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May 25, 2012
Is Google Censoring Links?
Not too long ago, there was talk that the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Recording Industry Association of America might sue Google, claiming that the web behemoth has used its search engine service to shape the online music market in a way trade groups do not like. T ... More >>
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April 23, 2012
Why I Gave Up On Record Store Day
Last week a ton of stories about Record Store Day percolated through blogs—Feistodon! The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends! St. Vincent! Beach House! Holy crap, you gotta get on line at 8 a.m. to get the best picks! On Friday, when I got an email from a store that contained both a list of records ... More >>
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April 13, 2012
Year of The Takeout Day 102: P.F. Chang's 'Home Menu' (Enter Towelie!)
A Million Little FibersGet More: SOUTHPARKmore...
Voice Choices
April 11, 2012
KILL YR COMPUTER
Bands show record shops some love
Blogs
March 7, 2012
City Council: Restaurants Don't Really Like The City's Grading System
A day after Mayor Mike Bloomberg held a press conference touting the successes of the city's letter grading system for restaurant health inspections, members of the City Council are saying that a majority of businesses don't actually like them. Bloomberg, alongside the city's health commissioner, ... More >>
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March 1, 2012
Restaurant Workers in Miami and Los Angeles Join Suit Against Capital Grille
Workers at the Capital Grille restaurants in Miami and Los Angeles have joined a growing class-action lawsuit against the chain's parent company, Darden Restaurants, over alleged racial discrimination, illegal labor practices and violations of state wage laws.
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February 17, 2012
RIAA's Mitch Glazier, The Pirate Bay's 'Winston' Get Into Internet Shouting Match
When The Pirate Bay switched its domain from .org to .se two weeks ago, the file-sharing website was hoping to escape shutdown by American cops. Recording Industry Association of America VP Mitch Glazier just published a reply to the Pirate Bay's move, calling it a "rogue website" and the worst of ... More >>
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February 16, 2012
RIAA, IFPI Consider Suing Google; Want the Search Engine To Censor Links
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the Recording Industry Association of America might sue Google, saying that the web behemoth has used its search engine service to shape the online music market in a way trade groups do not like. These recording industry giants have pre ... More >>
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January 28, 2012
Journalists From Rupert Murdoch's The Sun Arrested
News of the World? Old news. Months after the that paper was shut down in the wake of phone hacking revelations, the Associated Press reported this morning that four current and former journalists from another one of Rupert Murdoch's British tabloids, The Sun, were arrested for allegedly brib ... More >>
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December 28, 2011
Drunk Online Shopping Will Save This Wretched Economy!
Credit card debt? What credit card debt? Oh, pour yourself another drink. The latest fun -- and healthy! -- thing we're all doing under the influence of a little boozin' is...shopping on our own personal computers, from home, at night, after a hard day's work, with the jug of wine next to us. In a f ... More >>
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December 15, 2011
5 Great Wines Under $15: Whites
The Pinot Blanc from Alsatian Winemaker Louis Sipp will set you back only $11.96. A couple of days ago I suggested five bottles of red wine you could readily find at Astor and elsewhere under $15 that tasted more expensive than they were, and would appeal to nearly anyone who simply likes w ... More >>
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November 28, 2011
Patagonia's Cyber Monday Reverse Psychology
Patagonia, the one that makes fleeces and outdoor performance-type clothes, is employing a different tactic from every other retailer on this Cyber Monday. They're trying to get you not to buy their clothes. Reverse psychology or do they actually mean it? Their statement/manifesto reads in part:
Voice Choices
September 28, 2011
SAY KANPAI!
SAY KANPAI!
