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Cover Battle: Billboard or Harper’s Bazaar

Chris O'Shea — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:00:26 +0000

Welcome back to another edition of FishbowlNY’s Cover Battle, where we ask the question: Does this magazine make our blog look fat? Kidding. We just want to know which cover you prefer. This week we have Billboard versus Harper’s Bazaar.

Billboard’s cover features none other Prince, also known as the Artist, &%$#, or Dude Who Likes Wearing Coffee Filters On His Face.

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Reggie Jackson, High-End Tequila, Rich People: Jockeying For Position @ Bridgehampton Polo Opener

Dylan — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:05:00 +0000

“Are you interested in chartering a yacht this summer?”

That’s the first question they ask you when you enter the VIP area of the Bridgehampton Polo Club in Bridgehampton, Long Island — a breezy, three-plus-hour afternoon drive from Manhattan — where the 2007 Mercedes-Benz Polo Challenge chukked off Saturday.

Second question (also the fifth, seventh, eighth and eleventh): “Would you like soda water with your Patron and grapefruit splash?”

This is, after all, the Hamptons, where the privleged shell out $15,000 and up for a private concert series from Prince, James Taylor, Dave Matthews, Billy Joel, Tom Petty; where Hummers tow Ferraris (not kidding, saw just that on the L.I.E.); where Howard Stern‘s girlfriend Beth O. gets more attention than Reggie Frickin’ Jackson; where bartenders rinse mixing glasses with Evian; where someone is referred to as the “mallet maestro” with a straight face; where barely anyone notices, or cares, that Danny Masterson is deejaying; where barely anyone notices, or cares, which team wins the match, much less who’s playing. (White Birch beat Team Endeavor 12-7 or something.)

Nope, it’s a place where people want to look each other looking at each other — and the ensuing awkwardness of looking at say, that guy [below], is washed away with each bottle of free Patron. (Oh, tequila.)

Still, we don’t necessarily blame the crowd at Two Trees Farm for not caring about polo. It’s a sport that calls its periods “chukkas,” allows Debra Messing — the event’s celebrity host — to pose for the on-field paparazzi before issuing the throw-in, and its players to pose for photos with VIPs beyond the tents at halftime — yes, during the match.

More photos of the, excuse us, clusterf*ckery:

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Webby Awards ’07: Beasties, Bowie And Ball Jokes

Dylan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:26:50 +0000

For all the cute talk about its five-word acceptance speeches, last night’s Webby Awards — the so-called Oscars of the Internet — were long. And we’re not talkin’ real Oscars long — the Webby Awards were longer. To put it in perspective, the five-and-a-half-hour celebration at Cipriani Wall Street was roughly seven minutes longer than the entire Beastie Boys discography — Licensed to Ill-To The 5 Boroughs — and roughly 315 minutes longer than LonelyGirl‘s fame.

Yet the Webby Awards are probably the only place where the founders of YouTube have more red carpet cache (“Chad and Steve won’t be taking any questions tonight, thanks”) than the Beasties (“Ask whatever you want, just no flash photography, please”).

The show was so long, ex-Daily Shower Rob Corddry, the master of ceremonies, passed over a winner who didn’t immediately appear at the podium. “Fuck ‘em,” Corddry said.

The sheer number of speeches rendered most forgettable, but a few stood out: Treehugger founder Graham Hill‘s green advice (“Don’t shit where you eat”); Nick.com’s plea for a future audience (“Have sex, make more kids”); Salon.com’s newspaper diss (“the Pulitzers are history”); NYTimes.com’s Dealbook (“Hey Rupert, we’re available — call”); and CNet, which honored its late editor (“This one’s for James Kim”).

David Bowie, accepting a lifetime achievement Webby, spent a Prince-like minute onstage for his: “I only get five words? Shit, that was five. Four more there. That’s three. Two.”

Oh, very clever, Ziggy Stardust. Very clever indeed.

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Nancy Grace Films Law & Order With Star Jones, Mum On View Rumor

Dylan — Fri, 18 May 2007 10:46:09 +0000

We spoke with lovable/loathsome Nancy Grace shortly after her Court TV exit, with topics ranging from Amy Poehler to Alec Baldwin to Paris Hilton to O.J. to Jacko Prince. Oh, and that rumored spat with Star Jones:

Does your leaving have anything to do with Star Jones coming on board?
We just worked together doing a Law & Order SVU episode for eight straight hours. [Grace and Jones will appear on the show's season finale on May 22]. I got to hang out with her and her husband. We had a great, great day. I had a really good time. We play ourselves. When they first asked me, I thought, ‘Good God, I’m not an actress. I will be terrible.’ Then they told me I’m playing myself so I said, ‘Okay.’ I had a wonderful time being with her. I think she’s going to be perfect for Court TV. I know people would love to stir something up, but I’ve been in this contract for three years and the option really ends this summer.

Any truth to the other interesting rumor out there that you might be joining The View?
I’m very, very flattered that someone would even think that, but I have a job already and I’m under contract with Headline News.

So they haven’t approached you?
I’m … just … No. We are not in any talks.

So What Do You Do, Nancy Grace?

