Richard Lawson Done With Gawker

The Gawker blogger, who rose from the ranks of the advertising department and into editorial, will stick around through the end of July; he will then leave the very popular website a safe space free of gays for the first time in some years. Related! By our rough…

Today In Web Traffic: ‘The Atlantic’ v. Pottery Barn

Let us celebrate this victory of The Atlantic’s web traffic over that of Pottery Barn with the breaking of pressboard furniture and the burning of Andrew Sullivan books.

Helpful Ergonomic Tips From Successful Novelist Plum Sykes To You!

“Over time, sitting for long stretches weakens your core-the muscles that should hold you upright-and leads to far too much pressure on your back muscles… I had one-on-one lessons with Madonna’s Pilates instructor…

A Final Thought On Michael Jackson

Even though I’m someone whose cultural markers were being formed at pretty much the precise moment…

The Americas: Trouble Down South

Much like George W. Bush after 9/11, we don’t pay a lot of attention to the countries to our south unless something’s going on with the cocaine supply. But there were a couple of interesting things that happened this weekend which you might want to know about.

The Great New PR Campaign For Traders And Their Friends

It was easy to miss amid last week’s great celebrity die-off, but while a nation turned its lonely eyes to the departing shade of Billy Mays, the securities industry moved into what it ominously termed the “execution phase” of its…

‘Avenue Q’ Done Raking in Enormous Amounts of Cash

And Avenue Q has just announced it is closing, with a final show on September 13th. The dirty puppet show “about 20-somethings who move to the city with big dreams and tiny bank accounts” (I dunno, I never saw it!) grossed $117 million, just…

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Support Iranian Protesters With Cheap Wristwear

Want to express your solidarity with the protesters in Iran but find yourself unable to do it on Twitter because you got kicked off of the service for retweeting every message by Jeff Jarvis and adding anti-Semitic commentary (or, uh, whatever…