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(Inside) Media Softball
Old Person Blogs Thing Nobody Cares About
Village Voice EIC Tony Ortega has nothing to do during the weekend but read us. Yay, readers! :) ANYWAY. Ortega made an item out of Ian Speigelman's anti-Nick Denton screed in yesterday's comments. But: irony. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by cdmunch: This is hilarious, from one of the Voice subscribers with dialup: "scryingtheball says: It's okay. Defamer is dead, Gawker is rapidly decaying,... 7 Responses | Other threads
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breaking
Swine Flu Hits Village Voice
Everyone has stopped caring about the Swine Flu, except at still-publishing O.G. alt-weekly The Village Voice, where an intern was just diagnosed with it! More » -
Media Crack
Time Inc.'s Painfully Slow Layoffs Continue
In today's media column: Time Inc still firing people, Plenty folds, a new FCC chief, a crazy media idea that won't work, and more! More »
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Media Crack
Your Daily Dose of Media Tidbits
We're starting a new, daily media column for all the media news items we can't get to individually. It may also feature pithy remarks and totally exclusive scoops. Read it today, and forevermore: More »
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Comment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: When are we going to get a Daily Hip-Hop Post where Gawker commenters can discuss our favorite late-90s underground MCs? 6 Responses | Other threads
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layoffs
Village Voice Fires 50-Year Writer, Last Black Writer
Even as the New Yorker waxes nostalgic on the glory days of the Village Voice, the weekly is severing more of its legacy, including Nat Hentoff, hired in 1958. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Helman: Fuck you, anti-choice Nat Hantoff. Sorry, but some lines are clear. 25 Responses | Other threads
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trendwatch
Print's Epitaph: We Were the Original Blog
As print dies, we will no doubt see an avalanche of obituaries for once-great, now-decrepit publications. In this vein, The New Yorker's Louis Menand celebrates the Village Voice's heyday in the late 1950's and early 1960s. More »
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Comment by bikini_lounger: Maybe when there is no more original and reliable news content to speak of, people will decide its worth paying... 3 Responses | Other threads
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gossip
Michael Musto is Tired of Flaky New York Editors, Just Like Us!
Village Voice gossip columnist Michael Musto is just another frustrated freelancer when it comes to New York magazine, he complains. That's exactly how his blog should be used, by the way—for bitching!
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By SheilaComment by mistermister: I love seeing MM riding his big old bike around the Village. 1 Responses | Other threads
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paris hilton
Paris Hilton Wears Backward Dress To Interview
"I thought she should leave it on and start a whole new fashion phenom, but she dutifully reversed it." [Michael Musto]
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print is dead
Today In Bad News: The Village Voice, Rodale, Seattle Times, Out Traveler
There's so much bad news in the print media world these days that we just have to roll it all up for you in one convenient post that you can read here, on the internet, where we are responsible for killing print. Today in the Death Of Print Daily: Big layoffs at Rodale and the Seattle Times, the death of Out Traveler, and a tipster describes just how poor the Village Voice is these days: More »
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Comment by Un Chien Andalou: Th-y c--ld s-v- m-n-y b- n-t -s-ng v-w-ls. Or Sarah Vowel. 1 Responses | Other threads
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village voice
Could The Village Voice Be Produced In Florida (Or Not)?
A tipster tells us that the Village Voice laid off the man who oversaw its print ad production department this week, due to budget cuts. One rumor going around the office, we hear: the possibility that the production of the Voice could be outsourced to Florida. That would be rather sad. Another rumor: the possibility that more layoffs at the Voice could be coming tomorrow. That would also be sad. They're getting down to the bone marrow over there. Anyone with more info, email us. [UPDATE: An official source at the Voice tells us that the man laid off was "a part-time production employee who had until recently been a freelancer," and that he didn't oversee the print ad production department. Of the outsourcing to Florida rumor, the source says it's "Pure fantasy."]
