By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 9/26/12 11:03am

Like a Rolling Stone

Michael Moynihan to Newsbeast

Michael Moynihan, the journalist now known for exposing Jonah Lehrer’s Bob Dylan quote fabrications, is going over to The Daily Beast, reports FishbowlNY. He will be Cultural News Editor “focusing on the intersection of culture and politics, social issues and business and other key issues.” He will also review books and write for Newsweek.

In addition to his work uncovering fabrications, Mr. Moynihan has been a columnist at Tablet, a book reviewer at The Wall Street Journal,  and was the managing editor of Vice.

We can only hope that Mr. Moynihan will eventually get the chance to review Mr. Lehrer’s new writing that he mentioned in a Los Angeles Magazine profile. Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 6/08/11 4:25pm

Softball Report

A Newsweek/Daily Beast-er takes one for the team.

Softball Report: Daily Beast Takes One for the Team…in the Face

The New York Media Softball League continues to heat up as landlocked editorial staffers channel their sublimated rage into line drives. Two-time champions the Wall Street Journal Capitalists faced off against the Newsweek/Daily Beast team during Week 2 of the league’s exhibition play. In 2010, the only team to slay the mighty Beast was Newsweek. After a tumultuous year in which the properties merged and the editorial reins were handed to Tina Brown, the combined entity can be sure of at least one outcome: a better, tougher softball team. Read More