November 2011
"Cake, Made in Likeness of Gucci Backpack." →
They Don’t Care About The Young Folks: What We... →
To briefly editorialize: Michael Arrington, you’re being an obtuse idiot, as either you’re tapped into what the discussion is ostensibly about as opposed to what it actually concerns—not the extent of the work, but a medical condition that can develop and metastasize into something more dangerous because of it—or you don’t believe depression can exist, which puts you in the same categorical camp...
The Best ‘Zynga Guys’ Story Ever Got Buried by the... →
To briefly editorialize: What. An. Asshole.
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The NYO Adderall Wire: Where You Can Fight The... →
As such—in the name of dubious public service, and imperiled, well-booted New Yorkers everywhere—we’ve set up The NYC Adderall Wire.
Email theadderallwire@gmail.com whenever you can or can’t fill a prescription of one of the many amphetamine-esque drugs New Yorkers are trying to score right now. We’ll keep this page constantly updated so you can know who does and doesn’t have.
The Inevitable Groupon Stock Apocalypse is Here,... →
At that point, the most obviously inebriated person in the room spins around, and turns to us—and we should here note the nature of this person’s inebriation, which could be likened to one of those inflatable bags one knocks down only to pop right back up, who was never not seen offering himself and a group of his contemporaries yet another round of tequila, the kind of young person whose...
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"In the startup community, there’s a real stigma... →
A little note/overshare on this piece: I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I didn’t have some skin in the game, here. I’ve never been big on unilateral issue advocacy, but having personally dealt with this first-hand - something that my family is genetically predisposed to, and part of the reason I never met my Dad’s mother (a guilt-ridden Holocaust survivor who killed...
That’s like, one of my favorite songs I’ve heard... →
Drake, bending over backwards to profess his love for Frank Ocean’s “Thinking About You,” in contention for my favorite song of the year, and handily Frank Ocean’s best track, or if not, at least the one which exhibits what he does so well (the runner-up to which would be, for me, all two minutes of “Acura Integurl,” both of which as newer, non-mixtape/album...
Bloomberg Spokesperson Admits Arresting... →
Not being familiar with many of the media outlets for which The Awl says these reporters work, I had the list of “26 arrested reporters” checked against the roster of reporters who hold valid NYPD press passes.
You can imagine my surprise when we found that only five of the 26 arrested reporters actually have valid NYPD-issued press credentials. Note that we didn’t check – and don’t really care...
Rich Tong Out at Tumblr →
We’re told that Mr. Tong sent an email out to a list of friends tonight saying so much, with “further details to come.” Why the breakup? Another source familiar with the situation explained that Mr. Tong—who’s been out of the office for much of the last three weeks, and whose diminishing presence has not gone unnoticed by the rest of the staff—saw himself in a much more “entrepreneurial” light...
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1. Tao Lin is a writer who is really a personality and popular with people on the internet. he was at the party, and it was weird because standing in a room with him just makes you feel like you are online.
2. his zine party was full of NYU kids, partly because it was near NYU, partly because that’s who goes to launch parties for the zines of people with popular Tumblr blogs, but also — i like to...
I know, with lyrics like “I’m gonna make this... →
Quite possibly more words than you ever wanted to... →
…they’re good, is why you’ll read them.
Social media! Some people believe in its power for... →
BEN COHEN: I spent the last few months working on... →
bzcohen:
I spent the last few months working on a long profile of Mike Krzyzewski, now the all-time winningest coach in college basketball history, and it was released today as a Kindle Single in the Kindle Store.
What’s the Single about?
Coach K.
OK, but what about Coach K?
It’s a story…
Great work, and excited to hear how this works out for Ben. The roof over his head may live to...
The Great Adderall Shortage of 2011 Rages On →
As someone with a “bunker mentality,” he had managed to stockpile enough to keep him well between prescriptions. It may be more expensive, he explained, “but there is nothing more awesome than wiping out nine months of housecleaning guilt with a little blue pill and half of a Saturday morning.”
Pete ‘The Punisher’ Wells Named to NYT Dining... →
Mr. Wells has been the Times Dining editor since 2006, when he joined the paper from Details magazine, where he was an articles editor, prior to which, he was a columnist and editor at Food & Wine for two years. In the weeks between Frank Bruni’s retirement from the post in 2009 and Sam Sifton’s appointment to it, Mr. Wells filled in as dining critic for the paper, and was infamously...
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“My examples bolded the words in each Poynter post that matched the words of the...”
– CONFIRMED: it’s all about Moos. CJR is blameless.
The Romenesko Saga : CJR
(via felixsalmon)
BataliGate: Goldman May Or May Not Have Been Short... →
9.4, Best New Headlines.
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On The Romenesko Non-Scandal →
This is handily the stupidest accusation/insinuation of plagiarism I’ve ever seen, and like everyone else, I think it’s the highest of journalism treason short of simply making shit up and take it seriously. But attacking Jim Romenesko is like attacking Green Tea for its caffeine content. Almost a unilateral consensus of media writers and press critics are standing up to this as...
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A few weeks ago in the Wall Street Journal, Mort... →
I put my media reporting hat back on for a second.
This is sad.
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Spiersblr: Looking for freelance party reporters →
spiers:
I’m looking to expand social coverage a bit at the Observer, and want to start by trying out new freelance writers.
I don’t care if you have experience doing party coverage, but I need the reports to be smart and funny. (And if you’re a funny writer generally, I may have some other assignments as well.)
So if you’re interested, send me a resume and a write-up of an event (any event; I...
Apologies for not starting sooner, but certain... →
They're saying something. Something, is what... →
Hamilton Nolan, you are a very special snowflake indeed.
The Groupon IPO Guessing Contest: Win a Cookie! →
Given the fact that all Groupon Hype Money equals in Real Truth Money like, a bunch less than whatever they’re bullshitting, factored with Wall Street’s ability to jack up a price, factored with all the people that are going to come in, pump it up, and then dump it on its ass before they head out for one of the last nice golfing weekends of the year having definitely hosed lesser sophisticated...
The Persecution of the Winklevii: On Vanity Fair‘s... →
Whether or not Sorkin’s take is the correct one or not—and much of the thrust of Vachon’s profile considers this—it’s the one most people hold to be true: These guys just can’t give up. They are cast as the interchangeable antagonists (literally, as they’re played by one actor) to the film’s protagonist, who is a sniveling little dick who prides himself on being such.
And yet: the story is...
These two have long had a pleasant back-and-forth.... →
I wrote for Gourmet Live’s November 2011 issue on The Best Food Feuds of All Time. It was fun. They gave me five pages.
BETABEAT EXCLUSIVE: The Groupon Investment Flow... →
[*If we’d talked to a lawyer about this post, he’d probably tell us something like, “Should you be giving investment advice? Are you qualified to give investment advice? Are you actually giving investment advice? The answer to all of these questions and more is ‘Fuck. No.’ Now get out of my office before I sue you for being the dumbest goddamn person I’ve spoken...
That’s Odd Future, Pusha T, and Childish Gambino... →
In other words, imagine Groupon as a crack dealer.... →