January 2011
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“Video producer Ryan Jones of New York said he and a co-worker pooled their money...”
– Excerpted rom the AP piece about the LOST lotto experience. Read the full article here. (via kryanjones)
** I think the best part about this, despite me being super pumped about my friends winning $150, is that the AP needed FIVE reporters for this story. Yup: five. In three states.
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Things are probably not so good when you’re still in the wife-beater you slept in, your hair is in a version of the braid you went out with on NYE, and your meal today has consisted of nutella out of a jar (now smeared across wifebeater) and a michelada. For the love of God, Newsweek-Daily Beast, let’s make this merger happen already.
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“I was asked years ago to address the elementary school that my son attended and...”
– Legendary NYC political muckraker Wayne Barrett, in a departing column for the Village Voice. Barrett was let go from the Voice; fellow investigative reporter Tom Robbins followed him out the door. As a former Barrett intern, I can attest that this is truly the end of an era.
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December 2010
30 posts
Newsweek: Happy New Year, Tumblrs! A Big Thanks,... →
newsweek:
It’s been a rough one here for us at NWK HQ: there was the sale, new owners, mass exodus, all that talk about the “death” of a brand, search for a new editor, fake search for a new editor, new offices, new departures, new offices again (and again?), website…
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Watchum, YES. Paging I’m Remembering.
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Heidi Montag! Plastic Surgery Scars! Traffic Gold →
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Gallup: 40 percent of Americans still believe that... →
braiker:
Oy. Let’s just all go home and get drunk.
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NYT: Senate On Track To Repeal DADT →
gq:
“I don’t care who you love,” Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, said as debate opened. “If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn’t have to hide who you are.” Mr. Wyden showed up for the Senate vote despite saying on Friday that he would be unable to do so because he would be undergoing final tests before his scheduled surgery on Monday for prostate cancer.
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Nicole Polizzi (Snooki) Hasn't Gone Tanning in...
newsweek:
NEWSWEEK: How often do you go tanning? Snooki: To be honest with you, I haven’t gone tanning since the show wrapped. That was in September.
Is your skin pale? Oh, no. I think I’m naturally tan.
So why go tanning? Because you want to be darker than you already are, silly.
I’ve never gone tanning. When you’re tanner, you feel hotter and sexier. You should try it.
Yes, this is a real...
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The Observer: Turning Gawker on Itself →
nicksummers:
I have some new scenes and details on the Gawker hack for tomorrow’s Observer:
TURNING GAWKER ON ITSELF
It had been such a good week for Nick Denton.
Writers and editors from his network of sites had flown in from around the country and been put up on Gawker’s dime, in preparation for the 2011 relaunch of the site that launched the blogger age. After team dinners and...
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