All the Women in the World Are Equally Good and Nothing Else Matters
What do former First Lady Laura Bush, IMF chief Christine Lagarde, Cambridge classicist Mary Beard, and comedian Mindy Kaling have in common? They are all women. And... and??
Donald Trump's Putin Admiration Is Completely Within the Political Mainstream
Donald Trump’s most important purely political skill (that is, one not directly related to his abilities as an entertainer and performer) is his ability to intuit what the great angry mass of movement conservatives wish their gutless leaders would say, and then say it. Other Republicans dogwhistle. Trump dispenses…
Tina Brown and Huma Abedin Had a Power Lunch in SoHo Together
Two women who have not been having a very good year came together for seafood and sushi Friday with a power lunch at Lure Fishbar.
Though Tina Brown is leaving, The Daily Beast itself will be funded for at least another year, according to a Daily Beast story that trumpets the site's triumphs so loudly that it's impossible to miss the undertones of desperation.
In addition to using her Women in the World Foundation to mostly just throw parties for herself, Tina Brown also appears to have forced her employees to create content for the foundation's website. Employees also allege that she tried to trade ad and editorial space on the Daily Beast for donations.
Tina Brown’s Charity Mostly Threw Parties for Tina Brown
The Women in the World Foundation, former Daily Beast editor Tina Brown’s very own charity, is nominally devoted to “driving solutions that advance women and girls.” According to its sole IRS filing, the New York Post points out, Women in the World spent the plurality of funds raised in 2011, totaling more than a…
Tina Brown Reportedly Out at The Daily Beast
The mighty rise, and fall, and rise, and fall, and rise again... and fall? Celebueditor and Princess Di necromancer Tina Brown is reportedly not going to have her contract renewed by her financial bosses at The Daily Beast.
The Not-So-Final Embarrassment of Tina Brown
The dessicated, online-only husk of what was once a big magazine called Newsweek has finally been sold off (despite our explicit instructions not to buy it). For editor Tina Brown, it marks the end of a humiliating career defeat. Newsweek's downfall exposed all of Tina Brown's weaknesses, and won't hurt her a bit.
If Howard Kurtz Is Down to Only One Job, Is He Still Howard Kurtz?
The Daily Beast stage, or fraction, of the career of Howie Kurtz ended with a perfectly apt string of Twitter messages from the media reporter/Washington bureau chief:
The Daily Beast has followed up its retraction of Howard Kurtz's bizarrely wrong Jason Collins column by retracting Kurtz himself: editor Tina Brown announced they have "parted company."
The 20 Best Trollings in Modern History
From the Spanish-American War all the way up to the 40 Hottest Women in Tech, the past century has borne witness to some epic trolling, bro. This amoral art form—loosely defined as "the media fucking with you on purpose"—has defined our modern era of outrage. It is time that we honored the very best trollings of the…
Tina Brown Ran Out of Ideas for the Last Newsweek Cover Ever
This week's issue of Newsweek is special because it's the last one ever. Yes, as promised, after this issue the magazine is switching to an all digital format.
The Hagfish Strikes Again
Well, that's it for Newsweek. Celebu-editor and royal gravedigger Tina Brown announced this morning on the web site of the Daily Beast that the magazine's print edition will not survive the year. That's not all Brown's fault, of course. Newsweek is not the first magazine to abandon print, and it will by no means be…
USA Today publishes a Michael Wolff column about Tina Brown. Jurassic Park is real.
The 10 Least Fascinating People of 2011
Tonight, the American Broadcast Company airs Barbara Walters Presents: The 10 Most Fascinating People of 2011, wherein TV's grande dame of celebrity reacharounds offers profiles of some of the most spellbinding figures of our time. This year's list includes the likes of Katy Perry (fascinating breasts), Donald Trump…
Chiefs of Staff Are the Hottest New Rich Person Accessory
Chelsea Clinton gave what appears to be her first-ever interview to the New York Times. And we were surprised to learn that the 31-year-old has a "chief of staff." She's not the only one. Ultra-Rich People Trend Alert!
Failing NewsBeast: Everyone Except Tina Brown's Fault
In your murky Monday media column: Newsbeast loses two top executives, CNN's "social network for news," News Corp finds one honest place on earth, the public opinion impact of Hackgate, and Mediawire is here.
[]Which American Actress Is Stupid Enough to Play Princess Di in a Movie?
Who on earth would play Princess Di in a movie? There is no one more needlessly deified on either side of the pond and no actress is going to be able to survive the scrutiny of such a performance. Well, Jessica Chastain is brave enough to try. The British press are going to have a field day with this!
College Official Tells Student Paper to Pay Him For Interviews
In your shocked Monday media column: a new low in college journalist-administration relations, Joe Levy out at Maxim, hard times at Newsbeast, James Rainey returns to reporting, and a CNN morning shuffle.
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