Here’s a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week.

1. Fallout from ESPN-FM Deal: Syndicated Tom Joyner (left) and Michael Baisden Fight Back Without KISS, New York Outlet, May 1
2. New York Wins ASME ‘Best Cover’ of 2011 Award, May 3
3. Time Inc. Experiences a Rough First Quarter, May 2
4. Sports Illustrated Dedicates Issue to Title IX, May 2
5. Jacob Ward Promoted to EIC of Popular Science, May 1
6. New York Daily News Hires Web Editor, May 2

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Here’s a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week.

1. The Retro PIX Game Makes Appearance in Morning News (left), February 28
2. Conde Nast Creates New Marketing Role, February 24
3. Pinterest Drives Traffic to Women’s Mags, February 27
4. Don’t Mess with the Daily’s Twitter Policy, February 28
5. Email Proves Some Patch Layoffs Might Be Good, March 1
6. New York is Giving Away Subscriptions, February 27
7. The New York Times Launches Tumblr for Old Photos, February 28
8. Rich People Get Another Magazine, February 27
9. Fox Wins February Sweeps Early and Late, March 1
10. Veteran Consumer Reporter Asa Aarons Joins WCBS/Channel 2, February 28

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For those design enthusiasts out there, New York magazine is launching a stand-alone home design magazine that will debut in May.

Billed as both “aspirational and practical,” New York Design Hunting will be an annual publication edited by design editor Wendy Goodman.  

It will combine features, service journalism, listings, and photography and is aiming to build on the popularity of Goodman’s weekly online ‘Design Hunting’ feature, email newsletter, and social media pages.

Goodman has been overseeing the magazine’s design coverage since 1997 (with one brief interlude), and is responsible for New York’s twice-annual design issues and regular “Great Room” features.

New York Design Hunting will join New York’s Weddings franchise, a semi-annual magazine and annual event.

Breaking into the literary dream that is New York magazine means you’ve got to offer something new, an interesting angle or exclusive access into a little-known subcultural scene in the city (or anywhere else in the world).

“A freelance pitch that provides unusual insight and access into a slightly more hidden world or scene has a better chance of becoming a story here,” said editorial director Jared Hohlt in How To Pitch: New York. ”Features that trend to get approved are narrative-focused and designed to engage the reader in good old fashioned storytelling.”

David Haskell, the magazine’s feature editor, agrees — but he needs more than just a good anecdote.

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Social media consultant Adam Sherk has ranked 45 news organizations by their Google+ engagement.

To develop the list, Sherk focused on the number of 1+’s, shares and comments on each page, based on per post averages. He writes, “The list of organizations is not meant to be comprehensive; I chose a cross-section of print, broadcast and Web-only outlets. Most are from the US but there are a handful of international sites too. I omitted location-focused outlets such as local TV stations.”

Surely not definitive or scientific, but still interesting.

Number 1? The New York Times.

Here are where some other outlets ranked on the list:
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New York Media has named Larry Chevres has chief technology officer. He’ll start in the position November 7.

Chevres will oversee all technology for the company’s digital business, which includes the news and service Website nymag.com that recently topped 10 million monthly unique users.

Chevres is also in charge of the Grub Street network of food blogs; the entertainment and culture news site Vulture; and the mobile apps Vulture Clickables for iPhone, The Cut on the Runway and New York magazine for iPad, and nymag.com blogs for Android.

He will oversee a team of about 20 front end and back end application developers, quality assurance engineers, project managers and systems administrators and will report to Michael Silberman, General Manager for Digital Media.

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Vic Miles

Here’s a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week.

1. Remembering One of a Kind Former WCBS/Channel 2 Anchorman Vic Miles, October 13
2. Baby Understands iPad, Not Magazine, October 14
3. WNBC/Channel 4 Making the Move to Nightly News Studio, October 19
4. WCBS/Channel 2 Ready to Lift Curtain on New Studio, October 18
5. Anna Wintour Doesn’t Tolerate Wrinkles, October 20
6. NYMag.com Sets Traffic Record in September with Over 10 Million Users, October 18

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In the final installment of our three-part interview with Josh Wolk, the New York editor says that Vulture is always looking for freelancers and explains what he looks for in a pitch.

You can also watch this video on YouTube.

Part 1: New York Mag’s ‘Vulture’: ‘The Smartest Voice on Pop Culture’

Part 2: Vulture Editor Josh Wolk: ‘The Word ‘Exclusive’ Has Gotten Devalued’

In part 2 of our “Media Beat” interview with New York magazine’s Josh Wolk, the veteran entertainment editor talks about scoops, original reporting, and so-called “exclusives.”

You can also watch this video on YouTube.

Part 1: New York Mag’s ‘Vulture’: ‘The Smartest Voice on Pop Culture’

Part 3: Wednesday, Wolk reveals the one skill every entertainment reporter should have.

Whether it’s a stop-you-in-your-tracks headline like this or that Kanye grunt guide, New York magazine’s Vulture site has carved out a niche by reporting — and making — entertainment news from a savvy, hip perspective. Initially a section in the award-winning magazine, Vulture did so well that the company gave the team its own stand-alone website.

“Our self-professed goal — that sounds really arrogant coming out of my own mouth — is to kind of be the smartest voice on pop culture,” said Vulture editor Josh Wolk in our latest Media Beat interview. “Basically we want readers who think they know everything about pop culture to finally have to concede that we know just a little bit more. We wanna be the people who can sort of put everything in perspective, do a funny take, put a funny smart voice on things.”

You can also watch this video on YouTube.

Part 2: Tuesday, we discuss Vulture’s strategy for making viral videos.
Part 3: Wednesday, Wolk reveals the one skill every entertainment reporter should have.