December 2010
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It is an architectural absurdity. Just south of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the...
– NYT (via meredithbklyn)
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If you move someone’s space saver and park your car in its place, you have no...
– The “unofficial rules” for saving parking spots in South Boston, as detailed by the “Caught in Southie” blog
There’s been a lot written about Detroit, but Charlie LeDuff’s essay ‘Who Killed...
– David Brooks in his Tuesday New York Times column, citing Charlie’s story as one of the best this year. We’re inclined to agree. Check it out for yourself. (via motherjones)
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#6642
ohnewsroom:
Senior anchor to co-workers after the holiday: “I loved having four days off. I pretty much forgot all of your names.”
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Can he hit?
– Willie Mays’ response to the question, “Is Major League Baseball ready for an openly gay player?”
(via James S. Hirsch/the WSJ. H/T @xmasape)
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She didn't know she was pregnant →
Coming soon to Animal Planet
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People lie and cheat and steal all the time. That’s a fact of life. But rarely...
– The words of an ex-husband referenced (but not named) in a The New York Times “Vows” column on Sunday.
[The “Vows” column for those who missed it]
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That time our entertainment editor brought The Naked Cowboy to “True Grit”
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We did this because we just wanted one honest account of how this happened for...
– Story behind controversial NYT Vows column — bride did it ‘for kids’ sakes’ (via today)
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According to the Atlantic Wire, the loud decry of the leaked government...
– More: Assange Case Files Leaked: What Goes Around Comes Around? - TIME (via urlesque)
similecrum asked: Why do you call yourself "NBC Local"?
similecrum asked: Why do you call yourself "NBC Local"?
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The little-known fact that a secret brain trust of Young Hollywood stars,...
– The Black List: 10 Things Rainn Wilson Hates About Young Hollywood - BlackBook (via bbook)
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The little-known fact that a secret brain trust of Young Hollywood stars,...
– The Black List: 10 Things Rainn Wilson Hates About Young Hollywood - BlackBook (via bbook)
Welcome to America, y’all,” Prince said, “where you can fail at your job, get...
– Prince got political at the IZOD Center. (via hman)
Welcome to America, y’all,” Prince said, “where you can fail at your job, get...
– Prince got political at the IZOD Center. (via hman)
Twitter is somehow worth $3.7 billion. Somewhere,... →
Twitter is somehow worth $3.7 billion. Somewhere,... →
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And that’s where the escalator watchers come in. This is a corps of uniformed...
– file under: things we can learn from Moscow (via meredithbklyn)
Funny. I used to have an editor like that….
(via markcoatney)
Funny, we are editors like that. Seriously, move along.
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And that’s where the escalator watchers come in. This is a corps of uniformed...
– file under: things we can learn from Moscow (via meredithbklyn)
Funny. I used to have an editor like that….
(via markcoatney)
Funny, we are editors like that. Seriously, move along.
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We're Hiring! This Time in New York! →
Well, the folks at NBC New York are.
They’re accepting applications for a social media editor (which is the job title for one of this Tumblr blog’s managers).
You’d get to help develop our latest project “The 20,” among other fun things.
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We're Hiring! This Time in New York! →
Well, the folks at NBC New York are.
They’re accepting applications for a social media editor (which is the job title for one of this Tumblr blog’s managers).
You’d get to help develop our latest project “The 20,” among other fun things.
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“I’m not worried about any gifts,” he said. “I just want my dog back,” 13-year-old Cameron Rusaw in response to burglars who stole his family’s dog and all of their gifts over the weekend.
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“I’m not worried about any gifts,” he said. “I just want my dog back,” 13-year-old Cameron Rusaw in response to burglars who stole his family’s dog and all of their gifts over the weekend.
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You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan.
– Richard Holbrooke’s final words
(Via @tertsherminator)
Reinventing The Atlantic
futurejournalismproject:
Via joshsternberg:
Nice piece about The Atlantic’s move to the black this year, moving adeptly through the digital universe:
How did a 153-year-old magazine — one that first published the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” and gave voice to the abolitionist and transcendentalist movements — reinvent itself for the 21st century?
By pretending it was a Silicon Valley...
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JD, wouldn’t it be easier to write an album of, like, love songs?...
– The Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle announcing his upcoming album.
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The Associated Press is putting all of its internship programs on a one-year...
– Paul Colford, Spokesperson, Associated Press, on the suspension of its 26-year-old internship program. (via futurejournalismproject)
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Snooki Starts a Tumblr →