media

'NYT': Royal Fever?

Haber · 02/14/05 07:55AM

Someone at The Times must be real excited about Prince Charles' wedding. How else to explain the fact that Camilla Parker Bowles is on the cover of The Magazine and the piece on her in 'Week in Review'?

Topic A With Tina Brown: Grammy Wha? Grammy Who?

Jessica · 02/14/05 07:43AM

While most of us endured the horror of the Grammys (although we really did enjoy watching Marc Anthony and J.Lo wander about a set which resembled a room at the Holiday Inn) or watched Desperate Housewives (because the media says they're hot!), Henry the Intern remained faithful to his gal, Miss Tina Brown. This week, Tina talks with Cate Blanchett about The Aviator, Simon Schama dishes on Chaz & Cammie, and Brian Grazer reflects on Deep Throat — because it wouldn't be an episode of Topic if Tina didn't talk about porn. After the jump, Henry the Intern tells all.

Science Says: You're A Monkey

Jessica · 02/11/05 04:55PM

We here may help to feed the public's fascination with celebrity, but we leave it to the smartypants genius-types to analyze why said fascination exists:

Media Bubble: Aww, He Thinks He's People!

Haber · 02/11/05 04:44PM

· Rolling Stone looks at Sinclair Broadcast Group, and reveals "in the firmament of right-wing media outlets, Sinclair stands somewhere to the right of Fox News." It's still too liberal to land an on-air with the president. [RS]

The Quiet Dignity of Proud Americans

Haber · 02/11/05 12:10PM

Trivia time! Which description of exotic segregation-era African American life was written in 2005 (in Black History Month, no less) and which was written in 1951:

Slammer Goes to the Mat for Go-Daddy Girl

Haber · 02/11/05 09:37AM

Thank god for The Slammer. The New York Daily News wrestling columnist always manages to put everything into perspective and remind us what this crazy mixed-up world is all about: wrestling.

'Star': In: Synergy; Out: Disclosure

Noelle · 02/10/05 04:46PM

According to the print edition of Star Magazine's "In & Out" list this week, boxing is in "thanks to Hilary Swank's Million Dollar Baby and Sylvester Stallone's new NBC TV show The Contender."

'NYT': One or Two (or Three) Little Mistakes

Noelle · 02/10/05 03:19PM

A reader just called our attention to the best correction ever in Sunday s New York Times, for an article by Selim Algar that ran January 30th in the paper s Long Island section. The correction comes in at 933 words, making it almost half the length of the original article and longer than just about anything we ve ever written.

The Schwarz Guarantee: Kissinger Nugget or Your Money Back!

Haber · 02/10/05 11:11AM

In the March issue of The Atlantic (yes, we read The Atlantic—for the cheesecake photos, not for the articles), Benjamin Schwarz gives Richard Blow Bradley's Harvard Rules the old 69-word once-over, calling it "gossipy and kind of trashy but wholly compelling—a Sex and the City for the Northeast-corridor elite (now, there's an unappealing concept)."

A.D.D.: You've Probably Already Clicked Away—

Haber · 02/10/05 10:01AM

In today's Times' 'Circuits' section, Katie Hafner looks at pseudo-A.D.D., a disorder that afflicts computer users who are barraged with Websites, iTunes, instant messages, email, and—

'Salon': Talbot to Waste Perfectly Good Business Cards

Haber · 02/10/05 08:02AM

We don't usually cover hair care stories, but The New York Times is reporting that David Talbot, the chief executive and editor-in-chief of Salon is stepping down. Why a salon needs an editor-in-chief (and, further, why media writer David Carr is covering this for The Times) is unclear.