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more about #andrewrosssorkin more comments → iplaudius: I think it’s like how professors in the professional schools at universities (law, business, medicine) usually get paid more than their colleagu... more » Unsolicited Advice: Well, at least this sanctimonious anti-compensation shit is consistent with John's other sanctimonious anti-compensation shit. (Gasparino's book is v... more » GlasgowRose: And FOIA, SCHMOIA, this kid's Smorkin'! [www.kidrobot.com] more » GlasgowRose: Can't wait to see how Sorkin addresses this on his "Talk to the Times" stint this week. Post a question! #andrewrosssorkin more » CrabbyGolightly: The Times is paying Sorkin for access. The take-home message: it pays extremely well to be an obsequious suck-up. Learn this kiddies NOW. You'll have ... more » Julia Allison: Oh John, shut the f up. Sorkin's brilliant and talented - and beyond that, super sweet. God forbid he be paid what he's worth. #andrewrosssorkin more » Penscribe: Hold on, before I finish the article, didn't Gawker previously pay out page view bonuses? If they're so horrible, why was this a part of their busines... more » La Mareada: It is hard to find anyone as guileless as ARS about big banks and bank chairmen who aren't already in the Treasury Department. #andrewrosssorkin more » Cinjun: "pageview bonus to us. Which is an ugly practice that distorts news judgment and induces reporters to chase down attention-grabbing and salacious goss... more » El_Gato: Actually, what I heard from a close relative of Sorkin's -- I can't be more specific without blowing that person's identity -- is that one of Sorkin's... more » daveyjonesisdead: Sorkin is a star. Too much so to go to the Observer, unless it were to be remade into a real newspaper, maybe focusing on real estate and finance (and... more » Nick Denton: I'd heard a reasonably well-sourced estimated that Sorkin was making about $200,000 a year. But that included something for DealBook. The real questi... more » resipsaloquacious: Maybe he didn't take it because he was smart enough to realize that he has no idea how to run a paper, nor does Kushner? I am sure he loved being app... more » Nick Denton: Andrew Ross Sorkin, whose DealBook column normally appears on this page, is on a book tour. The New York Times didn't run its 32-year-old superstar's... more » OnBackground: Nice post, John. The ultimate success of Sork's book will be determined by how many unread pallets are purchased by bankers, PR firms and even proxy ... more » -
#envy
Andrew Ross Sorkin Gets Performance Bonuses From the Dying New York Times
New York Times wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin makes $250,000 a year — including a Wall Street-like bonus based on how his DealBook blog performs — even as newsroom layoffs loom. No wonder everyone hates him. More » -
#feuds
Big Book Reveals Generational Rift at the New York Times
The success of New York Times business reporter Andrew Ross Sorkin's tome Too Big to Fail has provoked a debate in the fractious newsroom: is he a plugged-in wunderkind or an in-over-his-head cub reporter who mooches off his veteran colleagues? More » -
#feuds
Andrew Ross Sorkin in Pissing Match with His Own Newspaper
First Andrew Ross Sorkin pissed off Charlie Gasparino. Now it's his colleagues: Some anonymous New York Times staffers are angry at him, Keith Kelly reports, for failing to credit the newspaper's scoops in his new book, Too Big to Fail. More » -
#feuds
Charlie Gasparino's War on Andrew Ross Sorkin
New York Times wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin was on CNBC twice today, promoting his new book, Too Big To Fail. Which is interesting, because CNBC tough-guy Charlie Gasparino is very, very angry at Sorkin over the book. Lawyers are involved. More » -
#recessionomics
Andrew Ross Sorkin's Front Row Seat to the End Of The World
Andrew Ross Sorkin's Too Big To Fail describes, in intimate detail, the days leading up to the collapse of the biggest financial institutions in America. Did the men in that room pull us from the brink or push us over? More » -
#trendwatch
The Brand Called You-s of the New York Times
Frank Bruni is leaving the New York Times restaurant beat, but he's moving on to something even bigger: the Frank Bruni® beat. He's his own brand now! Brand You® is the NYT's highest reward. A list, we've made! More » -
#mediacrack
Rupert Murdoch Declares Culture War
In your woebegone Wednesday media column: the WSJ takes on the NYT's culture section in a total death match, TV networks not upset they lost $23 in ad money covering MJ, more Hobo New York Times coverage, and newspapers burn. More » -
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#theinternet
How Long Before the NYT Shuts Down Its Scandalous Twitterers?!
In January, the New York Times' standards editor issued guidelines about how editorial staffers are allowed to use Facebook and other scary online tools. Is reporter Twittering making a mockery of those guidelines? Let's explore! More » -
#populism
AIG Deserves Hazard Pay, Argues Times Capitalist Tool
AIG is facing angry unemployed mobs, which is exactly why they deserve gobs of bonus money, argues the NYT's Andrew Ross Sorkin in the least persuasive case possible for rewarding failed finance executives. More » -
#books
Madoff Book Commissioned Within Week of Bust
A contract has already been cut with former Time and Fortune writer Richard Behar for a book on ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, arrested one week ago today. Joe Nocera, ear your heart out! More »
