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cronyism
Celeb Media Interns '09: Qualified
A new summer has blossomed (technically), and with it a new crop of celebrity media interns, riding their family names into coffee-fetching and fact-checking gigs that should rightfully go to miserable, debt-wracked, overqualified J-school graduates. This year's celeb intern class: More »
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Comment by KelseyElle: As a 19 year old college student and product of non celebrity parents this really frustrates me and proves that... 6 Responses | Other threads
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advice
Naming NYC's Parks For
New York City, which is broke, of course, is selling off naming rights for its city parks. For mere millions! Using sociogeographical insight and imaginary marketing expertise, we have compiled a list of exactly who should buy these rights for a half-dozen parks. Read it and argue: More »Fun andProfit
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Comment by DennyCrane: Madison Square Park presented by Shake Shack. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Aporkalypse now
Five Ways the Swine Flu Story Is Dumb
Here we are two days into the Swine Flu Panic of '09, and dead bodies have yet to be stacked up like cordwood on the streets of American cities. Face it: this story is dumb.
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Comment by Heneage: As Jon Stewart brilliantly put it last night, Swine Flu is officially the least likely thing to kill you in... 17 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Stupid Media Cost-Cutting Tricks: Toilet Paper's a Luxury
Times are tough. Stupid corporate cost-cutting tricks are rampant. Even within the hallowed confines of media companies! And the situation is growing more dire—no more free gyms, babysitting, good coffee, food, or toilet paper: More » -
usa
Five Most Off The Hook Video Job Applications by Young Republican Patriots
The Republican National Committee is hiring—via YouTube! Scores of patriotic young Republicans have uploaded video job applications. Below, marvel at five of the most promising future American leaders. Al Quaeda suxxx! More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: So do they become republicans because they're ugly or do they become ugly because they're republicans? Is it just social ostracism... 25 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Ten New Jobs For J-School Graduates
Despite the fact that there are not enough jobs for people already in journalism, kids still pay big money to go to J-schools. Where will they find work? New ideas for a new world: More »
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Comment by YaffaBubulcus: I went to J-School, American University. I am now a flight attendant. This is not a joke, it's just my... 2 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Everything Bad Happens Today
Well now, let's just open the paper and have a look at the...OHMIGOD, what the hell, Jesus Christ, is the entire world economy collapsing today, worse than ever? Yes it is. More »
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Comment by Cheap Shot: I thought America was going to get housed many generations from now. Not in MY LIFETIME!!!??? 7 Responses | Other threads
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luxury
Five Things People Paid Too Much For at the Yves Saint Laurent Sale
That big Yves Saint Laurent art auction certainly has saved the art world. By proving that the dumb money is still out there. That $28 million chair was just one of the craziest buys: More »
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Comment by shostakobitch: Saint Laurent's collection of hotel soaps went for 345,000 euros, with one particularly stunning piece of Zest from the Super... 6 Responses | Other threads
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trendwatch
Five Print-to-Online Crossovers, And How Many Will Survive. (Maybe None!)
Long-form trend alert: Lots of former print media people are launching websites. There was another one today! It's time for us to rate five of these—and their chances of survival—honestly. This is important: More »
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Comment by Lux Alptraum: A lot of people dislike the term bisexual because it references an attraction to two genders, which isn't particularly inclusive... 15 Responses | Other threads
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art
Three Illustrations Too Sexy for the New York Times
Jerelle Kraus, former art editor of the NYT's Op-Ed page, has a new book out, and she's telling all of the paper's sexy art secrets! Here, three images the Times killed for being too erotic: More »
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Comment by LatestBy: I can't even tell you how many times I've complained to them about drawings of Florida looking too phallic. 6 Responses | Other threads
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loathsome
Ten Cartoons from Sean Delonas
The outcry over New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' dead monkey cartoon today is growing louder. But he has such a rich history! We assembled ten of his all-time classics of hate: More »
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Comment by bourgeois: "Incorrect. Homophobia isn't discourse. It'll be OK to joke about once when we can get married everywhere and adopt children... 23 Responses | Other threads
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dating
Five Creepy Old Men Who Should Settle Down (And One Who's Cool)
A tipster tells us billionaire Clinton pal Ron Burkle (and his model wrangler!) was "lurking around" Justin Timberlake's William Rast show at Fashion Week last night. Time for a listicle of creepy old ladies' men! More »
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field guide
How to Write Fake Recession Trend Stories
