Texas Newspaper Tells Readers to 'Enjoy the High Life' at Resort Where Scalia Died
Bad news travels fast, but apparently not fast enough for the The Austin American-Statesman.
Newspaper Disappointed to Discover Witch Might Be Prostitute
The editorial staff of the Intelligencer Journal in Lancaster, Pennsylvania was disappointed on Friday to learn that a witch profiled in the Intelligencer Journal's "Faith & Values" section one week prior was also an alleged prostitute.
According to Your Handwriting, You're an Intense, Open-Minded Liar
A massive infographic formulated from an array of handwriting studies claims to show that over 5,000 personality traits are reflected by the words we write onto paper. Too bad we don't do that anymore, too bad the study of handwriting (graphology) is disregarded in most circles as probably bullshit, and too bad that…
Watch Stephen Colbert's Advice for the Dying Publishing Industry
On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert saluted Cosmopolitan for its recent—and surprising—expansion into the Mongolian market. Then, Colbert offered up some sardonic wisdom for the publishing industry—just break into the few markets that don't know you're dying! Watch inside.
Tea Partiers Save Print, Sell $20 Magazine
The Tea Partiers had a magazine for sale, at their Tea Party in Boston today. It cost $20 a copy! So... print isn't dead? And Teabaggers are adopting the Dave Eggers model for newspapers.
The Decade as Told by Magazine Covers
The Magazine Publishers of America put together this brilliant compilation of the biggest stories of the past 10 years through 92 seminal magazine covers. Savor it, because the term "seminal magazine cover" is quickly going by the wayside.
Between The Legs: The Most Copied Layout
The "A-frame" shot—between the legs, with something framed in the middle—is called the "most frequently copied trope ever used" in the design world. PRINT Magazine pulls together a great collection of novels, movie and theater posters, ads, comic books, magazines, and album covers that all use the device, in a…
George Lois' Classic Esquire Covers
From 1962 to 1972 adman George Lois created some of the most iconic magazine cover art of his era. Thirty-one of them are part of a new exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, and the New York Times is offering a handy preview. My faves after the jump.
Another Times Trend that Isn't
The crap economy and the internet are turning America's super-stores into haggling dens where savvy shoppers and retailers negotiate sales without regard for sticker prices, according to today's New York Times. "'We want to work with the customer, and if that happens to mean negotiating a price, then we're willing to…
The Future Of Newspapers
There is a hope for newsprint, after all. In the movies, at least. Here's the splash — Vampire Epidemic!!! — from the abysmal Ultraviolet. io9, the science fiction site, has put together a collection of other fantastic newspapers.
Writing 'NYT' Letters For Extra Credit
Contrary to popular belief, drunken Times editors do not choose letters to the editor for publication based on which ones they have yet to stain with drooled droplets of Yellow Tail. That would require too much thought and, instead, the paper inadvertently printed a slew of letters written by a bunch of gifted high…
'Cosmo' Still Around After 40 Years
Cosmopolitan, the indispensible magazine for hapless women looking for ill-advised sex and fashion tips, will be celebrating its 40th birthday next year. What better way to trumpet four decades of bedside astrology and pages of slutty anecdotes than with a modest advertising campaign costing $10 million? According…
'Voice' Best Of NYC: Increasingly Obscure
The Village Voice has its annual Best Of New York issue out, which is full of useful information like the Best Free Used Syringes (Coney Island) and Best Impersonation Of Star Jones As A Chicken (Poppi Kramer). You know, exactly the type of shit you need to know. While Gawker failed to get an asshole award (must try…
'NYT' To Plebs: Shut The Eff Up
You know what I really hate? When, like, I'm having an impoverished single father of seven spit-shine my new Gucci alligator shoes and he actually tries to interact with me. The nerve! I want my servants subservient, dammit, and so does Bob Morris over at the Times:
'WaPo' Discovers 'Paper' Mag
It's Friday, we're emotionally drained, and the headlines are getting worse. The Washington Post spends some time with the "cool" kids over at Paper magazine, but the best headline they can come up with? "Paper Rocks Hipsters." Get it? Hipsters? Rhymes with "scissors?" Kinda? Ack.
Paper Rocks Hipsters [WaPo]
'NYT' Has Serious Street Cred
Okay, so maybe the article is about can-picking, which keeps landfills a wee bit more empty or something heartwarming like that. But what does that matter? The Can Man is tipping one back and we just want to know what he's sipping on. Is that a 40 oz. of Mickey's? A bottle of Corona? Or is Can Man enjoying a…
'NYT' Still Digging At Dagos
Last week we pointed out Virginia Heffernan's review of "The Tony Danza" show, in which she managed to rape every Italian-American stereotype in the book. It was great, really, but why stop there? In honor of the Feast of San Gennaro, the brightly-lit carb-fest in Little Italy, the Times points out that being…
'NYT' Strikes Secret Deal With Nobu
In the wake of GraydonGate, we're always on the lookout for suspicious plugs that may indicate media payoffs. Sunday's Times featured two very random interviews in two very disparate sections, in which the subjects professed a strikingly similar wish:
Reduced To Tears In Three Paragraphs Or Less
We'd never ask you to read the Times Circuits section by yourself. All you need is, predictably, the first three paragraphs of one choice article to realize that perhaps all the editors checked out early for Rosh Hashana, thus leaving a 10 year-old child to write the following:
