AAA Rating, affirmed: it would have taken Superman being placed in DC Comics’ batting lineup to overcome The Wall Street Journal last night. Wall Street may have had a rollercoaster week, but the Journal’s softball team was trending upwards – they beat DC’s Bullets 11-4.
News assistant Will Smith—yes, that one—hit three homeruns in three directions, prompting Read More
Randall Lane is leaving Newsweek/The Daily Beast for Forbes, where he will be an Editor, the money mag announced today. Mr. Lane was Editor-at-Large at Newsweek/The Daily Beast.
In the hiring announcement, Steve Forbes cites Mr. Lane’s knowledge of the website side as a reason. “Precisely because Randall knows the print and electronic worlds, he Read More
London may be burning, but that doesn’t mean that the Murdoch hacking scandal isn’t still helping sell book proposals.
New York Times writers Sarah Lyall and Don Van Natta, Jr. will co-author the “definitive account.” Times Books, an imprint of Henry Holt, will publish, they announced today. They did not announce a publication date Read More
Although they had a rocky start to the season (and a broken nose), the team’s stats are now giving Tina Brown reason to celebrate the merger (recently christened again by the recent redirect of Newsweek‘s site to the belly of the Beast). Before The Daily Beast and Newsweek merged, they Read More
Beloved newspaperman – from back when the term held significance – and novelist Pete Hamill spoke about his new book Tabloid City, the future of journalism (it will survive) and the good old days last night at The Museum of the City of New York.
“This was my attempt to sum up what Read More
Kate Maxwell has been named Editor-in-Chief of Gilt Groupe’s travel blog and deals site Jetsetter.
Ms. Maxwell, who is British, will be in charge of the US site’s editorial strategy as well as direct the launch of a new Jetsetter UK site.
She will “develop the visual language and the voice of Jetsetter, and she Read More
Maybe it’s because of the success of Page One or maybe they are just trying to justify that paywall. Either way, we were slightly puzzled by an email we received this afternoon. Apparently, this is one of the “extras” we get as a benefit of our subscription. Why the hard sell, guys. You clearly already Read More
Look at those crazy tech bloggers over at The New York Times’ Gadgetwise Blog. It’s like a scene from Page One.
Today, a digital short featuring DealBook Editor (and former Wunderkind) Andrew Ross Sorkin and personal technology editor Sam Grobart explores what happens when cool iPhone users exchange cellphones with suit-wearing finance Read More
An elderly man in an apartment on East 22nd Street (across from the Flatiron Building) alledgedly waved a gun at a window washer earlier today. After seeing something, the window washer called 911 and said something. The cops closed off the street and confused office workers took to Twitter. Rumors ran rampant.
After about a Read More