Is the bad economy a turn-on, or a turn-off? With a fake recession trend story, either can be true! Just study this easy guide to manufacturing trends in these tough times. Everybody's doing it: More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: Re: 3, I was able to track down three hot Puerto Rican boys and a can of Coco Loco last... 7 Responses | Other threads
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listicles
Detroit Not So Bad, Money Mag Declares
You may think that things like poverty and unemployment and crime ruin a city's quality of life, but according to Forbes annual "Most Miserable Cities" list, it's more about taxes and hockey teams. More »
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By PareeneComment by southernbitch: i feel like my town, new orleans, was disqualified on a technicality due to not quite making the population mark.... 2 Responses | Other threads
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guys
The Five Worst '50 Hottest Bachelors'
Page Six Magazine is folding, but not before they stroke the egos of anyone who could maybe give them a job with this here list of NYC's 50 Hottest Bachelors. Five problematic entries: More »
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Comment by SanjivaniChrysippus: Seth Meyers, 35, Andy Samberg, 30, & Fred Armisen, 42, three for the price of one. A Seth Meyers/Andy Samberg... 13 Responses | Other threads
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endorsements
Top Five Kellogg's Recipes For Stoners
As Seth Meyers pointed out on Saturday Night Live last night, Kellogg Company's image is closer to that of bong-smoking Olympian Michael Phelps than the cereal maker likes to admit. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Private Hangnail: I think looking at those foods has just give me diabetes. 2 Responses | Other threads
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trendwatch
Have You Heard of This Facebook '25 Things' Thing?
Oh lord oh lord, the trend pieces about Facebook's '25 random things' lists are spreading even faster than the freaking lists themselves. They are the kudzu of the media world! Yesterday was only the beginning:
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advertising
Watch These Super Bowl Ads or The Economy Dies
Nobody's even talking about Super Bowl ads this year! We're here to remedy that, because what is our purpose if not to indoctrinate the public into the world of robotic overconsumption? Look, ad preview! More »
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Comment by American Dreamer, But You'd Probably Already Guessed That: To the keen observer, a recession isn't a sad thing. It is a thing of opportunity. Selloffs...lax security...desperates grasping for... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Obamanaugural
The Obama Inauguration's Disaster Potential
Obama's inauguration is not just his star-studded debut; it's also his first chance for a PR disaster. After the jump, a brief look at all the things that could go wrong on Day One: More »
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Comment by CherriSpryte: Cell phones weren't working at the concert yesterday, so there's a good chance of #1 being true. Why yes, it is... 11 Responses | Other threads
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dissent
Anonymous Still Fighting Scientology, With Vaseline
Internet-based anti-Scientology group Anonymous, after absorbing several months of (ongoing) hounding from "Church" officials, is back on the attack! Their goals may be vague, but you have to admire their moxie. And vandalism. More »
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Comment by katastic: Geez. Look, I'm no great fan of Scientology, but a) there are better ways to protest than this and b)... 10 Responses | Other threads
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usa
The Obama Merchandise Classification System
Maybe you've noticed there's a lot of Barack Obama-themed crap for sale these days. Overwhelmed by your choices? We've broken it all down into four easy categories for you. Buy now!:
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Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I prefer to think of memorabilia asking "If Obama is President, will we still call it the White House?" not... 11 Responses | Other threads
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new things
Mustaches are Back. Again!
Drop your razors, fashionable young men: the New York Times reports that mustaches are back—in style! Somehow this story sounds vaguely... familiar: More »
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Comment by Colonel Mustard: A girl in my office is dating a guy who looks like Doc Holliday, rocking the 19th-Century mustache and sideburns.... 18 Responses | Other threads
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year in review
Top Ten Worst Media Moments of 2008
The media screwed up many, many times in 2008. As in other years! The ten finest episodes, listed for you below. Merry Christmas, from the media: More »
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Comment by Daniel Anthony Gilbert: it's "your", not "you're". nice butchering of the english language. glad "you're" not veep. 6 Responses | Other threads
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hollywood
"Second Life: The Movie" the next Hollywood disaster
The director of Pirates of the Caribbean is planning Second Life: The Movie. Too late! The lonely virtual world lost its buzz two years ago. Why is Hollywood always so behind the times?
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By Owen ThomasComment by OMG! Ponies!: This just occurred to me - if this movie is going to be based on Second Life, then it's going... 3 Responses | Other threads
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death of print
Three Magazines I Actually Miss
All the magazines are dying! It's the Internet's fault. No, actually magazines have always died. Statistically, 80 percent of them fail. Which is what makes the medium such a perfect object for nostalgia.
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By Owen ThomasComment by gladys_kravitz: I will never understand the cult of Jane Pratt. 12 Responses | Other threads
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Bernie Madoff
The Hedge Fund Hustler Victim List
Who, exactly, are the rich suckers who just got bilked out of $50 billion (collectively) by Hedge Fund Hustler extraordinaire Bernie Madoff? Here are the names we know so far: More »
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Comment by Iceland Spar: Fortunetly, Never Stop Dancing doesn't seem to be on that list. Phew! 7 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
Ten Winners Of The Recession
Everybody's doing bad now, right? Not at all! Capitalism, as we all know and believe, is a wondrous balancing mechanism that ensures that when one area of the economy (everything) goes down, another (ten quirky niches) will rise up. After the jump, a list of ten sectors and companies that are actually doing great right now. And they only get better as everything else gets worse: More »
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Comment by Never Stop Dancing: I guess that means americans will get morbidly obese from eating more fast food. It will be like we are all... 11 Responses | Other threads
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jay leno
Winners And Losers of the Jay Leno Switch
Jay Leno is moving to 10 p.m., every god damn night of the week! That sure is something. You never realize how many people love Jay Leno until something like this happens (or until you find yourself in a comedy club in Winston-Salem, talking to the owner, Roy). NBC is obviously happy about it—and so is Jay, or he would have taken his middling act elsewhere—but, as in everything in showbiz, some people got screwed in this deal. After the jump, the biggest winners and losers of the Return of the Chin: More » -
flackery
A Literary Critique Of Layoff Memos
With so many layoffs going down today, it's a good time to take a look at how, exactly, a layoff memo should be written. Actually, any time you're critiquing a flood of layoff memos is by definition a bad time. But we'll disregard that for the moment. People need to be let down in the proper way, lest they get justifiably angry enough to put managers up against the wall. After the jump, we analyze five elements of today's memos that illustrate everything you corporate flacks need to know about firing people like us: More » -
george w. bush
How We Will Learn to Love George W. Bush
Only 50 more days of President George W. Bush. So many feelings, right? ABC has released the transcript of a Charlie Gibson sit-down interview airing tonight, and it must be said that our current president was, and remains, a very stupid man. For example, he blames the current recession on "a lot of the decisions that were made on Wall Street took place over a decade or so, before I arrived in president." But now is a time to look forward. Is there a future for the man who wrecked our nation and the world? Yes, and his stupidity is what makes it work. Take our advice and prosper, George; here are the five keys to the revival of your image:
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Comment by loliver35: I wonder how it feels to: (1) be thought of as an idiot(2) be responsible for all "bad stuff" (can't think... 16 Responses | Other threads
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Ad Agency Sex Tape
The Best (?) Of The Sex Tape Turkey Puns
Yesterday when we posted the infamous ad agency sex tape, our video department thoughtfully censored the clip by superimposing a Thanksgiving turkey over the center of the action. This led to a smorgasboard (HEH) of Thanksgiving-themed jokes in the comments. So in honor of our peerless commenters, and because it's the afternoon before Thanksgiving, we're posting the best (?) below. Vote in the comments for the one that makes you groan the least: More »
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Comment by scroll_lock: This was my favorite thread yesterday as it combined my favorite holiday, good food and the opportunity to mock really,... 13 Responses | Other threads
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media
The Hard Life Of A Former Network Anchor
Ted Koppel, the impressively-haired former ABC newsman, is parting ways with the Discovery network six months before his contract is up. You may or may not have been aware that he's been working with them since 2006. Not the greatest tragedy in history, but it does point to the sad plight of the former big-time news anchor. There's nowhere to go but down from the heights of the network news desk. Where are all those famous former anchors today? More »
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Comment by overunderover: To this day, I've never understood how they got "Ted" out of "Edward." 18 Responses | Other threads
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Great magazine die-off
Four Ways To Kill A Magazine
Just because we're in the midst of a Great Magazine Die-Off, you may be under the impression that all magazines die equally. Not true!WeLeading magazine scientists have identified four distinct varieties of magazine death. Each has its own special flavor of despair for all those connected with the deceased publication. Here they are, from most common to least: More »
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Comment by Kira Smith: 1. No journalist shall sleep in a bed with his source. 2. No journalist shall drink alcohol to excess. 3. Four spinoffs... 2 Responses | Other threads
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dr. doom
