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Undercover Boss: Advertainment's Fourth Wave

Click here to read <em>Undercover Boss</em>: Advertainment's Fourth Wave
So we assume you saw Undercover Boss last night, CBS' big new reality show that got the plum post-Super Bowl spot? Amazing, was it not? Televised entertainment has now completed its long, winding journey into becoming 100% corporate propaganda. More »
02/08/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#jobs

How Gawker Hired John Mayer, or, An Epidemiological Case Study in Fake Celebrity 'News'

Click here to read How Gawker Hired John Mayer, or, An Epidemiological Case Study in Fake Celebrity 'News'
I am proud to announce that Gawker.com has hired a new columnist: really fucking good guitar player, digital cleanser and chronic masturbator John Mayer. I know it's true because I read it on the internet. More »
01/29/10
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By Gabriel Snyder
#theworkplace Click here to read Chicks Don't Know How Good They Have It

Chicks Don't Know How Good They Have It

In a new survey, male and female business professionals both agree that entry-level jobs are gender-neutral—but about twice as many men as women said executive-level jobs are equally open to both sexes. Among those men: your boss. [WSJ]
01/28/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#recessionomics Click here to read Things Were Surely Better Back in the Hypothetical Good Old Days

Things Were Surely Better Back in the Hypothetical Good Old Days

The Way We Live Now: bicycling towards oblivion. Toyota's given up on cars. The young lady winking at you's a professional gold digger. And everyone who can't run fast enough to keep their job is getting whipped into submission. More »
01/27/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#media Click here to read Michael Kinsley Quits Job Due to Boredom

Michael Kinsley Quits Job Due to Boredom

Michael Kinsley was hired by Atlantic Media last year to launch a new business-focused media site. Now, Jeff Bercovici reports, Kinsley's decided not to become the site's editor, because he's "not obsessed with business." Smart guy, but flaky. [Daily Finance]
01/27/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#magazines Click here to read Sexy Cowboy Editor Out at <em>Harper's</em> Magazine

Sexy Cowboy Editor Out at Harper's Magazine

Sexy cowboy Roger Hodge, editor of Harper's for the past four years, is leaving the magazine (for unexplained reasons). His replacement is Ellen Rosenbush, who's been managing editor there for more than 20 years. The full press release, below. More »
01/26/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#internalmemos

The Apple Tablet Restructures the New York Times

01/25/10
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#mediacrack Click here to read Now Even You Can Dress Like Neel Shah

Now Even You Can Dress Like Neel Shah

In your cool-person Thursday media column: Neel Shah's style secrets exposed, a job appears in the media(!), the NYT's web delay explained, and Donald Graham doesn't give a fuck about your hit pieces. More »
01/21/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#recessionomics Click here to read What Poor People Need Is a Lower Wage

What Poor People Need Is a Lower Wage

The Way We Live Now: Cursing the minimum wage laws. Curse you, minimum wage! Were it not for your harsh dictates, maybe we'd still have that part-time poverty-maintaining job down at the canning plant. Now all we have is Cash4Gold. More »
01/20/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#thefuture Click here to read Hack to Hacker: Rise of the Journalist-Programmer

Hack to Hacker: Rise of the Journalist-Programmer

As if the journalism job landscape weren't terrifying enough, now you've got to think about learning to code. It's yet another new media skill you'll need to stay ahead of competitors. And make no mistake: they're stockpiling O'Reilly books. More »
01/14/10
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By Ryan Tate
#media Click here to read 'Mad Dog' Beckman Leaving Conde Nast? (Yes)

'Mad Dog' Beckman Leaving Conde Nast? (Yes)

Richard Beckman, the former Conde Nast media group chief who was demoted to CEO of Fairchild fashion group last March, may leave Conde to head up trade publisher e5 (Update: Confirmed). But he was so popular! [NYP. Pic: Getty]
01/12/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#media Click here to read Working for Nikki Finke Now Preferable to Working for Hollywood's Trades

