Well. So that happened. Interestingly, it's all basically true: This is my last Gawker post; whatever direction the site takes in the future, I won't be along for the ride. So just a few quick words on my way out, if I may. My year here has been a blast — the most fun I've ever had in a job and, in the last four…
• Sign spotted at Madonna's Madison Square Garden concert last night: "MADONNA — You MADE me Gay!!!" We think that's a thank you. [Julia Allison]
• Only in Soho do straight men protect their women from other mens' stares by mocking their clothing choices. [Dirty Old Prom Queen]
• How pedestrians and street hawkers can…
Earlier today we skeptically noted what seemed to be an unfounded rumor, that Vibe editor-in-chief Mimi Valdes, along with much of her staff, was being canned from the urban music mag. We asked if anyone could provide any word on what was going on over there, and, obediently, Mediaweek's Stephanie Smith quickly…
• Time Inc. to launch SI Edge, fitness mag that won't offer abs tips. Retorts Zinczenko: "[W]e promise not to point out that he's naming his magazine after a shaving cream." [NYP]
• Hey, remember the big USA Today expose on how the phone companies were colluding with the government to create a big database of all…
So why won't Yusef Jackson say whether or not Ron Burkle is one of his co-investors in Radar? Take it away, Chicago Tribune:
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And yet he keeps pushing for a gay-marriage ban.
OK, we should say from the git-go that Vibe's PR rep told us in no uncertain terms that this rumor isn't true. And we're even inclined to believe her, as she sounded entirely surprised by the suggestion rather than coy and Clintonian when issuing her denial. But, still, there've been rumors floating yesterday and…
Looking for some extra dough, ladies? Oh, have we found the job for you — and, apparently, good spelling is not a prerequisite. From Craigslist:
Among all the interesting bits about Radar yesterday — that the website is sked for mid-August and the print version for early 2007, that Yusef Jackson is the lead investor and no one will comment whether Burkle's involved, that there's even a woman on staff — the one we found most intriguing was that the press…
Hey, the feeling is mutual, replies the news media.
Suddenly we have the terrible feeling we've missed a memo someplace.
• So how can you get access to the Spiderman 3 shoots in Brooklyn? Bring a baby, of course. [Daily Blabbber]
• Teasing the elderly is always entertaining and satisfying. [TIWWDN]
• The phrases "Yorkie vagina" and "woman's face" should never be used in quick succession. Ever. [Pretty in the City]
• The Hotel on…
Well, lookee here. Along with the little Times squib this morning, the Radar crew also put out a press release today announcing 3.0. The release has nearly all the staffers we named this morning, and it adds a few: WSJ alum Marcus Baram and Radar vet Dale Hrabi. Plus, it seems Maer even hired a woman, Leigh Ann…
• Katie Couric to narrate PBS docu on Walter Cronkite. No one ever said she's not clever. [B&C]
• Why does Bush likes to pick on the Times? Because of the Jews, of course. [SFChron]
• The New Yorker rock critic Sasha Frere-Jones wants to be a rocker, too. [LAWeekly]
• September VF will focus on fashion, be as fat as …
A letter of complaint sent today to NYTimes.com and copied to us:
So now it's official. Radar 3.0, as funded this time by Yusef Jackson and maybe Ron Burkle, will launch online in mid-August and in print early next year. It seems as good a time as any, then, to check in on who will be joining editor Maer Roshan for his not-at-all-insane third trip to the dance.
Courtesy of our slutty sisters at Wonkette, and only because few things make us happier than mildly homoerotic mainstream entertainment, we present a highlight from Chris Matthews' Wednesday appearance on The Colbert Report. Sure, Matthews is in the driver's seat at first, as you'd expect. But then he tenderly offers…
From "Hollywood Casual, Down to Their Toes," by Sharon Waxman, NYT, today:
Yesterday, as you may have seen but probably did not, Marketwatch's Jon Friedman published a short profile of LA Weekly columnist and Deadline Hollywood Daily blogger Nikki Finke. Friedman had contacted us — or, at least, half of us — for a quote about Finke, whose work we admire. We obliged with this: "I think what…
