railroad were disrupted for hours today—because of New York Observer owner Jared Kushner! A vacant building at 124th St. and Park Avenue collapsed just before noon, threatening the stability of a neighboring vacant building. Both properties are owned by Kusher Companies, according to the New York Times. Kushner's spokesman claims the company planned to demolish both buildings tomorrow, conveniently. (HOW awesome would it be if he blew it up for the insurance money!) (Not that we are even insinuating that, obv.) Of course, things fall off of buildings all the time in New York, and sometimes our manhole covers electrocute people, but rarely do buildings owned by budding media magnates actually completely fall over onto commuter trains. And this, as they say, is the least of his current building-related problems.
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desperation
New York Observer Bribes Readers
It's not unheard of for questionnaires to be accompanied by a dollar bill, to encourage recipients at least to open the envelope, and guilt some of them into replying. But the New York Observer is more desperate than that: the weekly newspaper, supposedly for Manhattan's elite, encloses a $5 note in its latest reader survey. (Thanks, Matt, for the pic.) The generous interpretation: the Observer's ad rates depend on proving to advertisers that the curiously pink newspaper's readers are indeed worth $1.7m apiece; and such wealthy readers need commensurately rich inducement to open an envelope. Alternatively, boy-publisher Jared Kushner, who is trying to sustain the Observer's paltry paid circulation of some 50,000, is simply applying the family's experience with bribery. Hey, it works. Kushner won his place at Harvard University after his father pledged $2.5m to the school. ENLARGE»
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By Nick DentonComment by SeaBassTian: Well, they can keep the $5, if they promise to stop sending the threats to end my subscription due to... more » | Other threads
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lady hating
'Times' Stops Just Short Of Calling Ivanka Trump A Strumpet
To be clear, of all the Trumps, Ivanka is our favorite, Her dad has a big face and is just really horrible. Of her two brothers, Donald Jr. is a joke and Eric, well, Eric is pretty much an unknown. Hell, he might be as great at Ivanka and probably he wouldn't have been called shameless scheming Delilah by Times-lady Ruth La Ferla. No such luck for toothsome Ivanka; today's Thursday Styles piece is lady-dismissive in a complicated way. More »
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