World's most powerful newspaper gossip column seeks promising scandalmonger among unwashed Twitter hoardes to replace second in command. Willingness to smear boss' enemies a must, as is an ability to hold your liquor and hang out in strip clubs.

Because Roommates.com allows users to check off gender and ethnicity preferences, it's not immune from housing-discrimination lawsuits — unlike Craigslist, which doesn't offer tools to help you prejudge unwanted applicants. [Threat Level]

The cheesier the New York Times headline ("Wanted"? Who thinks up this stuff?), the more doomed the company. The Times covers three startups that help users submit classified ads to "all the major listings services," for free or for a small fee, making money from showing ads to users.