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Pretend Journalism
Jennifer Aniston Takeover Of NY Daily News Offices Leaves Sore Bladders And Fake Journalists In Her Wake
Reports coming from inside the building have been trickling in our tipline throughout the day: Jennifer Aniston's shooting her new movie at the New York Daily News offices. So, what's the Daily News' bring-an-movie-star-to-work day like? We have photographic evidence. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by jbk: Best recent movie set in a NY newspaper was "The Paper" with Michael Keaton, check it out if it cones... 1 Responses | Other threads
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debunker
Daily News Breaks Farrah's Death Before It Happens?
The New York Daily News tried to say it broke the news of Farrah Fawcett's death online before it even happened. Time stamp proof: More »
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Comment by OhCandida!: Well is she still dead now? And can I first dibs with the body? 20 Responses | Other threads
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updates
Gossip Hacks 2: The Resurrection
The temporary replacement this week for recently laid-off Daily News gossip writer Sean Evans: Sarah Polonsky, who was once canned by Page Six for being a freebie-mongering "swag hag." And Jared Paul Stern is still available, hey! [CityFile] -
albany
Face-Slashing Flip-Flopper Is Dem Again
Wonderful news: Hiram Monserrate is a Democrat again! The New York state Senator who famously glassed his girlfriend and whose term cannot end soon enough switched back to caucusing with his party and doomed the Senate to (yet more) gridlock. More »
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By PareeneComment by Private Hangnail: State level politicians are required to have consumed lead paint as children, yes? 1 Responses | Other threads
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labor law
Roger Friedman Suing Fox For Firing His Wolverine-Watching Ass
Nikki Finke's got it on good authority that Roger Friedman's gonna sue Fox for his firing over watching a leaked copy of Wolverine. And he's talking about it in the (Fox/NY Post competitor) Daily News tomorrow. [DHD] -
editorials
Daily News Not Happy With Albany
Here are the first five paragraphs (don't worry, they are are short, and wonderful) of today's lead editorial in the New York Daily News, "Beneath contempt: Billionaire Tom Golisano is the worst of a vile crew in the Albany cesspool": More »
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By PareeneComment by downwithdebbie: I have, of course, been following, but am confused on one big point: are they going to sit around until... 5 Responses | Other threads
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media
David Carr's Night on the Town
Early this morning, at about 5AM, we were browsing through today's edition of the New York Times when we ran across David Carr's media column. Something about it struck us viscerally, so much so that we were unable to process it at the time and write anything about it. More »
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Comment by autowin: This is just really good. Can I say "good job" without trying to be funny That being said, after just reading... 1 Responses | Other threads
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responses
Bill O'Reilly Attacks 'Far Left' For Criticism Over Death of George Tiller
In a much anticipated episode of the O'Reilly Factor, Bill O'Reilly addressed the murder of George Tiller, whom he frequently referred to as "Tiller the Baby Killer," decrying the use of violence for political purposes and lashing out at those on the "far left" who dare to criticize him.
