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| SalesRants XX: The Acne Horse In sales, determination and grit outweigh shining personalities. Secret Sales Guy explains all. By Anonymous, November 16, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XIX: Luke, I Am Your Sales Guru Secret Sales Guy spells out how to cross over to media's dark side, with simple tips to mastering the art of selling. By Anonymous, November 8, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XVIII: Masters of Their Domain Name In the 90's, the media landscape was littered with modern-day robber barons trying to weld a ".com" onto everything they could. Our ad guy on the inside almost got snowed. Almost... By Anonymous, November 1, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XVII: The Boss's Idiot Son If you're a media company colleague who's a less-than-gifted scion, Secret Sales Guy's here to itemize your idiocy. By Anonymous, October 18, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XVI: Marrow Focus When a key client's table manners go out the window, Secret Sales Guy earns his stripes, one marbled hunk of ribeye at a time. By Anonymous, October 4, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XV: Death of a Salesman Greater than the profit from the machines he sold, a patriarch shows Secret Sales Guy there's more to life than the hustle By Anonymous, September 13, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XIV: Pigeon Feed Irritating to Secret Sales Guy as their park-dwelling counterparts, 'pigeons' are those companies that gorge on every consultant's pile of feed. By Anonymous, August 30, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XIII: Between a Rock and a Sales Guy Put down your corporate handbook and call in sick to the next training: Secret Sales Guy tackles the stickiest sales scenarios. By Anonymous, August 23, 2006 |
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| HRQs: Community Connect, Inc. Powering ethnic social networking Web sites, this company prizes diversity and seeks hires to further its team efforts. By Rebecca L. Fox, August 22, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XII: Ask Secret Sales Guy Flipping the script, Secret Sales Guy tackles your thorniest questions while managing to uphold the high standards of his patented no-bullsh*t policy. By Anonymous, August 16, 2006 |
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| SalesRants XI: In Memoriam: The Three-Martini Lunch Now extinct in our politically correct era, the business lunch was once a leisurely affair rife with cocktail-fueled male bonding. Secret Sales Guy takes us on a tipsy stroll down Memory Lane. By Anonymous, August 9, 2006 |
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| SalesRants X: The Hardest Sell of Them All While our author's no angel himself, reps who rely on come-ons to land accounts are an unfortunate part of Secret Sales Guy's world. By Anonymous, August 2, 2006 |
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| SalesRants IX: CrockBerry Secret Sales Guy's got a serious bone to pick with media folks who always keep their mobile devices strapped on and buzzing. By Anonymous, July 26, 2006 |
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| SalesRants VIII: Stage One=Denial Secret Sales Guy could teach Kubler-Ross a few things about dealing with loss after a major deal goes south By Anonymous, July 17, 2006 |
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| SalesRants VII: Doing the Devil's Work Embittered. Jaded. Sick of it all. Like Eskimos and snow, Secret Sales Guy has no shortage of terms conveying how he feels about his job. By Anonymous, July 12, 2006 |
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| SalesRants VI: Big Media on the Block Recent sales of B2B publishers means Big Media Company might be the next one on the block. Secret Sales Guy contemplates takeovers, hostile and otherwise. By Anonymous, July 5, 2006 |
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| SalesRants V: The 2.5 Percent Solution Confession Alert: Once upon a time, our adman on the inside was—gasp!—an editor. He comes clean on why he switched teams. By Anonymous, June 28, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: A Death in Belmont By Sebastian Junger, June 27, 2006 |
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| SalesRants IV: Quid Pro Quo Three days spent on a report that winds up in the trash? No sweat, so long as our secret salesman gets to watch that sexual harassment video on a continuous loop. By Anonymous, June 21, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: Crime Beat: A Decade of Covering Cops and Killers By Michael Connelly, June 19, 2006 |
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| SalesRants III: Big Man, Small Ball What makes Rod, the World's Most Amiable Sales Director, run? By Anonymous, June 14, 2006 |
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| SalesRants II: Glanda the Bad Witch Our ad man on the inside divulges how the magazine sales world turns By Anonymous, June 5, 2006 |
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| SalesRants I: The Pretty Proposal An undercover magazine ad exec reveals what it takes to get that all-important commission and quarterly bonus By Anonymous, May 31, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: Television Disrupted The Transition From Network TV to Networked TV By Shelly Palmer, May 1, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: Get a Freelance Life mediabistro.com's Insider Guide to Freelance Writing By Margit Feury Ragland, April 25, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: Grammar Snobs are Great Big Meanies A Guide to Language for Fun and Spite By June Casagrande, March 29, 2006 |
