These are troubled times in the magazine industry. Reed Elsevier announced today that it is selling its mag publishing division, which includes Variety and Publishers Weekly, in order to reduce exposure to "cyclicality" in ad markets. And bad news for any editors looking for employment at Meredith: their president,…

BREAKING UPDATE: DOREE BOUGHT JOSH THE FATEFUL CLAFOUTIS. OR HALF OF IT ANYWAY. [The Doree Chronicles, Related, Previously]

If you're really hungry and you only have about five minutes to shove something down your gullet and you're on the corner of Bergen and Smith Streets in Boerum Hill, you might be tempted to run in to Hanco's to grab one of the pre-wrapped packages of shrimp summer rolls that have been sitting, unrefrigerated, on the…

It was April of 1983, and Mary Kirby was an azure-eyed up-and-coming author. She was single, but on purpose, and men would trail her everywhere. She was so good at meeting men that she wrote a book about it! She called it "Mary Kirby's Guide to Meeting Men." Twenty-five years later, the text is still amazingly…

At long last the saga of Astoria roommate-hunters Emily and Michelle is coming to its crushing conclusion. And at the same time, another volume in their Rabelaisian lives is being written. Good news! Emily and Michelle have finally found a roommate. According to Emily (or Michelle, we don't know which one is which):

Remember that guy A.O. Scott, the Times critic we gave thanks for on Wednesday? This is what I found out about him at Thanksgiving. First, he's the son of Joan Wolloch Scott and Donald Scott. She is the smart-sounding Harold F. Linder Professor at the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in…

When Star Editor at Large Julia Allison's dog Lilly was running amok in our office yesterday, she had a wardrobe malfunction! That's right: vadgeflash.

Out smoking a cigarette with Gawker ad sales, we learned that tonight they are hosting an event at the Manhattan Gun Club called "Girls and Guns" during which they take ladies from advertising firms to a gun range. This sounds awesome. Unrelated: Why the fuck is Julia Allison in our office again today? And why is…

It's possibly a tricky time for New Yorkers and copy desks in the case of Anika Larsen v. Annika Larsson! But we can help.

Heads up. The taxi hacks are back on their semi-strike today. While it's $10 just to open the door, beware if you're riding with someone else. For instance, Penn Station to the East Village is apparently in one "zone" and so just $10—but the cabbie will shrug and say "$10 bucks each" when you get out. Strike or grift?…

Jakob Lodwick likes to be photographed topless. Photo by Mareen Fischinger.

When we heard Times staffers were getting nameplates for their cubicles' tambour doors, we were worried they were working in cages. Pictured, a real live cubicle at the New York Times. And now we know.

What follows is like aversion therapy for those who might want to go to the Hamptons. On Saturday night in Amagansett, as Jessica Coen reported today at New York mag, the sundry foodie blogging glitterati gathered for a burger cook-off. Coen was there to support her man Lockhart Steele, our (and her!) former boss at…