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village voice
Two Staff Writers Laid Off At Voice
More layoffs at the Village Voice have been confirmed: staff writers Maria Luisa Tucker and Sean Gardiner (who was a fine police beat reporter and good guy). Budgetary reasons were reportedly the cause. Further, "The paper’s copy chief also resigned in protest after the deputy copy chief was laid off Wednesday." This after the layoffs late last week of sex columnist Tristan Taormino and photo editor Staci Schwartz. Dayum, what a crappy Friday this is. [via Pop and Politics]
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tristan taormino
Tristan Taormino Laid Off At Village Voice
Tristan Taormino, the "Pucker Up" sex columnist who has been with the Village Voice for nine years, was laid off on Friday, she confirmed to Gawker today. Voice editor Tony Ortega told her she was a victim of budget cuts. We also hear that the ailing alt-weekly's photo editor, Staci Schwartz, was recently laid off [UPDATE: more on Schwartz here]. Older, more expensive employees appear to be getting the axe (thought Taormino, at least, has a pornography career to fall back on). Anyone with further info on Voice layoffs, email us. -
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Alt-Weeklies In Trouble
Creative Loafing, the conglomerate that owns the alt-weeklies in DC, Atlanta, Chicago, and several other cities, has filed for bankruptcy. The company has more than $40 million of debt, a number exacerbated by its purchases of the Chicago Reader and Washington City Paper last year. This may be just a foreshadowing of some painful days to come for alt-weeklies in general—we also hear the Village Voice may be on the verge of some layoffs. More »
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harvey weinstein
How Harvey Weinstein Squeezes Millions Out Of Project Runway
$8 million. Does that seem like a lot of money for a company to pay to have mediocre models use their hair products on a mediocre cable show for a few seasons? It kind of does. But that's how much The Weinstein Company, run by entertainment mogul Harvey Weinstein, is trying to squeeze out of L'Oreal for three seasons of sponsorship of Project Runway. Of course, Weinstein has a long history of pimping out the fashion reality show to every company on earth willing to pay a dime to be on it, using it as a profit machine to support his company's less sure-thing ventures. And he's still milking it for every cent. How do we know? Because he left all the evidence in a public trash can:
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Strike Possible At Village Voice
Columnist Michael Musto: "We're hoping to settle it, but if it happens, I would turn it out... I'll get out my entire summer wardrobe and put on quite a show." [Daily News]
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sex
"Petulant" Gays Rejecting Public Sex!
Six years after writer Steve Weinstein first announced the "Return of Public Sex," in the Village Voice's "Pride Issue," the same writer declares "The End of Public Sex" in the Village Voice's Queer Issue. He defends his thesis with this opener: "In a few darkened corners, there were a few guys giving blowjobs and some ass play; overall, however, the scene could have passed for a typical holiday weekend at any East Village gay bar." Hell, that's more action than the straights are getting! But seriously: More » -
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Village Voice's Collective Suicide Threat
Is the entire staff of the Village Voice preparing to jump off a cliff together? The NY Press reports that the once-mighty downtown alt-weekly, which has seen its editorial and business-side staff hacked to pieces since it was bought by New Times two years ago, is on the verge of a walkout over contract issues. Voice stalwart Tom Robbins says if the union there doesn't get what it wants, "all bets are off." The problem here: this paper is in dire economic straits and would surely welcome a good excuse to lay off its entire staff and start over with an all-24-year-old writing staff, at $30,000 apiece. Strikes at shaky print outlets have become totally counterproductive. New Times boss Mike Lacey is probably rubbing his hands in glee at the prospect. But hey, we hope we're wrong! (UPDATE: We're told a strike is set for July 1 if a suitable contract isn't in place). [NY Press]
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Comment by the earl grey: i read the voice religiously from like 1977 to 2002. now that I have philly's city paper & phila weekly, i... more » | Other threads
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full disclosure
Xgau in Interest Conflict Conflag
This week's award for most amusing disclosure goes to former Village Voice music critic and section editor (and DEAN OF AMERICAN ROCK CRITICS) Robert Christgau, reviewing a novel by former Ed Park. "I VOLUNTEERED TO REVIEW THIS novel by my former Village Voice co-worker Ed Park because I assumed the conflicts of interest would be so blatant they’d implode—a roman à clef, in which I myself might play a minor role, about the alt-weekly where I got fired the same day young Ed did." Sadly, everything is very fictionalized. Doesn't Ed get the point of these books? Score-settling, not literature! [NYO] -
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Exciting New "Color" Technology Will Save Alt-Weeklies!