Working for Nikki Finke Now Preferable to Working for Hollywood's Trades

Star Variety reporter Mike Fleming—the scoop outlet of choice for movie types—is leaving to run Deadline/New York, the NYC outpost of Nikki Finke's operation. Nikki made another hire in London. Good luck, trades! [Thompson on Hollywood]
01/11/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#recessionomics Click here to read Whether Burning Strip Clubs or Just Laying Around Miserable, Let's Take Some Pride In What We Do

Whether Burning Strip Clubs or Just Laying Around Miserable, Let's Take Some Pride In What We Do

The Way We Live Now: Ungratefully. Just like the mere knowledge that Ethiopians were starving did not make you enjoy your mom's gross turnips, neither does the knowledge of widespread unemployment make you like your job. You ungrateful bastard. More »
01/06/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#housekeeping Click here to read Come Intern for Free at Gawker So We Can Teach You How to Be Like Us

Come Intern for Free at Gawker So We Can Teach You How to Be Like Us

If you're stupid or improvident enough to covet a "career" in journalism-type-stuff, why not start with a Gawker internship? In exchange for stressful labor under constant deadlines, you'll get nothing valuable experience at whatever it is we do. More »
01/06/10
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By John Cook
#prostitution Click here to read Job Prospect for Laid-Off Construction Workers, Cops, Cowboys, Indian Chiefs

Job Prospect for Laid-Off Construction Workers, Cops, Cowboys, Indian Chiefs

Shady Lady Ranch in Beatty, Nevada is now hiring what will be the state's first legal male prostitutes. The big controversy is whether they will do GAY things (optional), but the real triumph here is: jobs! [LAT]
01/06/10
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By Hamilton Nolan
#printisdead Click here to read Contaminated Nuclear Plants Better Workplaces Than Newspapers

Contaminated Nuclear Plants Better Workplaces Than Newspapers

Sure, the job of newspaper reporter is ranked worse than "dishwasher" and "nuclear plant decontamination technician" in this list of "Best and Worst Jobs 2010." But at least it edges out "Roustabout," barely! [WSJ via Mary Pilon]
01/05/10
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By Ryan Tate
#shutupcollege Click here to read Colleges Have Ideas for Being Less Worthless. Will They Work?

Colleges Have Ideas for Being Less Worthless. Will They Work?

The New York Times reports today on colleges that are trying to make themselves less worthless when it comes to returns on the investment of one's higher education. How're they doing? More »
01/03/10
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By Foster Kamer
#fieldguide

The Gawker Guide to a Journalism Career, 2010 Edition

Click here to read The Gawker Guide to a Journalism Career, 2010 Edition
Way back in October of aught-eight, we published the Gawker Guide to a Journalism Career. Lots of things have changed since then. For the worse, mostly! Time for an update. Aspiring journalists and other masochists, read on. More »
12/31/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
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"but you know things have changed when Gawker ... is hiring the kind of reporters who pick up the phone. "

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#tips #gawker #newyorktimes #media #jobs Reply
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@btrovo: "'If Gawker’s bloggers are barbarian invaders, they’re Visigoths, who might have sacked Rome, but were themselves refugees from the even more vicious Huns,' he [Nick Denton] suggested, sounding almost quaintly old media (although don’t look for them to start covering the Congressional subcommittee on health care any time soon)."

As we speak the current Gawker article is Pareene's takedown of the Senate on health care: [www.gawker.com]

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#academia Click here to read So Is There an Abundance of Lucrative Literature Professor Jobs Now, Or What?

So Is There an Abundance of Lucrative Literature Professor Jobs Now, Or What?

"The job outlook for graduate students in language and literature is..." That's as far as you have to read before you stop and laugh ruefully at the carnage sure to come. More »
12/18/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
#mediacrack Click here to read Martha Stewart Gang-Related Drug Conspiracy Caught on Tape

Martha Stewart Gang-Related Drug Conspiracy Caught on Tape

In your law-abiding Thursday media column: Martha Stewart shows kids how to do drugs, Mike Bloomberg explains the "new media," predictions for 2010, and Budget Travel is sold. More »
12/17/09
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By Hamilton Nolan
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