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Dr. No Terrorizes Senate

Amdesi · 10/30/09 12:40AM

1. His Name is No, Dr. No - Some hippie was once so enthralled by his resistance to the word "yes" that s/he sent him a giant "NO" in gratitude. He loves it so.

Everybody's Hating Voicemail Now!

Hamilton Nolan · 04/02/09 12:43PM

Voicemail is totally dead. It takes too much listening. Is this just some fancy notion, or the truth? Either way, it's a New York Times trend story, blammo!

Newspapers Really Want That Bailout

Hamilton Nolan · 03/19/09 01:31PM

In your servile Thursday media column: the scoop on Steve Bartelstein, the Singapore Judiciary blows, Eric Holder's willing to help newspapers die slower, which is good, because nobody wants to pay much for one:

Details Editor Exudes Optimism

Hamilton Nolan · 03/13/09 01:20PM

In your sunny Friday media column: Dan Peres has balls, high school reporters have dreams, Arthur Sulzberger has an honest moment, and the media at large has nothing to look forward to:

Parents Make Kids Eat Health Food Till They Die!

Hamilton Nolan · 02/26/09 09:35AM

It's Thursday—the day when the New York Times Style section constructs tenuous trend stories designed to infuriate us about largely illusory issues! Woo hoo! Today's trend: crazy parents turn their kids into health food zombies!

Two Papers? Outrageous!

Hamilton Nolan · 02/20/09 02:15PM

In your downward Friday media column: rumored layoffs at Playboy and Hearst, two-paper towns are dying, your favorite crappy TV channels revealed, and more!

No More 'My Husband's in Finance'

Hamilton Nolan · 02/13/09 11:17AM

Weep for the DABA girls: an actual statistical analysis of the New York Times' wedding page reveals that finance guys just aren't getting married as much as they used to. Because they're all fired, probably!

'I-Banker' Now Officially a Smear

Hamilton Nolan · 02/03/09 12:01PM

The New York Times now considers the mere fact that someone is a Wall Street executive to be a sufficient reason to grant them automatic anonymity in a story. So the neighbors don't find out.