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    Image of manchops manchops
    11/19/09

    In reply to Rumors: Staff Shuffles at New York Post, Sports Illustrated
    You wanna save Sports Illustrated? GET RID OF TERRY MCDONNELL. The guy sat at Esquire watching circulation fall through the floor, his only real talent being to spend ungodly sums of money on basically nothing and for that he ends up being promoted to SI? I swear to god, the best way to save every magazine out there? Bag the over-paid, over-spending captian of the ship and keep everyone else's jobs.
    Tossing McDonnell is perhaps the best example of how this would save the industry.
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    Image of Molly Friedman Molly Friedman
    11/19/09

    @manchops: Terry actually "sat at Esquire" doing just the opposite: publishing dozens of literary icons, many of whom are now in the canon thanks in part to Terry's faith in them. Talese, Mailer, McInerney, Salinger, Hunter S. Thompson, Joan Didion, Cormac McCarthy...are you kidding me?

    Under Terry's editorship, Esquire was an ASME finalist SEVEN times. Just try comparing Esquire's (well-documented recently by DiGiacomo in VF) pathetic fiction to the work Terry accomplished back then.

    @Immaculate:
    1) Jann promoted Terry because he earned that ME position.
    2) "Personal habits"? You're actually chastising someone who worked at Rolling Stone under Wenner in the early 80s for having fun?
    3) Jann and Terry, to this day, are close friends. If Terry stole anything from Jann, it was a series of classic Hunter S. Thompson anecdotes due to the fact that HST adored Terry and wasn't so fond of Jann.
    4) Nick writes his own novels. Terry is (and will proudly admit it) an editor, not a writer. And an effing legendary one, who works seven days a week, has completely revived si.com (who do you think oversaw the CNN partnership?), and most importantly, a gentleman.

    Jealousy doesn't justify idiotic, ignorant bashing of someone you clearly know nothing about.
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    Image of miss_msry miss_msry
    09/02/09

    In reply to It's So Weird When Media People Get Rich
    They really aren't "pretty" enough to be globe trotting millionaires.

    Yeah, I'm jest jealous.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    09/02/09

    In reply to It's So Weird When Media People Get Rich
    Keep in mind, in these latter days, "ambitious traveling" just means getting through the TSA lines without a body cavity search and before your flight leaves. "Really ambitious traveling" involves not bitchslapping a flight attendant when s/he tries to convince you that making you buy your own 'food' is an opportunity and not the airline cheaping out.
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    Image of BookishLookish BookishLookish
    09/02/09

    In reply to It's So Weird When Media People Get Rich
    I am starting to hate considered eyewear.
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    Image of yetimike yetimike
    09/02/09

    In reply to It's So Weird When Media People Get Rich
    Jon is a swell and smart guy; helped me out in the early '90s when I needed helping. Didn't realize he married that rich lady -- good for him!

    You should check out his old band, Bitch Magnet -- for real.

    David Grubbs + Sooyoung Park were also in the band so they were kind of a post Squirrel Bait almost-super-group.

    [en.wikipedia.org]
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    Image of RonMwangaguhunga RonMwangaguhunga
    09/02/09

    @yetimike: And Laurel is a sweetie as well. A well-earned vacay for both, says I.
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    Image of Richard Petty Bourgeoisie Richard Petty Bourgeoisie
    09/02/09

    In reply to It's So Weird When Media People Get Rich
    After their "ambitious traveling," they're off to engage in some "laid-back torture" and "worry-free iron smelting."
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    Image of JulesNoctambule JulesNoctambule
    05/11/09

    In reply to The Twitterati Give Their Divorce Lawyer a Porn Name
    Penelope Trunk -- isn't she the one who stalked a guy about some comment he made and posted all about it on her blog? Real class act.
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    05/11/09

    @JulesNoctambule: Is she related to Penelope Tree?
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    Image of Lizawithazee Lizawithazee
    05/11/09

    In reply to The Twitterati Give Their Divorce Lawyer a Porn Name
    Stupid husband-- doesn't he know bad feng shui can be cured with mirrors and fountains and pictures of turtles and shit? It's SCIENCE. Jeez.
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    Image of El Matardillo El Matardillo
    05/11/09

    In reply to The Twitterati Give Their Divorce Lawyer a Porn Name
    Did you witness the media elite tweet something indiscreet? Please email us your favorite tweets - or send us more Twitter usernames.


    No, because you read Twitter so that I don't have to. Thanks!

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    Image of Lonely Goatherd Lonely Goatherd
    03/18/09

    In reply to Facebook's Redesign Drives Twitterati to Drink
    I was trying to explain Twitter to my 52-year-old father and told him how users update with what they're doing/thinking at the time and he was like, "...so, basically it's for people with no lives?" Nothing gets by that man.
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    Image of pufflehuff pufflehuff
    03/18/09

    @Lonely Goatherd: I think we might be related.
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    Image of kitkatsplash kitkatsplash
    03/18/09

    In reply to Facebook's Redesign Drives Twitterati to Drink
    This is a new level of meta.
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    Image of DeadliestSin DeadliestSin
    01/09/09

    In reply to We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To
    I never really got into Twitter- I have too many friends that update their Facebook status several times a day to make up for it.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    01/08/09

    In reply to We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To
    I thought about using twitter, but decided I'll just use the comments section of Gawker instead.


    Sitting at work. Reading Gawker. Coffee not strong enough. Guess I'll work now.

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    Image of jbsacks jbsacks
    01/08/09

    In reply to We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To
    If rachelsklar knew what she was talking about, she'd use dictionary.com instead. Who wants to type a fuckin' dash into a URL???
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    Image of RachelSklar RachelSklar
    01/08/09

    @jbsacks: Oh you are so missing out. m-w.com is awesome. And it will sound out the word for you, too. One of my top sights.


    (Joke.)

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    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    01/08/09

    In reply to We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To
    I'm on Twitter and I can't tell you how never I use it.


    Somebody sent me a direct message telling me they weren't constipated anymore and I told them to fuck off and die.

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    Image of Dr. Nick Dr. Nick
    01/08/09

    @Calraigh: did they?
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    Dr. Nick was starred Dr. Nick was unstarred
    Image of Calraigh Calraigh
    01/08/09

    @Dr. Nick: Well they stopped following me. Isn't that the same thing?
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