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HuffPo Rising: One More Reason Bill Keller Will Regret This Column

By Kat Stoeffel | March 10, 2011 | 4:50 pm

New York Times executive editor Bill Keller might soon be eating the words of this week's column, "All the Aggregation That's Fit To Print." No, not because he reveals to the world his wife's twilight tweeting habit. Not even because of that paragraphs-long back-door brag about how important we all insist he... MORE»

Among the Assisterati: Bottoms Up with the Highbrow Bottom Feeders

By Kat Stoeffel | March 8, 2011 | 8:03 pm

On a Tuesday evening not long ago, a group of publishing assistants in their early 20s gathered in a well-appointed apartment on the West Side of Manhattan. "Assistants: Meet the person on the other end of the telephone," the email had said. Still in their workday Moscots and belted sweater dresses, they found live human beings and an assistant's paycheck worth of cheese and wine, along with a gestural six-pack of beer that would go... MORE»

Drilling Down: Is 'The Times' Giving Proper Credit?

By Kat Stoeffel | March 8, 2011 | 8:01 pm

Who do you have to frack to get some credit around here? That's what we're wondering after a recent New York Times series on the latest hot-button environmental issue--hydraulic fracturing, a.k.a. "fracking." The Times series is packaged as a slow-cooked exposé, but a small team of reporters from ProPublica had been doggedly covering the practice since 2008--before it was even a beat, let alone the celebrity cause of Mark... MORE»

What Does The Atlantic Know About Its Own Aggregation?

By Daniel D'Addario | March 8, 2011 | 3:02 pm

Say this, good or bad, for The Atlantic--its left hand does not seem to know what its right hand is doing. The magazine's new story about Gawker--getting buzz already for Nick Denton's note that he wouldn't have clarified the Christine O'Donnell story--seems unaware of The Atlantic's own aggregation efforts.... MORE»

Ms. Oswald.

Denise Oswald Lands at It Books

By Dan Duray | March 3, 2011 | 5:05 pm

Denise Oswald, former editorial director for indie publisher Soft Skull Press, has landed a new job as a senior editor at HarperCollins imprint It Books. The Observer broke the news that Soft Skull would close its two-person New York office late last year, leaving its operations in the hands of the Berkeley-based publisher Counterpoint, which acquired Soft Skull in... MORE»

Turns out you can go home again.

It Lives! Old Gawker Site Found in Attic with George Foreman Grill, Croquet Set

By Aaron Gell | March 3, 2011 | 1:21 pm

Still missing the old Gawker? With the fun and simple blog-style navigation (just scroll down!) and the prominent bylines and adorable little hit-counters blazing away on the right-hand... MORE»

A term sheet? Hmmm, I think I'll read that later.

Marco Arment Prefers Customers To VCs

By Ben Popper | March 3, 2011 | 9:17 am

In the current climate, it would be easy for Instapaper creator Marco Arment to raise a couple million dollars in order to scale his business.  But Arment isn't interested in chasing user growth like most startups. He would prefer to build something his users care about a lot, enough to actually pay for it... MORE»

The terminals have feelings too.

Two More Times Opinion Editors Decamp for Bloomberg News

By Kat Stoeffel | March 2, 2011 | 6:23 pm

The New York Times has lost two more opinion editors to Bloomberg News, according to a Bloomberg spokesperson. As Mixed Media heard, Toby Harshaw, a longtime opinion editor and Mary Duenwald, David Shipley's former editor, are confirmed to have joined the new Bloomberg View editorial page, helmed by Shipley, who was deputy editorial and op-ed page editor at the Times and Jamie Rubin, former U.S. Department of State Assistant... MORE»

Ms. White

Daily News Copies The Daily's Nude Therapy Non-Story

By Kat Stoeffel | March 2, 2011 | 1:20 pm

Today the New York Daily News ripped off The Daily's naked therapist story, which ran Monday.... MORE»

Robert Thurman's Art of Detachment: Tibet House Prof, Pre-Concert, Forgives Groupon

By Daniel D'Addario | March 2, 2011 | 10:02 am

When it comes to the world's most oppressed peoples, there's no such thing as bad publicity. That seems to be the thinking of Robert Thurman, cofounder and president of the cultural-preservation charity Tibet House, which is holding its annual benefit concert at Carnegie Hall tomorrow night. (Interested parties may buy tickets by appearing at the Carnegie Hall box office, or calling Carnegie Hall at 212-247-7800.) Mr.... MORE»

Who wants lunch with Thomas Friedman, 10% off the aphorisms.

NYT Goes Gilt With Daily Deal Email, TimesLimited

By Ben Popper | March 2, 2011 | 7:24 am

What better way for old media properties like the NY Times to beef up their bottom line than to jump on the bandwagon of daily deal sites that have been heating up the tech sector.  Market leader Groupon recently closed a massive funding round and New York's Gilt Groupe was just reported have hit that magic $1 billion... MORE»

Julian Niccolini

TV Journos—Walters, Zahn, Bartiromo—Descend on Four Seasons

By Julian Niccolini | March 1, 2011 | 7:31 pm

"Money Honey" Maria Bartiromo was here last week with a gentleman. It must have been a very serious conversation because they were talking intensely; maybe it was about the future of her workplace, the New York Stock Exchange. TV journalism's orginal glamour girl, Barbara Walters, also stopped by for lunch this week, bringing Mrs. Rudy Giuliani along as her guest. To complete the newsroom triumvirate, Paula Zahn came in on Monday with another woman and sat at a back corner table of the... MORE»

Open City Magazine.

Open City, Closed: Acclaimed Literary Journal Says Goodbye

By Christian Lorentzen | March 1, 2011 | 7:30 pm

After 20 years and 30 issues, Open City is ceasing publication, co-editor Joanna Yas told The Observer. "These things are not institutions," said founder and co-editor Thomas Beller. "They're always razor's edge things." Ms. Yas and Mr. Beller decided to shut down the journal after multiple sources of funding pulled out. They hadn't expected issue 30 to be the swansong. "The vibe of the last party," said Mr. Beller, "showed me that the magazine has had a lot of action around it. It's ending on a really good... MORE»

Kai Ryssdal.

Wait, Wait, Don't Date Me! Tuning In and Striking Out with the Listeners of WNYC

By Sadie Stein and Christian Lorentzen | March 1, 2011 | 6:58 pm

"When I bring a guy home, he has to measure up to Kai Ryssdal," said the brunette. "The only guy close on NPR is Jad from Radiolab." "When Kai Ryssdal talks about money--oh, Jesus!" said the blonde, of the host of Marketplace. She mimed a swoon. "Kai's gotten me through a lot," said the brunette. "I work in the fashion industry, I spend all day with women, and at 6:30 when I get home, I need to hear a man's voice, and I want to hear Kai... MORE»

Was a Vanity Fair Editor Secretly Working for the Church of Scientology?

By John Cook | March 1, 2011 | 2:05 pm

Gawker.com, where the author is employed as a staff writer, declined to publish this story. Did the Church of Scientology use a Vanity Fair contributing editor to infiltrate and gather intelligence on the cult's enemies in the media?... MORE»