Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau retired at the end of 2009 at the tender age of 90. Did you expect him to move to some sunny retirement community and play golf for the rest of his days? Pen a memoir and reflect on his 35-year career as DA? That isn't his plan. Morgenthau reports he's joining Wachtell Lipton, the notoriously aggressive corporate law firm that represents some of the biggest banks in America. [BW]

As if the journalism job landscape weren't terrifying enough, now you've got to think about learning to code. It's yet another new media skill you'll need to stay ahead of competitors. And make no mistake: they're stockpiling O'Reilly books.

Richard Beckman, the former Conde Nast media group chief who was demoted to CEO of Fairchild fashion group last March, may leave Conde to head up trade publisher e5 (Update: Confirmed). But he was so popular! [NYP. Pic: Getty]

Star Variety reporter Mike Fleming—the scoop outlet of choice for movie types—is leaving to run Deadline/New York, the NYC outpost of Nikki Finke's operation. Nikki made another hire in London. Good luck, trades! [Thompson on Hollywood]

Just in case you had any doubts that Polaroid had really named Lady Gaga its "creative director" this week, the pop star showed off her fancy new business card on Twitter this morning to prove it. Thankfully, she crossed out the contact info, just so her obsessive fans don't besiege her with calls at Polaroid's Minnetonka, Minnesota headquarters, and where, we're guessing, she'll be spending much of her time from now on. Coming soon: Snaps of her new office and the Polaroid cafeteria! [MTV]

The Way We Live Now: Ungratefully. Just like the mere knowledge that Ethiopians were starving did not make you enjoy your mom's gross turnips, neither does the knowledge of widespread unemployment make you like your job. You ungrateful bastard.

After much debate, officials in Nevada have (finally!) given a brothel the official go-ahead to begin hiring men. If you're between 21-40, you're "service oriented," and you "have a positive attitude"—and the idea of moving to rural (but scenic!) Nevada and living in a trailer doesn't put you off—apply within.

If you're stupid or improvident enough to covet a "career" in journalism-type-stuff, why not start with a Gawker internship? In exchange for stressful labor under constant deadlines, you'll get nothing valuable experience at whatever it is we do.

Shady Lady Ranch in Beatty, Nevada is now hiring what will be the state's first legal male prostitutes. The big controversy is whether they will do GAY things (optional), but the real triumph here is: jobs! [LAT]

Sure, the job of newspaper reporter is ranked worse than "dishwasher" and "nuclear plant decontamination technician" in this list of "Best and Worst Jobs 2010." But at least it edges out "Roustabout," barely! [WSJ via Mary Pilon]

And now for some news that will totally shock you: According to a new survey, Americans are more unsatisfied with their jobs than ever. [NYDN]

The New York Times reports today on colleges that are trying to make themselves less worthless when it comes to returns on the investment of one's higher education. How're they doing?

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Way back in October of aught-eight, we published the Gawker Guide to a Journalism Career. Lots of things have changed since then. For the worse, mostly! Time for an update. Aspiring journalists and other masochists, read on.

If you're looking for very part-time work—and you hear snow is in the forecast—keep in mind the city will pay you $12 an hour to take a shovel in hand. Don't be surprised if you don't land the gig, though. With the economy in the shape it's in, the competition is fierce. [NYT]

"The job outlook for graduate students in language and literature is..." That's as far as you have to read before you stop and laugh ruefully at the carnage sure to come.

In your law-abiding Thursday media column: Martha Stewart shows kids how to do drugs, Mike Bloomberg explains the "new media," predictions for 2010, and Budget Travel is sold.

Their point: Yahoo made about 1 million euros per worker from Yahoo France alone last year, and used to hype how "it's important to have [locally] concentrated engineering activities... to innovate" in France, where it would base "one of [its] most important centers in Europe." Yahoo France's engineers will now stop working until Yahoo agrees that they shouldn't have to stop working. At least they're fact checking the internet company's hype along the way.

In your special wingnutty Monday media column: Andrew Revkin is leaving the NYT, NPR hires a foreigner, China demonstrates how to keep newspapers in line, and Martha Stewart's still scared of us, and America.

Yet another reason to regret that college education: While unemployment nationwide began going down last month, guess which way unemployment among recent college grads moved? That's right: Up! Is there a "grim case study" to illustrate this problem, we wonder?