- Thursday - July 2, 2009
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recessionomics
School's Out Forever
The Way We Live Now: Playin' hooky. Schoooooool's outttt forrrrrrrr summer! Yea! School's out forever! Really. They can't afford summer school any more. Too bad that happened right when unemployment hit double digits. No job. No school. Nada. More » - Wednesday - July 1, 2009
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crime
American Apparel 33% Illegal
Because Dov Charney is a hero to immigrants, The Man is all up in his business, trying to point out nitpicky technical "violations," like the fact that 1,800 of his employees are illegal. Jeez. More » - Wednesday - June 24, 2009
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recessionomics
Talentless Workers Getting Left Behind
The Way We Live Now: "It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I guess that's what I like about it. It's easy. Just sitting there, rocking back and forth, wanting that money." More » - Tuesday - June 23, 2009
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Media Crack
Successful Writer Feels Not So Successful
In your perennial Tuesday media column: It still sucks to be a writer, sucks if you bought a newspaper, sucks to make stock picks, sucks to produce news on television, and somebody got a new job! More » - Monday - June 22, 2009
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culture
Metropolitan Museum Still Humongous
The Metropolitan Museum of Art laid off 357 people today. This will save them $10 million—$28,000 per layoff. They still have 2,200 employees. Several uncultured questions: More » - Friday - June 19, 2009
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valley spawn
Google's Naughty Heir Lusts for New York
Philippe Dauman Jr. can't stop flouting taboos. Friends remember his Park Avenue orgies. Family members note he joined Google when his father's Viacom sued it for $1 billion. Even San Francisco, we hear, is too tepid for him. More » - Wednesday - June 17, 2009
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print is dead
Huffington Post: Acquisition Bait, Now More Than Ever
It's official: Betsy Morgan says she was indeed pushed out as the ineffectual CEO of the Huffington Post. But to what end? The new regime is downplaying profitability in favor of revenue growth — the ideal ramp for a sale. More » - Monday - June 15, 2009
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newspapers
Wanted: Intern to Edit Pulitzer Prize-Winning Paper While Editor Is on Vacation
Do you have a car? Are you able to "work long hours"? Are you willing to sell yourself into journalistic indentured servitude for less than half a pittance? Here's your chance to edit a Pulitzer Prize-winning paper! More » -
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cronyism
Celeb Media Interns '09: Qualified
A new summer has blossomed (technically), and with it a new crop of celebrity media interns, riding their family names into coffee-fetching and fact-checking gigs that should rightfully go to miserable, debt-wracked, overqualified J-school graduates. This year's celeb intern class: More » -
recessionomics
Like a Staycation, But at Work, For No Pay
The Way We Live Now: Eking out a hard living in cubicle hell while beauty dies, duh. We work without music. We work without pay. We work without jobs, just to say "Hey, one day."
More » - Thursday - June 11, 2009
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Content is king
Media Jobs '09: Craigslist Serfdom
The media job market is tough. But there are always freelancing opportunities on Craigslist! Right? Right! Terrible, degrading freelance opportunities. Follow these onerous submission guidelines and you too could one day earn literally dozens of dollars, by writing! More » - Sunday - June 7, 2009
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job offers
Hillary Clinton Rocked By Obama Charm
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told George Stephanopoulos this morning that she initially refused Obama's offer before being wooed: "I gave him a bunch of other names...But he was quite persistent and very persuasive." [This Week/ABC] - Friday - June 5, 2009
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jobs
Post-Journalism Career #627: Subway Musician
What are laid-off journalists doing these days, besides growing ever angrier? One of them is going to play his guitar in the subway! Which we guarantee is a more fun job: More » -
jobs
Fired AOL Ad Man Was Paid $60,000 Per Day
Gregory Coleman was hired in February to run AOL advertising network Platform A. Two weeks later, the CEO who hired him was out; two months after that, Coleman's own departure was announced. But at least AOL made it worth his while. More » - Tuesday - June 2, 2009
- Monday - June 1, 2009
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exits
Longtime Editor Departs L.A. Weekly
(UPDATED) After eight years as editor in chief, Laurie Ochoa is leaving LA Weekly as Village Voice Media severs more of its own legacy. More » -
moguls
The Guy Who Took Rupert Murdoch's Crummy Second-in-Command Gig
It's not clear what Chase Carey is thinking: The DirecTV CEO is poised to become vice chairman at Rupert Murdoch's smaller News Corp., where he has virtually no shot at the top job. More » - Thursday - May 28, 2009
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jobs
Bankers vs. Spies: A Lifestyle Comparison
The CIA is looking to hire a few good former hedge funders and investment bankers to put their "skills" to use on behalf of the USA. But could I-bankers really stand the rigors of the CIA lifestyle? Let's compare: More » - Wednesday - May 27, 2009
- Tuesday - May 26, 2009
- Wednesday - May 20, 2009
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jobs
Bloomberg's Full-Employment Program for Political Operatives
Mayor-for-life Mike "Bitches Ain't Shit" Bloomberg has all the money in the world, and he is going to spend it to beat his mayoral opponent, The Great Gazoo, a Martian Democrat only Bloomberg can see. More » - Tuesday - May 19, 2009
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odd jobs
Which 'Creative/Tech Entrepreneur' is Seeking a 'Muse, Confidant and Life Coach' on Craigslist?