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Comment by bluebears: Why, here's a surprise! The two abortion opponents are men. huh. 38 Responses | Other threads
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tabloid wars
The Post and Daily News: One and the Same, For a Day
It's always funny when the New York Post and the New York Daily News replicate each other in some way because they hate each other with the intensity of a million white-hot suns, so you just know somebody got bitched out at both papers after what happened on Sunday. More »
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Comment by stanhalen: Wow. I never thought I'd see the day. I always just assumed that both papers had spies planted on each others... 6 Responses | Other threads
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journalisism
Mort Zuckerman's Plan To Save Newspapers Will Be Foiled By His Inability to Do Math
Mort Zuckerman thinks letting newspapers run bingo games will save journalism. Let's see if his own newspaper is competent enough to run promotional games! More »
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By John CookComment by BadUncle: Or maybe Zuckerman can declare his newspapers independent of the United States, and open a full online casino. 1 Responses | Other threads
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By PareeneComment by uncivily obedient: I can't stand it when people prefer a politician based on race or sex. What about giving it to the... 39 Responses | Other threads
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pic of the day
Fiat Airplane
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putzes
Mort Zuckerman Unmasks New York Daily News as Anti-Semitic Rag
New York Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman unleashed a screed yesterday on the Huffington Post about how the media never covers how bad it is for Israelis dealing with Palestinian terrorism. He should know. More »
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By John CookComment by saythatscool: "Outrages like these do not make it into the Western media, which exhibit the familiar phenomenon of monitoring only the... 3 Responses | Other threads
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media
New York's Daily Newspapers Getting Kicked Out of NYPD Headquarters
A newspaper's most basic function, one could argue, is to keep tabs on crime. For decades, New York newspapers have done this out of the "police shack," but the NYPD is now kicking them out. More »
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By John CookComment by Worst Spelling Ever: I really love lazy leakers. I think this was sent to either Duane or Diana, but it looks like... 11 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Is Hud Morgan Begging For His Old Daily News Gig?
It's no wonder Hud Morgan relished his move from the Daily News to Men's Vogue: "Champagne Easter" parties, fruitinis and Beatrice Inn slapfights become a lifestyle glossy editor. At a gritty tabloid they're embarrassing. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Sheila: Tell the News that I'd be happy to cover their prostate beat. 2 Responses | Other threads
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memos
Daily News Eliminates 401(k) Contributions
It was upsetting enough for employees to hear the New York Daily News was ending its 401(k) contributions (memo below). The jokes about bigwigs' extensive stock holdings only made matters worse. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by pretendtheresanumlaut: FIRST!!!!!Yeah, I know, I'm banned. But it was worth. Good times. 3 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
The Media War Over Caroline Kennedy
Look: It's a glorious, bona fide press brawl! Caroline Kennedy's withdrawal from senate consideration touched off the rivalry between New York and D.C. news desks. New York won. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: I honestly cannot believe that the Kennedy-friendly Times would - without question - attribute Caroline's dropping out to her reported... 3 Responses | Other threads
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mort zuckerman
MSNBC Seeks Citigroup Expertise From Owner Of Citigroup Center
Citigroup is a pathetic loser of a corporation having needed three bailouts in as many decades. "Another large exposure for uncertain benefits," the corporate apologists at the Wall Street Journal editorial page declared of the latest Citi rescue. But the global banking giant is one of the largest tenants of Mort Zuckerman, the owner of Citigroup's world headquarters and of the nearby 59-story Citigroup Center, which Citi partly occupies. Why is NBC News allowing Zuckerman to pimp a rescue for Citi? More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: STATEMENT FROM MSNBC REGARDING FAILURE OF GUEST TO DISCLOSE BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT OF A MAJOR NATIONAL... 1 Responses | Other threads
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sarah palin
Was Palin Puff Piece Ordered By Daily News Owner?