Hey, Economic Pundits, Find a New Nickname
Pictured is NYU economist and Facebook stalker Nouriel Roubini, a.k.a. Dr. Doom. There's a highlight clip going around the internet (it's after the jump) of an investment guru named Peter Schiff predicting our current economic crisis on various TV shows over the past couple of years, and being roundly mocked by the hosts and the other guests for doing so. Now they all look dumb (that's you, Ben Stein) and he looks great. So what's the media's nickname for Schiff? "Dr. Doom." Uh, yea, that one sounds familiar. Just how many freaking economists nicknamed "Dr. Doom" are there these days? More »
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nate silver
How Nate Silver Can Rule The World
The world belongs to Nate Silver! Briefly. Silver, the number-crunching baseball stat geek who decided to become a political poll-cruncher in his spare time and only turned out to be the most freakishly accurate election predictor ever, is now the toast of the media, Obamaphiles, and stat nerds alike. The Times has even weighed in now, several months behind the curve! Now is your chance to capitalize, Nate; screw this up and you'll soon return to the depths of nerd-only notoriety. After the jump, our professional advice to Nate about building his entire future in five easy steps—five being a number that statistics show gets a lot of page views!: More »
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sarah palin
What Should Sarah Palin Do Now? A Five-Step Guide.
¡Que lastima, Sarah Palin! Is this the end for the heroic Alaskan everywoman, who came out of nowhere to bravely humiliate herself on the national stage in one brief flash of incomprehensible fuck-upitude? No, liberals, no. And why don't you all stop lying: you crave more Sarah Palin. She is the political equivalent of hate sex. But it's obvious now that Palin's future isn't in politics; a (winning) presidential run in 2012 is a pipe dream. Her future is in the media! She can barely speak English, but fellas sure do like to hear her anyhow. With that in mind, we present—free of charge, in the spirit of unity—the simple five-step plan for Sarah Palin's upcoming national stardom:
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career guide
A Career Guide for the Human Campaign Prop
Presidential elections aren't just about the candidates; they're about all the random crazy people only tangentially related to the candidates and their campaigns, the ones who are hyped into momentary superstardom by political reporters desperate for storylines. Or by the candidates themselves, desperate to deflect attention. The question for these random people is, how to capitalize on this brief and undeserved moment of fame? Joe the Plumber is determined to become a country music star! And he's just one of multitudes. We're here to help, fame whores! After the jump, we tell the incidental stars of this godforsaken election cycle what they should do with their lives after November 4, so that they may not be forgotten: More »
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Comment by llamalash★: Joe the Plumber fails to realize more than just the fleetingness of his fame. (did I just make up a... 21 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
September's Awesomest New Magazines!
Who says the magazine industry is in trouble, besides all informed analysts? Plain old pessimists, they are! For example, did you know that according to prominently quoted guy "Mr. Magazine," new magazine launches are actually up this year? We looked back at the dozens of hot new titles that launched just last month, and we've selected the twelve most promising. Hobbies for the poor, escapism through porn and pets, and information about your various afflictions are especially popular! Gaze upon the future of media: More »
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Comment by Man From Madras: I am starting a magazine...'Best blog posts of the month' 9 Responses | Other threads
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scapegoats
The Top Ten Scapegoats For America's Depression
Who's to blame for this mess? That's what the American people want to know, right? Nobody wants to hear about intricate economic factors that combined in unforeseen ways to predicate an economic collapse. We want scapegoats! The media, politicians, and plain old dumb people on the street who don't know what the hell they're talking about have all picked out their favorite villains in this national crisis. We take a look at the top ten, after the jump:
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Comment by BalknChain: Boy, YOU suck. YOU fuck us everytime. How could YOU let this happen? YOU shithead, YOU! 5 Responses | Other threads
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media
The Media Bloodbath
Even before the recent collapse of Wall Street, the media was changing. Newspapers dying! Blogs exploding! But back then, in the halcyon days of a couple months ago, the difference was that there were winners and losers amongst the various media sectors. Now, there are only losers. And a few who will hold the line and claim success, because, hey, flat is the new up. After the jump, a brief guide to the important parts of the media, and how they're getting screwed by financial reality: More »
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Comment by drunkexpatwriter: Yet porn ads will continue to flourish. As will pickup artists, relationship advice stuff, dating sites, tax free cigarettes and... 6 Responses | Other threads
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