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56 posts in the last 24 hours

#mediacrack

Marcus Brauchli Is Insanely Wealthy

In your staggering Tuesday media column: Marcus Brauchli is far richer than a newspaper editor should be (especially considering the new classified ad numbers), the future of Harper's debated, and Julia Allison overcomes media haters (like Richard Lawson). More »

02/02/10

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By Hamilton Nolan

#interview

A Reblogger Speaks

Yesterday we looked at the strange phenomenon of Julia Allison rebloggers. We think they're weird and a little crazy. Some of you agreed with us, some of you didn't. So we thought we'd go to the source for more insight. More »

01/08/10

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By Richard Lawson

#internetanthropology

Into the Internet's Ninth Circle of Hell: The Rebloggers

If you were self-obsessed enough to launch a website about yourself, and then had someone obsessed enough with you to launch their own website based entirely on you, would you be flattered or creeped-out? Julia Allison faces such a predicament. More »

01/07/10

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By Richard Lawson

#politics

Julia Allison's Ex-Boyfriend to Run for New York's Senate Seat!

No, not Jakob Lodwick. (Give him time.) But Harold Ford, Jr.! Ford is planning a run against appointed New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and he has the backing of New York's richest Democratic donors. More »

01/06/10

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By Pareene

#requestforinformation

Get Ready for Blogger Shameless Tuesday (And Help Us, Too)

Starting tomorrow, new FTC regulations require bloggers to disclose when they accept cash or freebies for posts. Appropriately enough, fameball queen Julia Allison is leading this coming wave of embarrassing confessionals, with a disclosure about her insides. More »

11/30/09

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By Ryan Tate

#theendisnear

The Return of Pay Per Post and the End of Twitter: Internet as One Long, Subversive Ad

Remember the moment you knew MySpace was doomed? It came in the form of obnoxious ads. Which your Twitter stream is about to be. So: are you making that cash, or being cashed in on? Pay Per Post is back. More »

11/22/09

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By Foster Kamer

#videuhoh

Julia Allison's Performance Art Debut: Critic of Art Critics

I know, I know. GOD, Julia Allison, when will you stop posting about her, she totally sucks, etc, etc. Well, stuff this in your empty comment box and smoke it: Julia Allison, doing performance art, about art. I'm serious. More »

11/14/09

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By Foster Kamer

#wtf

Is Julia Allison Supposed to Be Famous or Something?

We knew Julia Allison was doing ads for Sony, but did you know Sony's actually putting Julia Allison in ads shown on television, where everyone can see them? And she's allowed to sit next to real live famous people? Odd.

11/10/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#breakups

Julia Allison's Secret, Staggeringly Heartbreaking Boyfriend

Julia Allison has broken up with her unlikely boyfriend, Christopher "Toph" Eggers. Yes, that Eggers: the younger brother of author Dave Eggers written about in Eggers' breakthrough memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. More »

10/30/09

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By Ryan Tate

#twitterati

New York Times Has Baghdad Kitten for Twitterati

A New York Times reporter trafficked in kitten pictures; Julia Allison's fashion scheme spread like a virus; and everyone decided gay people need special handling. The Twitterati were hatching schemes. More »

10/12/09

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By Ryan Tate

#fameballs

Meet the Harvard Grad Seduced by Microcelebrity

On what twisted planet does a Harvard grad leave a law firm to work for Julia Allison? On this one, apparently. We once dared to hope microcelebrity was dead, felled by the economy and oversupply. Perhaps we were wrong. More »

09/15/09

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By Ryan Tate

#hucksters

Julia Allison's Sony Commercials Offer a Window into Her Soul

The first Sony commercials are up on the web and boy, do they have a lot to teach us about life. At least life Julia Allison style! More »

09/11/09

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By Brian Moylan

#whenmemescollide

Presented without Comment

So, while Hamilton was asking Julia Allison about her freelance rate for the item below she hopped on IM to ask what he was writing. Also she wanted to lodge a reader complaint about the direction of recent Gawker coverage.

09/10/09

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By Gabriel Snyder

#mediacrack

Julia Allison Paid Astounding Amount of Money, To Write

In your clinically insane Thursday media column: We reveal Julia Allison's freelance rate, Mark Whicker says more unfortunate things, laid-off journalists hustle, and Garrison Keillor suffers a stroke. Possibly after hearing Julia Allison's freelance rate. More »

09/10/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#mightyhavefallen

Josh Harris' Sunday Styles Treatment: The Ultimate Tech Cautionary Tale

Josh Harris—the Silicon Valley O.G. who washed up when the 1.0 tech bubble burst—had his second life profiled by the Sunday Styles. Harris is the ultimate Where Are They Now? of the tech scene. And where is he? More »

08/29/09

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By Foster Kamer

#moguls

Julia Allison's Clone Army

Julia Allison wants to be a Web mogul. Foreman of a fameball factory. Oprah to a dozen young Dr. Phils. In short, she'd like to replicate herself. Ominously, for such grand ambitions, she's recruiting on Cragslist. More »

08/27/09

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By Ryan Tate

#advertising

The Upscaling of Julia Allison

Julia Allison has signed a yearlong deal to make commercials for Sony. Let there be no doubt: This is a major coup for the fame-hungry "lifecaster." There, we said it. More »

08/18/09

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By Ryan Tate

#twitterati

Karl Rove Does Not Appreciate Your Stonewalling

Karl Rove couldn't get on Twitter's watch list; Julia Allison was unable to broadcast a portion of her life and a comedian was unimpressed with comically large food. The Twitterati felt out of character. More »

08/17/09

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By Ryan Tate

#twitterati

Don't Trust Anyone Over 45

An ABC reporter went off on Joe Scarborough; Julia Allison asked if she could be mean if she felt like it and a Twitter-less vacation proved hard to start. The Twitterati just had to get in one last dig. More »

08/14/09

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By Ryan Tate

#thresholds

Oversharing Culture Breaking Point Broken By Anti-Overshare Society

Allen Salkin - the Seymour Hersh of the Styles section - files this weekend on a group of media writers in New York who're meeting in an Murray Hill (?!) penthouse. Old school, but the rub? No twittering, blogging, oversharing. More »

08/09/09

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By Foster Kamer

#junkets

Julia Allison Joins World's Worst 'Think Tank'

Social network lunch.com is convening "Geeks at the Beach" today and tomorrow in Los Angeles. It's a think tank with "critical thinking... expanding the enlightened mind." So who's there? All the top tech thinkers: More »

07/29/09

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By Ryan Tate

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