The Daily News has had a sudden change of heart about Sarah Palin. On Sunday, the paper's Thomas DeFrank and David Saltonstall quoted three Republicans critical of Palin's embarrassing answers for CBS anchor Katie Couric and others on the campaign trail. The story's headline said there were increasing calls for Palin to "step down from GOP ticket." Then, on Monday, came an article by "Daily News Political Editors" — no writers' names were attached. It was titled "Eight reasons why John McCain won't drop Sarah Palin from ticket." And it called Palin a "fundraising dynamo" and "crowd magnet" who had "unconditional love" from social conservatives. We hear the story was considered an embarrassment by News journalists, but was ordered from on high. UPDATE: See below. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Mr. Kim Gordons Panties: "A conservative-leaning Democrat who voted for George W. Bush in the last election." This does not compute. 6 Responses | Other threads
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economics
Good Morning, Your Money Is On Fire
The morning news is terrifying even before the ominous opening of U.S. markets today, and was also scary hours ago before overseas markets opened and U.S. stock futures fell sharply. The bankruptcy at Lehman Brothers, the takeover of Merrill Lynch and the plea by insurance giant AIG for $40 billion in federal aid made for scary front pages (pictured, click for larger image) and heated chatter on CNBC. And no one wasted any time telling everyone how bad things really are. The "American financial system was shaken to its core," the Wall Street Journal said, warning of a "crisis on Wall Street." Other media outlets were scarcely more comforting:
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By Ryan TateComment by SinisterRouge: Holy fuck I'm so scared!! Please don't let us collapse. Please don't let us collapse. Ack! Can't we talk... 20 Responses | Other threads
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new york daily news
Uncontrollable Fury At Daily News
It's not just MSNBC's Democratic National Convention team that's filled with vicious rage bursting out in inappropriate ways. At the Daily News, convention reporter and political editor Ian Bishop just totally snapped Saturday morning, and might have been fired for the incident if he wasn't buddy-buddy with the editor in chief. A glass wall was shattered! Here's what happened, according to the Post: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by BalknChain: Who doesn't get irate at work though, right? I got frutrated yesterday and said we must be stuck with some... 18 Responses | Other threads
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new york post
Post And Daily News To Share Sheets
After bitter tabloid rivals the Post and Daily News both lost their bidding war for Newsday to bumbling Long Island cable concern Cablevision, discussion centered on which tab would be first to strike some kind of cost-cutting partnership with Cablevision. As it turns out, the Post and Daily News may just cut Cablevision out of the loop entirely — the Times tonight substantiates prior rumors the two papers will partner. The tabloids are in preliminary but "committed" discussions to share printing, distribution, sales and other functions, stopping short of a full Joint Operating Agreement. If only it were all so easy as simply signing off on such a deal. More » -
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Escape Is Impossible
Among Julia Allison's many achievements, one stands out: the dating columnist landed a gig as editor-at-large of Star magazine, which consisted of reading the gossip blogs and then opining on television as if she knew the celebrities at the center of the week's scandal—and as if she had a job at Star. Her lucky successor—Allison's contract having expired after her sponsor Bonnie Fuller lost power at the celebrity gossip magazine—is charming Aussie Ben Widdicombe (left, with Horacio Silva of the Times.) More »
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new york daily news
Naked Rugby In New Zealand Perfect For Daily News
You know it's a slow news day when the Daily News decides to run a nine-page photo gallery of a naked rugby match on a beach in New Zealand. In the "News" section, no less. Or maybe an intern just got confused. "Oh you said you wanted a NEWS gallery? Uh, actually, nevermind, that's not gone live yet." NSFW, obviously. [Daily News]
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By Ryan TateComment by Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: I love how this is on beach in the (freezing cold) deep south, in the middle of winter. Otago students:... more » | Other threads
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jobs
Daily News Metro Editor To NBC
Our source was right: Greg Gittrich is leaving the Daily News for NBC. "Insiders at NBC tell Media Ink that he is going to be the news editor of the digital operations of NBC Local Media Group, a new job." [Post]
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By Ryan TateComment by alec_baldwin: @BooWahBabe: yeah, so, ah, what happened again? more » | Other threads
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They've Probably Been Holding This Since Wednesday
Mystery Surfer Hottie Hero Found!
The dreamy beach warrior who rescued a drowning man and and made all other news irrelevant a week or so ago has been found! And he's "a humble hero who would rather sail off into the sunset than step into the limelight, his relatives said Saturday." Swoon! Could he get any dreamier? "Kevin Campion, a 30-year-old ship's captain from Seattle, doesn't mind if his lifesaving deed goes unrewarded, they said. 'He's a great guy and it's an amazing thing he did and actually I'm not surprised that he would do it,' said Kenn Christianson, the brother of Campion's stepmother, Sonya Campion. 'He's just not sure he wants the attention to be on him.'" Oh. Then I guess The New York Daily News wouldn't have another photo of him or anything. Wait, they do?
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Gittrich Ditches 'Daily News' For TV?