The Village Voice is getting staples and going full-color in May. Also "navigation tabs added down the outside of every page to mark each section and the newspaper will get more convenient in size." Which means it's shrinking! Anyone know how small? Anyone care? [VV] -
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Mike Lacey's Racial Slur Caught On Tape
This is a news report from an Arizona TV station with actual footage of Village Voice media CEO and asshole-in-charge Mike Lacey at an awards dinner last week, where he called a white journalist friend "my nigger" during an acceptance speech (the word is bleeped, but YOU know what he says). This report nicely juxtaposes Lacey's comment with the other item of business at the awards dinner: the 82-year-old mother of recently deceased black journalist Bob Moran accepting an award on his behalf. Classy. At least Lacey prefaces his comment with "if you don't mind the expression...," which is always a bad sign. Click to watch the clip. -
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Village Voice Continues to Collapse
The owners of wilting alt weekly The Village Voice continue to condemn their staff to the torture of a thousand cuts. Last week, the Voice's overlords at cost-cutting conglomerate The New Times laid off dance critic Deborah Jowitt after she'd served forty years at the paper. Now, an insider tells us that writer Chris Thompson—who relocated his family from San Francisco to take the job—has been let go. The problem, our tipster says, is that Voice editor-in-chief Tony Ortega has most of his hiring decisions dictated to him by his New Times bosses "and then he sulks because he doesn't really like them, and then decides they aren't 'working out.'" More Voice woes after the jump. More »
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alt weaklies
Village Voice's Dance Critic Out After Four Decades
I suppose that was kind of the Village Voice at least to allow Deborah Jowitt to celebrate her fortieth anniversary as dance critic. Because the storied New York alt weekly, now owned by cost-cutting conglomerate, New Times, has laid her off. We were forwarded this email: "Motherfucking assholes just fired three more people — one a dance critic who’s been here since 1968." The Village Voice says she's been asked to continue writing but, because of "budgetary constraints", as a freelancer. (Nathan Lee, the film critic, also lost his staff job.) That's fair enough: alt weeklies everywhere have been decimated by the exodus of classified advertising to the web; dance is increasingly irrelevant, culturally; and Jowitt had a good run. But the Village Voice's owners should slash costs once, and thoroughly, rather than allow the newspaper to suffer this debilitating torture of a thousand cuts.
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By Nick DentonComment by Edward Lionheart: The alternative weekly of record in the most culturally diverse city in the world should have a full-time dance critic... more » | Other threads
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lil wayne
Toast Of White Rap Critics Hit With Bottle By Unimpressed Londoners
Lil Wayne is the tattooed, drugged-out New Orleans rapper who, for some reason, causes spasms of hero worship among white internet rap critics. The extent of the enthusiasm for him has always been a total mystery to me, but it's almost comical watching rap nerds try to outdo each other with their verbose online praise for Wayne, who would certainly rather be drinking vast quantities of Robitussin and liquor than reading their bullshit. Anyways, he got booed off the stage at his recent concert in London, and then showered with bottles on his way out, for good measure. Guess the crowd didn't read all the right blogs before they went to the show. After the jump, two recent examples of internerd Wayne worship, and the video of his ill-fated exit in London. I must admit I find this highly enjoyable. More »
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village voice
'Voice' Loses Lawsuit
Village Voice Media owes the San Francisco Bay-Guardian $15.6 million damages for predatory probing. Trying to put another company out of business is apparently illegal in San Francisco! We're just forced to wonder how this will affect the VV's smug billboard campaign on the Bowery about how New York is played out because there aren't junkies anymore and also its most respected lefty alt-weekly is owned by some libertarian assholes in Phoenix. [MaggieShnayerson.com] More » -
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First As Tragedy, Second As Farce
