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Pat Kiernan calms us down about the NY1 name change
"It's still really early in this process. They're looking at ways to have the NY1 logo and Time Warner Cable logo co-exist." More
(2)What media coverage of the papal conclave says about the media
The Lineup collects the media stories, big and small, that are on our radar each day.
The story of the Times' most-read stories of 2012
The New York Times, in defiance of a growing media trend, doesn't generally expose the size and character of its audience to the reading public. More
(7)Coney Island, 'devastated'
Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny is driving around his district in Coney Island, and finding much of it underwater. More
Cuomo: Whoever doesn't see extreme weather pattern is 'denying reality'
Governor Andrew Cuomo thinks New York needs to prepare for more Sandys and Irenes. More
(1)'In Breezy Point, whatever is not flooded is on fire'
Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder may not have a district anymore. More
Richard Turk, co-owner of Colony Records, on the Brill Building music institution and hard times in the business
Turk, who took over as co-owner in 1986, said Colony survived as long as it did in part because they focused on the “human element.” “We hired people well-versed in various types of music, who could really speak the language,” he said. “People come in here who don’t even speak English, but somehow we’re able to communicate on the wavelength of music.” “On the Internet,” he added, referring to the shop’s website, “there’s no smell and no information beyond what we choose to tell you.” More
(1)New Museum launches new website with vast archive
Tara Hart, the New Museum’s digital archivist, testified to the exhaustive nature of the project. “Since we’re not a collecting museum, there was no physical archive in place,” she said. For the job, the museum hired scores of interns from library science programs, who tracked down yellowing 30-year-old press releases in public storage facilities scattered around the city to accumulate a comprehensive image catalog. More
Madison Square Park Conservancy announces Adam D. Glick as new curator
Madison Square Park Conservancy’s Mad Sq. Art announces Adam D. Glick as park’s first-ever Martin Friedman Curator More
(1)The police report from Grisanti's fight
A reader named Steve Aldrin sent the unredacted police report [pages 1, 2 & 3] from the night State Senator Mark Grisanti and his wife were involved in a fight with patrons at a casino and is the most detailed account of the February 13, 2012 incident.
The report says security cameras from the casino showed a woman in a purple dress approach Maria Grisanti in a threatening manner. An altercation appears to take place and Maria Grisanti falls to the floor and the female party in the purple dress is on top of her." More
At Santos Party House, things get serious as Al Jazeera pitches New Yorkers
”It’s a pretty hard-hitting topic for Santos Party House, we know,” Al Jazeera English spokesperson Sophia Qureshi told the crowd. The screening of an episode of “Fault Lines,” an Al Jazeera English show about the global impact of U.S. foreign policy, was part of an attempt to spread the word about the network’s English-language shows. It was also to galvanize New Yorkers to pressure cable providers to add Al Jazeera English to their portfolios. More
Yahoo suits tout new reporting focus, but what about the old one?
It might have been an editorial decision on the part of the Times that the existing structures for journalism inside Yahoo weren't significant enough to mention (although the piece did herald the original reporting of Yahoo Sports, which recently landed a bombshell exclusive about corruption in the University of Miami's football program), which in my view is an error. The Times, after all, devoted a feature to The Upshot last July. More
Would New Yorkers rather gawk at Brad Pitt or at A-Rod and Jeter and Cameron Diaz and Minka Kelly?
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
(1)A day for calling attention to the bluster of Hurricane Irene and Rex Ryan
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
'Monster' Hurricane Irene is headed right for us, pretty much, almost!
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
