· A sellout and a washout: music critic Neil Strauss leaves the NYT because he's making pornloads of cash elsewhere; associate publisher Kim Pinto bails on Seventeen after four months. [Greg Lindsay]
· The Kurt Andersen-relaunched Colors gets a leisurely handjob in the New York Post. Uh, slow news day? The mag finally hits the stands until May. [Keith Kelly]
· The NYT: is it the only media institution left that isn't run by the gays? [Eric Alterman]
· The New York Observer hires Tom Scocca as its 9,432nd media critic. That job's average time from hiring to departure: six weeks. The clock is ticking, Mr. Scocca — if that is your real name. [Dan Kennedy]