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Pick the Best New York Tabloid Flyby Fronts
New York's tabloids are in high dudgeon over yesterday's Air Force One flyby. Who got the best headline and front-page out of it? More »
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By John CookComment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: Needs more wanton capitalization and random mis-typed letters, Daily News. HOW DUM WAS THIS?!1?!!11111 7 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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death of print
Only a Cable Guy Could Come Up With Newsday's Pay-Only Scheme
Pundits will say Newsday's desperate plan to charge for the Long Island newspaper's website is some kind of bellwether for the industry. What it really means: Newsday and its owner, Cablevision, have nothing to lose. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by OlgaGrisha: "Some local Long Island News"? That's pretty much all Newsday is and has been for years now. People know this,... 2 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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Media Crack
Print Media Is Officially Scary Now
Mailing it in for Hamilton Nolan, who's, er, on assignment, I'm here with your post-inaugural, Nobama media column. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by semiserious: What is it with powerful gays and their taste for much younger men? Not like straighties are any better, but... 5 Responses | Other threads
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newspapers
Where Are Newsday's Editors?
The top editors of Newsday: they're missing! From work. Or are they? Rumors say they've been fired! Other rumors say they haven't. One thing is for sure: Cablevision sucks a big one, managerially speaking. More »
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Comment by saythatscool: So the PR people and executives think that the first rule of Newsday is that you do not talk about... 2 Responses | Other threads
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the riches
Millionaire Media Moguls Slightly Less Rich
Did you know that when the stock market goes down, media bosses get poorer like magic? It's true — and the fact that it's a totally obvious point doesn't make it any less fun!
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By Owen ThomasComment by i'm a bottle: The costumes that the wealthy burghers are wearing nowadays are so much less interesting than what they used to wear... 3 Responses | Other threads
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christmas spirit
Newsday Hates Charity
Newsday, the little Long Island paper that couldn't, just laid off 100 staffers. And they told the union: On the way out, take your damn holiday "food drive bins" with you. Bah humbug: More »
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Comment by HK_Guy: I have to admit I always found canned food drives weird. I mean, I bring in the crap I'd never... 1 Responses | Other threads
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newsday
100 Layoffs At Newsday
Newsday, the Long Island paper that was bought by Cablevision for $680 million earlier this year in one of the worst-timed (and most unpopular) media purchases in recent memory, is unsurprisingly being forced to lay people off. The paper is cutting 100 jobs, about 5% of its total workforce. Details of the cuts, in that inimitable corporate internal layoff memo style, below: More »
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great moments in journalism
"5-year-old knows right and wrong, and graffiti is wrong"
Newsday reporter Rocco Parascandola either drew the short straw at the assignment desk yesterday, or he sincerely believes that a five-year-old's opinion on the graffiti menace is worth 700 words. A mouthy little law-and-order kindergartener on Long Island got so worked up by an earlier Newsday story on taggers that he had his grandpa transcribe his tiny thoughts on the issue into a letter, which warranted another Newsday story, in which everybody comes off as monumentally stupid. Particularly Newsday: More » -
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Newsday Reporters Crushed By Weight Of The World
When Cablevision's ruling Dolan family—famous for making reporters' lives hell as they try to cover the Dolan-owned New York Knicks—became the new owners of Newsday , every media reporter in the city simultaneously realized that they could write a funny story about how the asshole Dolans probably won't even speak to their own company's new reporters. And everyone obliged! The Observer wraps the story in a nice little bow, detailing how Newsday editors got "screamed at" for sending a reporter to the Dolans' house. And while the paper's top editors are now obliged to be nice to the Dolans, most of the reporters are pissed off or just sad, as their quotes show pretty plainly: More » -
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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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journalismism
Michael Bloomberg Gets Pissy Over Word 'Maintain'
The financial news service started by Mayor Michael Bloomberg has a set of rules designed to wring all hints of subjectivity out of the copy, for example by forbidding use of the word "but," which implies a contradiction with the facts that precede it and thus editorial judgement on the part of the writer. It is, perhaps, with the same zeal for objectivity that the mayor flipped out at Newsday reporter Michel Frazier during a City Hall news conference for saying Bloomberg "maintained" he took certain actions relating to the Sean Bell case, as shown in the clip at left. Either that or the mayor just wishes he was in charge of all the reporters again, instead of at their mercy. Maybe he can add a chapter on this naughty word to his forthcoming book of rules for the entire world. [Observer] -
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Uncomfortable Family Psychodrama Purchases 'Newsday'
