Nightlife photographer Patrick McMullan has always wanted to be respected. His pictures helped create the reputations of niche characters ranging from hipster party gods the Misshapes to famed socialgay publicist Kristian Laliberte, and McMullan himself sees no reason he shouldn't share the spotlight. Unfortunately…
Thanks to Bill O'Reilly, whose studio temper provided so much amusement last month, and the Craigslist advertiser who called to ask we remove pictures of him waving cash at online female admirers. Those two stories-plus other more worthy coverage of the Democratic primaries, the turmoil at the Wall Street Journal and …
Were you stopped in traffic in SoHo yesterday? You can thank Suzanne "Africa" Engo! But she had a good reason: she was stopping AIDS! How the hell was she doing that? We're not quite sure ourselves, but it involved $5,000 in (RED) Products, a 48-pound weight loss, and fabulous socialite Kristian Laliberte. We'll try…
It's not every day that a Silicon Valley titan is cast into 5.375" of plastic. Marketing guru Seth Godin unearthed the real secret to self-evangelist success: Get yourself turned into an action figure. There's no better way to promote your name than to sell yourself for a mere $8.95 to every wannabe entrepreneur…
Brad Garlinghouse, the controversial Yahoo executive who won fame by accusing management of spreading investments around like a "thin layer of ... peanut butter", has a sister, Meg, who also works at the company. Who got whom the job at Yahoo is a matter of testy debate. What's undebatable: the brother-and-sister…
Connected Ventures cofounder Jakob Lodwick and notorious New York nobody Julia Allison now plan to more efficiently whore their relationship in a joint blog venture. Consider it the Hulu of self-promotion. If only you people would stop paying attention, this could all just go away. Sure, Lodwick's Vimeo, an online…
Are you a fan of Valleywag? I am. (Do sign up. It feels a bit lonely by myself.) After Facebook launched its new ad offerings, I had three thoughts:
(1) Well, this means more spam!
(2) Scoble's going to be all over this.
(3) How do I get in on the action?
Facebook doesn't provide a do-it-yourself guide to the new…
It was all in good fun, I thought, to tease my former boss Jason Pontin, now editor of MIT's Technology Review, about using Facebook, of all things, to hunt for interesting startup ideas. But the well-meant mockery soon uncovered a deeper issue: My friend misunderstands how one is meant to use Facebook. Pontin, ever…
Some readers have called our attention to this online ad currently in rotation on Variety.com (you might have to click through into one of their stories to see it). Who is this mysterious "executive producer," they asked, and what exactly is she selling? We're not exactly experts in advertising, but we're pretty…