As the great Karl Marx said, history repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce. It's a saying that applies quite perfectly to the recreation, by the sad old Village Voice, of a cover of New York magazine which was itself a recreation of a famous set of photos of the actress, Marilyn Monroe. New York's notorious cover featured a naked Lindsay Lohan, a troubled actress who's modeled herself on Marilyn Monroe, and was taken by the same photographer who captured the drug-addled mid-century star so shortly before her death. Village Voice's model? The faded weekly's 52-year-old gay gossip columnist, the owl-like* Michael Musto, whose natural shyness is only overcome by the sheer force of his desire for exposure. After the jump, an original image of Marilyn Monroe, framed by New York's cover, and this week's Voice. More »
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By Nick DentonComment by PandoraSpocks: @psst: Here's Norma Jean at about the same age as Lohan. [www.marilynmonroe.ca] more » | Other threads
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porn
WhoreLore, The World-of-Warcraft-based Porn Series, Finally Gets The Respect It Deserves
What, you hadn't heard of the series formerly known as Whorecraft? This has seriously been over every porn site I know for months. The fantasy-porn series WhoreLore is based on the online fantasy game World of Warcraft. WhoreLore is so bizarrely interesting (it plays like an unrated version of Xena) that the Village Voice interviewed the director and asked more than "hur hur, those nerds sure love their elf women, eh?" (Although it did say that sort of thing too.) Below, the technically safe-for-work trailer for WhoreLore, and one of the episodes ("Rogues Do It From Behind") with all the porn bits taken out. More »
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By Nick DouglasComment by Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: Dear Nick,A. They save all their money living in their mommie's basement.B. All the payback they need is a spooge... more » | Other threads
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how things work
How to Be All Up In Da Club!
Michael Musto tells us how to be a "nightclub star" in his latest Village Voice blog! His advice is quite thrifty: "Track down the person with the free drink tickets and tell them you love their outfit," and "wear your absolutely shittiest coat. This way you can just drape it on a banquette rather than check it (thereby saving three bucks). Better yet, flirt with the DJ—no doubt named John—and he'll let you leave it in his booth. " Or do what I do: wear a cheap, ridiculous wig, and surround yourself with crazies. [La Daily Musto]
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By SheilaComment by raincoaster: @Sheila: No. "Blog" instead of "post" is a Britishism. Are you British? more » | Other threads
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food network
Investigation Finds "Iron Chef" Is A Television Show
Not to disillusion you, but it may be possible that the frenetic, sweaty pace of the kitchen on the Food Network show "Iron Chef" is somewhat edited to make it appear more exciting. The Village Voice sneaks into a taping and finds out that while the show is only one hour on TV, the taping takes several hours more. And the people don't run around nearly as much in the actual studio—some chefs were even seen stacking up spices, instead of throwing them around wildly as they rushed to complete their gourmet dish in time to bring it over to the celebrity judges. Kind of funny, though: the network uses body doubles for iron chefs Bobby Flay and Mario Batali, on the days they won't be competing. Well, no use dragging Batali out of bed for nothing. When the Voice's Robert Sietsema sees dishes being replaced before they get to the judges, he is outraged; when he feels the wrong guy wins the competition, he is dismayed. If you take "Iron Chef" much too seriously, this is the investigative piece you've been waiting for [VV]. If not, just check out this judge on the show saying "penis:" More »
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the gays
Michael Musto's Biggest Regret: Sending Out That One Pic of Him Wearing Dress
The HuffPo features Michael Musto in My Favorite Mistake, the column in which they ask luminaries about the big mistakes they learned from. The Village Voice gossip/nightlife columnist reveals that he "purposely sabotage[s] opportunities to get bigger" and is comfortable with being "the alternative weekly guy in the corner." However, he's really torn up about the massive ad campaign he could've been in—if only he hadn't sent the them that one pic of him in a hoop-skirted dress. The year was 1987. The ad campaign? Amaretto di Saronno liqueur. More »
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prostitution reform
"RESPONSABILITY IN COUNTER CULTURE," Demands Nutty Sex Flier
The Village Voice will soon be facing a crippling boycott aimed at ending the paper's sex industry ads, if some semi-literate pink fliers littering the East Village have anything to say about it. The improbably located double-sided fliers also call for the automobile industry to stop giving assistance to forced homelessness, and a revamping of prostitution laws: "Greatest prostitution offense; person with AIDS or STD's prostituting patronizing them selves." An interesting viewpoint, certainly. But it's this idea for strip club reform that could succeed in stimulating us economically and otherwise, and may in fact save the world: More »
