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Media Crack
Honduran President Just Sitting Around Hoping a Reporter Will Visit
In your Friday-like Thursday media column: Howard Kurtz types many words for no good reason, Rupert Murdoch denies wanting to own the NYT, the WaPo can't stop distancing itself from that sellout email, and journalism is practiced in Honduras. More »
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Comment by DennyCrane: TO: Washington Post FROM:Denny Crane, Crane Poole & Schmidt RE: PUBLIC RELATIONS You're doing it wrong. more » | Other threads
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180s
Michael Wolff Used to Hate Politico
Weird! Last year Michael Wolff thought Politico was lame because politics is boring. Now he thinks it is the greatest thing ever! Politico's foreign policy correspondent disagrees, which is why he quit after six months. More »
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By PareeneComment by vitajex: I don't get it. Why the picture of Kojak? 1 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
Vibe's final issue will be on newsstands after all. Why waste a Gucci Mane article?
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michael wolff
Politico Is Revolutionary, Says Man Who Should Just Be Writing About His Affair
Michael Wolff, internet shouty guy and writer-for-magazines, was supposed to write a juicy tell-all for Vanity Fair about his scandalous affair with an intern! Instead he's apparently been working on a piece about fucking Politico? More » -
Media Crack
Where Were You When Vibe Died?
In your emboldened Wednesday media column: More on the Spin layoffs, "Where were you when Vibe died?" stories begin, Froomkin's proud, Michael Wolff's unnecessarily loud, and newspapers are how(itzer)ed. More »
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Comment by Rickyneck: The best part of Vibe was the "20 Questions". If unkut.com decided to make a magazine, that would be what's... more » | Other threads
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gq
L.A. Parents Don't Want Bruno Pretending to Sodomize Their Kids, Period
You might have thought that Los Angeles is a progressive city, but think again. All it takes is one little wink-wink ass-fucking photo shoot with a movie star and high school students to get parents all upset. More » -
print is dead
Quincy Jones Will Not Let Vibe Die
Today we learned that Vibe Magazine was folding. Now Vibe founder Quincy Jones is distraught over the news and determined to swoop in and save the magazine. How? "I'm'a take it online because print and all that stuff is over." More »
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Comment by T.A.N.: Quincy is a testament to it not being about a generational gap. Certain minds are timeless because they know and... 5 Responses | Other threads
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layoffs
Daily Intel hears there were layoffs today at Spin. Know details? Email us.
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Media Crack
Fox Biz Reporter Did Read a Book About 'Stocks' Once
In your censorious Tuesday media column: A Russian journalist dies after an attack, Fox Business Network hires only the best financial experts, dumb high school censorship, and newspapers all dying as usual. More »
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Comment by hypocriteoath: looks more like a Kalishnikov than a shotgun but what do I know? I'm just a gunless NYer. 2 Responses | Other threads
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great magazine die-off
Vibe Folds (Updated)
Vibe Magazine—one of the biggest music magazines in America—is folding. The entire music magazine landscape is full of the dead and dying. [UPDATED below.]
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Comment by T-RO: let's just imagine what it must be like to be a music journalist or a critic. the perfect storm of... 17 Responses | Other threads
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tabloids
Desmond's $500K Gamble: OK! Goes for Broke with Macabre Michael Jackson Death Photo
The absurd follies at OK! Magazine, British publisher Richard Desmond's cash-hemorrhaging tabloid weekly, never seem to end. This week they're tossing a desperate "Hail Mary" by paying huge to plaster an image of a dying Michael Jackson on their cover. More »
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Comment by belltolls: I wish someone would have the good sense to stage an ice dancing performance to the song "Ben" and just... 5 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
What Had Better Be the Nine Best Words Ever
Opium Magazine is running "The Longest Story Ever Told": it's printed on the cover, then printed over in black ink, which will fade over the course of 1,000 years to reveal the nine-word-long story. We already guessed it: More »
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Comment by Thomas Paladino: This is, literally, the dumbest thing ever. Like, in the history of mankind. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Still a Few More Years Before the Total Collapse of the NYT
In your sad Monday media column: the New York Times will limp along a little longer, Iran locks up journalists while they're engrossed in Twitter, Tim Rutten is predictable, and the television industry loses a couple billion, no biggie. More »
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Comment by kneetoe: Well, good news about the VJ job, anyway. God was I awful. 1 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
Is This Interview Over?
