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Goodbye to all that

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 12/14/12 12:28pm

Goodbye to all that

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The Daily Bids Adieu to You and You and You

The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s iPad newspaper, is shutting down tomorrow. And how better to say goodbye than with a song from everyone’s favorite musical about a nun and a strict captain fleeing the Nazis?

For their final installment of “Karaoke the News,” a segment in which songs are rewritten to reflect the week’s events, The Daily’s staff rewrote the lyrics to “So Long, Farewell” from The Sound of Music to say so long and farewell to subscribers. Some of the 120-person, soon-to-be-laid-off staff take turns waving goodbye to the camera–including cameos from the former EIC (and new publisher of the Post ) Jesse Angelo, Publisher Greg Clayman, Senior Vice President John Kilpatrick and Managing Editor (and soon to be editor of Esquire digital) Mike Nizza..

We admire their musical abilities and their pep. Other publications we can think of would be more apt to bid adieu by smoking cigarettes and complaining. Read More

By Emily Witt 12/08/11 9:12am

Goodbye to all that

Silverberg, right, singing with Bob Morris in 2008.

Hi Ho Silverberg! Lit Agent Books it to Washington, Leaves Publishing Bereft

Everybody in New York publishing is very happy for Ira Silverberg. The former literary agent, a fixture in the industry for 26 years, started his new job as literary director at the National Endowment for the Arts earlier this week. And from the day his departure was announced to the day the job began, colleagues and clients have affected determined good cheer.

“I’m sorry for his writers,” said Sarah Burnes, a literary agent and friend. “But I’m happy for the writers of America.”

“It’s the perfect job for him,” said Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review, “securing money for worthy projects — especially projects that aren’t on the face of it worthy or obvious.”

But beneath all the breezy congratulations a hint of dread could be detected. Ira Silverberg might have left New York, but was New York ready to lose Ira Silverberg? Especially to Washington D.C.? Read More