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  • Voice Choices

    April 11, 2012

    WRITER UP

    Get in the dugout with Chad Harbach

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Condé Nast Elevator, We Hardly Knew Ye

    ​Almost as soon as it arrived, the snarky @CondeElevator Twitter account has made its exit. The account, which was allegedly composed of real quotes from inside the elevators at Condé Nast, went dark today with a contrite tweet from whoever's been controlling it:

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2011

    Condé Nast Elevator Maybe Outed?

    ​Game over. Multiple sources told The Daily Beast that the owner of the @CondeElevator Twitter is John Jannuzzi, a style editor at Lucky Magazine who also runs the popular Textbook tumblr. Jannuzzi hasn't admitted to anything, but he did tweet "This is fucking ridiculous" and "Frantic text message ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    Condé Nast Elevator Twitter Really Has People Worked Up

    ​The @CondeElevator Twitter account, which purports to tweet real quotes from inside the elevators of the Condé Nast building, is attracting intense interest from a surprisingly large number of people. Are the tweeted quotes even real? A lot of them are simply too good to be true. Regardless, ... More >>

  • Columns

    August 3, 2011

    When Rupert Murdoch Was My Boss

    ​The @CondeElevator Twitter account, which purports to tweet real quotes from inside the elevators of the Condé Nast building, is attracting intense interest from a surprisingly large number of people. Are the tweeted quotes even real? A lot of them are simply too good to be true. Regardless, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2011

    Jake Davis, Alleged LulzSec Leader, Released on Bail

    ​Jake Davis, an 18 year-old believed by Scotland Yard to be the leader of the hacker group LulzSec, was released on bail this morning. He appeared at a City of Westminster Magistrates' Court wearing "jeans, a black T-shirt, denim shirt and sunglasses," the Telegraph reports. Prosecutors say th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • 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 2, 2011

    Katie Holmes Sues Star Over Drug and Scientology Claims

    ​Katie Holmes has sued the publishers of Star Magazine for libel, Entertainment Weekly reports. Star printed the story, "Katie Drug Shocker" and refused to retract it after Holmes asked. The story revolved around "Ms. Holmes' controversial use of the Scientology 'e-meter,'" which American Medi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 18, 2011

    Jack Griffin Fired at Time Inc., But Fighting Back; Bill Simmons Loads New Website

    Sports Guy Simmons​The warring of rich white men behind the scenes at magazine companies can be as dull as it sounds or, as in the case of Jack Griffin's firing from Time Inc. at the hands of Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, it can be amusing, provided the powerful people are pissy and willing to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2010

    New York Times Promises to Pay Back Billionaire Carlos Slim Three Years Early

    Slim​The richest man in the world will soon be a little richer. The New York Times Co., who put out a newspaper, have announced they will pay back a $250 million debt to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim by January 2012 instead of the previously agreed upon January 2015, Bloomberg is reporting. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Ruth Reichl to Join the Staff at Random House

    ​Random House Publishing Group announced today that former Gourmet Editor-in-Chief will be joining the staff, both as a contract author and as an Editor-at-Large. In the former capacity, she has three books on the drawing board: a memoir of her days at Gourmet, as yet untitled; a book called T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2010

    How Angry NYT Editors and HBO's Bored to Death Make the Case for Media Reporting

    ​Well, it's media reporting day-a-palooza here, which means that seven more people are reading this blog than they are on the average day. So while we're at it, here's how to explain the relevancy and case for a great media reporter like John Koblin, which involves two angry, high-level New Yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 24, 2010

    Conde Nast "Security" Accidentally Reports Shooter in Building

    ​About an hour ago we saw this rather disconcerting Tweet from @sfj (Sasha Frere-Jones): Not joke: "We have received reports that a firearm has been discharged on the 10th floor of 750 3rd Avenue. If safe, remain where you are." 750 3rd Avenue is the former site of Fairchild and currently th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Bon Appétit Is Moving to New York, Barbara Fairchild Is Moving On

    ​Here's a double whammy: Bon Appétit is moving itself from the wilds of Los Angeles to the Death Star Condé Nast headquarters in New York. And it is doing so without Barbara Fairchild, its longtime editor-in-chief.

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2010

    Ben Huh of "Cheezburgur" Fame Offers to Take Reddit Off of Conde Nast's Marijuana-Hating Hands

    ​Earlier today, it started breaking that Reddit -- the user-controlled web content aggregator recently purchased by Condé Nast, which has now been accurately described as "their most visable web property" -- wasn't allowed to run "Yes On Prop 19" ads supporting pro-legalization that Facebook ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2010

    Media-Running Jews to Join Islamic Terrorist Victory Mosque at Ground Zero

    Tenative Design for Ground Zero Cabal Flag by F. Kamer.​On the same day that the fascists on the Landmarks Preservation Committee voted down landmark status to a building two blocks from Ground Zero that's gonna become a mosque/end-zone touchdown dance for the world's Muslim population, what h ... More >>

  • News

    July 27, 2010

    Can the Kindle and Its Ilk Ease Textbook Inflation?

    And are they ready for prime time?

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Last Laughs: Dave Weigel Re-Hired by Washington Post Co.

