Amy Hertz, the Huffington Post‘s new books section editor, who is also holding down her editing job at a Penguin division, has a little clarification for all the publicists who have been spamming her inbox with pitches:
“This is NOT a book review section.”
Oh, really?
“Let me say that again, because I know Read More
Foursquare, the location-based mobile application that the Observer has featured several times, has (finally!) earned a profile in the New York Times.
As co-creator Dennis Crowley told us in July, Foursquare’s next step was to “aim past the nerds.” Mr. Crowley and Naveen Selvadurai might get Read More
If the NYTimes.com most-emailed list was curated by Aunt Mabel, Digg.com’s ‘top news in all content’ list is probably generated by her 20- (or 30-) something nephew: a Twittering, iPhone wielding, card-carrying member of Generation Wii. Here’s what this dude (we’ll call him Kevin) and the rest of Diggnation have been Diggin’ in the Read More
Looks like Tina Brown’s Daily Beast may be riding on Arianna Huffington’s charitable coat tails with the launch of Giving Beast, a new vertical that encourages users to read blog posts and stories about cause-related news and opinion, then click on links and widgets to find out how to get involved. Global Read More
The New York Times digital team recently launched Custom Times Feeds, an online tool that allows users to create their own news feeds of Times articles based on the people, places and topics they care about.
For instance: If a Times reader wants to read every article on, Read More
The Atlantic has a new special issue coming in November featuring Brave Thinkers–27 people who have “risked their careers, reputations, fortunes and in some cases their lives to advance ideas that upend an established order,” according to the magazine. NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker, the New York Times‘ Arthur Sulzberger, Barack Obama and Facebook’s Mark Read More
Arianna Huffington is launching a new section called ‘Impact’ on the Huffington Post tomorrow morning. In the new vertical, articles on hot-button issues (gay rights, homelessness, flooding in the Philippines) will include a widget to help readers “plot a course of action,” if they want to donate to a cause, for example, according to Read More
Tired of clicking around YouTube and iTunes for online videos of substance? Search no more! The Observer has your weekly handy guide to what’s worth watching on the Web.
David Letterman’s scandal on YouTube — Letterman’s love triangle has been playing out online this past week, with old footage of Stephanie Read More
New York magazine’s general manager of digital media Michael Silberman told the Observer last month that New York Media’s online restaurant and menu listings site, MenuPages.com, was likely expand to more cities soon. Today, MenuPages.com announced site launches for London and Paris–their first overseas projects.
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As the Observer reported last month, The Huffington Post has been working on a books vertical. Today, on Oct. 5th, HuffPost Books went live. The new section has the site’s usual amalgam of news, profiles, Q&As, and video–along with users’ reviews and essays from Read More
