Paul Krugman is starting to disappear from the blogosphere
It looks like the New York Times' TimesSelect program, in which readers have to shell out cash to read the opinions of venerable op-ed pundits, is resulting in the slow disappearance of Paul Krugman...
View ArticleThe Chelsea rapist shopped on eBay
The New York Daily News is dragging eBay's name through the mud in its continued investigation of the depravities surrounding suspected Chelsea rapist Peter Braunstein. Turns out Mr. Braunstein went...
View ArticleA Web site for NYC political junkies only
Now that Michael Bloomberg has been re-elected as mayor of the city, where will political junkies in the Big Apple look for their next fix? Gotham Gazette suggests taking a look at the race for City...
View ArticleWhy are there bad people in the world? Ask Gawker Media
The folks at Gawker Media amused themselves this weekend by typing "Why are there bad people in the world" into Google. The top two results turned out to be Gawker and Wonkette, both parts of the...
View ArticleAndrew Sullivan joins Time Warner
As reported in the New York Post, popular blogger Andrew Sullivan will move his blog ("The Daily Dish") to the Time.com site sometime in 2006. According to a Time executive quoted for the piece,...
View ArticleDear bloggers: there's nothing funny about murder, mayhem or rape
David Carr of The New York Times takes the blogosphere to task - and especially the celebrity scandal blog Gawker - for its embrace of sleazy and disturbing news stories in an article called "When...
View ArticleThe Wall Street Journal knows blogs
The folks over at Dow Jones must have been drinking the Blog Kool-Aid this weekend -- today's WSJ has a two-page spread on the favorite blogs read by insiders in a number of different industries -...
View ArticleA sneak peek at Google's new Chelsea offices
You're looking at the raw space that's about to become Google's new Chelsea Googleplex. Curbed provides the photo and details about the "mad square footage" of the new digs: "The space stretches the...
View ArticleGreen card scams on the Internet
If you're desperate to win a chance at a green card as part of the upcoming "Green Card Lottery," the New York Daily News has a warning for you - don't believe everything you see or hear. Scams are...
View ArticleLucky number 7 for Apple iTunes
According to the New York Post, Apple iTunes is now the seventh-largest music retailer in the U.S., trailing only Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Target, Amazon.com, FYE and Circuit City. A year earlier, iTunes...
View ArticleThe comparison price-checking sites to check out before Black Monday
Over the past few days, the local New York tabloids have been building momentum for the annual multi-billion-dollar post-Thanksgiving spending orgy known as the holiday shopping season. Forget Black...
View ArticleGawker Media no longer willing to gamble on Oddjack
According to the New York Post, Gawker Media is shutting down Oddjack, a gambling blog that failed to gain the type of audience and reach that other blogs, like the ever-popular Gawker, achieved....
View ArticleThe idea of software as art
The Whitney Museum of American Art has created ARTPORT, an online portal for net art and digital arts, as well as an online gallery space for commissioned net art projects. One of the commissioned...
View ArticleCalifornia winemakers to sell wine to New Yorkers via the Internet
After Governor Pataki lifted a ban on Internet wine sales to New Yorkers in July, 166 out-of-state wineries have acquired a license to ship wines directly to New York state residents - including one...
View ArticleEast Village bar up for sale on eBay
According to the New York Daily News, the owners of the Ace Bar in the East Village have put the place up for sale on eBay. The minimum bid: $670,000. So far, there have been no bidders - but...
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