Bitter Victory for the Doomsayers: Job Report 'So Weak'
Who won this morning's battle of the wonks? A better question would be who... MORE >
By William Alden | August 6, 2010 | 11:25 am
White House Has Some Ideas About How to Cover Washington
When New Yorker writer George Packer started subbing for Ryan Lizza in Washington, the White House had some helpful advice. "Cover Washington as if it's a foreign capital. Cover it like Baghdad," Packer says a senior Obama aide told him,... MORE >
By Reid Pillifant | August 6, 2010 | 11:24 am
Caroline Giuliani's Cellmate Speaks! 'She Was No Better Than Me'
When Caroline Giuliani was caught Wednesday afternoon allegedly stealing make-up at Sephora, the arresting police officer cuffed her and put her into a cell at the station house. Leave it to The New York Post to locate Teiyana... MORE >
By Irina Aleksander | August 6, 2010 | 11:07 am
Does Barnes & Noble's Sale Mean Good Things For Independents?
New York proclaimed at the beginning of the week that the city's indie bookstores were "rising," a notion that looks pretty prescient since Barnes & Noble put itself up for sale. Now, Portfolio wonders whether independents will be "the... MORE >
By Molly Fischer | August 6, 2010 | 11:03 am
New York Times Balks At Harsh Snarls From Verizon and Google, Follows Up Unapologetically On "Net Neutrality" Deal
Yesterday, Google and Verizon both issued brief statements addressing a New York Times article in which it was reported that the two companies were nearing a deal that would undermine the principles of net neutrality. The statements were so... MORE >
By Leon Neyfakh | August 6, 2010 | 10:52 am
Joanna Molloy Comes Down Hard on Junior Giuliani
"Another question: Do they give blowouts at the 19th Precinct? Because you looked stunning when you left there with your distraught mother Wednesday, with perfect waves, cropped cranberry cardigan, designer shades perched LiLo-like atop your head.... MORE >
By Dan Duray | August 6, 2010 | 9:35 am
After Veteran Leaves Glamour, Anne Christensen Grabs a Style Director from T
Suze Yalof Schwartz, Glamour's executive fashion editor-at-large, is leaving the magazine after 14 years to follow her husband to California for a job. Anne Christensen is pulling in Melissa Ventosa Martin from T: The New York Times Style... MORE >
By Zeke Turner | August 6, 2010 | 9:26 am
Wall Street Journal Uncovers Citibank’s Scapegoat
The Wall Street Journal does a bang-up job today reporting on the fake name that's been signed at the bottom of Citibank customer relations letters for the past twenty years. The writer's trials in trying to find the non-existent... MORE >
By Dan Duray | August 6, 2010 | 9:21 am
Hitchens: 'Not Many People Come Through Esophageal Cancer and Live to Talk About It'
"I'm not resigned, but I'm realistic too. The statistics in my case are very poor. Not many people come through esophageal cancer and live to talk about it, or not for long. And the other wager is,... MORE >
By Molly Fischer | August 6, 2010 | 8:34 am
Eye Opener: A Lonely Birthday, Drunk Air Travel
"Guest List for Rangel's Birthday Celebration Shrinks." [NYT] Bloomberg has a better record on shoplifting arrests than Giuliani, says the Journals apropos of nothing in particular.... MORE >
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Tenants Win, Again, in Stuy Town Rent Case
In case there was any doubt, it's going to be a mess to legally untangle rent issues at Stuyvesant Town.Today, a judge handed a... MORE >
Margaret Russell is Named Editor of (New York Bound!) Architectural Digest
Conde Nast announced this afternoon that Elle Decor editor Margaret Russell will be the new editor of Architectural Digest. Her first day is September 7, and... MORE >
25-Year-Old Will Pay $1,400 for a New York Room, Won't Live With iPhone or iPad Fan
"Oh, hello," a 25-year-old professional's recent post on Craigslist begins. The writer, who is looking for a one-year lease in Manhattan, maybe Soho, is... MORE >
Behind The Mayor's Ground Zero Mosque Speech
It's being called the most memorable address of his near decade long tenure at the helm of the country's largest city. Even though Bloomberg's... MORE >
Ward Cleaver Makes a Playdate
On a recent sunny morning, Norm Elrod was standing in front of the freezer case of a little market near the Jackson Heights apartment... MORE >
The Savior of Condé Nast: Scott Dadich Is The New It Boy of the Mag World
Someday, when they tell the story of how digital magazines saved Conde Nast, it will begin in San Francisco's Caffé Centro sometime in May... MORE >
WikiLeaks and the Mutated Media: Taking It To the Tweets
Remember Three Days of the Condor, the paranoid political thriller with Robert Redford that came out in 1975, just four years after The New...
We Can Put a Man on the Moon …
Douglas Durst had a plan for Governors Island. The veteran commercial landlord, whose eponymous firm built the Bank of America Tower, wanted to adorn...
Between Manhattan and Arabia
Meeks, the first novel by Julia Holmes, follows Ben, a war veteran who has just returned to a nameless city to discover that his...
Patty Clarkson Shines (as Usual!) in Cairo Time
One by one, the films from last year's film-festival circuit are arriving at last. The wonderful and versatile character actress Patricia Clarkson is subtly...
Program: What We Love This Week (August 4 - August 11)
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