Rupert Murdoch's secret, sneaky plan to destroy Long Island tabloid Newsday: let a dysfunctional company buy it for more money. Cablevision purchased the paper for $650 million and Murdoch withdrew his bid this weekend. Now, everyone is a bit confused. Because Cablevision owns many odd things, but none of them have been newspapers up til now. "The Newsday bid had the backing of both Charles Dolan, who founded the company, and his son James L. Dolan, the chief executive," the Times reports, even though generally the Dolans hate each other and disagree about everything. And according to witnesses of the meetings between the Dolans and former Newsday owner Sam Zell, the "tension between the two has been obvious." As have the tensions between Cablevision and its shareholders. Because Cablevision is a company that does one thing quite well and everything else quite poorly. More » -
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Murdoch Loses Newsday Bid
"News Corporation, the global media conglomerate controlled by Rupert Murdoch, is withdrawing its bid to purchase Newsday. The withdrawal of the bid was first reported on the Web site of The Wall Street Journal, which is owned by the News Corporation.The bid withdrawal appears to be a reversal from Wednesday, when in the News Corporation’s earnings conference call Mr. Murdoch voiced skepticism that Cablevision could succeed in its bid for Newsday, even as he vowed not to get into a bidding war for the newspaper, which was at the center of a tussle among three New York moguls." More »
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monsters
50-Cent Post Part Of Murdoch's Nightmare Scheme
Ruthless press baron Rupert Murdoch has concocted two diabolical schemes to ruin the lives of New York tabloid readers and owners forever. First scheme: Murdoch will raise the price of his New York Post — NO! — to fifty cents, with the extra quarter going directly into a special fund for the eradication of all remaining integrity and decency in American media, starting with the Wall Street Journal, which Murdoch has not yet finished burning to the ground forever. Ha ha, just kidding, the extra quarter will just offset the Post's estimated $50 million per year losses, and you will pay it, because it's not like you can just read Page Six on the internet or something. Scheme the second: is classified. This is a secret scheme. But: More » -
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Newsday Slipping From Murdoch's Clutches
"Cablevision is preparing a $650 million offer for Newsday, $70 million more than bids by Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer B. Zuckerman... Executives... interested in Newsday said they learned over the last month that printing, trucking and subscription operations were more troubled and inefficient than they knew. Paradoxically, that has persuaded them that the paper was worth more... 'These are problems that can be fixed, so there’s a lot of room for improvement,' one executive said." [Times]
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By Ryan TateComment by BooWahBabe: @donmiguel: There is a big distinction. One paper (the Post) lies and makes things up. The other (the News) doesn't... more » | Other threads
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tabloid wars
Zuckerman to Murdoch: Take Your Monopoly and Suck It.
"Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The Daily News, believes he can snatch Newsday from Rupert Murdoch without offering a dime more than the $580 million already on the table. Mortimer B. Zuckerman will argue his bid has less potential for regulatory uncertainty." More »
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rupert murdoch
Newsday Not Murdoch's Yet
Word emerged Tuesday on Rupert Murdoch's handshake deal to buy Newsday, and there was talk about Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman dropping out of the bidding for the Long Island tabloid. But the Times today said Zuckerman is expected to make a counteroffer next week, while Jared Kushner's Observer Media Group may submit a joint offer with Long Island television provider Cablevision, which had dropped out of the running. "People in both the News and Observer camps say they were shocked to learn of the handshake deal with Mr. Murdoch... because they had been assured by Tribune’s bankers that they had until next week to submit offers," said the Times. Perhaps Tribune chief Sam Zell, who like Zuckerman is a real estate mogul come to media later in life, understands instinctively that Newsday is best off in the hands of Murdoch, the deep-pocketed lifelong media mogul. Here's how Lloyd Grove compared Zuckerman to Murdoch as he was leaving the former's employ as a gossip columnist in 2006: More » -
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Old Man In A Hurry
Rupert Murdoch's 78th year has been busy. With the exit of the Wall Street Journal's native managing editor, Marcus Brauchli, the Australian media mogul's lieutenant now has a free hand to turn the business newspaper into a broader national title. We're hearing this afternoon that Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has dropped out of the bidding for Newsday, clearing the way for Murdoch's News Corporation to take control of a third newspaper in the New York market. And the New York Post is this week shrinking to allow the News Corporation tabloid to be produced on the same presses as the Journal. But here's the question: why the rush? There are three main reasons: newspaper publishing economics; the broader synergies available to a media group with heightened political influence; and mortality. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by Nick Denton: @fasdunaroawerm: Oh, very clever. No, really, very clever. more » | Other threads
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newsday
Sam Zell Keeps Up Pretense Of Straight Talk