Looking for a job? Has anyone ever told you that you have muse-like qualities? Do you have a driver's license and 8-24 hours free each week? If so have we got the job for you! More » - Sunday - May 17, 2009
- Friday - May 15, 2009
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read light district
Journalismjobs.com: The New Craigslist Erotic Services Board
Craiglist has kicked the prossies from its pages. So where's a working girl or man to go to hawk themselves off on the cheap? Oh, I have an idea: journalismjobs.com and the Hamptons. More » - Thursday - May 14, 2009
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making it
Meet Your (Probable) $13,000 HuffPo Intern
Who in the world would bid $13,000 for the right to be an unpaid Huffington Post intern? This lady from Brazil, we think: More » - Wednesday - May 13, 2009
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servicey
Get Paid to Tweet, Facebook and Comment on Blogs!
Jobs! Everybody needs one to pay for booze and porcelain figurine collections and such, right? We can't all be Ben Silverman and douche our way to the top! So we've been keeping an eye out! More » -
the huffpoors
HuffPo Now Killing Journalism By Literally Auctioning Off a Job
Would you like to pay $13,000 for the privilege of doing free work for a website for a couple months? Too bad, kid, because the next minimum bid on the HuffPo internship is $15,500. More » - Friday - May 8, 2009
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jobs
Dan Rather, Daily Show Correspondent
Right-wing ideologues were apparently allowed inside CBS to help drive Dan Rather from his job. So maybe it's no surprise he helped the Daily Show mock Fox News conservatives tonight. More » - Wednesday - May 6, 2009
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recessionomics
There Are So Many Jobs!
The Way We Live Now: In a horn of plenty. Jobs are easy. They're hiring everywhere! Did you know that? No? Well it's true, the numbers prove it! Get off your ass and work: More » - Tuesday - May 5, 2009
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work
Creepy Job Listing of the Day
Do you need a job? Are you a young woman with "both head and body shots"? Do you have great hands? We have a job for you! You're gonna love it! More » -
jobs
Newly-Hired Editor At OK! Is Just 'Consulting' (Read: Taking Over)
OK! says Jason Oliver Nixon, the former Gotham editor, is indeed joining the celebrity weekly, as we'd heard. But instead of lording over editor-in-chief Katie Caperton, he'll be "consulting" for her as an underling. More » - Monday - May 4, 2009
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cubicle culture
Jeering Googlers Bring Entitled Coworkers In Line
Google is reportedly flooded with Yahoo résumés. We'd recommend an overtly modest approach to anyone who scores an interview: Google has lately been brutal in handling presumptuous, entitled transplants. More » -
journalismism
Things That Former Reporters Do
So many reporters leaving their jobs now. What are they becoming? Hippies, and paranoid types: More » -
rumormonger
OK! Magazine Flails About Wildly
We hear OK! Magazine has laid off creative director Sean Bumgarner, #3 on its masthead. This follows a weekend full of shakeups. What is going on over there? Grasping desperately at shrinking market share, probably! More » - Sunday - May 3, 2009
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rumormonger
New Top Editor at OK!?
We hear Jason Oliver Nixon, once editor of Gotham, will oversee OK!'s editor in chief Katie Caperton, the former copy editor who recently became the magazine's third editor in eight months. More » - Thursday - April 30, 2009
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jobs
Peter Kaplan Lands at Condé Nast Traveler
Longtime New York Observer editor Peter Kaplan has taken a job as creative director at Condé Nast Traveler, as expected. The gig gives the newsman time for cushy "reflecting": More »








