By Drew Grant 2/18 6:22pm

Franco Files

Ceci n'est pas un merde. (Illustration by James Franco)

James Franco Explains ‘Gay Town’ Exhibit to Breathless Financial Times Reporter

Remember how James Franco just debuted his latest art exhibit, “Gay Town” in Berlin last week? You know. The one with that angry picture of Spider-Man. We did a whole post on it, go read it.

Apparently we weren’t the only ones to take notice of Franco’s latest “art” project, as evidenced by Peter Aspden’s overly adverb-laced interview with the actor in this weekend’s Financial Times. Franco says things “chummily,” and “out-zonks” Aspden “instantly.” There’s a whole paragraph devoted to his smile. But even the puffiest puff piece can’t save Franco from himself, like when pressed to explain his insane Spider-Man picture: Read More

By Daniel Geiger 2/21/12 10:09am

Lease of the Week

Corporate Waterfront Center.

Garden State of Mind: Pearson and the Negotiations Behind its Hoboken Deal

When Kim Guadagno heard that the media and publishing giant Pearson was relocating from its longtime headquarters in Upper Saddle River, N.J., the first thing she recalled was a promise she had made.

Ms. Guadagno, New Jersey’s lieutenant governor and secretary of state, had been walking months earlier with Dawn Zimmer, the mayor of Hoboken, along that city’s waterfront. Read More

By Emily Witt 6/21/11 7:49pm

From the Paper

(Illustration: Joe Wilson.)

The Daily Mail Sets Sail: Fleet Street Fishwrap Takes America

To hear Martin Clarke tell it, The Daily Mail accrued its online readership in America nearly by accident. Lining a landing page with paparazzi shots headlined with expressions of awe and outrage, making the bikini a newsworthy event—that was not transatlantic outreach, just British custom. “Originally we focused ruthlessly on our British audience because that Read More

By Zeke Turner 8/24/10 6:02pm

Moves

Ken Li Now in Charge, Returns to Reuters

After two years at the Financial Times, media reporter Ken Li is returning to Reuters as the editor-in-charge of technology, media and telecommunications coverage, according to a release. (We have never heard this title before, but we assume editor-at-large and editor-in-chief had a baby, and Reuters adopted it.)

Mr. Li has a few Read More