Blogs
September 22, 2011
Bottoms Up! The Final Round of Beers for Brooklyn Pour Has Been Released
See you there on October 15Brooklyn Pour is less than a month away, and while we know you're eagerly counting down the days, here's some more info to get you even more pumped for the Village Voice's first ever craft brew tasting event: The final round of beers has just been released, and we'v ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
More Beers Released for Brooklyn Pour, VIP Tickets Sold Out
Cheers!Planning on getting tickets for Brooklyn Pour, the Village Voice's craft beer tasting event extravaganza? Well, you best be getting a move on it, since VIP tickets are now gone, and general admission ones are selling quickly, with only a limited supply left. Need a push to snap into ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
The Beers They Are a-Flowing at Brooklyn Pour
Don't wait! Get your tickets today!If you haven't already purchased tickets for Brooklyn Pour, the Village Voice's craft beer extravaganza happening on October 15 at Skylight One Hanson, you better get a move on things. VIP tickets are almost sold out, and general admission ones are flying f ... More >>
Voice Choices
September 7, 2011
HANG LOOSE
It's surf season in New York
Blogs
August 9, 2011
News Corp Earnings Call: Rupert Murdoch to Face Wall Street for the First Time in a Year
News Corp's quarterly earnings call with Wall Street will take place today, and the media conglomerate is putting 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch on the call despite the fact that he's "famous for his off-script comments." This will be Murdoch's first time on an earnings conference call since befo ... More >>
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July 16, 2011
Rebekah Brooks, Former News International Chief, To Receive $5.6 Million Payout
Rebekah Brooks, the former chief of News International who resigned this week in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal tearing through News Corp, has received a hefty $5.6 million buyout package, according to the Daily Mail. Others being handed a thick envelope on their way out the door: the ... More >>
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July 16, 2011
The 5 Weirdest News Corp Properties
The Faithgirlz! Bible from Zondervan, a News Corp company.Common knowledge holds that News Corp owns a lot of stuff. A lot a lot, including obvious things like Dow Jones and Fox News. But if you ever really go over News Corp's properties with a fine-tooth comb, you find some amusingly outside ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Rupert Murdoch Hires PR Help, Gives Interview to Own Paper; FBI Investigating Phone Hacking
Rupert Murdoch finally gave an interview about the ongoing investigation into the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in the U.K. today, but he did so on safe terrain: his own. He told the Wall Street Journal, which he bought in 2007, that News Corp. has handled the disclosures of unethic ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
Rupert Murdoch Hires PR Help, Gives Interview to Own Paper; FBI Investigating Phone Hacking
Rupert Murdoch finally gave an interview about the ongoing investigation into the News Corporation phone hacking scandal in the U.K. today, but he did so on safe terrain: his own. He told the Wall Street Journal, which he bought in 2007, that News Corp. has handled the disclosures of unethica ... More >>
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July 9, 2011
James Murdoch Could Face Charges in U.S., U.K. After Hacking Scandal
Rupert Murdoch's son James could face "corporate legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic that involve criminal charges, fines and forfeiture of assets" related to the phone hacking scandal currently embroiling News Corporation. Murdoch fils, who is the deputy COO of News Corp, has admitted to ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
Rupert Murdoch Kills Baby: News of the World Goes Down in UK Phone Hacking Scandal
Although the website is still offering a four-week free trial, today's announcement that News Corporation will shutter its long-running Sunday tabloid News of the World because of a now officially out of control phone hacking scandal reverberated through the media news sphere for hours today, ... More >>
Voice Choices
June 29, 2011
The Incredibles
Although the website is still offering a four-week free trial, today's announcement that News Corporation will shutter its long-running Sunday tabloid News of the World because of a now officially out of control phone hacking scandal reverberated through the media news sphere for hours today, ... More >>
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June 14, 2011
New York Is Dirty, But Not the Dirtiest
According to a ranking of America's dirtiest cities by Travel and Leisure magazine (thank you, Travel and Leisure), New York City is not at the very top of dirtiness in terms of cities that are dirty -- that honor goes to New Orleans. But fear not, New Yorkers, we're still in the top 10. We'r ... More >>
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April 15, 2011
Record Store Day: How Shops, Labels, Fans, And Those Annoying Resellers Benefit
If you can snag this, congratulations, you've won. Saturday marks the fifth annual Record Store Day, the celebration of all things indie, vinyl, and limited edition-slash-noble ploy to get customers through the doors of the music stores still standing in the spring of 2011. It's basically the ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Cruise Ships in Brooklyn to Get 'Giant Electrical Outlet' to Plug Into
We've come a long way, people. At one point we thought the world was flat! Now cruise ships docking at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal will get to plug into a giant electrical outlet instead of spreading their diesel fumes into Red Hook. It's taken two years of "plug negotiations" (not the offic ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Latin Jazz Heavyweights Protest Grammy Snub
The scene outside the New York Institute of Technology Auditorium Monday night suggested a Latin jazz celebration; pianist Eddie Palmieri, pianist/bandleader Larry Harlow, drummer Bobby Sanabria, trombonist Chris Washburne, and trumpeter Brian Lynch milled about. But this wasn't a concert, no ... More >>
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April 6, 2011
Food Curated Goes to the (Artisanal) Slaughterhouse
Meneer Zjeroen/flickrShe's no beefer... but you get the idea.Last year, the Times ran a piece on the shortage of slaughterhouses in the northeast, which hampers our efforts to eat locally raised meat. CADE ( The Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship) to the rescue. This New ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 6, 2011
VINYL MANIA
Pick a record shop and have a party
Blogs
March 30, 2011
Rupert Murdoch's Kid Coming to NYC: James Murdoch Named News Corp. COO
It's always been the plan for one or a few of Rupert Murdoch's children to eventually take control of his vast News Corp. empire, the third largest media conglomerate in the world, which includes newspapers everywhere, 20th Century Fox, HarperCollins, Fox News, and so on. Today, Murdoch's you ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
News Corp. Can't Give Myspace Away
Myspace, the long-floundering social networking site acquired by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for $580 million in 2005, has been planning a mid-2011 sale for some time, though interest has been decidedly low. Last year alone, ad spending dropped 37%, while they lost 15% of total users, a ... More >>
Blogs
March 2, 2011
Help Make New York City Rude Again
Lady Gaga, rude New YorkerSince mid-February a spirited campaign has quietly been brewing to return New York City to its former glory. See, Travel and Leisure magazine had the nerve to place NYC at second place on their rudest cities in America list, behind Los Angeles. In response, someone s ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Will Rupert Murdoch's Children Use the Judith Regan Scandal Against Fox News' Roger Ailes?