A source tells us that Metro ed Gregg Gittrich is indeed out at the Daily News. Gittrich was widely consdered a rising star, maybe even next in line for the managing editor gig. But the NYDN isn't great about holding onto talent. And maybe Greg's taste of TV glory on unwatched 2006 reality program Tabloid Wars inspired him—we hear he quit the Daily News to go to NBC. If you know what he may or may not be doing at NBC, drop us a line. -
stay classy
Ted Kennedy: The Tabloids Respond
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. He is, more or less, dying. So we can rely on our own New York Post to relay that fact as efficiently as possible. They do, of course, call him a "brave icon," but there's really not a lot of love lost between the rabidly conservative Post and the grand old liberal Kennedy. Boston's tabloid, the Herald, goes with a show of support. The poor Daily News splits the difference.
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By PareeneComment by PaisleyPajamas: @Cookie Guggleman: You called it. Although "Ted's Dead" is so deliciously rhyming and will accommodate a bigger font. ... more » | Other threads
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new york daily news
'Daily News' Loses 'Tabloid Wars' Star?
We're hearing problems at the Daily News! There are problems everywhere else, why not there, too. Metro editor Greg Gittrich is out? He was the anointed next-in-line to managing editor Stu Marques, supposedly, but now...? Is it true? Let us know.
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By PareeneComment by specialkayz: the good die young at the daily news. as soon as anyone -- a reporter, print editor, web editor, whatever... more » | Other threads
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newsday
Cablevision Would Like Some Help Running Newsday, Please
Having bought Newsday for $650 million, Cablevision executives, who pretty much suck at making money on anything that's not a cable system, are now interested in maybe having an actual newspaper company print, distribute and sell advertising into the tabloid. A printing deal with Post owner News Corp. or Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman would make eminent financial sense, since Newsday has an outdated printing plant and both the Daily News and Post stand to cut their own printing costs if they can sign up the Long Island newspaper as a customer. And cross-selling ads could drum up some extra revenue. But if Cablevision were to do a comprehensive deal covering pretty much all business-side operations, it would beg the question, why did Cablevision buy Newsday in the first place? Were the cross-selling opportunities between cable, internet and the newspaper really worth an $80 million premium over bids from News Corp. and Zuckerman? Prediction: Whichever media company ends up doing this deal with Cablevision, and one of them will, is going to end up owning the newspaper in a few years when Cablevision's high expectations are deflated. [Times]
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By Ryan TateComment by Glib and Bitchy: Well, the purchase could have SOMEthing to do with the nearly $90 million profit a woefully inefficient business operation at... more » | Other threads
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how things work
Gossip Industry's 'Gaping Aussie Void'
Departing gossip columnist Ben Widdicombe's innuendo-laden items for the Gatecrasher column in the Daily News were always designed for two audiences: the tabloid's middlebrow readers, who weren't intended to get the joke; and the Australian gossip's counterparts, who could be expected to pick up on the camp subtext. More » -
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Whoops
Both major New York tabloids today went, on their front pages, with a story that everyone knew was bullshit by the time they picked up the papers. If you caught a second of the morning news today, you know that the letters to congressmen saying "WE DID IT" had jack shit to do with that little I.E.D. that went off in Times Square the other morning. The Post didn't know that when they decided to play the story HUGE today. The Daily News went a bit more tasteful, with one line below a story about how Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are having a Graveyard Smash, or something. Click to see both covers embarrassingly huge.
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By PareeneComment by PandoraSpocks: @BettyCrocker: Has anyone mentioned the Democratic firing squad yet, where they all stand in a circle? (Not my material, but... more » | Other threads
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blind item roundup
Who Is The Hermit-esque, Baby Maligning Couple?