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| HR Qs: Forbes.com A one-woman HR department streamlines the hiring process, so long as you follow directions By Aileen Gallagher, March 28, 2006 |
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| Lead Time: June Editorial Calendar Your guide to what to pitch, and when March 16, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: The Intern Files How to get, keep, and make the most of your internship By Jamie Fedorko, February 27, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: Through Their Eyes Foreign correspondents in the United States By Stephen Hess, February 22, 2006 |
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| Lead Time: May Editorial Calendar Your guide to what to pitch, and when February 6, 2006 |
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| Excerpt: Journalistas 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists By Eleanor Mills with Kira Cochrane, January 23, 2006 |
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| Lead Time: April Editorial Calendar Your guide to what to pitch, and when January 9, 2006 |
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| HR Qs: VNU The media giant will unveil a new, streamlined recruiting system in 2006 By Keith R. Hernandez, December 21, 2005 |
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| Excerpt: The Gang That Wouldn't Write Straight Wolfe, Thompson, Didion, and the New Journalism Revolution By Marc Weingarten, December 7, 2005 |
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| Lead Time: March Editorial Calendar Your guide to what to pitch, and when December 6, 2005 |
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| Excerpt: Athur Plotnik's Spunk & Bite A writer's guide to punchier, more engaging language and style By Arthur Plotnik, November 16, 2005 |
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| Lead Time: February Editorial Calendar November 1, 2005 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers sound off on Times Select, Tim Russert, and Walmart-driven media consumption October 12, 2005 |
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| HR Qs: NYC Media Group New York City has a radio station, five cable channels, and a broadcast channel. There's plenty of work to be done. By Molly Simms, September 29, 2005 |
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| The Aftermath of TimesSelect: Our Completely Unscientific Survey General reader reaction to the Times' new subscription service: two thumbs down. Three, if we had another to spare. PLUS: Take our informal poll. September 28, 2005 |
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| HR Qs: Google Google, the dot-com that could, definitely looks at your CV. They also probably, you know, Google you. By Molly Simms, September 13, 2005 |
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| HR Qs: Vibe/Spin Ventures Breaking in means knowing how to mix passion with professionalism. By Jill Singer, April 27, 2005 |
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| HR Qs: Ziff Davis Media An HR manager at Ziff Davis, home to the preeminent tech, IT, and gaming books, shares valuable secrets about what it takes to break in. Note to sales personnel: This company could be looking for you. By Jill Singer, March 30, 2005 |
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| Letters to the Editor: Hopefully (Not) Redux More usage and grammar nightmares March 28, 2005 |
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| HR Qs: HarperCollins Publishers Understanding the company's trademark blend of the traditional (it's home to Dickens, Harper Lee, Mark Twain and more) and the unconventional (it's the publishing arm of Rupe's media empire) is key to breaking in By Jill Singer, February 23, 2005 |
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| New Launch Review: The Desk Alexis Swerdloff reviews Tyler Brûlé's new BBC talk show By Alexis Swerdloff, February 23, 2005 |
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| Letter from the Editor: Relaunch! A preview of what we've got in store for mediabistro 4.0. January 26, 2005 |
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| Column TK: New Jobs, Old Friends and Amanda Tree The Absplainicist on job announcement etiquette and too-familiar sourcing January 10, 2005 |
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| Letters to the Editor (And one letter from the editor...) January 5, 2005 |
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| While You Were Away, Pt. II A month-by-month chronicle of the year in media, continued December 27, 2004 |
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| While You Were Away A month-by-month chronicle of the year in media December 15, 2004 |
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| The Year in Review: 2004 A look back at this year's developments in media, from the reassuring to the patently ridiculous. December 13, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers weigh in on Paid Content Week, William Georgiades's essays, and the James Rarus's "Citizen Media Critic" piece December 7, 2004 |
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| ColumnTK: NPR, Purple States and Referrals The Absplainicist is back with answers to your (slightly) pressing questions December 6, 2004 |
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| HR Qs: Hearst Corporation From Esquire to CosmoGIRL!, there's something for everyone at this major mag conglomerate. By Jill Singer, November 24, 2004 |
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| ColumnTK: The Absplainicist Absplains Everything This week's topics: Casseroles-of-dubious origins, taping interviews and moving up November 24, 2004 |
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| Citizen Media Critic: Past Lives and Deja Vu Something about The New York Times Magazine's "Lives" column seems familiar...too familiar. By James Rarus, November 22, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Fork It Over Alan Richman, GQ's longtime food critic, shares the secrets of a professional eater. By Alan Richman, November 19, 2004 |
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| ColumnTK: Copyediting and Cartoons Introducing mediabistro's new all-purpose advice column. November 18, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The Record of the Paper The authors of this new investigative book argue that The New York Times' coverage of foreign affairs was dismal even before the Judith Miller WMD debacle. Here, a dissection the paper's Abu Ghraib treatment. By Howard Friel and Richard Falk, November 12, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Hardly Working In this guide to overachieving and underperforming in the office, Chris Morran explains what kind of assistant can help you do as little as possible. By Chris Morran, November 5, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Food Court Druids In our quick hit and Q&A, Hipster Handbook author Robert Lanham turns his eye to all the "other creatures unique to the Republic." By Robert Lanham with Jill Singer, October 29, 2004 |
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| Getting It Write For this writer, freelancing is no solo career. By Kristen Kemp, October 27, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: America (The Book) The most trusted name in fake news faithfully delivers the most gleefully twisted look at America in recent history. October 22, 2004 |
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| HR Qs: Random House, Inc. Do you dream of working at a house that has published everyone from John Updike to Bill Clinton? Here's how to break into the largest adult trade publisher in the world. By Jill Singer, October 20, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Media Monoliths In his new book on how to breed a successful brand, British journalist Mark Tungate dissects 20 brands from MTV to The Economist and finds they all have seven common keys to survival. By Mark Tungate, October 15, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on the vagaries of the freelance life and more. October 15, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Just Enough Liebling In a piece from the new collection of classic work by the legendary New Yorker writer, the author recounts his first, fumbling attempts at a career in journalism. By A.J. Liebling, October 8, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The Fall of Baghdad New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson's eyewitness account of the war in Iraq details when the walls of Abu Ghraib came down. By Jon Lee Anderson, October 1, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The Know-It-All In which A.J. Jacobs, an Esquire editor, sets out to become the smartest person in the world by reading the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica, from A-Z. Here, one of our favorite sections from the Ms. By A.J. Jacobs, September 24, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers give high marks to our outspoken intern, poor marks to employers who don't pay well, and dubious achievement to the worst pilot ever—Cop Rock, natch. September 24, 2004 |
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| Getting It Write With per-word rates shrinking and salaries sinking, our freelancer rethinks how she measures success. By Kristen Kemp, September 22, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Lying Together: My Russian Affair In her new memoir, Emmy-winning television producer Jennifer Cohen optimistically recalls quitting her job, flying to Russia, and falling in love with a college crush. On the first day of her new job, things start falling apart. September 17, 2004 |
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| HR Qs: American Express Publishing Breaking into the high-end publishing arm of the high-end financial services company. By Jill Singer, September 15, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Freedom Fries Steve Brodner, one of the country's most scathing political cartoonists, puts out a collection of his caricatures and satirical drawings. By Steve Brodner, September 10, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Lads In his new memoir, former Maxim editor Dave Itzkoff recalls the frenzied, iniquitous life of a lad mag. By Dave Itzkoff, September 3, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers, both envious and gracious, sound off on this week's content. September 3, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The New Media Monopoly In the seventh edition of his now-classic critique of media consolidation, the author looks both back and ahead at the power of the media to effect political change. By Ben H. Bagdikian, August 27, 2004 |
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| Getting It Write Raindrops keep falling on our freelancer's head—but that doesn't mean her eyes will soon be turning red. By Kristen Kemp, August 25, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Lots of letters on Bruce Apar's grammar, plus a few on the President's spin. August 20, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Free Matt Cooper! We're putting the mb poll on hiatus, but, before we go: There's overwhelming support for the Time reporter's decision to face jail time rather than reveal his source. August 19, 2004 |
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| HR Qs: Reed Business Information How to break into the publisher of media's most high-profile trades. By Jill Singer, August 18, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Polling Matters The editor-in-chief of The Gallup Poll explains why people need opinion polls. By Frank Newport, August 13, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Shopping! Shopping mags might just be a fad, but the line between editorial and advertorial grows ever murkier. August 12, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: All the President's Spin In the introduction to their new book, the editors of Spinsanity.com set out to expose the Bush Administration's tactics of media manipulation. By Ben Fritz, Bryan Keefer, and Brendan Nyhan, August 6, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers sound off on Kristen Kemp, political cartoons, and Fox News. August 6, 2004 |
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| Survey Says Didja hear? Apparently there were bloggers at the Democratic National Convention. August 5, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: 'Fact Checker's Delight,' from The Reluctant Metrosexual In a humor essay from his new collection, Peter Hyman reflects on his mid-'90s stint as a Vanity Fair fact checker. By Peter Hyman, July 30, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Outsourcing Business 2.0 proved it could outsource editorial for its current issue. Could your job be next? July 29, 2004 |
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| Getting It Write Can a freelance career survive a misdirected email that burns a bridge with an editor—and an entire magazine? By Kristen Kemp, July 28, 2004 |
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| Found Media: The Boston Globe's Ferris Wheel A snapshot from the Globe's party for media folks at the Democratic National Convention. July 26, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Attack of the Political Cartoonists A new collection pays homage to 150 editorial cartoonists from across the political spectrum. July 23, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Outfoxed Robert Greenwald's documentary divided readers, but not along the party lines you might expect. July 22, 2004 |
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| HR Qs: Playboy Enterprises What's the secret to getting a job with Playboy? By Jill Singer, July 21, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on recent provocateurs: Jim DeRogatis, Michael Moore, Dr. Phil, and more. July 16, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Who Picked Gephardt? After the infamous Kerry-picks-Gephardt "exclusive," not so much love for the New York Post. July 15, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid White Man People nationwide might be lining up for Fahrenheit 9/11, but two writers are dedicated to exposing what they see as Michael Moore's manipulation, spin, and grandstanding. By David T. Hardy and Jason Clarke, July 9, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Fahrenheit 9/11 Surprisingly—or maybe not so much—mb readers don't have a clear, strong opinion on Michael Moore's anti-Bush film. July 8, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Homeland A Pulitzer-winning writer-photographer pair set out to examine Homeland America in the post-9/11 era. By Dale Maharidge and Michael Williamson, July 2, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on Kristen Kemp, David Brooks, and hot editors. July 2, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Reading My Life? Surprise, surprise: Readers either hate Bill Clinton or love him. July 1, 2004 |
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| HR Qs: The Penguin Group Our new monthly series takes you inside major media companies' human-resources departments. By Jill Singer, June 30, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Obliviously On He Sails New Yorker humorist and best-selling author Calvin Trillin writes a weekly news-based poem for The Nation. Here's a sample from his latest collection. By Calvin Trillin, June 25, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: O.J.'s Media Legacy? On the tenth anniversary of the low-speed police chase, what do mb readers think is the lasting legacy of all the O.J.-trial press coverage? June 24, 2004 |
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| Getting It Write Our freelancer wonders: To get a job, or not to get one? By Kristen Kemp, June 23, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on hot editors, closeted authors, and unmotivated freelancers, among other things. June 18, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Too Much Reagan? Poll respondents either think Reagan was "a vacuous ideologue" or the greatest thing since sliced bread. June 17, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The Sound on the Page In the introduction to his new book on style and voice, author, critic, and University of Delaware professor Ben Yagoda argues that what writers say is not always as important as how they say it. By Ben Yagoda, June 11, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: Judith Miller? Even after all the criticisms, mb readers still don't think New York Times WMD reporter Judith Miller has been reprimanded enough. June 10, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Google: The Missing Manual Every journalist knows how helpful Google can be. But a new guide teaches some even more useful tricks to using the search engine. By Sarah Milstein and Rael Dornfest, June 4, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on sales pitches, the liberal media, freelancers, and rookies. June 4, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: What Happened to Graydongate? Turns out, no one expects much from Vanity Fair in the first place. June 3, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Stand Up Fight Back In his new book, Washington Post columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. examines why today's political environment is the bitterest he's ever seen—and, in this excerpt, deconstructs the myth of the liberal media. May 28, 2004 |
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| Survey Says: What happened on Meet the Press? In our first poll of mb users, we see that media people's characteristic dislike for publicists outweighs media people's allegedly characteristic distrust of Republicans. May 27, 2004 |
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| Getting It Write Michele Scherer returns—using her real name!—and wonders if she's just wasting her freelance days away. By Kristen Kemp, May 26, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The Origin of Brands A father-and-daughter team of marketing experts argue that great brands, like successful species, simply evolve from existing ones. Here, the rules of nature are applied to launching those brands. By Al & Laura Ries, May 21, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Mortification In a new collection, 50 writers tell tales of their public humiliation. Here, bestselling novelist Margaret Atwood shares three of hers. By Margaret Atwood, May 14, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on salaries, temp jobs, The Source, and other things. May 14, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Exception to the Rulers In her new book, Amy Goodman, the lefty host of public radio's Democracy Now!, exposes "oily politicians, war profiteers, and the media that love them." By Amy Goodman with David Goodman, May 7, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The Other Side of the Story Bestselling author Marian Keyes sets this summer's great beach read in the world of London publishing. By Marian Keyes, April 30, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on Ellies, Iraqis, Pulitzers, and more. April 30, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Things Worth Fighting For Writer, reporter, and editor Michael Kelly was the first journalist embedded with U.S. troops to be killed in last year's Iraq war. In a Manhattan bookstore Monday night, notables like Dan Rather, Tina Brown, and Kelly's young son read from a new collection of his work. From that book, here's "Rolls-Royce Revolutionaries," one of the three New Republic articles from the first Gulf War that won a National Magazine Award in 1992. By Michael Kelly, April 23, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: This is a Bad Time For New Yorker cartoonist Bruce Eric Kaplan, his drawings—often about the angst of the creative process—double as his private journal. By Bruce Eric Kaplan, April 16, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on "pukey mags," punctuation peccadilloes, and Pulitzers. April 16, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Eats, Shoots & Leaves This appreciation of punctuation—of all things—became a runaway bestseller in the author's native England and is reaching U.S. bookstores this month. Why would someone bother to write such a book? By Lynne Truss, April 9, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: A Fist in the Hornet's Nest While most journalists during the Iraq war embedded with U.S. troops, Richard Engel forged his own path, working as a freelancer for ABC News. A new book vividly details his experience inside the action in the Middle East before, during, and after the war. By Richard Engel, April 2, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editors Readers on Jayson Blair's Diamondback, Susan Patton's career advice, and Myrna Blyth's Spin Sisters. April 2, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Attacks on the Press in 2003 In the preface to this year's unfortunately bloody edition of the Committee to Protect Journalists' annual report on crimes against journalists—the death toll in 2003 was 36, up from 19 in 2002—the Nightline anchor talks about the many modes of media survival. By Ted Koppel, March 19, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers have lots to say about recruiters, and also about Jayson Blair, Tina Brown, and a walk to Vermont. March 19, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Spin Sisters A longtime women's-mag editor argues that powerful women in the media business use their positions to sell American women unhappiness and liberalism. By Myrna Blyth, March 12, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Walking to Vermont On the last day of his distinguished career, ex-New York Times foreign correspondent Christopher Wren left his Manhattan office and walked 400 miles to his home in Vermont. A new book traces his oddball journey into retirement. By Christopher S. Wren, March 5, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: So 5 Minutes Ago In a Hollywood journalist's first novel, our heroine Alex Davidson fights her way through the down-and-dirty world of movie-biz publicity. By Hilary de Vries, February 20, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on Googling, flacking, and editing their own work. February 20, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: The Savvy Author's Guide to Book Publicity In her new book, a successful book publicist explains how to get attention for your own opus. By Lissa Warren, February 13, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Love Monkey A People magazine editor writes his first novel, the tale of a callow New York tabloid hack who falls in love with his bookish coworker. By Kyle Smith, February 6, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers spout off on Gavin McNett, Lingua Franca, and lots of other stuff. February 6, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Miss Media Lynn Harris, the Breakupgirl.net co-founder who brought her site to Oxygen and then fought a battle to get it back, writes her first novel--a comic look at a woman who brings her relationships website to a new, girl-power media company only to find herself up against powers greater than even incompetence. By Lynn Harris, January 23, 2004 |
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| Letters to the Editor Our readers weigh in on Cullen Murphy, Ken Auletta, and being ready for that dreaded call from the boss. January 23, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Fools Rush In Nina Munk's fascinating new book looks at the many reasons why the AOL-Time Warner merger failed so spectacularly. One reason: Jerry Levin never bothered to get his division heads on board. By Nina Munk, January 16, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Career Comeback You know to visit mb when you're looking for a new job in the media business. But it's hard to get ready to look when you're out of a job unexpectedly. Here are some tips to prepare yourself in advance, excerpted from a new career-help book. By Bradley G. Richardson, January 9, 2004 |
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| Excerpt: Herd on the Street The Wall Street Journal recently published a very funny collection of stories about animals from the newspaper's pages. Here's one appropriate for the season, originally published November 28, 1997, under the headline, "The Sad Day Casper, A Friendly Reindeer, Tried to Kill Santa." By Robert Berner, December 19, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor mb readers on Austin, Texas, Amazon.com, and PR. December 12, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor mb readers on Amazon stalkers, Bernard Goldberg, and more. November 26, 2003 |
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| Ask mb How can I make the editing process go smoothly? By Celeste Mitchell, November 21, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Arrogance Two years ago, Bernard Goldberg made headlines with his insider's account of what he saw as pervasive liberal bias in the national media. Now he's back with a plan for how the media should fix themselves. By Bernard Goldberg, November 14, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on travel writing, interviewing, Stephen Glass, and the depths of the Dark Side. November 14, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Autumn of the Moguls In this quick hit from his new book, New York magazine media critic Michael Wolff lays out his 368-page-long quest. By Michael Wolff, November 7, 2003 |
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| From the Dark Side Why freelance writers make PR people nervous—and how they can overcome it. By Loren Pomerantz, November 6, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on boxing, pseudonyms, reading, and Doonesbury, among other things. October 31, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: So Many Books, So Little Time After 20 years of writing about books, a New York reporter, writer, and critic writes one of her own—about reading. By Sara Nelson, October 24, 2003 |
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| Ask mb How do I get my pitch letters read? By Celeste Mitchell, October 24, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor October 17, 2003 |
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| Ask mb What should I do when a prospective employer wants to know my salary history? By Celeste Mitchell, October 10, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor mb readers on publicists, writers' conferences, and Tucker Carlson. October 3, 2003 |
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| From the Dark Side Our PR pro is back, this time to explain how much she wants to know about you. By Loren Pomerantz, October 2, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Politicians, Partisans, and Parasites In CNN host Tucker Carlson's new memoir, he reveals the strange secrets of what goes on just off camera. By Tucker Carlson, September 26, 2003 |
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| Ask mb Some tips for getting employers to respond to your online job applications. By Celeste Mitchell, September 26, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Embedded In this new collection of war reporters' Iraq stories, Newsweek's Scott Johnson recounts his harrowing tale of getting on the wrong side of the front lines. By Bill Katovsky and Timothy Carlson, September 19, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Sex and the City, sex on the web, and other mb content worth discussing. September 19, 2003 |
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| Ask mb How can a freelancer meet editors when she doesn't live in New York? By Celeste Mitchell, September 12, 2003 |
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| Media Bites The 70th Anniversary Issue of Esquire, Robert Birnbaum's interviews on Identitytheory.com September 11, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers' comments on Quarksmiths, jealousy, fraudulent journalism, and more. September 5, 2003 |
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| Ask mb What makes a good story? By Celeste Mitchell, August 29, 2003 |
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| Media Bites Harper's 'Weekly Review,' the Land-Grant College Review, and the lesser-knowns of BBC America, all on our à la carte menu of things worth adding to your media diet. August 27, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers' thoughts on hippos, Dockers, and Prada. August 22, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on Spy, Radar, Dwell, and Saroyans August 8, 2003 |
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| From the Dark Side Our publicity expert returns, with information on guest lists, fancy shoes, and how she learns all about you. By Loren Pomerantz, August 7, 2003 |
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| Ask mb: On and Off the Record It can be confusing: What are the rules about on and off the record? By Celeste Mitchell, August 1, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Girl Walks into a Bar A quick hit from the hot new memoir (by, yes, his granddaughter) of being young, single, and in the theoretically fabulous world of New York publishing. By Strawberry Saroyan, July 25, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers on overqualification, publicists, jacks-of-all-trades. July 25, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor mb readers on Joe Bob Briggs, The Dark Side, boring gays, and anonymous editors. July 11, 2003 |
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| From the Dark Side Public-relations exec Loren Pomerantz gives the view from the other side of the clipboard. By Loren Pomerantz, July 3, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor mb readers on blogs, nations, George Orwell, and Howie Kurtz, among other things. June 27, 2003 |
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| Media Bites: 'Adult Swim,' Six Billion, and Everyday Food An à la carte selection of recommendations for your media diet. June 26, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: A New Foreword to 1984 On George Orwell's 100th birthday, a selection from Thomas Pynchon's essay for a new edition of 1984. By Thomas Pynchon, June 25, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review John Ashcroft, Jessica Lynch, various Spikes, and the future of The New York Times. By David S. Hirschman, June 23, 2003 |
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| Ask mb: I Want to Be a Corporate Writer! You keep hearing "corporate writing" is such a great gig. But what is it, exactly, and how do you get in on it? By Celeste Mitchell, June 20, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review Times it was, and what a Times it was. By David S. Hirschman, June 16, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers' comments on Meghan Daum, Charles Paikert, Rick Bragg, and Guffman. June 13, 2003 |
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| Media Bites: Grand Street, Partyka, and Ready Made In the first installment of a new column, we offer an à la carte selection of things you might want in your media diet. June 12, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review Howell, we hardly knew ye, and other resignations in last week's media news. By David S. Hirschman, June 9, 2003 |
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| Ask mb: What the TK? Confused by wacky mag-world jargon? From the lede to the kicker, with a nut graf in between, here's mb's handy glossary. By Celeste Mitchell, June 6, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review In last week's media news, scandal continues to grow at the post-Blair Times. Plus media consolidation and printshop stock tips. By David S. Hirschman, June 2, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: The Quality of Life Report In this first novel from the prolific freelancer who, famously, packed up and moved from New York to the Midwest, a frustrated New York journalist packs up and moves to the Midwest By Meghan Daum, May 30, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers' comments on Jayson Blair, Michelle Sherer, and working in retail. May 30, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review Nearly all Blair, nearly all the time. By David S. Hirschman, May 27, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Roone In his posthumous memoir, the former president of ABC Sports and ABC News recalls the tragic 1972 day when Palestinian terrorists took the Israeli Olympic team hostage. By Roone Arledge, May 23, 2003 |
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| Ask mb I can't get an assignment without clips, but I can't get clips without an assignment, so...? By Celeste Mitchell, May 23, 2003 |
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| Getting It Write Is Michelle just a wimp? By Michelle Sherer, May 21, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review Last week's news about the news was dominated by Jayson Blair, with a little Stephen Glass thrown in for variety. Plus: Iran, Iraq, Ted Turner, and an enormous expense account. By David S. Hirschman, May 19, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Karaoke Nation Steve Fishman's book tells of his year as an internet entrepreneur. Here's the moment when the magazine writer decided to become a businessman. By Steve Fishman, May 16, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Readers' comments on Jayson Blair, William McGowan, Bryan Monroe, Stephen Colbert, and Michelle Sherer. May 16, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review Catch up on last week's news about the news. By David S. Hirschman, May 12, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: The Odd Todd Handbook The online spokesman for a laidoff media generation takes his shtick to the bookstore. May 9, 2003 |
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| Ask mb: What Should I Wear? With help from a top media hiring exec, our advice columnist tells you what to wear when you go on a job interview. By Celeste Mitchell, May 9, 2003 |
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| Getting It Write Our girl Michelle scales back her too-intense relationship—with email. By Michelle Sherer, May 7, 2003 |
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| The Media Week in Review Didn't catch all of last week's media coverage? Check out mb's new weekly roundup to see what you missed. By David S. Hirschman, May 5, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: The Making of Toro When Mark Sundeen's ill-conceived book on bullfighting was rejected by the publisher that had unwisely commissioned it, he instead turned his experience into a hilarious making-of story. By Mark Sundeen, May 2, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor In the second installment, letters on Keith Olbermann and Michelle Sherer. May 2, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Media Wars 'News Dissector' Danny Schechter examines media coverage of the war on terror. By Danny Schechter, April 25, 2003 |
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| Ask mb: Becoming an Expert Tired of getting lost in the pack as the writer who covers everything? Celeste Mitchell lists 10 proven strategies for turning yourself into every editor's go-to girl (or guy). By Celeste Mitchell, April 25, 2003 |
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| Getting It Write Our Michelle gets by with a little help from her friends. By Michelle Sherer, April 23, 2003 |
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| Letters to the Editor Our debut biweekly letters column, with reactions to Michelle Sherer, Lizzie Skurnick, and Prada-Wearing Devils April 18, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: The House on Beartown Road In her new memoir, a smalltown reporter and columnist tells of balancing suddenly single motherhood, care for her aging father, and her newspaper career. By Elizabeth Cohen, April 18, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: The Devil Wears Prada On the day Lauren Weisberger's book hits stores, mediabistro.com excerpts the mag-world roman à clef everyone's talking about. By Lauren Weisberger, April 15, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Attacks on the Press in 2002 Serge Schmemann, an accomplished New York Times foreign correspondent now on the paper's editorial board, writes about the importance of press freedom in the preface to Attacks on the Press in 2002. By Serge Schmemann, April 11, 2003 |
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| Getting It Write Our freelancer gives up the bottle, if not all her bad habits. By Michelle Sherer, April 9, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: Full Frontal PR The new book from powerhouse PR exec Richard Laermer teaches how to get people to pay attention to your product. Here he shares his 27 Commandments for PR professionals. By Richard Laermer, April 4, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: The War of Art Internationally bestselling author Steven Pressfield on how to overcome resistance and get moving on your masterpiece. By Steven Pressfield, April 2, 2003 |
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| Excerpt: In Full Bloom Caroline Hwang's debut novel sets a mother-daughter battle amid the chaos and politics of a glossy fashion mag. By Caroline Hwang, March 28, 2003 |
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| Getting It Write Freelancers always bitch and moan about their work (or lack thereof). But this one finally does something about it. By Michelle Sherer, March 26, 2003 |
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| Getting It Write Where is a broke freelancer supposed to live? Self-employment leaves our Michelle scrambling for decent digs. By Michelle Sherer, March 12, 2003 |
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| Hunting a Tiger In Africa, by Ernest Hemingway A literary parody from a J.B. Miller's new collection, The Satanic Nurses. By J.B. Miller, March 11, 2003 |
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| Getting It Write Freelancer Michelle Sherer faces a dry spell, financially and otherwise. February 26, 2003 |
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| Getting it Write Michelle wonders whether to go to war with an evil editor. February 12, 2003 |
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| Bitch Box: The Enfants Terribles of Publishing Where did all the good interns go? February 5, 2003 |
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