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eMedia Vitals Launches with Party At Social Bar

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eMedia Vitals is not your normal aggregation site. Instead, it lends its arms out to publishers and content producers as well. While most aggregators are content to just piggy-back on other people's content and get whatever pageviews or ad sales are to be found out there, eMedia working with them to create revenue for their product.

Last night, the new media company held a launch party at New York's social bar. Pictures after the jump.

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Party! Come Raise A Glass With A FishbowlNY Editor

116844321_b41634ff18.jpgIf all the recent layoff news has driven you to drink, then you're in luck.

Next Tuesday, mediabistro.com is throwing a cocktail party at Tribeca Cinemas hosted by yours truly, FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst. There will be $5 beer and wine, networking and a chance to commiserate, swap war stories, make new friends or just trade gossip.

Here are all the details:

When: Tuesday, November 10, 6:30 - 8:30pm

Where:
Tribeca Cinemas, Lower Lounge
54 Varick Street
at Laight Street
New York, NY

RSVP here

Hope to see you there.

(Photo via Flickr)

WNYC Throws A Gala To Thank NYT For Selling Classical Music Station

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Last night, New York public radio station WNYC threw a gala at Gotham Hall to celebrate its recent acquisition of New York's classical radio station WQXR and honor its former owner, The New York Times Co.

Hosted by Alec Baldwin, the evening featured performances by folksinger Judy Collins and opera diva Deborah Voigt. David Sanger, a New York Times correspondent and host of the "Washington Report" on WQXR -- and grandson of the station's founder Elliott Sanger -- presented the Times Co. with an award, accepted by Times publisher Arthur Sulzberger Jr., commemorating the company's stewardship of WQXR since 1944.

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Later, Baldwin announced that the winner of the evening's raffle would get a radio -- actually, an Internet radio tuned to WQXR. "The New York Times got a piece of glass, for the millions and millions of dollars they've coughed up," he said. "A piece of glass. The winner of the raffle gets a radio."

(Video and more pictures after the jump)

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Blogger-Penned This Is Why Your Fat Launches With Two Events

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Richard Blakeley and Nick McGlynn - Image via Random Night Out

Last night, media bar Destination (co-owned by Dan Maccarone of Hard Candy Shell, which has redesigned major media sites from Gawker to Eater) hosted a book release party for This Is Why You're Fat, a meme-to-book deal in the six figures co-written by Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley and Buzzfeed's Jessica Amason. The event was co-hosted by Obliterati, a monthly media party started by Nick McGlynn of Random Night Out after Blakeley discontinued his Media Meshing soirees last year.

Earlier in the day, Amason hosted a book release celebration of her own, asking dedicated foodies to travel between six food trucks around the city, order a special This Is Why You're Fat-inspired culinary creation and post pictures of themselves eating it to Twitter. The event, dubbed the "Eat N Tweet Challenge," kicked off at 11 a.m., and by the time we made our way to the Van Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream at 5th Ave and 23rd St. at 1 p.m., McGlynn had already claimed victory. His prize? A private party for 25 friends, catered by the food truck of his choice.

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Checking Out The "Pecs And Personalities" At Cosmo's Hottest Bachelor Party

We spent last night with a group of single men eager to take their shirts off.

No, it wasn't a Chippendales performance, but Cosmopolitan magazine's party to celebrate the hottest bachelors in the U.S. -- with one hottie representing each state.

"We look for pecs and personalities," Cosmo editor Kate White told us about the magazine's bachelor selection process, minutes after she had found herself surrounded by a parade of shirtless men. "It's also a good way for us to get into men's heads. It's sort of a petri dish of American men."

White spent the beginning of the evening standing on the end of a catwalk introducing the single men -- many of which decided to remove their shirts to show off well-toned pecs and six-pack abs. "What happens at the Cosmo bachelor party, stays at the Cosmo bachelor party," White said. Later, after forgetting to announce Illinois' bachelor, White said, "I hope you know I'm going to be fired in the morning for that."

In years past, the event has culminated with a selection of the hottest bachelor in the country, but White told us that due to the economy, all of the selected bachelors would be winners this year. From the buzz around the party (and our own opinions) Ohio bachelor Matt Smith would surely have won the crown had it been awarded this year. We also got a chance to talk to bachelors from Oregon, Wyoming, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Oklahoma representative Alain Le told us that while in New York he had tried to hit on Mary Louise Parker and Jane Krakowski at a bar, having no idea who they were. "They had to look themselves up on their iPhones to show me they were famous," he told us. Aw, so cute.

Above, you can watch our video from the night, including White's comments on the catwalk and the shirtless man parade. After the jump, more photos from the night.

