Readers of the New York Magazine (ones who don't read Slate, the New York Times Styles, Forbes, the San Francisco Chronicle, or Wired) now know there's a boom on. Writer Kurt Andersen spends three pages (well, the last page is two lines, like the last page of a dictated-length term paper) telling the same story as the other papers, but with the cluelessness with which the New York media glitterati always approach the Internet. It's like seeing USA Today redo a trend piece, but without the humility. So spare yourself the read and use the Valleywag Lazy News Edition.

This year, as every year, Brian Alvey of the Weblogs, Inc. Network renewed JohnBattelle.com. UPDATE: Brian Alvey of Weblogs Inc. doesn't still own JohnBattelle.com, but because his WIN partner Jason Calacanis sold it along with the Silicon Alley Reporter, he's been listed as owning the domain ever since the first boom.

A Valley journalist sends in a self-promo from another Valley journalist. Which burns more, the incest or the onanism?

A weary Valley journalist perked up at the most hopelessly perfect PR pitch:

Margo Howard is no longer Slate's Dear Prudence. She's come out to play at Yahoo News — not the usual New York Times (or Magazine or -er) exit strategy for Slatesters. A real writer passing up New York for Yahoo News? Could they have offered to, like, pay her? Lloyd Braun may be leaving any day now, but Yahoo Media Group hasn't stopped throwing money around.

Okay, it's kind of mean to keep picking on Marissa Mayer, right? Like maybe I should give up by now? Ha, like that'll stop me.