A brief note of housekeeping: After the rousing successes that were The Observer‘s 2011 Media Power Bachelor and Power Bachelorette lists, requests for (A) a mixer of both lists and (B) an omissions list are still flooding in. Make of this what you will, because we did. Read More
SO: THAT HAPPENED. On Monday and Tuesday, we rolled out our 2011 Media Power Bachelors and Media Power Bachelorettes. You responded with a lot, in the way of Tweets, comments, vocal arguments, outrage, praise, and even in one case, a single-serving site that falls somewhere between utterly brilliant and generally disturbing. But the best stuff didn’t see the light of day so much as the shadowy cave-like email in-boxes from whence these lists emerged. Until now. After the jump, some statistics, some post-game highlights, some omissions, and of course: a whole lot of id, shipped directly our way over email. Read More
What goes into making a list of media bachelors? The proprietary formula is of course proprietary, but a few of the key elements are pretty transparent.
First and foremost, Power Bachelors should be desirable, be it by physical appearance, byline, or pure and unfiltered cachet.
Beyond which, they must be available: this doesn’t necessarily mean they’re completely single, Read More
Last Fashion Week, The Observer attended the Tommy Hilfiger after party at the Met and witnessed the first New York performance by The Strokes in five years. A decade removed from gigging in front of a dozen people on the Lower East Side, the singularly awesome five-piece burned through the classics, opening with “New Read More