What's there to say about Newsday? I don't know, I'm not from Long Island. People from Long Island are quite happy with all that beach access. But even with the ocean, writers from Newsday aren't so happy and have been hoping for a takeover, mostly because Sam Zell is an asshole, though occasionally a charming one. Anyway, because Sam Zell is so real , he finally admitted that he's trying to unload the paper. Memo from Newsday publisher Tim Knight via The Observer, after the jump. More »
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By rebeccaComment by mimigoliath: I'm also from Long Island, so I've worked in Melville (home of Newsday) and it is what hell looks like.... more » | Other threads
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jared kushner
Little Mogul Wants Little L.I. Daily
Tribune Co owner Sam Zell is looking to unload Long Island tab Newsday, because Newsday is the saddest paper in his mostly sad stable. So far, rumors have flown that New York Post and Wall Street Journal owner Rupert Murdoch is interested, but the Journal reports today that junior real-estate magnate Jared Kushner "is among those who may be contemplating bids to buy or enter into a partnership with Newsday, according to a person familiar with the situation." Apparently owning the ailing Long Island tab would help keep down the costs of printing Kushner's first foray into vanity newspaper ownership, the New York Observer. [WSJ]
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By PareeneComment by BooWahBabe: @Hot Foot: My medium is fine. In fact, she just predicted that you're a dick. Pussy. more » | Other threads
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faustian bargains
In Melville, Everything's Going To Zell
What a world: Rupert Murdoch has become the lesser of two evils. Newsday reporters are hoping that he will buy the Long Island tabloid from Sam Zell, the Tribune owner who is looking to unload it. Really? Despite his delightful sense of humor, since Zell took over the Tribune Co., the Newsday staff has dubbed their Melville headquarters "Hellville." Ha. "Hell" rhymes with "Mel." I've been to Melville, and it's just like every other suburban town: more of a purgatory than a hell. [NYO]
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By rebeccaComment by WhyAreYouWearingStripes: Actually Melville isn't as bad as say, Hicksville, Long Island. more » | Other threads
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the reviews aren't in
Exclusive: 'Newsday' Movie Section Offed in St. Patrick's Day Massacre
Word floating around Defamer HQ has Newsday movie editor Pat Wiedenkeller and veteran critics Jan Stuart and Gene Seymour accepting buyouts that would end their tenures at the Tribune-owned tabloid effective March 28. The critics reportedly accepted their packages by a deadline last Friday; Wiedenkeller has been on the way out since earlier this month. It's no golden handshake, either, with one source telling Defamer the buyout deals topped out around 33 weeks salary, a fraction of remaining vacation days and less than a year of benefits. More » -
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In His Own Words, Sam Zell Is Kind Of An Asshole
Sam Zell is the charismatic CEO of the Tribune Company. Charismatic in a way only journalists would appreciate, which means he's always cursing about something. It's amazing how a quick "fuck you" has kept his staff charmed. But after yesterday's Newsday cuts, Sam Zell's "Fuck Yous" are more than straight talk—he's really going to fuck his employees. More »
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By rebeccaComment by famousauthor: The picture shows Sam Zell trying to buy some New Yorker's soul, right? more » | Other threads
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cutbacks
'Newsday' Takes Papers Out Of The Newsroom
A Long Island correspondent reports that Newsday has stopped giving its reporters free newspapers, and that's rankling some of the reporters—especially those who live in the five boroughs, where they can't get home delivery. Sniff! Our tipster writes:Until recently, we picked up a copy of the paper from a table in the middle of the newsroom when we arrived in the morning. But now we're literally walking around begging for a copy. Others simply don't read the paper anymore!
Or they could, you know, read it online? Don't they know that print is dead anyway?
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Comment by PRIsNotJournalism: Now my Twinkles will have no box liner. She loves reading James Pinkerton in between peeing and shifting the litter... more » | Other threads
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media
Now Usually We Don't Do This, But Uh...
For some reason there's a whole pile of media stories in today's papers, so we thought we'd take a page from our weekday friends and start the morning off with one of our famous Gawker media news round-ups. Let's ease into things today. More »
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By lneyfakhComment by Chairman Meow: How can there be so much talk about Sam Zell & no mention of his insane Year End Gifts website:... more » | Other threads
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newsday
'Newsday' Will Rule Over These Internets!
Editor and executive vice president of Long Island daily Newsday John Mancini sent his staff such a memo today. Is memo the right word? It's more like something between a cri de coeur and a call to arms. It's about how Newsday (it exists!) needs to be as "modern and forward thinking" as Long Island itself, and to that end, it needs to adapt to these new Internet times. It might even need to seek input from You! "Our world has been digitally re-mastered ... Now our task is to transform Newsday," John writes. He has clearly not yet learned rule one of mastering the internet: no earnestness allowed. More »
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By Emily GouldComment by crashb: And yet we still see this crap every day: Help Wanted: Web journalist to lead online efforts and department for top-10... more » | Other threads
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impulse!
