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#diversions
New Yorker Cartoon-Maker Invites Japery
Can you make a funnier cartoon than us in the new New Yorker online "Cartoon Kit?" Christ, I hope so. Submit yours in the comments, and win the admiration of your peers. That's what it's all about, we hear. -
#levisjohnstonwatch
In the Eye of the Levi Johnston Media Hurricane
At this very moment, Levi Johnston is undressing for a Playgirl photo shoot. But last night he was at The Box accepting an award from Fleshbot while a scrum of reporters poked and probed the Wasilla boy for a story. More » -
#moguls
Google Co-Founder Kind of a Jerk in Person, Says Fellow Billionaire
It's so fun to see the media wars play out in actual tiffs between actual human beings in actual rooms together. Take this passive-aggressive clash between Google's Larry Page, programmer, and IAC's Barry Diller, onetime movie mogul. More » -
#blagoplease
Blagojevich, New Yorker?
Disgraced, impeached Illinois governor and media joker Rod Blagojevich thinks he would do well in New York because no one has yet told him to go fuck himself. Not to his face, at least. [New Yorker] -
#thingstodo
Your Guide to the New Yorker Festival
The New Yorker Festival is coming up! It's Lollapalooza for the urban intelligentsia. Tickets go on sale today at noon, and if you don't buy them immediately then forget seeing the good stuff. A guide to the good stuff, below. More » -
#mediacrack
Proof That Profiling Journalists Is Worthless
In your finally Friday media column: Army profiles of journalists are a huge waste of money, a special journalists asks for a special job, the New Yorker hires someone expressly to make you jealous, and newspapers lose billions again. More » -
#journalismism
Steven Brill Has Time For Everything
Media wise man Steven Brill is busy saving (HEH) the newspaper industry with micropayments—but not so busy that he couldn't write up a long New Yorker article about NYC teachers. Hey, it's good to be good at something. -
#criticalreception
We Still Don't Know Whether Inglourious Basterds is Going to Suck or Not
We're Tarantino fans for sure, but a WWII movie about Nazi-killing Jews? We're a little skeptical, and the critics aren't helping our confusion.
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#layoffs
Conde Nast Eliminates Whimsy Budget (Updated)
Yesterday we told you that McKinsey-driven Conde Nast was firing all of its receptionists. A blow to the company's editorial glamor, yes. But the dragnet has also seized the New Yorker's whimsical, overqualified "jack of all trades!" [UPDATE: Maybe not!] More » -
#advertising
Don Draper Would Not Approve of AMC Mad Men Pitch
There are so many great things about Don Draper, but let's just choose one: his product pitches are so evocative. His vision and lyrical description imbues every product not only with a sense of luxury but a sense of necessity. More » -
#theories
Malcolm Gladwell On Why the Economy Collapsed: 'Cocksure' Bankers
In the new issue of the New Yorker, Malcolm Gladwell delves into what really caused the collapse of Wall Street. His conclusion: It had more to do with cocky banker egos than it did institutional failure or general dumbassery. More » -
#plots
Confirmed: Seymour Hersh Was Right About The Dick Cheney 'Death Squad' Thing
That dang Seymour Hersh. The New Yorker scribe is always running saying crazy things to scare the bejesus out of us and, unfortunately, he's always right. Just like when he mentioned that Dick Cheney was running a CIA "death squad." More » -
#nerdfight
Condé Nast's Grumpy East Coast-West Coast Feud
Big Ideas Author Malcolm Gladwell, a Manhattanite of the New Yorker, has issued a smackdown review of Free, the book from Big Ideas Author Chris Anderson, a Berkeleyan of San Francisco's Wired. If that's not provocative enough, Gladwell sounds downright grumpy. More » -
#grumpyoldmen
Is Dick Cheney Hoping For America to be Attacked By Terrorists?
This week's New Yorker features a 7600 word profile of Leon Panetta, Obama's choice to lead the CIA. Most notable among those 7600 words: Panetta's been wondering the same thing many have about the depths of Dick Cheney's dark soul. More » -
#terrorists
Al Qaeda Recruiting European White Men
Al Qaeda may be aggressively growing its ranks by recruiting European white men to carry out attacks, a move New Yorker writer and Al Qaeda expert Lawrence Wright says allows the group to "transcend its stereotype." [The Stimulist] -
#magazines
Thinky New Newsweek Bringing on Stephen Colbert as Guest Editor
In a move that sort of reeks of desperation more than it does slick PR, Newsweek's Jon Meacham announced that Stephen Colbert will be the magazine's guest editor for the issue hitting newsstands on June 8. More » -
#change
The New Yorker Embraces Modern Technology
"Jorge Colombo drew this week's cover using Brushes, an application for the iPhone, while standing for an hour outside Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Times Square." [New Yorker] More » -
#twitterati
The Twitterati Refuse to Sell a Horse for an Aeron Chair
These tweets are made for venting. Joanna Pearlstein, Susan Orlean, Jim Louderback, and other media twits found plenty to complain about on Twitter: More » -
#nerdfight
New Yorkerers in Scandalous Twitter Brawl
Our dreams have come true! New Yorker contributor and Twitterati regular Susan Orlean is whaling away on whiny, blogorrheic ex-staff writer Dan Baum on Twitter. Grab some popcorn, follow @susanorlean and @danielsbaum, and enjoy! More » -
#thewaywelivenow
Dan Baum Still Twittering Away, Calls New Yorker Office 'Creepy'
Yesterday we told you about ex-New Yorker scribe Dan Baum using Twitter to tell the story of his hiring and firing at the magazine. On Monday he filed the second chapter of his Tweet-narrative. More »
