Media Bubble: Wal-Mart Will Not Tap Your Phone Again. Guaranteed.
Meet Gary Spitz, Ball Boy, Again For The Very First Time
If you read this week's Observer, you might have seen this article about Gary Spitz, a 42-year-old ball boy at the U.S. Open. If you read yesterday's Times, you might have seen this article about Gary Spitz, a 42-year-old ball boy at the U.S. Open. If you happened to be reading the Washington Post around this time…
Media Bubble: Time Inc. Lives on the Edge
• Time Inc. to launch SI Edge, fitness mag that won't offer abs tips. Retorts Zinczenko: "[W]e promise not to point out that he's naming his magazine after a shaving cream." [NYP]
• Hey, remember the big USA Today expose on how the phone companies were colluding with the government to create a big database of all…
Poppin' the Collar in the Sunni Triangle
Because even the most hardened insurgent is tamed by cashmere twinsets and freshwater pearls.
'USA Today' Calls New Yorkers Old Maids (Though Not in So Many Words)
Need another reason to be happy you don't read USA Today? How about this lede, from yesterday's Life section, which we're sure you are thrilled to have missed:
USA Today Oscar index
USA Today predicts that Best Picture will go to Chicago or The Hours. Harvey may get the last laugh after all.
Speed dating
Speed datingevents where singles are paired off for 8 minutes then rotated to other singles and rated accordinglyis now mainstream enough to warrant coverage in USA Today and franchises in Omaha. Unfortunately, it won't be truly useful until the conversation becomes as utilitarian as the concept: "My name's John. I'm…