Obligatory 'Newsday' Nut-Shot
One can't let a Gawker guest editing spot pass one by without taking at least one gratuitous swipe at Newsday. If my new bosses around here would see fit to take any of my suggestions seriously, this would be a daily feature. Since it's not really relevant to "Manhattan media news and gossip," however - and since it's Long Fucking Island, after all — I doubt this will ever happen. Still and all, a regular strafing of Impulse!, Newsday's reader-driven entertainment feature, is something everyone should consider. For example, Glen Cove's Laura S. explains why "The Office" is her favorite TV show of 2006:By far, the best sitcom of the year. The slapstick, dry humor is just genius. I would love to work there and have Steve Carell's character Michael as my boss! The show definitely sums up every type of person in any office.
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'Newsday' Editorial Staff Also Wants World Peace, A Pony
In what seems to be an attempt to demonstrate why they're reporters and not business experts, a group of over one hundred Newsday employees have sent a letter calling on "Tribune Co., Newsday's parent company, to invest in the newspaper's "creative, original journalism," while halting the widespread staff cuts and space trims that have hurt the paper, its readers and its advertiser." While we love the idea of Tribune execs somehow pitching forward at their desks, smacking themselves on the head and shouting, "Good God, they're right! Why didn't we think of that?", we're pretty sure the main service of this letter will be to provide a quick-and-handy checklist for HR during the next inevitable round of layoffs. Full release after the jump; keep an eye out for the bit about the "shameful, illegal and costly inflation of our circulation figures." More » -
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'Newsday' Not Ashamed To Go Back To The Well
JonBenet Ramsey was murdered in Colorado. Her confessed killer was arrested in Thailand. Her father made his statement from Michigan, where he resides. It's the perfect time to run another piece on a city judge who went missing seventy-five years ago. Take it away, Newsday! More »
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By abalk2Comment by Leon Freilich: CALORIFICATION Where's the pastrami of yesteryear?Corned beef cut lean, of memory dear?Where's the steamed matzoball soup,Slurped by everyone in the... more » | Other threads
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headlines
Prisoner of Second Avenue Subway News
Now that they've finally broken ground — or "lifted rail," or whatever they've done — on the High Line, it seems we might never again see one of those delightfully repetitive "High Line Approved! For Now!" headlines. How to fill the void? With the perhaps-apocryphal Second Avenue Subway, of course. Let the "Second Avenue Subway Approved! For Now!" headlines begin. It's all you, Newsday. More » -
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Media Bubble: Potential Pulitzers?
• Can't wait for the Pulitzers announcement to find out the finalists? (See, officially they don't announce the finalists till they announce the winners.) Good thing E&P has its annual samizdat list. [E&P] More » -
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Riding the Bus With My Sister to Newsday
If we say our prayers and wish upon every star in the sky, Rosie O Donnell will once again delight audiences with her subtle, nuanced acting. The recently-militant lesbian is said to be in the process of developing a sitcom with her friend, writer Alice Hoffman, in which she will play an Erma Bombeck-like Newsday columnist. While there's no official deal confirmation, Fox News' Roger Friedman reports that the show is in development and O'Donnell's character "will be gay and will have lost her lover to breast cancer." Oh, and she'll talk to her dead lover while writing her column. In the spin-off, the dead lover will help Rosie write her blog. More » -
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Staff Shifts at 'Sun,' 'Newsday'
As much of the city sleeps today, there's all sorts of exciting news at the two local dailies you're least likely to read. More »
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By JesseComment by GodWarrior: I think "memorandum" intead of "memo." The unabridged version also contained a short bio and picture... but it crashed... more » | Other threads
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deadspin
Breaking Sports Media News: 'Newsday' Misspells 'ESPN'
This appeared in Newsday's sports section just moments ago: More »
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By JesseComment by Landon Howell: I just wish the "scoop" was about Sheffield instead of the Yanks 12th outfielder, and I'm a Yankee fan." Heh. more » | Other threads
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hipsters
The Hipping Point
We were first drawn in by the Newsday headline — "Williamsburg Residents Decry Subway Track Work" — which we found intriguing because we had difficulty imagining Williamsburg residents mustering the energy to abandon their habitual ennui and decry anything, least of all track work. More »
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By JesseComment by FashionGPS: I lived in Williamsburg in 1997, and that is pretty accurate, actually. After six long months, I moved back... more » | Other threads
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