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herogram
Michael Musto
53-year-old Village Voice gossip columnist, Michael Musto, is a faintly ridiculous figure: his trademark oversized glasses lending a frog-like air to his face, awkwardly schmoozing the flighty fashion fags at Beige on Tuesdays, all in the service of a gossip column for a newspaper that few read, about downtown figures even they haven't heard of. Whatever. La Dolce Musto, his column for the New York altweekly, is at least more lively than pretty much any other feature in that storied but now moribund publication. Musto has transcended any mockery to become something of a downtown icon. There's no point in saying he's ridiculous. That's an integral element of the persona, as Musto shows in this terrible gay pop video, in which he attempts to portray a razor-wielding lunatic, quickly charmed by a naked boy in a shower. (Click here for the screenshots.) Musto may be a relic of an era when the downtown gay scene had wider cultural significance. But he understands the first rule of modern fame: a willingness to make a fool of one's self, before that vast internet public. Which means that we have high hopes for his new blog, La Daily Musto. (Sample post: a roundup of trashy gay reactions to the death of Heath Ledger.) SCREENGRABS >>
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By Nick DentonComment by Steverino: Aw, Musto may be a weird wallflower, but isn't his collumn a testament to the weird wallflower getting the last... more » | Other threads
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altweeklies
The 'NYPress' Has A Sex Column For You
New York Press editor David Blum has some of the worst instincts we've seen when it comes to sex columnists. While at the Village Voice, he fired popular sex columnist Rachel Kramer Bussel. Then he hired two married women to replace her and they were sucktastic and they all got fired. When he got to the Press, Blum sent the sex columnist packing, replaced her with Kelly Kreth, who he fired two months later and replaced with the experienced Claudia Lonow, whose resignation he accepted yesterday, a day after her first column and one hour after Jezebel pointed out she'd lifted material for her column. Interesting tidbit! Lonow was a consulting producer on the ABC drama 'Cashmere Mafia'—guess who else on the show has the exact same job description? Blum's wife, television writer Terri Minsky. Yeah, we need a nap too. But today Blum may have himself a halfway decent idea. More »
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By MaggieComment by Imogen Quest (was Percy Bishounen Shelley): No love for Tionna Smalls, y'all? What gives? more » | Other threads
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breaking
'Village Voice' Fires Art Critic For Conflict Of Interest
Well that didn't take too long. In an online statement today from editor Tony Ortega, the Village Voice announced it has separated itself from art critic Christian Viveros-Faune, whose direction of two commercial art fairs was raised yesterday by a blogger as a possible conflict of interest.
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By MaggieComment by dotorg greg: Uh, "Sources say Ortega was none too pleased by the revelation" or "MAN: Did the Voice ask you about that, ask you... more » | Other threads
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altweeklies
'Voice' Sends Old-Timers Packing
Turns out we were right about those business-side cuts at the Village Voice. Sources inside the paper tell us long-serving staffers were fired today, among them the Voice's accountant and benefits director, who, we're told, had spent 38 years at the weekly. -
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'Voice' Art Critic Takes Heat For Conflict Of Interest
ArtsJournal blog 'Modern Art Notes' has a well-argued post today alleging that Voice art critic Christian Viveros-Faune's position as co-director of two major art fairs is an inherent conflict of interest. "The arrangement puts a Village Voice art critic in bed with a major art market player," Tyler Green writes. He makes two significant points—that Viveros-Faune's work in the Voice has the power to advance the commercial prospects of artists he's got a business interest in and more disturbing, that by ignoring an exhibit, he has a good chance of squelching its success. Determining who might have been wronged by the one-time Roebling Hall gallery-owner's conflict would be pretty much impossible. Does any of this matter? More » -
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Business Side Budget Cuts At The 'Voice'?
