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Death of Magazines? Try Magazines of Death!

By Kat Stoeffel | May 10, 2011 | 7:46 pm

"It's good to see the journalism of death is alive and well," said New Yorker editor David Remnick as he accepted the public interest Ellie for Atul Gawande's morbid "Letting Go" at the National Magazine Awards on Monday. The soiree at 583 Park Avenue had kicked off with a sober multimedia tribute to the late photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros. But unlike previous years, even a cascade of wine and self-congratulation could not keep crushing mortality at bay. It was everywhere!... MORE»

Geoff Dyer, Human Database

By Emily Witt | May 10, 2011 | 12:15 pm

Last night the British writer and essayist Geoff Dyer gave a reading at McNally Jackson bookstore in Soho. As it usually does when Geoff Dyer comes to New York, the conversation quickly turned to Doughnut Plant, and whether Mr. Dyer had sought out his preferred vanilla bean doughnut since arriving in New York only a few hours before.... MORE»

Awards

Always the Bridesmaid! Are Tonight's ASME Awards 'Bloomberg Markets'' Big Moment?

By Kat Stoeffel | May 9, 2011 | 3:13 pm

Tonight the American Society of Magazine Editors will crown this year's glossy kings and queens. Perennial favorites like New York and the New Yorker may be gearing up for a haul, but Bloomberg Markets editor Ron Henkoff is keeping is expectations tempered. "I've been down this road before," he told The Observer last week at Bloomberg's futurist HQ. In 2008, Markets was a finalist for a Public Interest Ellie in but didn't win. This year, however, the stakes are a little bit... MORE»

Don't Ask

And Not a Penny Less for Bronfman's Park Ave Triplex

By Matt Chaban | May 6, 2011 | 6:49 pm

Gordon and Dailey Jones Pattee had been trying to sell their triplex atop 812 Park Avenue since November 2007. The 15-room home came on the market for $36.5 million before being cut three times: $29.75 million, $22 million, $15.9 million. It appears the Pattees would budge no... MORE»

Party Pics

Politico Senior Editor Gregg Birnbaum is Duh, Winning

By Kat Stoeffel | May 6, 2011 | 10:31 am

We always knew we liked Gregg Birnbaum, from his obsessive Hillary Clinton campaign blog, his glorious exit from the Post in December and his resemblance to Cabin Boy's Chris Elliott. Now, a tipster points us to the New Jersey Star-Ledger, which shows Mr. Birnbaum getting patriotic at Ground Zero on Sunday night after Osama bin Laden's death. Mr.... MORE»

Epistles

Village Voice Media Executive Mike Lacey Responds to 'The New York Observer'

By The Editors | May 5, 2011 | 2:52 pm

Village Voice Media Executive Editor Michael Lacey declined to be interviewed for our story on his company last week, "Village Voice Media Getting Down and Dirty with Escort Ads," but he wrote us yesterday to submit a few corrections and provide a counternarrative. The full letter is linked... MORE»

The Schmear

Morning Links: Rupert Murdoch's Racecars, Lawrence Wright's CIA Memo

By Kat Stoeffel | May 4, 2011 | 9:59 am

It's official: Scott Pelley takes over Katie Couric's char at CBS on June 6. [WSJ] The Daily News had a tip about the Osama bin Laden mission. They don't say who the source is, naturally, but we're guessing Hulk Hogan.... MORE»

The 2011 White House Correspondents Dinner's most prized guest.

Media

The Situation and the Story: Press Corps Parties While White House Makes History

By Kat Stoeffel and Foster Kamer | May 3, 2011 | 9:08 pm

It was Wednesday morning at 9:47 a.m. in the White House Press Briefing Room. The president of the United States of America, Barack Obama, took the podium. Major television networks had interrupted coverage to broadcast the president's address. "Now, let me just comment, first of all, on the fact that I can't get the networks to break in on all kinds of other discussions," he said.... MORE»

Manhattan Transfers

Bronfman's Back! Edgar Jr.'s Unexpected Return from London

By Matt Chaban | May 3, 2011 | 8:29 pm

Seagram heir and Warner Music maestro Edgar Bronfman Jr. spent a good part of his life growing up around the globe. He decided two years ago that his kids should have the same experience and relocated them to London, though always with the plan to return when the eldest reached high-school... MORE»

books

SEAL Treats! St. Martin's Wins the Bin Laden Book Battle

By Emily Witt | May 3, 2011 | 7:55 pm

In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden's death, publishers have clamored to sign deals about the event. Former Newsweek chief Jon Meacham is editing an e-book essay collection called "Beyond Bin Laden" for Random House. Peter Bergen has been signed by Crown to write the "definitive" book, tentatively called The Manhunt. One publisher, however, is ahead of the... MORE»

Observatory

I Don't Suppose You Are Much Interested In Publishers and Their Problems

By Dan Duray | May 3, 2011 | 7:20 pm

When I first encountered Mulholland Books, it was a foggy April night in the Financial District, the kind of night that makes you think the man upstairs might not be such a bad guy, if he's got the decency to take your mind off the things that go on in the upper floors of the buildings down... MORE»

Osama Bin Laden

Hot Damn! Behind the Young Rummy Aide Who Broke Bin Laden's Bust

By David Freedlander and Nate Freeman | May 3, 2011 | 7:18 pm

Late Friday night, according to his now-infamous Twitter feed, Keith Urbahn toasted the end of the work week with a tall mint julep on a warm Washington evening, made from mint from his garden and 1792 small-batch Kentucky bourbon. By the end of the weekend, Mr. Urbahn, 27, had become a minor celebrity in the media storm that surrounded the killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, and his Twitter feed had jumped from a few hundred followers to nearly 7,000—and... MORE»

Fame

Watch: Timesmen Keller, Stelter and Carr in Page One Documentary Trailer

By Kat Stoeffel | May 2, 2011 | 8:51 pm

The trailer for Page One, Andrew Rossi's documentary about The New York Times media desk, was released today and the gang is all there--Times chief Bill Keller, columnist-ingenue David Carr, Wunderkind Brian Stelter, even industry warlock Jeff Jarvis. Judging from the two and a half minutes we've seen, Mr. Carr is the hero and Mr. Stelter is his New Media-happy, sidekicking foil. "I still can't get over the feeling that Brian Stelter was a robot assembled to destroy me," says Mr. Carr. The bad guys are The Huffington Post and... MORE»

After Bin Laden

Headlines Make for Souvenirs

By Michael Woodsmall | May 2, 2011 | 6:11 pm

Last night, united voices carried the exuberant revelry of Osama bin Laden's death from Times Square to Ground Zero. Tweets kept others updated about where the masses were congregating.... MORE»

Surveillance

'The Daily' Finally Unleashes Those Drone Choppers!

By Aaron Gell | May 2, 2011 | 5:35 pm

Rupert Murdoch's pet project, The Daily, has some impressive aerial footage today of the devastation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which was obtained with an unusual... MORE»

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