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#internalmemos

New York Editor-in-Chief Adam Moss Bids Teary Farewell to Hugo Lindgren

01/29/10

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#closetcases

Gay Reporter Blames Gay Magazine for Not Knowing Gay Actor May Be Gay

We're still all trying to figure out whether British actor Ben Whishaw is gay or not and New York magazine isn't helping. They're trying to deflect blame for the hubbub back onto Out magazine. Damn, everyone. Why the drama? More »

01/27/10

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By Brian Moylan

#closetcases

Gay Actor in Gay Play Forgets If He's in the Closet or Not

Ben Whishaw is currently co-starring with Hugh Dancy in The Pride off-Broadway. He's so proud he essentially came out to Out magazine. Then why is he in New York magazine talking about being straight? More »

01/26/10

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By Brian Moylan

#defenses

Oprah Guru Breaks His Silence about Sweat Lodge Death in the Worst Way Possible

Oprah-approved self-help guru James Arthur Ray granted the first interview since three people died in October in his sweat lodge of horrors. If he wants people to think he's innocent, this is exactly the kind of interview he didn't want. More »

01/25/10

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By Brian Moylan

#revisionisthistory

Two Sides of Manhattan's Celebrity Gossip Factory Weigh In on Casey Johnson

At New York today: former über-flack Lizzie Grubman talking on Nightline about the pains of being a heiress. Next, Page Six-er Paula Froelich recalls the business of covering "people being stuck in the wrong role in an Edith Wharton novel." More »

01/08/10

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By Brian Moylan

#vintagegawker

2005's 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now

Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Vintage Gawker Collection, where we'll roll out old posts from the vault in full to provide perspective on the present. Tonight: Jessica Coen's 2005 post, 123 Reasons to Love New York Right Now. More »

12/19/09

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By Foster Kamer

#dating

Dating in New York: as Simple as Surviving a Plane Crash

Dating in New York can seem like rolling a pair of dice directly into a venomous snake's mouth. In fact, the easiest way to find a significant other in this city is probably surviving a plane crash with them. More »

12/13/09

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By Adrian Chen

#indierockhanukkah

NY Mag: What's wrong with gentrification? Answer: Hit Union Pool tonight, find out. Etc.

12/12/09

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#factcheck

Adam Moss: Neither a Recluse Nor the Inventor of Sex Stories

Dreary Washington Post media critic Howard "Conventional Wisdom In a Shirt" Kurtz has managed to write a profile of New York magazine that is clueless even by "Howard Kurtz explains NYC" standards. Let's get right into it, okay? More »

12/07/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#media

Click here to read <em>New York</em> Magazine Staying in the Family

New York Magazine Staying in the Family

As soon as New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein died last week, speculation about the magazine's future began. Would the Wasserstein family really want to hang on to a money-losing prestige title? Yes, apparently. More »

10/23/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#gossipfolks

Gossip/News Shakeups at New York Daily News, TMZ

Tipsters report: the NY Daily News gossip' team's down one, as Laura Schreffler's out. Is the NYDN gossip desk growing rust? We know one person who turned the gig down. Update: Ben Widdicombe's on the move: TMZ! More »

10/18/09

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By Foster Kamer

#media

Click here to read <em>New York</em> Magazine Seeks Money-Losing Rich Kid

New York Magazine Seeks Money-Losing Rich Kid

The rapidly evolving conventional wisdom about the hazy future of New York magazine continues to evolve rapidly! Perhaps Bruce Wasserstein's family would be less likely to sell off the mag if they had, say, an extra $188 million? More »

10/16/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#media

Click here to read What Next For <em>New York</em> Magazine?

What Next For New York Magazine?

New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein died yesterday. So did a clear vision of New York's stable future. Who's next to control one of the city's shiniest media properties? More »

10/15/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#obits

Bruce Wasserstein, 61

Billionaire Lazard chairman and New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein, who was hospitalized with heart trouble last weekend, has died at the age of 61. More »

10/14/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#linguistics

Publicity Speak Translator: New York Magazine Kisses the Ring and Ass of Page Six

NY Mag's illustrated Gossipmonger column in the print edition has been running items without credit pulled directly from Page Six, who called up NYM for quote in an awesome item called "Best 'Six' mag has ever had." Their response? More »

10/11/09

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By Foster Kamer

#howthingswork

Click here to read How <em>New York</em> Magazine Finds Out What's Happening in Queens

How New York Magazine Finds Out What's Happening in Queens

New York magazine has a new story about a Nepali woman who came to visit her daughter in Woodside, Queens and got lost, wandering alone for more than two days. How's schmancy New York mag track down these outer-borough oddities? More »

09/16/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#journalismism

The Peter Kaplan Writearound Method

Hello, look who wrote the New York mag cover story on Dave Letterman this week: Departed Observer editor Peter Kaplan, keeping busy! The piece has no new Letterman interview. It's a total write-around. Of which Kaplan is the master. Ingredients: More »

09/08/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#criticalreception

We Still Don't Know Whether Inglourious Basterds is Going to Suck or Not

Click here to read We Still Don't Know Whether <em>Inglourious Basterds</em> is Going to Suck or Not

We're Tarantino fans for sure, but a WWII movie about Nazi-killing Jews? We're a little skeptical, and the critics aren't helping our confusion. More »

08/17/09

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By Brian Moylan

#socialites

The Fall of the House of Mortimer

Oh my does New York have a heartwrenching chronicle of the disintegration of Tinsley and Topper Mortimer's marriage in their new Fall Fashion issue! It's like The Notebook meets NYC Prep. Break out the monogrammed hankies folks! More »

08/17/09

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By The Cajun Boy

#takedowns

Steven Rattner Is Basically an Asshole

Steven Rattner is the social-climbing financier who resigned as auto czar because his private equity firm is embroiled in a pay-to-play scandal. Everyone's waiting for shoes to drop, but New York says Rattner's biggest problem is that nobody likes him. More »

08/03/09

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By John Cook

#journalismism

Is The Obama Message Machine Still Worthy of Glowing Media Praise?

Jennifer Senior wrote a massive cover piece on the Obama communications machine for this week's issue of New York that is, to put it mildly, a nauseatingly fawning tribute to the communications genius of our president and his advisers. More »

08/03/09

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