Yesterday we heard the Village Voice newsroom might be headed for another round of budget cuts. Last year the paper saw quite a bit of editorial turnover—at least 15 staffers we can think of quit or were let go. In December, the paper fired its new art director. But any additional cuts coming down the pike are likely to come instead from the business side of the weekly, which recently made employees skittish by dismissing a well-liked and longtime support staffer. Rumors of further downsizing are afoot. Stay tuned. More » -
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'NYPress' Fires Second Sex Columnist In Four Months
Anal annal-er and New York Press sex columnist Kelly Kreth was fired Friday after just three months by editor David Blum, who hasn't been satisfied by any of thefourthree sex columnists he's fired in the last year. Neither Rachel Kramer-Bussel nor Kreth's Press-predecessor Stephanie Sellars did it for the ex-Voice editor. The co-authors of his short-lived "Married Not Dead" sex column at the Voice (kicked to the curb a couple of days after Blum was replaced) didn't do it for anyone. "My feeling is, when you hire a columnist, you let them express themselves in their own way," Blum told us. "Ultimately you have to decide whether it works or not." Kreth was fired for "taste," which admittedly, came in short supply in her columns. In large supply? Gems like this: "I write about my tight starfish because I know, even while disgusted, people will be compelled to read. It doesn't matter if it is out of titillation or horror, want or need, we just want their eyes on the page and on us." Kelly, honey, we hate to break it to you, but the Press is no stranger to a tight asshole. More »
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By MaggieComment by Morningstar: My ex called his a sea lamprey, not a starfish. The lamprey has a disc-shaped mouth of teeth. Not an... more » | Other threads
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holiday bonus
'Village Voice' Fires Art Director
Just in time for Christmas, the Village Voice has canned art director Chris Sauvé. In August, the paper parted ways with its longtime art director Ted Keller, whose position was handled for a time by Village Voice Media's design chief, Michael Shavalier. VVM papers have taken shots in the press for all looking alike—they really don't. But the Voice's art department has struggled in the last year to handle budget cuts, according to a source, as well as design directives from Phoenix-based VVM executives. According to a source, staffers under editor David Blum, who was fired in March, were frustrated by the impression that cover stories were chosen based on how well they could be illustrated. Voice editor Tony Ortega declined to comment on the specifics surrounding Sauvé's dismissal.
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By MaggieComment by maevemealone: My company has spent the last 3 days choosing who to fire in the mass layoffs that nobody is expecting.... more » | Other threads
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michael musto
The Village Voice's Michael Musto very nearly got his ass kicked by an overzealous bouncer last week at Amanda Lepore's birthday party at Lotus. Worse yet, he almost didn't get in. "The security guy at the door—one of those power-mad, not-loved-enough-as-a-child types—actually gave me a hard time because I don't have a driver's license or walk around with my passport taped to my forehead," writes Musto. Or possibly the door dude was made suspicious by a grown man showing up to a nightclub via rickety bicycle? [VV]
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this thing looks like that thing
Wayne Barrett Isn't Pissed At Michael Isikoff After All!
There's a feud brewing between Village Voice reporter Wayne Barrett and Newsweek reporter Michael Isikoff over who broke the story about Rudy Giuliani's ties to terror-financiers in the Middle East. Or so a bunch of catty mainstream publications' blogs would have you think! More »
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By MaggieComment by TheBigDoggy: Michael Isikoff looks quite proud of himself, as if he just finished crapping in Matt Drudge's fedora. more » | Other threads
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