Roger Ailes could have a big mess on his hands based on court documents made available today, which allege that the Fox News chairman encouraged a former employee to mislead federal investigators. The exclusive New York Times report quotes court documents indicating a taped phone call exists, ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
Wine In Supermarkets Redux: The Battle Continues
They're at it again, those crazy kids fighting in Albany over the long-running debate about whether to allow the state's supermarkets to sell wine. This scrap, which pits the supermarket lobby versus the equally powerful liquor store lobby has been going on for years. The Voice even wrote ab ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2011
Numerous Americans Say 'I Love You' With Olive Garden
If you are reading this and haven't made any Valentine's Day dining plans, you are screwed. Unless you are one of the millions of Americans who apparently think that Olive Garden is a desirable destination for romantic dining.
Blogs
February 1, 2011
The Most Interesting Man in the World Just Got More Interesting; Lagers Go Dark
Dos Equis is the first beer brand to reach the coveted milestone of 1 million 'Likes' on Facebook, thanks largely to the awesome Most Interesting Man in the World ads. [BusinessWeek] This Super Bowl Sunday, will you be drinking ale or lager, craft beer or Coors? Beer industry insiders weigh ... More >>
Blogs
February 1, 2011
At Out From Behind the Apron, Strong Words for Del Posto and Bad Customers
Alfred EisenstaedtEarlier this afternoon, WNYC hosted Out From Behind the Apron, a forum for restaurant industry workers and veterans to discuss issues ranging from how new laws are changing the industry to their personal experiences serving the citizenry of New York. Hosted by WNYC's Kathlee ... More >>
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January 25, 2011
New York Times Opens Hangover Rooms, Goes WikiLeaks; Rupert Murdoch Babies His Kids
""recoverycouch.jpg" viaIt happens: some mornings you get to work without having been home the night before and you pull a freshly starched white shirt from the bottom drawer of your desk, you brush your teeth under the fluorescent light of the men's room with one of those little things you p ... More >>
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January 4, 2011
Myspace is Still Dying, Preps For Layoffs
Back in the day...Myspace, the News Corp.-owned social network of yesterday, will layoff between a third and half of its approximately 1,100 employees, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, again reigniting chatter about the company's epic failure since a 2005 acquisi ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2010
The 2010 Media Holiday Party Circuit Crash-Map
For my second-to-last Press Clips, Day 27, we have a very, very special treat. Every year, many of the New York-based media companies who produce a large portion of American media that is consumed across the country gather after months of conspiring...to get shitface drunk. Behold:
Voice Choices
December 1, 2010
Paul McCartney
For my second-to-last Press Clips, Day 27, we have a very, very special treat. Every year, many of the New York-based media companies who produce a large portion of American media that is consumed across the country gather after months of conspiring...to get shitface drunk. Behold:
Blogs
November 17, 2010
Changes At eMusic: Def Jam In, Matador And Merge Out
Better go get this now.If you want a one-URL "major" vs. "indie" battleground -- what defines and/or divides them, which lifestyle brand the discerning-legal-downloader demographic really prefers -- you could do far worse than eMusic, the excellent monthly-subscription MP3 service (which empl ... More >>
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October 25, 2010
Are Bedbugs Scaring Tourists Away From NYC?
Tourists afraid of bedbugs? The Associated Press thinks so! Today's national wire carries a terrifying (and mostly anecdotal) piece about how bedbugs -- this year's trendiest New York annoyance/epidemic/infestation -- are threatening the city's "$30 billion tourism industry."
Columns
February 11, 2009
Gillibrand Learned How to Defend Tobacco's Dirtiest Secrets as a Young Lawyer
The new senator's from Marlboro County
Columns
February 13, 2007
Dangerous Dildos, Part 2
Toxic tensions rise in the toy industry
News
August 8, 2000
You’re Going Too Far, Baby
Activists Cry Foul as Cigarette Makers Woo Women in the Developing World
News
December 15, 1998
Tobacco Row
Activists Cry Foul as Cigarette Makers Woo Women in the Developing World
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