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#mediacrack
Big Ski Threatens Snow-Based Media Freedom!
In your tricky Tuesday media column: Ski Resorts are the Stasi of Colorado journalism, the White House press corps exercises its shit-eating grin, The New Yorker cuts its fiction, and a dead magazine overview. More » -
#internalmemos
Rupert Murdoch Wishes Some of You Happy Holidays
Rupert Murdoch sent out his Holiday Greetings to his minions today. Fox News and Fox Business Network are mentioned by name, but the Wall Street Journal is not. Take that to heart, WSJ! The full dose of corporate cheer, below. More » -
#tabloids
Okay Sorry But the Daily News Cannot Abide This Dumb Whore Columnist
That darned New York Post—they are immoral! They had an advice column by Ashley Dupre—who had sex, for money, which is illegal! The Daily News just cannot remain quiet any longer! It has to stand up, here! More » -
#media
Could Editor & Publisher Survive?
Venerable old trade mag Editor & Publisher folded last week, cast aside as Nielsen sold off several magazines. But! We hear there's still hope for an E&P resurrection. More » -
#education
School Is Hell
How academia should be: "'Hideous Gnosis,' a six-hour theory symposium on black-metal music" at a Williamsburg bar last weekend. Talks included "Perpetual Rot: Obsessive Cycles of Deterioration," on "'liminal death-space' in the work of Xasthur." Screw college. [NYT; Related] More » -
#usa
America Ain't Giving Its Baby No Boring Name
Only when you see the list of most popular baby names do you realize that America is not just a bunch of chik'n-consuming Wal-Mart zombies, but rather one big elegant catalogue of Victorian Body Shop models. More » -
#crime
Buju: Setup, or Stupidity?
Reggae star Buju Banton is in a very tenuous PR situation right now, with a Grammy nomination under fire from gay rights groups, but that did not stop Buju from trying to buy five god damn kilos of cocaine. Allegedly! More » -
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#feuds
Chicago writer hates Manhattan for the same reasons New Yorkers hate Manhattan. Chicago: Always second.
