Poor New York Times They keep getting pranked! They were fooled twice on April Fool's day. It appears that a guy with a sign successfully punked the Times' City Room again. Update: "Jeff Ragsdale" speaks out.

The good news: the New York Times Co. made nearly $13 million in net income in the first quarter. Quite a turnaround from last year, when the company lost $74 million in the quarter! The bad news: Total revenues were down more than 3%. And while digital ad revenues were up 18% (the About.com group was up 30%, so don't get too excited, newspaper people!), that, of course, paled in comparison to the money lost in print advertising, which was down 12%.

Remember the Crouch Quadruplets? They all got into Yale and the Times wrote about them, and haters began to hate. The college "wooed them heavily" and now they've all committed. Gawker: Your source for everything Yale. Update: Admissions drama!

In your party-oriented Wednesday media column: the NYT launches a nightlife column, Julie Chen prepares to take on The View, ads masquerading as news in L.A., and One Man: Two Identical Letters to the Editor.

Oh boy—Michael Calderone is... teasing the upcoming Mark Leibovich story on the hellish "journalism-alternative" sweatshop that is Politico. On Twitter. The big story is about Mike Allen, as all of these things are.

The lead story in the New York Times Magazine's wellness issue this past weekend: "Does working out really help you lose weight?" A better question: Why doesn't the New York Times want to tell you the fitness truth?

In your comment-free Monday media column: Tracy Morgan sits at the fancy table, rumors of a departure from Vogue, the WSJ targets NYT advertisers, everyone wants student newspapers to shut up, and black reporters are disappearing fast.

The winner is Nobel-winning economist and crotchety columnist Paul Krugman. The loser is Dealbook wunderkind Andrew Ross Sorkin, who got a slap on the wrist in today's New York Times Corrections page.

In the matter of "Paul Krugman vs. Andrew Ross Sorkin: Who Is Right and Who Is a Liar Jerk?" New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt has finally stepped in. And somebody's lying to him, too.

Enraged by an annoying New York Times piece about a blogger bar and encouraged by our take down of Foursquare general hero Matt Langer created NoSquares a service that helps you to avoid venues overrun by Foursquare users. You're welcome.

The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal are locked in an old-fashioned newspaper war that will likely cost them both millions. But NYT publisher Pinch Sulzberger is still worried about being called a girly-man. UPDATE: The NYT responds!

The President has learned a lot in Washington. But perhaps most impressive is his gift for the age-old DC tradition of political backslapping. Here is NYT photographer Luke Sharrett's time-lapse slideshow of Obama greeting 46 moochy foreign delegates. [NYT, Getty]

It's on: Andrew "Raw Ross" Sorkin released his "Hit 'Em Up" after public humiliation at the hands of Paul "Thugman" Krugman. Sorkin's response gets beef points for snidely calling Paulie K. "Professor Krugman," but loses some for being wrong.

In your tense Tuesday media column: Paul Krugman vs. Andrew Ross Sorkin, Arianna pontificates, the NYT redesigns a section, and Teddy Koppel has something to say, about news!

Last Friday, New York Times restaurant critic Sam Sifton wrote that he would be eating at KFC today. So naturally, Eater "posted operatives at every branch of KFC in Manhattan." And caught Sifton in the act! Scared yet, media people?

If buying dirt weed off a neo-hippie on Haight Street doesn't satisfy your hunger for an "authentic" San Francisco experience, next time try a guided tour of the Tenderloin. The area is now being promoted as a human zoo.

As a young man, Mark Hawthorn reported for the Times. Now he lives on the streets of Berkeley where he eats garbage and wears women's clothing. Known as the Hate Man, he asks people to tell him, "I hate you."

Micki Krimmel would be having a terrible day, but apparently she's the serene sort who gives her blessing to the trollop who steals her boyfriend, marries him, and gets an adorable write-up in the Times. I'd throttle that bitch. [NYT]

In your surrogate Friday media column: Anderson Cooper tries on a studio audience, magazine ads continue to plummet, Crazy Rupert Murdoch has dealzzzz, Oprah buries Kitty Kelly's tell-all, and New York's most loathsome bromantic couple launch a "media scene" lunchspot.

Have you ever wondered how you wound up naked in the hall closet clutching a pint of Ben & Jerry's? Or how you woke up with the tip of your finger cut off? A few doctors may have answers.