Donald Trump Is Mad at The New York Times For Doing Factually Accurate Reporting
It’s a new day, meaning Donald Trump, the presumptive (or presumptuous, depending on your camp) Republican nominee for president, has a new ax to grind.
Gawker Giveaways: Collaged
Free art is hard to come by these days. Sometime as time consuming as a multi-piece collage would be pricey at a gallery. That is not the case here, at Gawker Giveaways! Today we'll be giving away two collage pieces from collage artist and photographer MaryLaura Mau.
Brian Williams' Media Story Of 2010: The New York Times Discovering Brooklyn
Brian Williams has a definite opinion on what the media story 2010 is, and it's not the iPad. Watch his deadpan diatribe praising the NY Times for finally venturing into the outer borough of ironic glass frames and artisanal cheeses.
The NY Times' "Fourteen Actors Acting" Really Pretentious
The clip of James Franco kissing himself from the NY Times series "Fourteen Actors Acting" is just the start; the whole thing couldn't be more pretentious. Now, for your entertainment, the most ridiculous moments from the set.
Michael Jackson Is Still a Gigantic Celebrity the World Over—Except in New York
Last night was the premiere of This Is It, and there were galas in 16 cities around the world. Most of them were huge, ornate affairs. Except in New York, where barely anyone noticed.
The Jane Hotel Story the NY Times Doesn't Want You to See
The Jane Hotel's crotchety neighbors were about to get a big ol' story about just how noisy downtown's latest celebrity hangout is, but then the Jane Hotel's owners stepped in and killed it. At least that's what the writer says.
Body World Ups Its Shock Game With Corpse Sex Show
For a walking science book, the Body World exhibit and its ilk sure court a lot of controversy. In Europe, the bodies are now having sex and scandal has erupted once again.
Why Sarah Palin Needs Levi Johnston
The PR push for Johnston's article in Vanity Fair started yesterday and people are already hating America's babydaddy and rooting for Sarah Palin. But her reality-television-turned-politics spectacle was getting stale and nothing reinvigorates an aging soap like a good rivalry.
Eddie, Woody, & Michael: Do We Even Care About Geniuses Anymore?
Eddie Murphy, Woody Allen, Michael Jackson: All indisputable geniuses in the 80s. Hit-or-miss in the 90s. And, at least before the outpouring of adulation for Jackson today, you probably wouldn't want to trade reputations with any of them.
Why the New York Times is announcing Web 3.0
Page A1, Column 1 on a Sunday: the New York Times introduces the world to Web 3.0. It's "a layer of meaning on top of the existing Web" and "the foundation for systems that can reason in a human fashion."
Behind the deal: Microsoft's payment to Universal Music is not protection money
Microsoft agreed to pay Universal Music over a dollar for each Zune it sells — and that's all the bloggers and commentators will report. But the New York Times, which broke this news, explains the payment is part of a deal in which Universal will license its music to Microsoft's new music download service.
Loose Wires: Marissa Mayer is human! Honest! Volume 57
A middle-aged man doesn't like MySpace, and other breaking news from the Times
The New York Times wanted to illustrate how hard it would be for MySpace to catch on in other countries, now that the company's going international. So they pulled out an obviously typical MySpace user: a 40-year-old man. He "became frustrated by unwanted messages and he did not care for the flashy pages."
David Pogue puts on an antic disposition
Look, some readers really admire David Pogue's innocently funny approach to reviewing gadgets and software for the New York Times. I myself enjoy his whimsical video reviews. But the man has gone mad.
Tech industry tired, no deals today
After Tuesday's frenzy of industry news (Wired buys Reddit, Google buys JotSpot, Fortune picks a new editor, a video site goes public, Monday's looking quiet for the industry (apart from that bomb at eBay HQ). The New York Times tech page, for example, is all gadget stories with punny titles. Hell, the top story is…
News notes: Here be one less monster
Times captures Stern, Stewart moments before prison camp internment
Anyone can report that YouTube deleted loads of clips from Comedy Central, including South Park and the Daily Show.
NY Times 'Google bomb' Was 3 Days Behind WebProNews
As reported early this morning on Valleywag, the NY Times did a half-ass job covering Google bombing of GOP candidates by liberal blog, MyDD (Direct Democracy). WebProNews writer Jason Miller emailed Valleywag to tell us he had covered this story almost 4 days ago. NY Times reporter Tom Zeller, Jr. did not cite…
Liberals Drop The Google Bomb
NY Times files a scattershot report on liberal blogs 'Google bombing' GOP candidates for the upcoming elections. Reporter Tom Zeller Jr. does piss poor job explaining to readers what Google bombing is and why liberal blog myDD.com (my Direct Democracy) is guilty of gaming the search engine's algorythm.
Good News, The Bubble is Over
The NY Times took a break from glad handling Google to report after 10 years in business, the massive server farm Internap Network Services finally posted two whole quarters of profit. Congrats on not getting delisted from NASDAQ!