Sad mysteries today, of old ladies looking for love, hospitals craving attention, and drug-ruined pregnancies. But first, a tale of lonely, Hollywood woe, from, fittingly, the Post: "Which red-carpet couple will finally have someone to talk to now that they're new parents? The Hollywood pair are so strange and reclusive, 'they have no other friends.'" Stars, they're just like us. Lonely and miserable and forever warping their children. Three more after the jump. More » -
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'Daily News' To Terrorists: Drop Dead
The New York Daily News went totally, utterly insane today with their "editorial" on the upcoming trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other alleged 9/11 conspirators. Headlined "Death is too good," the fourth paragraph reads, in its entirety, "Burn in hell!" Then it just sorta keeps going in that fashion for a while. More » -
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Long May The Pettiness Continue!
Poor Keith Kelly. The New York Post media reporter's mission in life is to bash rival tabloid, the Daily News. (Kelly landed a good punch on the Daily Snooze, yesterday, when he reported on a blowup between two sports writers at the News, one of them a survivor of locker-room harassment.) But Kelly, before he took Murdoch's dollar at the Post, used to work at its despised competitor. And the veteran reporter, even ten years later, still gets confused. As this voicemail, being passed round the News, demonstrates. Marvel, child journalists, at the media world's most feared investigator at work. (Oh, and, yes, it is indeed petty for a News staffer to pass on Kelly's inarticulate message; nearly as petty as the Post's endless rubbishing of its competitor. Petty, and endlessly entertaining.) Listen here to Keith Kelly's request for a callback on the News "stuff".
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rumormonger
Fleet Street Editors To Take Over New York Tabs?
Oh dear. Could it be that not one but two new British tabloid editors (insert obligatory Denton joke here) are coming across the pond? Over at Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, Keith Kelly is reporting that the Daily News has been wooing Daily Mirror editor Richard Wallace for the better part of a year. We're also hearing that Rebekah Wade, editor of the Sun, Murdoch's other tab, is the heir apparent to truculent Post editor Col Allan. Of course, this could also be complete crap or a conflation of the facts—two Fleet Streeters (with the same initials—conspiracy!) headed to New York's tabbies at the very same time? Both of whom have pretty pretty hair? Not possible. Possible? You tell us. More »
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By MaggieComment by GothamTomato: Rebekah Wade can come as long as she brings her hubby, Ross Kemp, with her. more » | Other threads
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thanks for the passenger pigeons
Hooray! The Daily News took on City Hall and beat the Transit Hike! All New Yorkers owe those intrepid journalists a huge debt of gratitude for personally finding the MTA an extra $220 million and forcing them to delay their fare increase for a year or two. The 7% of Subway riders who pay the $2 cash fare are sleeping easy tonight. The vast majority of us who use the multiple-ride and unlimited monthly Metrocards, prices of both of which are still expected to rise, will grin and bear it like usual. Thanks, Daily News! [NYDN] -
chefs top
All Of New York City's Sexiest Chefs Gay, Married And/Or Ugly
The Daily News is running a contest to pick New York's Sexiest chef, because it is apparently a blog now. You also enter a contest to win dinner for two. This dinner does not include "wine, beer, liquor or gratuities" and is "subject to availability." Fun! Of the eleven chefs, quite a few lounge in the littoral zone of heteronormative behavior and at least six are either married or in relationships. Also, approximately none of them is actually cute. Except perhaps Sam Mason of Tailor. And he's not only taken but the chef with the most vexed sexual identity. More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by minou: @nycbaby: Really? That's funny because I sleep with a really sexy nice excellent chef who's not on this list either.... more » | Other threads
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print is dead, long live print
'New York Times' Circ Plunges; 'News' Bests 'Post' By Hair
Well lookee here! Turns out we weren't too far off with our predictions that the recent price increase at the New York Times might have kicked off a circulation drop. According to the -
mixed signals
Remember, ladies, anorexia is bad, bad, bad! But, you know, don't pack too many of those pounds on, hungry girls! Here's some low-cal salad dressing to spruce up your lettuce leaves, courtesy of the Daily News. (Click to enlarge). [NYDN]
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By abalkComment by DowntownVenus: Eureka! I'm going out immediately to buy something from No.L.Ita because they have proven that they care the mostest about... more » | Other threads
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