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Celebrating One Year Of One Club/Adversity

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On Wednesday, we took a rare dip in the advertising world to check out the celebration commemorating the first anniversary of One Club/Aversity, a non-profit organization established to promote multiculturalism and diversity in creative media industries like advertising.

Founder Julius Dunn and members of the program's advisory board like David Prince, Singleton Beato of JWT, Sallie Mars of McCann Erickson and One Club's Tiffany Edwards made quick speeches paying tribute to the important initiative, then a DJ and Smirnoff drinks got everyone into a party mood.

More pictures after the jump

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Photographer Irving Penn Dies At 92

penn.jpgIrving Penn, an American photography icon known for his photographs of fashion and celebrities, died yesterday in New York at age 92.

Although Penn was best known for his work in Vogue, another Conde Nast magazine, The New Yorker published a portfolio of his work five years ago, which deserves another look today as we remember his talent and contribution to the field of fashion photography.

If more magazines continue to close, the art that Penn helped create might become a dying one.

Postscript: Irving Penn --The New Yorker

Irving Penn, Fashion Photographer, Is Dead At 92 --The New York Times

Party Bite: Eater Celebrates Relaunch

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Spotted Pig owner Ken Friedman and Lockhart Steele

Lockhart Steele hosted a private bash for friends and foodies on the third floor of The Spotted Pig Monday night to celebrate the relaunch of his Eater site. The attendees included Gawker crew new and old: Nick Denton, Neel Shah, Elizabeth Spiers, Foster Kamer and Andrew Krucoff.

There was also a turnout of restaurant owners such as David Chang of Momofuku, and publicist-cum-anecdotalist Sloane Crosley, Fashism founder Brooke Moreland, and FourSquare developers Dennis Crowley and Harry Heymann. Spotted Pig owner Ken Friedman was also on hand to man the festivities.

--by Drew Grant

Earlier: Food Blog Eater To Launch Redesign, Expansion

GQ Brings Its Signature Style to Saks

GQ party.jpgLast night, we dispatched the male contingent of the FishbowlNY team to what was, without a doubt, the premiere men's fashion destination of the evening (or even, dare we say, the week): GQ's Signature Style event at Saks Fifth Avenue.

The event, packed to the brim with hip and up-and-coming designers for in the men's fashion world, served multiple purposes: It served to direct some dollars toward the Hendrick-Martin institute, an organization that works with GLBTQ youth; it aimed to promote a few talented, young designers; and -- perhaps most importantly for our purposes -- it set out to connect the venerable Gentlemen's Quarterly to a compelling but sometimes elusive demographic.

"We want to connect with young people," the evening's host, GQ style editor Adam Rapoport, told us as the evening was getting underway. GQ is not content to be your older brother's bathroom reader, he explained (though not exactly in those words.)

"It's a great opportunity to promote these young designers and show that we have on eye on what's going on in this area of men's fashion," he added.

More from the event, including pictures, after the jump.

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Come Sip A Drink With Your FishbowlNY Editor

partytime.jpgNext Tuesday, come join FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst for an evening of drinks and mingling with fellow media professionals.

We'll be hosting a mediabistro.com cocktail party on October 6 at Onieals, the Soho bar that was the setting for the "Sex and the City" episode where Steve and Aidan open a bar. (Admit it, you totally know what we're talking about.)

There'll be drink specials and free food, and we won't even make you give us a $10 donation -- there will be no cover.

Here are all the details:

When:
Tuesday, October 6
6:30 - 8:30pm

Where:
Onieals
174 Grand Street
between Lafayette & Mulberry

RSVP here.

Hope to see you there.

Previously

Air America Media Celebrates New Web Site In Style

Atlantic Wire Launches With (Media) Star-Studded Fete

Playbill Celebrates 125 Years

Support The Avon Foundation At "Booze For Boobs" Next Week

Celebrating The Launch Of WNBC's New Local Lifestyle Show

Catching Up With The Guinea Pig Himself, A.J. Jacobs

Bushnell Talks "Broadroom" As New Webisodes Premiere

HP, Paper Magazine Party It Up At NYPL

Tweet To Win Tickets To FreeFest

Come Say "Ciao!" To Author Kristin Harmel

Saveur Takes Over Shake Shack To Celebrate Burger Issue

They May Be In Advertising But Everyone Loves A Party

Popped Collars Welcome: Party Celebrating "Mating Rituals of the North American WASP" Tomorrow

More Pictures From Flacks 'n Hacks

Hacks Defeat Flacks In Guitar Hero Showdown

Hacks Look To Smack Flacks At Guitar Hero Throwdown Monday

Come Party With Us

Employed And Unemployed Alike Swap Swag At ASSME Bash

Be There: Uranium-Themed Media Party Will Be A Blast!

