Tumblr Kills Storyboard; Editorial Employees Will Be ‘Moving On’
We’ve seen some late-afternoon news dumps, but this takes the cake: Tumblr CEO David Karp just announced that the company is shutting down Storyboard, the editorial experiment meant to highlight the...
View ArticleA Mere 9 Percent of Americans Would Actually Bang a Robot
The Huffington Post and YouGov collaborated on a very important poll of 1,000 U.S. adults meant to measure the attitudes of Americans towards robots. The results are pretty typical, except for one...
View ArticleMayoral Candidates Say They Aren’t Worried About Weiner
If Anthony Weiner campaigns for mayor this year, he’d likely shake up the race’s dynamics due to his name recognition, campaign war chest and the widespread media interest in his post-scandal political...
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New York City to Pay Occupy Wall Street $232,000 Over Destruction of People’s...
(Getty Images) The City of New York has finally agreed to pay Occupy Wall Street for the property destroyed in the Zuccotti Park police raid on Nov. 15, 2011. OWS initiated a suit on May 24, 2012,...
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New York’s Young Philanthropist Powerhouse Eric Trump
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. (Photo by Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images) AT JUST 23, ERIC TRUMP DECIDED that young people should do more for their community, so he started his own charitable foundation,...
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The New York Times Changes Tech Editors After Two Months
The New York Times has replaced newly named tech editor Glen Kramon with deputy technology editor Suzanne Spector. Mr. Kramon, who was formerly the assistant managing editor for enterprise, was named...
View ArticleThe Bitcoin Bubble Is Going Crazy, Part Deux
Last week we covered the crazy increase in the price of Bitcoins. The biggest problem, we noted, was the same one that’s always worried Bitcoin users: the online currency’s vulnerability to...
View ArticleNew York Post Relishes Return of Anthony Weiner
After former Congressman Anthony Weiner revealed his possible return to electoral politics yesterday, one could not help but wonder what pun-filled direction the New York Post would take. After all,...
View ArticleFoursquare Dodges a Potential Down Round, Grabs $41M In Loans and Convertible...
Everyone, it seems, has an opinion about Foursquare, the New York-based check-in and recommendations app that was the breakout darling of SXSW 2009. Former Square COO Keith Rabois recently engaged in a...
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To Do Thursday: Folk Lore
Sixto Rodríguez. CultureHorde, a new members-only arts club, is launching with a private, intimate concert by the once-mysterious musician Sixto Rodríguez, the star of the documentary Searching for...
View ArticleMayoral Candidates Debate Faith, Pot and Police in the Bronx
Cops resemble “slave catchers.” Sal Albanese never smoked a joint. The Bloomberg Administration has locked the men of God out of City Hall. These were all arguments presented at yesterday’s peculiar...
View ArticleDealBook Connects the Winklevii and Bitcoin, Wins Internet Bingo
Some days, the planets align and you get magic. For example: this news from DealBook that Zuck nemeses the Winklevii are, in fact, two of the biggest Bitcoin investors in the world. Of course they are!...
View ArticleOpponents and Defenders of MSG Spar at Planning Commission Hearing
Shortly into yesterday’s City Planning Commission public hearing on the special permit application for Madison Square Garden—an event that would stretch into the evening—a comparison to Brooklyn’s...
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Deb Futter Will Replace Cary Goldstein As Publisher Of Twelve
Cary Goldstein Twelve's Cary Goldstein is stepping down after two years as the publisher for Hachette's literary imprint, Jaime Raab, the president and publisher of Grand Central Publishing, announced...
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Poetic License? Why Cops Can’t Control Times Square’s Creepy Characters
Watch out for Cookie Monster... (Getty Images) When meeting the costumed characters at Disney World, tourists often get hugged. When meeting the costumed characters in Times Square, tourists often get...
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Goodbye Cruel Cyberworld: New Google Feature Lets You Plan for Your Digital...
Have you ever wondered what happens when you die? More specifically, what happens to all your old Google Docs? Well, fellow internet users, wonder no more. As of today, Google is giving users the...
View ArticleAnd Here is Tumblr’s New L.A. Office Space. Time to Sell Some Ads!
Well, well: Looks like even as Tumblr was shuttering Storyboard, the company was getting ready to begin another chapter on the sunny West Coast. Yesterday, the company’s head of sales, Lee Brown,...
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Low-Wage Jobs Are On the Rise In New York, But Where Can the Poorly Paid...
Can a low-wage worker even afford this $1,100 a month one-bedroom on Pelham Parkway? The good news is that New York City is still, in some sense, a land of opportunity. There are jobs to be had...
View ArticleWeighing Weiner’s Impact in New York’s Mayoral Race
Anthony Weiner’s possible entry into the mayoral race is being thoroughly mocked by the New York Post and late-night comedians, but for the candidates already in the field, it’s not necessarily a...
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B.J. Novak Signs A Seven Figure Two Book Deal With Knopf
B.J. Novak, the actor, comedian and writer who became known for playing Ryan Howard on The Office, has signed a seven-figure, two book deal with Knopf, The New York Times reports. The first of the two...
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