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more about #time more comments → Dickdogfood: I won't be convinced that Time is at all serious about their brand of stupid unless they name Glenn Beck Man of the Year. Even "The Angry American" wo... more » sanyucat: How is Time still in print? It's the journalistic equivalent of scrapple. #media more » Steverino Begins: Wouldn't be surprised if their POTY was a hashtag. Like #iranelection. #lame #media more » TheBusinessGuy: Have you watched the CNN online newscast? It's two college kids doing the news from the bridge of the Enterprise but with most of the props missing. ... more » Lincolnsbeard33: what no bailout for playboy? #media more » Mediahohoho: Our pediatricians' office policy on vaccinations didn't leave any room for dissent, any leeway in scheduling vaccinations differently. As our doctor e... more » BlairClymene: This is Cassandra. I am not anti-vaccinations, nor was I ever. Nowhere in the column did he say I'm against vaccinations. If you read Joel's column mo... more » Cynical Media Bitch: This reminds me of why I called dibs on NorCal, and let my siblings have everything south of SLO to themselves. more » Ron Draper: Somehow it does not surprise me that this idiocy took place in LA. Not that NYC is any better, but going with what feels right is a uniquely LA propos... more » NigelAstydameia: Between this and the placenta-eating story, looks like Joel made the mistake of marrying for the material. more » TroisFilles: www.iansvoice.org - if you can stomach it. This is what Hep B at birth did to this baby. Hep B is an STD - it can be passed to baby during birth. So ... more » Mymoustache: Aren't there state laws which prohibit nonvaccinated children from enrolling in school? Didn't Jenny McCarthy cure autism? I'll hang up and listen to ... more » Dickdogfood: I didn't realize it until now, but I've been missing the"We Hate Your Children" tag. more » kimsama: Idiotic anti-vaccine bitches: whooping cough doesn't protect your kids against asthma, okay? Preventing your kids from swimming overlong in chlorinat... more » Phyllis Nefler: Here's a compromise: vaccinate, but then avoid evil Purell at all costs. more » -
#media
BusinessWeek Names New Editor, Starts Layoffs (Perhaps) (Updated)
BusinessWeek, which is in full reinvention mode since its was bought by Bloomberg last month, has found itself a new editor. We also hear layoffs are coming. Full info below. (UPDATED, with internal memo). More » -
#mediacrack
Early Favorite For Time Person of the Year: Something Stupid
In your flippant Friday media column: everyone's very excited about Time's "Person of the Year," as always, Playboy may be sold, fashion magazines stay positive, and CNN decides to waste less money. More » -
#spitzerfiles
The Spitzer Files: How TV Talking Heads Get Their Cues from Flacks
In our third installment from the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between Eliot Spitzer's flack and reporters at the height of his hooker scandal—we congratulate the reporters who actually try to learn things before they go on TV. More » -
#wehateyourchildren
Joel Stein's Wife Wanted Your Kid to Catch Hepatitis from Her Kid
Nice work, Joel Stein. You really threw the missus under the bus this time, as you explain the trend of new-age-y anti-vaccination parents hitting home. More » -
#feuds
George W. Bush and Dick Cheney Basically Hate Each Other
Time has a great piece out today on the last days of the George W. Bush presidency, focusing on the nasty infighting between Bush and Dick Cheney over Bush's unwillingness to pardon Scooter Libby on his way out the door. More » -
#milestones
Happy Counting Day! The time is currently 12:34:56 on 7/8/09.
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#explanations
We Just Can't Quit Mark Sanford
A reader passed along a quote from Mark Sanford she ran across in an April edition of Time: "I think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved." Ha! [Time] -
#grossnepotism
Time Magazine Staffing Assignments To Sloppy Seconds From People
There're legions of uber-qualified writers who aren't employed right now due to the Sad State of Media. Funny, then, that Time Inc. hired a once-shitcanned People bureau chief accused of bad staff practices (nepotism, intern bedding) at their flagship, Time. More » -
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#saveitforthekids
Time's Commemorative Michael Jackson Issue To Hit Stands Monday
Another iconic cover: Time's special edition issue to commiserate the death of Michael Jackson arrives Monday. They lined up an absurd amount of tributes; the last time Time published a "special" edition between issues was right after 9/11. [Chartini] -
#feuds
Do We Need a Restraining Order Against Josh Quittner?
We never imagined Josh Quittner would burn a previous Valleywag editor in effigy, but after seeing the video he's posted on Time.com, we wonder if we might need a restraining order. More » -
#iran
Neda, The Face of a Revolution
Unless you tuned out completely over the weekend you've seen the haunting video of a young woman named Neda dying on a Tehran street after being shot in the heart. She is now the immortal face of a revolutionary movement. More » -
#magazines
Time Puts Twitter on Cover, at Vanguard of American Economy
What could Time magazine possibly have to say about Twitter that hasn't been said in a thousand prior magazine and newspaper articles, and on Oprah? That it drives the American economy. In fact, Twitter is the new GM! More » -
#mediacrack
Hefner Selling Playboy to Support Barbie Addiction
In your practically-weekend Friday media column: Playboy could be yours, Michael Kinsley wants to fight newsweeklies, a new type of journalism that will fail, and the police department will run your local paper OR ELSE: More » -
#twitterati
The Twitterati Stay Up All Night Cursing Their Honda
Don't take an iPhone to a movie screening, don't Twitter when you should be making coffee, don't buy a 2002 Honda, and don't be Meghan McCain. This and more we learned from Twitter today! More » -
#twitterati
The Power Goes Out on the Twitterati
Picture Martha Stewart sitting in the dark, unable to get anything accomplished. It's like the perfect metaphor for how Twitter fails to illuminate the lives of media people! More » -
#royalty
First Lady To Attend One of New York's Many Jimmy Fallon-Hosted Events
Hooray! Michelle Obama's coming to New York! Hooray! She is going to attend the Time 100 Party, which is kind of lame, but still. More » -
#mediacrack
Oh Just Let 4Chan Run The News
In your hacked Wednesday media column: Rachel Maddow's less fascinating, 4Chan's smarter than Time, online news fails, and newspaper layoffs reported not in newspapers: More » -
#mediacrack
Esquire Really *****d The *******s
In your overblownTuesday media column: Time is a biter, Michael Wolff is an exaggerator, Portfolio is a fantasist, Newsweek is stank, and Esquire is an [expletive deleted]: More » -
#twitterati
Methed-Out Twitterati Marry Evan Williams in Corpus Christi
The advent of Oprah has not changed the inanity of Twitter. Today, Bonnie Fuller met someone supercute, Karen Tumulty landed in the wrong spot, and Alex Blagg recommended meth! More »
