Utterly Shocking Report from NYT: “Harper’s Ed. Hodge Fired; Didn’t Quit.”
0Cause? None in particular it seems, except for “the general weakness of the magazine’s newsstand sales and circulation figures.” Well, that would put Hodge in good company with the magazine’s previous editors. Hey, it’s hard to be a gangster. Frederick L. Allen: 1941—1953 (died) John …
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Maggie Shnayerson, 2.0
I’ll be hanging out with the Shitcanned Media Elites over at ASSME.org for awhile—you know, a little blogging, a little this, a little that. Should your Tuesday afternoon be getting you down, by all means swing by and check out the pink slippers—a change is …
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Kudos To TimeOut For Keeping A Straight Face Through This Interview
“Media workers have the gifts of adaptability and organization,” says Allison Hemming, founder of the Hired Guns talent agency (thehiredguns.com) and author of Work It! How to Get Ahead, Save Your Ass and Land a Job in Any Economy. “This makes them ideal project managers.” …
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27-Year-Old Ben Ferguson Talks Piracy on CNN, I Am Jealous
I am two months older than 27-year-old Ben Ferguson, who spent the last five minutes gabbing about piracy live on CNN, an international news network. I am schadenfreudically thankful that he sounded precisely his age (with apologies to myself et al, for stereotyping 27-year-olds.) Also, …
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Shep Smith Waxes Poetic
“I don’t think it really much matters either. I know he’s dead and…there are worse things that could have happened today. Now, Fox News has confirmed that he is 41. The Associated Press now says 42. Again, it does not matter. He is neither age …
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