new-york-times

Is This New York Times Article Even Worth Making Fun Of?

Max Read · 08/09/10 02:37AM

Meet Stephanie Dolgoff! She wrote a book, about something, involving some kind of irritating made-up cultural category, and she was on the front page of Sunday's New York Times Style section, and I don't have the energy for this again.

Shirt-Changing Newsman Sets Media World Afire

Hamilton Nolan · 07/19/10 12:29PM

In your sedate summer Monday media column: NBC's shirt budget is astronomical, our hard work finally acknowledged, a Getty Photoshop mini-scandal, a new NYT Berlin bureau chief, smarty sportswriters talk amongst themselves, and your daily "oh, snap."

Being Young and Unemployed Sure Is Trendy

Richard Lawson · 07/07/10 12:16PM

You know what the kids are doing these days? Nothing. They are living in their parents' houses (or houses their parents pay for) and not working. But they are turning their unemployment into a new trend: the Millennial Job Whine.

The New York Times and the Great Egg Fry Scandal

Richard Lawson · 07/07/10 09:44AM

Hot town, summer in the city! As the mercury rises so does tension and desperation. Hungry for a story, the New York Times dispatched a reporter to fry an egg on the sidewalk. Fun, right? No! Blogs are crying foul.

Men's Health Pimps Calvin Klein Jeans On Cover

Jeff Neumann · 07/05/10 01:21PM

Besides managing to come up with a new six-pack abs workout every month, Men's Health is now ever so slightly suggesting on this month's cover that you can be just like a Twilight star, if you wear Calvin Klein© jeans.

In the Future, News-Papers Will Be PDFs on the Inter-Net

Hamilton Nolan · 07/01/10 01:55PM

In your futuristic Thursday media column: Sam Zell has seen the old-fashioned future, Dan Abrams luvs sexxxy vids, Chinese propagandists invade Times Square, and the NYT spit-shines the shoes of each and every government bureaucrat, as a matter or policy.