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more about #jobs more comments → flavorflav: I recently applied for a PR job -- in Norfolk, Va., which makes Cincinnati look like Rome -- that asked me to supply "a current walk-on-water packet.... more » MrInBetween: What a prize! And the first runner-up gets to remove the bolts from this guy's neck. more » sweetpickles: I can't wait until we all have to compete for the remaining jobs left at the U.S. Postal Service. On TeeVee! more » badasscat: Is there any kind of hell other than PR hell? more » Solomon Grundy: When I was younger and more aimless I did one of these vanity project ghostwriting gigs, but in exchange for writing and editing his utterly mundane r... more » TheBusinessGuy: A nobody whose sole claim to fame is that 26 years ago he lived with Obama but the book he is writing isn't a tell-all? Wow, what savvy publisher wou... more » lobstr: it's Vadim Ponorovsky from Paradou. He had to edit all the "fucking cocksucker motherfucker''s from the CL listing .. more » Spirit Fingers: Hey, I work at Five Guys here in D.C. and Obama comes in three times a week. Here's what he orders: A single patty cheeseburger fried onions lettuce... more » Lysergic Asset: This listing may set a new standard for "most requirements for least rewards." (Also for "most protracted hanging on of coattails.") more » Baroness: At least he politely thanked in advance any sarcastic Craigslisters who might point out what a laughable, stingy wretch he is. more » TheUptightMidwesterner: You have a sacrificial intern around there that can play double agent, don't you? Extra credit or something? more » OliversArmy: Vadim Ponorovsky will probably need something to fill his time soon. I hear he is creative, imaginative and a fine writer. more » Tremonius: James Frey more » Swifter: He should hire the guy who wrote this: [gawker.com] more » manchops: You wanna save Sports Illustrated? GET RID OF TERRY MCDONNELL. The guy sat at Esquire watching circulation fall through the floor, his only real talen... more » -
#jobsinhell
Survivor: Local Cincinnati PR Firm
Are you willing to do absolutely anything and go through three weeks of "PR Hell" to land a basement-level gig at a PR firm in god damn Cincinnati? Sure, because you have no other choice, economically! PR: Classy, always. [Adfreak] -
#blinditems
Which Upper West Side Personality and 1983 Obama Roommate Needs a Memoir-Writing Assistant?
Blind items! They happen. Especially in Craigslist's depths, where inanity prevails in the form of, among other ways you never wanted to consider possible, job listings. So we want to know: which "highly visable" former Obama roommate needs an assistant? More » -
#mediacrack
Rumors: Staff Shuffles at New York Post, Sports Illustrated
In your foreboding Thursday media column: Rumors of veterans departing their jobs far and wide, Anthony Kennedy's story weakens, newspapers and magazines lose huge money, and Jon Fine's media gig disappears. More » -
#layoffs
The AP Layoffs, From Bismarck to Beijing
We've been updating our AP Layoffs List for three days with tips about layoffs in AP bureaus around the world. Here, we've organized and mapped them for you. View the national and global media carnage, below. More » -
#exits
What's So Unbearable about Working at Google New York?
Despite its celebrity chefs and razor scooters, Google's New York office houses a surprisingly disgruntled workforce, judging from one informal survey: of 14 Gotham Googlers profiled by Business Insider, more than a third are said to be eyeing an exit. More » -
#media
Another New York Observer Editor Leaving
New York Observer executive editor Josh Benson is leaving the paper at the end of the year along with departing top editor Tom McGeveran. Benson tells Michael Calderone he's joining McGeveran in his non-Jared Kushner-affiliated future project. [Politico] -
#talkingheads
BizWeek Geeks Tell Chic Money Honey, 'You're Done-y'
Bloomberg, the new owner of Businessweek, is dumping Maria "Contractually Obligated to be called 'Money Honey'" Bartiromo from her gig as a BW columnist, Business Insider reports. That's not the worst decision in the world. More » -
#exits
Lou Dobbs To Become Emigrant Refugee from CNN
Lou Dobbs will announce tonight that he's leaving CNN, sources tell the New York Times. The professional xenophobe's contract isn't up until 2011, but Dobbs reportedly met with Fox News chief Roger Ailes last month. Update: It's official. Video below. More » -
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#communism
Quit Laughing: The Hippie Industry Is Booming
Everyone seems to think it's funny that UC Santa Cruz has a job opening for an official "Grateful Dead Archivist." But it's just the latest example of hippies riding high during the recession, floating on a cloud of groovy breaks. More » -
#jobs
The Future of Journalism's in a Politician's Pet Newsroom
The recent blows to print journalism are great news for politicians: They can afford to own news outlets again, just like in the colonial era! Even local politicians can afford their own newsrooms. More » -
#kidstoday
Six Child Media Prodigies You Should Fear
That 16-year-old TechCrunch writer with 120,000 Twitter followers, who we wrote about yesterday, is part of a burgeoning child punditocracy. Children are operating in virtually every facet media — and doing so successfully. Fear for your job.
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#newspaperwars
Wall Street Journal Takes on Local News
The Wall Street Journal is planning to hire a dozen new staffers to cover local news in NYC, Media Decoder reports. Let us point out every last implication to this news! More » -
#jobs
Google's Broken Hiring Process
Google strives to hire "the world's best engineers,"and has crafted an "interminable" interview process dotted with puzzles and brainteasers to do so. One little problem: the process tends to give the worst scores to the best future employees. More » -
#theeconomy
Congratulations, America: You Propped Up the Economy by Spending the Money You're Not Making
The gross domestic product jumped 3.5% last quarter—the first increase in more than a year—sparking a stock rally and talk of the end of the Great Recession. No, no one has any jobs yet, but stop complaining! More » -
#recessionomics
Ride the Great American Satan Train to the Land of Prosperity
The Way We Live Now: Sulking about moodily. Night school is kicking our ass. We can't pay the train fare to work. And what's the point, even? There's no hope for employment. Unless you star in a music video. More » -
#newspapers
The New York Times' Big Old Newsroom
John Koblin got his hands on the New York Times' employee buyout offers—which handily include a breakdown of the numbers of employees in every one of the paper's departments. Behold something massive beyond reason! More » -
#recessionomics
Yes You Were Tortured and Forced Into Prostitution, But at Least You Don't Have to Go to Work
The Way We Live Now: To the extreme. We will sell ourselves for food. We will torture someone over loan modifications. We will make an entire nation too broke to afford McDonald's. What a seductive lifestyle! More » -
#creativeunderclass
Class Only Works for Teacher
"Find A Mag Job When The Economy is Crap." How? Start teaching a class called "Find A Mag Job When The Economy is Crap," like Ed2010 founder Chandra Czape Turner. Cost of class: $150. Actual value of class: $0. -
#mediacrack
More Layoffs Coming at Forbes?
In your foreboding Friday media column: Rumors of impending Forbes layoffs, more details on the Conde Nast Traveler cuts this week, an editor quits over her commute(!), and a former AP newsman kills himself. More » -
#openmicnights
Want to Audition for a Gawker Night Editor Job?
We received so many responses to last week's night editors job listing that, to be honest, we need some help separating the interesting from the interested. So, we're starting an audition thread for anyone who'd like one of the jobs. More »
