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Four Ways Lists Make Us Immortal, According To Umberto Eco
5:48AM Ryan Tate | Italian novelist Umberto Eco, the go-to intellectual for journalists worldwide, has deconstructed the human obsession with all things list-y. The bottom line for editors: Your listicles help readers brush off a terrifying universe of infinite chaos. More »
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Condé Nast Is The Latest To Convert In Apple’s Secret Tablet Faith
9:00AM Ryan Tate | Condé Nast says it is already racing to repackage its magazines for Apple’s forthcoming tablet, starting with Wired, even while towing Apple’s line that the Tablet doesn’t exist. Publishers are clearly betting Steve Jobs can save their business model. More »
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Scientist Outed As Secret Diary Of A Call Girl Author
9:45AM Foster Kamer | Showtime’s Secret Diary of a Call Girl was based on a series of bestselling books by anonymous prostitute Belle de Jour. How hot is this? Turns out she’s a well-regarded British scientist, Dr. Brooke Magnanti. She came out last night. More »
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9:01AM Jess McGuire | REET REET REET! It’s been a while since I’ve turned to Defamer Australia’s award winning Two Day Old News Desk™ team to break a story – well, at least not in an official capacity. So please make them (me? I am sort of confused right now) very welcome as they thoroughly investigate the fascinating world of Kathy Lette’s word play. More »
Kathy Lette Urges A Public “Girl-Cott” Of Male Authors
9:01AM Jess McGuire | REET REET REET! It’s been a while since I’ve turned to Defamer Australia’s award winning Two Day Old News Desk™ team to break a story – well, at least not in an official capacity. So please make them (me? I am sort of confused right now) very welcome as they thoroughly investigate the fascinating world of Kathy Lette’s word play. More »
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A Year Condé Nast Would Like To Forget
8:02AM Gabriel Snyder | Final tally: ad pages dropped 32 per cent (or 8359 pages) at Condé Nast in 2009.
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Don’t Invest In Newspapers
3:25AM Hamilton Nolan | You may be aware that deathly newspaper company stocks have experienced a brief resurgence recently, amidst speculation that things aren’t so bad after all for the newspaper industry. If you benefited from this resurgence at all, lucky you. Now sell. More »
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Time Staffers Have Two Weeks To Volunteer For Buyout Packages
2:26AM Hamilton Nolan | The massive Time Inc. layoff buyouts are now sweeping through the company’s various magazines. Below, a memo that just went out to Time magazine editorial employees offering them buyouts. Run, don’t walk! More »
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Wall Street Journal Takes On Local News
6:12AM Hamilton Nolan | The Wall Street Journal is planning to hire a dozen new staffers to cover local news in NYC, Media Decoder reports. Let us point out every last implication to this news! More »
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Bee Shaffer Hops Off The Print Media Titanic, Joins College Humor
1:53AM Brian Moylan | Bee Shaffer is rebelling against her mother, Vogue editrix Anna Wintour, by joining the ranks of the new media. We hear that she is the new assistant to Ricky Van Veen, the editor in chief of College Humor. More »
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