    ​Washington Post blogger Dave Weigel resigned a few weeks ago in the wake of his off-the-record emails being leaked from fellow Post blogger Ezra Klein's infamous DC email listserv, Journolist. One of the emails had him explaining that Matt Drudge should set himself on fire, which isn't inaccu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 14, 2010

    Rupert Murdoch Is Watching: The Greatest Media Prank of All Time

    ​What do Rupert Murdoch, a former Page Six gossip columnist, a guy who works at the News Corp commissary, and the founder of College Humor have in common? They were all part of what might be the greatest media prank of all time.

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2010

    NY Times Glosses Over Their Own Free Money While Slamming Condé Nast, Financial Industry

    ​Today's New York Times features a fascinating look into big-money New York and the constant reach-arounds given by local government to the corporations that make this city what it is, for better or worse. "Companies We Keep, and Pay For" describes the subsidization process, in the form of gia ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 11, 2010

    WRITE ON

    Bringing up the next generation of female authors

  • Voice Choices

    April 13, 2010

    The Big Clock

    Bringing up the next generation of female authors

  • Voice Choices

    March 9, 2010

    THREE-COURSE READING

    Have dinner with author Sam Lipsyte

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2009

    'Gourmet' a "Burden," 'Bon Appetit' an "800-Pound Gorilla"

    ​In an interview with Advertising Age, Conde Nast's president-CEO, Charles H. Townsend, shed a little light on the demise of Gourmet. The decision to close the magazine while preserving Bon Appetit was, to no one's surprise, a matter of money. Among other things, Townsend told Ad Age that "[i] ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2009

    Losing Money, the 'Times' Hits the Bottle

    The New York Times Company announced yesterday that it's starting a wine club. An un-bylined article in the Times' business section today reports that the new business, called (suprise) the New York Times Wine Club, is one of several ventures the company has been exploring as its advertising sales h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2009

    Enjoy Free NY Post While You Can: Murdoch Plans to Charge

    ​News Corp boss Rupert Murdoch tells the Financial Times that "we intend to charge for all our news websites," presumably including the New York Post -- and that "If we're successful, we'll be followed by all media." Murdoch already charges for some content at the Wall Street Journal. News Cor ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 20, 2009

    TO THE DEATH

    Writers battle it out for LDM glory

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Times Saves Globe, Murdoch Mulls Charging for Online Papers

    The New York Times' financial troubles have been widely reported, especially by the fun-loving guys and gals at the New York Post, who avail a "Pinch-o-Meter" to track the degree of woefulness suffered by the paper and its publisher. But the Times had a rare piece of decent news today: they got conc ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    March 4, 2009

    CHARGED UP

    A revival of Arthur Arent’s play Power

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Dow Jonesin': Rupert Murdoch reports big loss on 'Wall Street Journal'-related writedown

    The pot's calling the kettle black: The New York Times runs a Reuters story this afternoon about Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. posting an $8.4 billion writedown on the advertising-challenged Wall Street Journal and other properties. The Times, as we know, is in even worse shape and has even reached o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2009

    Where Do I Rank, Famewise?

    Hey, bitches: I have been rated the fourth most fabulous newspaper gossip columnist/society contributor in NYC, according to famegame.com. And don't say "What the fuck is famegame.com?" It happens to be "a rapidly-growing website that maps and analyzes social connections and media attention to hel ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 9, 2008

    HARLEM RENAISSANCE

    Turning the pages of history

  • Specials

    October 18, 2005

    1963

    Turning the pages of history

  • News

    March 29, 2005

    Tab War

    The Post and the News duke it out, but circ probe is the main event

  • News

    September 14, 2004

    Brown-Skin Lady

    Suede magazine wants advertisers to see its true colors—and spend some real green

  • News

    April 6, 2004

    John B. Evans, 1938-2004

    A Former Voice Publisher

  • News

    November 6, 2001

    Are We Dead Yet?

    Media Industry Hit by Rolling Layoffs

  • News

    August 28, 2001

    Ski Writers vs. Moguls

    Freelancers Accuse AOL of a Rights Grab

  • News

    January 23, 2001

    Another Hachette Job

    Publisher Chops Down ‘George’ Magazine

  • Books

    January 2, 2001

    Pretty Persuasion

    Going for the Girl Market

  • News

    November 14, 2000

    The Nazi on the Bestseller List

    E-Book on a Hitler Lover Lights Up the Net

  • News

    November 14, 2000

    Screen Savers

    Publishers Scramble to Make Electronic Books a Reality

  • News

    April 25, 2000

    The Boston T-1 Party

    Times Co. to Freelancers: Sign, or Else!

  • News

    December 14, 1999

    Blurring Nonfiction and Fiction

    Can You Trust What You Read?

  • News

    October 19, 1999

    Leonard's Lips Are Sealed

    Were the 'New York Press,' New Times Shut Out of Bidding on the 'Voice'?

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    In Styles

    Were the 'New York Press,' New Times Shut Out of Bidding on the 'Voice'?

  • News

    May 26, 1998

    Vanity Fare

    A court ruling this month brings the shadowy world of vanity publishing into the open

  • More >>
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