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Video: 20 Years Of Susan Blond, PR Handler To Thriller-Era MJ, Britney, Others

Dylan — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 13:14:14 +0000

Last week, Michael’s played host to 20th anniversary party for Susan Blond, p.r. diva to Michael Jackson (Thriller-era), Boy George, Prince and hundreds of others. The video tribute — featuring Clive Davis, Usher, Lil Jon and Patrick McMullan, among others — was screened at the party. At eight minutes, it’s long, but spans a good crunk, er, chunk, of three decades of “handling” talent.

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Carson Daly | Andrea Mitchell | Foo Fighters | Observer | MTV To Cut 500

Dylan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 13:53:47 +0000

Carson Daly: Wants Conan’s 12:30 slot at NBC. [B&C]
Is Andrea Mitchell: “Scooter” Libby’s best hope? [AP]
Observer: Goes tabloid Wednesday. [NYP]
Viacom: To cut 500 at MTV. [NYP]
Cartoon Network CEO: Resigns following Boston ad terror scare. [Mediaweek]
MySpace: To weed out copyrighted video. [LAT]
Foo Fighters: React to Prince‘s cover at Super Bowl. [FMQB]
More Questions: For CNBC’s money honey. [NYT]
Time4 Media Titles: Relocating to Florida? [NYP]

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Monday Morning Meta Media Mashup

Dylan — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:00:53 +0000

A weekly meta-roundup of our favorite (mostly) New York media pundits, what they’re saying, why they’re saying it, and an all-important grade, subjective and arbitrary — just like their columns!

“I don’t care about the media glitz in the Libby trial” | Jon Friedman, Marketwatch

Friedman takes a break from New York-centric media stories to focus his gaze on Washington and the meta media trial of 2007: Scooter Libby. Specifically, his disdain for the media-on-media coverage. (Which makes this column even more dizzying than normal.) Friedman loves Tim Russert, just hates coverage of Tim Russert. Which brings him to the N.Y. vs. D.C. media argument: “I can’t imagine that this story is playing in Peoria — or anywhere else outside of the oft-egomaniacal Beltway. People accuse New Yorkers of being thoroughly self-absorbed — and, hell, yes, we are. But the journos in Washington have us beat by miles. No, make that, by light years.” GRADE: B-

“Super Bowl Ads Notch Boffo Nielsens” | Jon Fine, BusinessWeek

Fine uses his media blog not to defend Prince‘s soggy performance at the Super Bowl, as we would’ve liked, but to defend the 30-second Super Bowl ad spot. Nielsen says the game was watched by roughly 92.8 million people. “I would like to point out that any TV producer would gladly amputate a limb to get these ratings for their actual shows.” GRADE: B-

“The Anachronistic Pig” | James Brady, Forbes

James Brady uses the occasion of the upcoming Matrix Awards to praise “what the unenlightened among us used to call ‘dames’” in media. Brady’s vintage, fraying, name-dropping anecdotes are still intriguing, and serve Brady’s secondary purpose: to show readers he was, at one time, important, just like these women are: “In the late ’60s and early ’70s, when I was publisher of Women’s Wear Daily and then Harper’s Bazaar, a woman like Ann Moore didn’t exist at old school-tie Time Inc. Oprah was a child. No one ever heard of the woman who would become Martha Stewart. A gentleman (Frank Zachary, I believe) ran Town & Country. Cindy Adams was simply funnyman Joey’s young wife. John Mack Carter was the big noise at women’s magazines. I was both editor and publisher of Harper’s Bazaar; today Glenda Bailey and Valerie Salembier hold down those jobs.” That’s right, they do. You don’t. GRADE: C

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Super Bowl Media Recap: The Ads, Prince Sucked

Dylan — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 16:40:30 +0000

Too busy watching Puppy Bowl III like us? Here’s a quick recap of last night’s ho-hum Super Bowl — and the advertising and media circus surrounding it:

Brilliant ad commentary via SuperAdFreak:

SETH GODIN: I quit. After watching GM run a 2 million dollar commercial that consists of a robot getting fired, walking the streets and then committing suicide [above], I’m so confused, so clueless and yes, so ashamed to be even peripherally involved in this line of work, I have no choice but to quit. If your company was breaking records (in losing money) and was so adversely affecting the lives of thousands, why on earth would you run this ad? I give up.

NYT: “More than a dozen spots celebrated violence in an exaggerated, cartoonlike vein that was intended to be humorous, but often came across as cruel or callous.”

The parties — Playboy, Maxim et al — were infinitely better than the game itself.

No wardrobe malfunctions, Purple Rain in the rain, we get it. But, uh, why did Prince decide to play a Foo Fighters cover?

Prince guitar solos phallic? Uh, are you kidding? Of course — he’s f*cking Prince.

Again, sorry, but the Puppy Bowl was more exciting than any of it.

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The Artist Formerly Known As A Symbol Would Like To Be Known As A Magazine Publisher

Dylan — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:04:52 +0000

Webby Lifetime Achievement Award winner Prince is apparently looking to add “magazine publisher” to his rock resume:

The musician is said to be in talks to develop a musically themed magazine. And, no, it won’t have some weird symbol for a name. Instead, it would be called 3121 Magazine, a title taken from the name of his 2005 album.

By the way, if anyone feels like cyber-squatting like it’s 1999, the url appears to be available:

Congratulations!
The following domains are available:
3121mag.com

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