money matters
Flotsam & Jetsam
Are You Sufficiently Exploiting Your Child’s Looks, For Money?
5:01AM Hamilton Nolan | Raising a child in our modern world can be expensive, what with their constant nagging for new “Gameboys” and “contraception”. Fortunately your child’s dewy, youthful innocence can be sold off to a modelling agency, for sweet, sweet money. More »
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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 »
Big Screen
Bad Vince Vaughn Movies Will Save Economy
8:50PM Andrew Belonsky | Can someone please explain why Vince Vaughn’s so popular? Seriously. Despite horrid reviews, his movie, Couples Retreat, which starred other, non-advertised celebrities like Jason Bateman, made $US35 million this weekend. The recession sure isn’t deep enough, huh? [Reuters]
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How Scared Should Businessweek’s Staff Be?
1:54AM Hamilton Nolan | Most of the serious bidders for Businessweek have dropped away, leaving Bloomberg as the leading candidate. We know BW’s not exactly a fountain of profit these days. But would Bloomberg really gut the magazine’s entire staff? More »
Online
Penny Pinchers
1:11PM Andrew Belonsky | Survey says that 70% of online publications will start charging for their oh-so splendid content. More »
People
Rotten Teeth
4:14PM Andrew Belonsky | To increasingly impoverished Main Street, USA, Britney Spears recently spent $US3000 on candy. Riot! More »
Online
Class Divide Remains Strong Online
8:45PM Andrew Belonsky | Hooray! Even social networking sites have caste systems. Richie rich folk who live in urban areas use Twitter and Facebook more than their poor, younger country bumpkin counterparts, who still use something called MySpace. [Computer World]
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Conde Nast’s Last Month Being Rich
11:44PM Hamilton Nolan | Weep, struggling members of the creative underclass, for your secret aspirations are drawing to a close: this may be the very last month of Conde Nast, Luxury Version. Coming soon: Conde Nast, Wailing Version. More »
Online
Twitter’s Big Adventure
5:38PM Andrew Belonsky | Told you so: Twitter will soon cross the $US100 million fund-raising mark.
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