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The Rupert Murdoch Twitter Experience continues. He has bored us, he has surprised us, and now — like any Twitter veteran does at least once — he has vowed revenge against his many enemies. Let’s breakdown Murdoch’s mini rant, which began last night.
A strong start. When making threats on social networks it’s wise to be vague. If you tweet “I’m gonna punch [insert hater's name here] in the face tomorrow! #PunchingTime #YeahBoyyyyy” the cops might show up and ruin everything.
Joe Posnanski is leaving Sports Illustrated for a recently announced joint digital venture between USA Today and MLB. Posnanski had been with SI since 2009, and prior to that he was a writer for The Kansas City Star for 13 years.
The Big Lead reports that Posnanski hasn’t sorted out his exact departure date with SI yet, and he’s unsure what his exact role at the new venture will be.
It’s almost the weekend, and you’ve been invited to your roommate’s band’s show tonight. If the cheap beer isn’t a good enough incentive, maybe a byline at the Village Voice is.
As the most open section of the Voice, the music section is vibing for offbeat culture stories with a humorous yet hard-hitting tone. Music editor Maura Johnston wants to know what is happening around New York: an artist with an interesting backstory and NYC ties who’s releasing an album, a micro-scene coalescing, and so on.
For more on word count and editor contact info, check out How To Pitch: Village Voice.
Sorry to start your Friday out like this, but we’ve got to tell you: The rich do, in fact, get richer. Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs executive who quit with a hilarious New York Times Op-Ed, is getting $1.5 million to write a memoir.
On Wednesday we heard that the deal was going to be about $1 million (which is absurd enough), but The New York Post reports that Hachette Book Group has agreed to pay a $1.5 advance to Smith.
Oh, and get this: that payday is about triple his old annual salary at Goldman Sachs.
USA! USA! USA!
The staffers of Maxim has been hit by some layoffs that were deemed “corporate restructuring.” TechCrunch reports that six staffers — including Senior Editor Seth Porges — were cut in the morning:
We’ve confirmed that many employees were suddenly laid off this morning in what management called a “corporate restructuring”. Departments that were reaped include editorial, web, and photo… We originally published told us about half of Maxim team was laid off but we’ve now confirmed it the cuts were confined to the web, editorial, and photo teams.
Maxim only employed about 13 full time staffers, so that is one hell of a “restructuring.”
TVSpy: George Zimmerman wasn’t arrested for killing Trayvon Martin, but Sanford city police are saying that they won’t hesitate to arrest reporters who are covering the case. Well done, America.
In this episode of “Cubes,” we tour the offices of XO Group Inc., the media company best known for every bride-to-be’s favorite site, The Knot.
The XO Group’s brand-new space in lower Manhattan boasts a fashion runway, a bar with a kegerator, a giant projection screen for playing Xbox Kinect, and a staircase inspired by the ones found in Apple stores. Oh, and it has really good feng shui.
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