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HuffPo Now Killing Journalism By Literally Auctioning Off a Job
Pareene · 05/13/09 04:51PMRon Jeremy or Lee Abrams?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/09 03:55PMDonate or Watch Your Children Fight Gladiator-Style
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/09 02:26PMIs Young Sulzberger 'Available,' For the Ladies?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/09 01:49PMNPR: Please Keep Talking About How We Won't Talk About How Charlie Crist Is Gay
Pareene · 05/13/09 01:30PMBoth Fans and Foes Turn Out to See Anna at the 92Y
cityfile · 05/13/09 01:06PMAnna Wintour appeared on stage last night at the 92Y with hotel mogul (and occasional talk show host) Jonathan Tisch playing the role of interviewer. The Vogue editor was quite the draw: Before the event, some people had supposedly offered hundreds of dollars to get their hands on tickets to the sold-out talk, and one woman waited outside for more than two hours in the hopes of getting in at the last minute. (Some kind-hearted person took pity on the lady and gave her a ticket intended for a friend who didn't show up.)
Paste Magazine Not Long For This World?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/09 01:05PMGeffen's Bid, Palin's Book, A New NEA Chair
cityfile · 05/13/09 11:26AM• Veteran theater producer Rocco Landesman has been nominated to be the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. [NYT]
• Why did David Geffen try to buy a stake in the New York Times? It wasn't because he thought he'd make money, that's for certain. [Newsweek]
• After taking some heat over a $75,000 speaking fee he received last week, the Times's Tom Friedman says he now plans to return the money. [LAT]
• Sarah Palin's book deal with HarperCollins is a go. How much money was involved isn't clear but the memoir will be out in 2010, which just so happens when she'll be running for reelection in Alaska. [LAT, AP]
• Bad news, hooker fans: Craigslist is dropping its erotic services section. [WP]
Study Suggests Liberal Media Read Liberal Media
Pareene · 05/13/09 11:12AMYoung Sulzberger Only Gets Boring Stories!
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/09 10:17AMThomas Friedman Is $75,000 Poorer
Hamilton Nolan · 05/13/09 09:47AMRodale Ends Summer Fridays. (SAD)
Hamilton Nolan · 05/12/09 04:22PMIt's true. The memo went out today. Work like everyone else, damn it. We all must suffer as one.
New Yorkerers in Scandalous Twitter Brawl
Owen Thomas · 05/12/09 01:42PMGoodbye Playguy, Adios Honcho
Hamilton Nolan · 05/12/09 01:05PMNewsday, The Times & The Gloomiest Cannes Ever
cityfile · 05/12/09 11:13AM• Jim Dolan's Cablevision says that Newsday is not for sale, which is good since there isn't a company on the planet that wants to buy it. [E&P]
• David Geffen made an offer to acquire the stake in the New York Times Co. controlled by Phil Falcone's Harbinger fund; Harbinger passed. [Fortune]
• The mood isn't too upbeat at the Cannes Film Festival, unsurprisingly. [THR]
• 60 Minutes' segment on Anna Wintour should air this Sunday. [Gawker]
• As of the publishing biz didn't have enough to worry about, "web pirates" are now posting copies of books on the Internet. [NYT]
• Anderson Cooper's ratings have been on the decline all year. [LAT]
• OK! appears to be dissolving into chaos. [ASSME, Gawker]