Journalists, Celebs Swarm DC For WHCD Weekend

Thrillist Gets Wet, Goes to Dallas

Cupcakes, Drinks, and Books! Love, Mom

David Plotz's Book Party: Have You Read The Good Book Lately?

Obama Dines With Conservative Pundits, NYT White House Team Out in the Cold

Sacked Staffers, Shannen Doherty Pay Last Respects To Radar

Esquire's 75th Anniversary Gala, Or, Bill Clinton Does Evita

Dinner With Anderson? Almost Priceless

The WSJ's Odd, Odd Xmas Party

NYC Bloggers Throw A Cupcake Party

Radar's New Radicals Party

Media Christmas Parties! Get Yer Media Christmas Parties!

min Releases Top 21 Most Intriguing People List

The Atlantic's 150th: Don't Surprise Robert DeNiro At The Elevator

FBNY Field Trip: The New Yorker's Gallery Crawl

What Can Bring CNBC And Fox Biz Together? Award Ceremonies.

Party Roundup

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Your Weekend Party List

USA Today's Party Faux Pas

Hillraisers in The Hamptons

Torch-Passing, TVNewser Style

Webby Awards '07: Beasties, Bowie And Ball Jokes

Inside The Time 100 Party

Partying With The King

Meatpacking Protesters Annoy Christina Aguilera, Nylon Party

More Than We Needed: 'Did You Ever Hear of Chlymadia?'

Celeb Makeup Artist @ mb's Makeup Mixer: "No Phones Thrown at Me"

FishbowlNY @ Fashion Week: Marc Jacobs Afterparty

Onion Holiday Party: David Cross Brought His B-Material

Partying With Adrian Grenier And Live Midget Elves

Fortune's Andy Serwer: 'I'm Not a Big Vision Guy'

Hoping SuChin Pak Notices Our John McEnroe Hand-Me-Downs

Former Editor of Shape Launches Viv With Tea, 'Mavens'

Spy Puck Party: 'Freeze-Dried' Version Of Yore

Us Weekly's Min On Perez Hilton: 'This Is A Guy Who Draws Cocaine Sprinkles Falling Out Of Celebrities' Noses And Writes Things Like 'Sucks D*ck' On Pictures Of Celebs He Wants To Out'

SVU's Hargitay Goes Head-to-Head With The View's Hasselbeck: 'How Stupid — I Feel Sorry For Her'

Rockingest Scientologist Crashes Private Paste Party

Jane To Party Like A Virgin

Goldfrapp, Strokes, Kanye Come Together In The Name Of ... Cognac?

'Hottest Bachelors' Brave Cosmoklatsch

Radar Writer Crashes New York's Most Notorious Party Crasher's Party

Diane von Furstenberg To Fete Fellow Belgians

Truman Show: Culture & Travel Launch Party

Ex-Viacom CEO Freston Gets Huffy Over Crib Party Photos

TomSpace: Inside Ex-Viacom CEO Freston's Crib

Google Party At Hiro: No Good, But Plenty Of Ad Dudes

Video: Ex-Rocketboom Host Amanda Congdon Says LonelyGirl15 'A Brilliant Idea, But They Weren't Transparent'

Al Gore, Amanda Congdon Crash Good NYC Launch Party

Where To Find Fashion Week Debauchery

Native Penthouse Pet 'Interested In Meeting All Local Media Members'

Media Party Betting: No Money, Big Whammies

Video: Spiegelman Explains Soho House Scuffle

Near-Fight Breaks Out At Toby Young Book Party

Denton, Byrne Celebrate Long Tail In New York

Montel Williams Cries For Medicinal Marijuana

Rick Marin and Ilene Rosen Leave for LA

Inside the 2006 Ellies

Inside the Time 100 Party

Rolling Stone's 1000th Issue Bash: Jann, Eddie, Marilyn, Moby, Strokes

Gotham's Cover-Boy Party

The Matrix Awards: Media Revolutionaries

Creat/Ivity Before the Bash

Kelly Gang Party Pix

Fast Company's Fast 50 Party

A Super Excuse For A Party

Skin Deep Launch: Party, Pics and Plastic

2005: The Year In Random Unpublished Photos

Nerve Party Photos: Every bit as hot the following week

Esquire, Ethan Hawke and delicious little soups

Sweet, Sweet Jane: My Girl-Crush Will Go On

Let's do launch: Folio looks at kickoff parties

FishbowlNY Launch Party: It was a dark and stormy night...seriously.

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