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more about #ideas more comments → Nick Douglas: "Shit My Dad Says" is a Twitter account. (And the author is a professional writer who's been collecting the stuff for years and definitely deserves a ... more » belltolls: Not just book publicists but any job in publishing will get you in. Sales, editorial prole, production. Keep track of the names of everyone you come ... more » hollygirl: I finally took a look at the famous " cake', it was SO BORING. " I was told there'd be good writing." ! more » WordyNinja: And here I am pursuing "quality" in writing a la Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, with my MFA and submissions to lit journals. I t... more » BlinkyMcChuck: I just threw up all over my platform. more » EverettCurvus: Or...you could just pitch a solid, well-researched piece of journalism. Or have a good timely novel. Publishing and book deals are by no means over.... more » Monte Wooley: Have you never heard the shortest route to bestsellerdom? I Had Sex with Obama's Dog and Posted it on the Internets more » Vancougar: Why does everyone rip on Gavin McInnes so much? Really, I want to know! I always thought he was pretty funny... more » Magister: Well, Tevas are from Arizona. more » TeFrey: Damn it! Tevas have pretty much been my uniform for years ... because my feet sweat in shoes and Birkenstocks seemed so douchy. But all those CGI bee... more » Cheap Shot: Those bees look pretty fake to me. more » City_Dater: "Sports sandal" is an oxymoron, and Tevas are hideous, a JanSport backpack for the feet. more » Larry Fine: Remember when Ed McMahon did those Cash for Gold ads right before he shit the bed? We can all hope. more » Claire Buoyant: I thought "naturist" meant "nudist." more » germane: So, okay, you are comfortable getting your news from multiple "observers" who are not bound by any communal or professional standards of how to report... more » -
#fieldguide
The Last Remaining Ways to Get a Book Deal
Sloane Crosley got a book deal by being the most popular book publicist in New York. Now, Sloane Crosley's book publicist has gotten a book deal herself. Taste the meta! There are only five other ways to get published now. More » -
#advertising
Viral Ads, Tevas Instantly Become Hardcore
Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes is now doing viral videos for Teva. Here's an idea for one: Gavin McInnes—wearing Tevas—says ignorant shit, then fights a minority. Later he discovers his Tevas are made out of heroin. -
#printisdead
David Simon Still Dead-Wrong, Now Encouraging Newspapers to Commit Federal Crimes
Back in May David Simon, creator of The Wire, asked lawmakers to relax the nation's anti-trust laws so newspaper owners could get away with collusion. Now he's telling the New York Times and Washington Post to flout the laws completely. More » -
#media
Dan Abrams Wants to Buy a Few Good Bloggers
Former MSNBC host Dan Abrams, not content with running his shady new conflict-of-interest-laden PR firm for working journalists, now wants to start up his very own "'Drudge meets The Huffington Post' site." Oh good. More » -
#printisdead
Doing Less With Less
The mantra of modern lying news executives these days is "Doing more with less." Sure, we have fewer people and pages and dollars, but we'll do more with less! Time for a new motto.
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#newscorp
Rupert Murdoch's Newspaper Disease
Rupert Murdoch is fundamentally a newspaper man. That's how he built News Corp. into a world-strangling media conglomerate. But will his stubborn soft spot for papers be the thing that brings the company down? More » -
#magazines
Newsweek (Hopes) To Become The Economist
Newsweek, which traditionally (dentist's office joke), has for the first time ever correctly identified an overarching trend in American society and formulated a reasonable response, unaccompanied by any special "The Historical Jesus" stories! More » -
#newspapers
Should the New York Times Charge For its Website?
NYT editor Bill Keller directly addressed questions about the paper's business model today—specifically, about charging for online news, and the possibility of the paper going non-profit. He'll have to decide sooner than he'd like. More » -
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#art
Poster Boy Moves To a Bigger Canvas
What has our favorite semi-anonymous ad vandal Poster Boy been up to lately? Just tearing down the commerce-based capitalist infrastructure and replacing it with a vision of public utopia. More » -
#tumblr
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