Like every other print magazine in the world, Interview continues to have problems. More »
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Comment by AtomicBalm: Let's all breathe pure Helium for 12 hours straight and then see if we think, sound and feel like Bjork... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Iran Arrests Entire Newspaper
In your overwhelmed Friday media column: Iran just arrests everyone, for reporting, Conde Nast's September prayers will not be answered, a new chairman at the FCC, and the Mark Sanford source remains at large. More »
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Comment by uncivily obedient: The Iranian government is run by jerks. Is that the besy you could come up with? 1 Responses | Other threads
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conde nast
Dead Magazine Replaced With Dead Magazine
This is what happens when magazines die too fast. Conde Nast folded Men's Vogue last October. But don't worry, Men's Vogue subscribers! We're hooking you up with a subscription to Portfolio. Wait. More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: If you used to get Portfolio and you are deigned not to have a penis, you get Architectural Digest. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
New Trial For Anna Politkovskaya's Accused Killers
In your breakthrough Thursday media column: a new trial for a Russian journalist's murder, a mini-Jayson Blair at a college paper, Steven Brill's optimistic projections, and Boston Globe staffers are unhappy with their lot in life. More »
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scandal
How the Crescent City Revealed Wired's Plagiarizing Editor
How did the Virginia Quarterly Review connect Chris Anderson's book to Wikipedia, thus unraveling a plagiarism scandal? A strange use of parentheses. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Tremonius: When I was a boy in the fifties, and listening to AM station WNOE from New Orleans a thousand miles... 2 Responses | Other threads
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gossip
'Anderson Cooper's Big Fat Coming Out Party' (Updated)
What will Anderson Cooper be doing tonight? Unvogue Magazine says he'll be attending a party at the Sapphire Go-Go Lounge for their men's issue. It's been informally dubbed "Anderson Cooper's Big Fat Coming Out Party." [UPDATED: AC's denial below]:
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Comment by Richard Lawson: "Hello, we are the boy band Stark and we are here to eat your skin." 7 Responses | Other threads
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magazines
The Case Against Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson's plagiarism scandal is still unfolding; Brooklyn writer Ed Champion has found instances where the Free author copied material he was supposed to be summarizing. But there was grumbling about Wired's editor long before his book scandal. More » -
Media Crack
Is Les Moonves Being Adequately Compensated For Losing $11.7 Billion?
In your ever-gray Wednesday media column: Les Moonves can barely afford a dozen new million-dollar condos, The Daily Beast folds on freelance contracts, layoffs at MTV and TruTV, and the New York Times Co. is sick of your rumormongering. More »
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Comment by SultanaEleusis: That Les Moonves painting is missing a few pancakes. more » | Other threads
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books
Wired Editor Steals Content for Book About How Content Should be Free
Chris Anderson has been caught lifting huge chunks out of Wikipedia for his book Free. The irony speaks for itself. But it's worth noting that the Wired editor's excuses are disconcertingly clichéd. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Stefanie Kechayas: Actually, I'm doing my masters in new media communications and I regularly use Wikipedia as a reference to find primary... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Successful Writer Feels Not So Successful
In your perennial Tuesday media column: It still sucks to be a writer, sucks if you bought a newspaper, sucks to make stock picks, sucks to produce news on television, and somebody got a new job! More »
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Comment by Phyllis Nefler: Wait, what's in the evil Daily Beast contract? Surely someone here has their hands on it. I WANT ANSWERS! more » | Other threads
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judgments
The Persistent Failure of Steven Brill
Steven Brill has a reputation for being a media wise man—a deep-thinking mogul who's always spotting the opportunities of The Future. Which is kind of strange, since the majority of his projects have been ostentatious failures. More »
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Comment by hypocriteoath: I know she can breathe and all, but third success down... really? 5 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
It's Fish Wrapper, Not Weed Wrapper
In your maudlin Monday media column: Magazines fail at drug-smuggling, sad layoffs at Videogum and Boston Magazine, newspaper reporters in Canada may strike(!), the NYT pokes the WaPo, and an update on the Milwaukee journalist-cop affair scandal. More »
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Comment by lindsayism: I don't know what bugs me more: losing my job, or that horrifying '70s-Mom-haircut photo from 2001. 13 Responses | Other threads
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celebrity science
Handicapping the Jon and Kate Announcement Thing
What is today, America? Lo, it's the day when Jon and Kate Gosselin make their big announcement on the reality show they have, with their kids, on the TV. This could save gossip magazines! We rank the possibilities, below. More » -
high gloss
The End of the Poptart Era: An Us Weekly Cover Analysis
How has celebrity gossip changed in over the years? Don't we hear a lot more about sad reality blobs these days than we do about say, one Britannica H. Spears? We employed our loyal assistant Julia Schweizer to find out. More »
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Comment by El Matardillo: There's nothing like sugar-pop flavored frosted "information" graphics to start the weekend. This graph could just as easily have measured... 2 Responses | Other threads
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branding
Maxim Sure One of These Spinoffs Will Work
Maxim recently folded its UK print version, and it's facing the horrific specter of a world with no cigarette ads. Times are tough. So they're coming out with yet another brand spinoff! It's a full-blown trend now: More »
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Comment by Smitros: Sponsors for the TV show 1. Vaseline2. Wesson3. Johnson's Baby Oil4. Jergens 1 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
"The Words 'a', 'and', and 'the' Are Not Included in the Rate"
Journalism. It is not a lucrative profession. Maybe you could be a freelancer though? Easy gigs. Airline magazines! Travel pieces! The sad reality: More »
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Comment by TouchedByAnOctopus: Of course this tailless monkey doesn't want to pay. Most of these Mongoloid devils would kill their own mothers over... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
F The Police
In your scandalous Friday media column: a reporter has an affair with a police chief, another reporter's charged with assaulting an old man, Meredith is the new queen of magazines, and Reader's Digest increases its pap quotient. More »
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Comment by reggattagirl: Wow, is there a man shortage in Milwaukee? That's the best she could do? 1 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Bill Keller Will Go Wherever He Wants, Suckas
In your waterlogged Thursday media column: Bill Keller defends his Iran trip, Jon Stewart is cruelly eviscerated, the Weather Channel wants big ratings so it can then fail like other TV networks, and the internet reigns supreme. More »
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Comment by MissPeacock: The Weather Channel is my guilty morning pleasure. I love their morning anchors (Kevin Robinson and Nicole Mitchell), but their... more » | Other threads
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print is dead
The iPhone's First Upselling Magazine App
Apple says it's a first: Men's Health magazine released an iPhone app that sells additional content for more money. Maybe this is the silver bullet that will finally save print journalism! But probably not. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by croush1211: I bought this last night, and I already had purchased (or is it free?) iFitness a week or two ago.... more » | Other threads
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ryan reynolds
Guy On Magazine Cover Is Latest Thing to Discuss
Is Ryan Reynolds showing his pubes on the scandalous new Entertainment Weekly cover? Why don't you click through and look at the photo and then talk about it, etc.?
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Comment by HiredGoons: Ryan Reynolds is a very hot Canadian. Sorry I've been out of touch - got mugged this weekend and was in... 23 Responses | Other threads
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marketing
Is It Worth Keeping Kids Away From Cigarettes If It Means Less Money For Maxim?
Last week, the federal government passed a bill that lets the FDA essentially control everything about how cigarettes are advertised and marketed. New restrictions could save thousands of lives. But wait, this could hurt magazines! Stop everything! More »
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Comment by irishflyesq: Yes, because Joe Camel put a cigarette in every teen's mouth. I am so tired of the media/advertising being blamed for... 5 Responses | Other threads
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evil magazines
Little Mag That Could (Help Lead Us to War) Sold
In 1995, Rupert Murdoch founded The Weekly Standard, a right-wing magazine that lost millions of dollars every year. But his new toy is The Wall Street Journal, and so he's sold the Standard to another rich conservative. More »
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By PareeneComment by TouchedByAnOctopus: Does anybody else ever see "Auschwitz" when they read the name Anschutz? Or do I have some sort of issue? 2 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Greta Van Susteren Talking Out the Side of Her Neck
In your plastic Wednesday media column: Greta Van Susteren explains why she's a better friend to "poor African Americans" than Barack Obama is, along with newspaper news, TV news, and New York Post blowjob news. More »
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Comment by Hey_mikey: Wow. Greta helped who? She must have gotten a bad batch of Adderall. more » | Other threads
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Media Crack
Will Your Children Know the Magic of Television?
In your variegated Wednesday media column: Television's death foretold, the magazine industry's resurgence predicted, the Boston Globe's hope springs eternal, and something for tattoo enthusiasts to read. More »
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Comment by Evil Baby Ant Eater: Will Your Children Know The Magic Of TV? Yes, because it was a effing great babysitter for me, and I turned... 3 Responses | Other threads
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media
Why Can't Gisele Sell Magazines?
If Gisele Bundchen covers can't sell magazines, what is it that you people really want? This may be Michelle Obama's fault. More »
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Comment by ChanRasit: I'll tell you why. Because she's a MODEL... They're typically uneducated and pretty uninteresting, having led charmed lives solely due... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Would a Black President And Black Commentators Be Too Much Black?
In your intermittently gloomy Monday media column: a new font at the New York Times, a fantastical price for the Boston Globe, black people would like to be invited on television sometimes, and the recession proves Steve Forbes right: More »
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Comment by TableNine: To think that they all laughed at Teve Torbe's musky Victor Mature-like scent. 2 Responses | Other threads
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