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Leela de Kretser Is Leaving DNAinfo
Leela de Krester (photo via Facebook). Editorial director and publisher Leela de Kretser is leaving DNAinfo.com, founder Joe Ricketts announced today in an email to staff. "I wanted to let you know...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Accuses ‘Guilty’ Opponents of ‘Aiding and Abetting’ Bloomberg
At one point in the mayor’s race–not too long ago, in fact–Bill de Blasio was focused on Council Speaker Christine Quinn and convincing voters that he was the “clear progressive alternative to her.”...
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Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg’s The Toast Pops Up
Image via The Toast Nicole Cliffe and Mallory Ortberg's new site, The Toast, launched today. Despite some first day problems (the site got hacked and is still a bit wonky), the ladyblogging seems to...
View ArticleChristine Quinn Pushes for Bloomberg-Style Crackdown on Happy Meals
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is following in Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s health-crusading footsteps, announcing a new crackdown today–on kiddie meals. Ms. Quinn said that, if she wins the mayor’s...
View ArticleThe Latest FWD.us Ad Will Make You Want to Expatriate Yourself
FWD.us really ought to throw up a job listing for someone with a clue. Check out their latest misstep, via the Verge: a rewritten version of “The New Colossus,” the sonnet famously inscribed at the...
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The Tax Man Cometh: Residents Go After Princeton’s Nonprofit Status
Princeton University campus (Commons). A handful of Princeton, New Jersey, residents filed a lawsuit against the university, claiming that the school's income from royalties and commercial ventures...
View ArticleExposing the Racket: A Simple Stunt Reveals How Blogs Will Print Anything for...
It doesn’t take Noam Chomsky to see that the state of media is bad. But in 2011, I had the sense that most people didn’t fully grasp the absurd lows the system was spiraling toward. So I set out to...
View ArticleNew York City Finally Approved for .NYC Domain Names
Break out the pompoms: the long-awaited .nyc domain names have finally been approved, according to a press release sent to Betabeat by the mayor’s office. Along with City Council Speaker Christine...
View ArticleKing Me: The New Power Brokers of New York Try to Tilt Mayoral Race
Adriano Espaillat could not go a single day without a text message, email or phone call from a mayoral campaign operative eager to tout his or her candidate’s momentum. His last name doesn’t carry the...
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New York Times Photog Sues Perez Hilton for $2M in Copyright Infringement Case
Mr. Hilton (Getty) Photographer Robert Caplin suing Perez Hilton for copyright infringement after the gossip blogger used photos of Glee actor Darren Criss on his site without permission, according to...
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Tailor-Made: Carlton House Adds Designer Clothes, Fittings and Food to...
Is that the father or the custom suit fitter? (dbox) We thought we'd heard it all: pet spas, rent-a-butlers, concierges who can plan a romantic date or hire a helicopter at the last minute. But...
View ArticleYelp Heat Map Sorts NYC’s Men by Neighborhood
Yelp may have inadvertently created the most effective online courtship tool since eHarmony. This heat map shows where certain words pop up most often in Yelp reviews throughout the Big Apple. So next...
View ArticleThomas Hirschhorn’s ‘Gramsci Monument’ Opens at Forest Houses in the Bronx
“What can I say about this here?” DJ Baby Dee, a tall man in a long white T-shirt and jeans, asked the crowd that had gathered atop Thomas Hirschhorn’s Gramsci Monument in the South Bronx yesterday. He...
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Rockefeller Heir Picks Up $15 M. Greenwich Village Combo
"A Park Avenue building that must have come loose in a storm and dropped anchor down here," wrote Paul Goldberger of 40 Fifth. The Rockefellers have left their mark on neighborhoods across...
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Morning Media Mix
(Illustration by Lauren Payne) Three is a trend: Salon coins a term for reporters and pundits who want to do the opposite of expose fraud and speak truth to power. Just call it the journalists against...
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Brooklyn Duo Arrested for Pirate Radio Station
(Flickr) The Fresh Kid is off the air. In a press release yesterday, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes announced the arrests of Seon Bruce, 40, and Solomon Malka, 51, for operating a pirate...
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Jamaica Bay Geese Removal Captured on Video
The Geese being rounded up (GoosewatchNYC) With all the excitement of the summer and everyone making plans for the 4th, it's unlikely that you will have noticed that some of the city's other residents,...
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How Will Wine-Soaked Women Resist Pinot Popcorn?
Sauvignon Blanc Kettle (Populence) Just one more reason for women to love wine! Earlier this week, Manhattan’s own gourmet popcorn purveyor, Populence, announced that they had joined forces with New...
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Flatbush Gentrification Watch: $9.99 Juice Cleanse Edition
"Kale University," you say, green bottle? Prospect Lefferts Gardens sure has come a long way! When we moved to the neighborhood last February, a few brands of kettle-cooked chips at the Yemeni guys'...
View Article‘Bagel Man’ Tops Bids for Empire State Building: Updated
Is the Empire State Building fated to become a bagel production factory? Probably not. But the latest in a string of offers to buy the building does come from Reuven Kahane – the same Reuven Kahane...
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