My experience dealing with @jamesrosenfnc was unpleasant and contentious. And I fully support him against this unwarranted act by DOJ
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) May 20, 2013
* Fox News: “We are outraged to learn today that James Rosen was named a criminal co-conspirator for simply doing his job as a reporter” (foxnews.com)
* Steven Aftergood calls the Rosen case “a startling expansion of the Obama Administration’s war on leaks” (fas.org)
New York and Vanity Fair contributing editor Vanessa Grigoriadis discusses her early days at New York Magazine and how the publication has changed:
I come from this old New York magazine – very influenced by Spy – where we were just having a jolly good time in that office,
and we were trying to make stories that made other people in the office laugh. Like, we just thought it was funny. We were just trying to make stories that were amusing and funny. It wasn’t about, blow this person up, or not blow this person up. It was more just about what’s the best story that can be told.
Now New York magazine is a much more sophisticated product. It’s a lot less — I mean, I hate to use the words text-oriented, but the actual print magazine is really a design product in some ways. It’s truly the most well-designed, most beautiful general interest magazine, I think. It’s hip and it’s cool, and the stories are supposed to reflect well on that brand. Whereas back in the day, New York magazine was kind of a Tina Brown-esque thing where there was a lot of really grabby headlines and in-your-face reporting and some bad taste.
Michael Musto, who was laid off from the Village Voice last week, tells HuffPost Live: “This outpouring [of support] is amazing. I feel like I’m reading my own obituary while still alive. … I went from tears of horror to absolutely being buoyed by the joy of everyone I’ve ever written about, or who has read my column, coming out to support me.” He adds: “I can’t wait to start my new outlet, which I’ll announce soon.”
HuffPost Live: “I don’t think anybody’s worried about you. I think people are worried about the paper. I mean, what’s the mood like there?”
Michael Musto: “It’s a little dour, but I love the people that work there, so I’m rooting for them. No ill will; besides I’m working on my exit package, so… I love you guys!”
HuffPost Live: “How do they approach someone who’s been working there for 29 years? How do they even broach that conversation?”
Michael Musto: “You just get an email saying come and meet the owner in the conference room and you just go. But there was advance buzz on this happening and already people were calling and emailing. I knew that there was a bright future for me. …The second this was announced people started knocking my door down, so I’m feeling very optimistic. …I can’t wait to start my new outlet, which I’ll announce soon. …I want to be employed, not an icon, and that’s what I’m going to be. So I’m still going to be making waves and challenging people.”
On Monday morning, fired Voice restaurant critic Robert Sietsema tweeted: “My friend and colleague Tejal Rao just resigned from the Voice. I for one will miss reading her in the Voice on a regular basis.”
Nick Pinto tweets: “I just gave notice to the Village Voice that I’ll be resigning after my forthcoming feature.”
* Michael Musto says the mood at the Voice is “dour” (huffingtonpost.com) | Longer video
Earlier:
* The Voice is now advertising for a full-time staff writer. (journalismjobs.com) | The Voice is looking for food bloggers and writers, too. (journalismjobs.com)
“This may be the greatest thing NPR has ever done,” tweets @Azmat Zahra.
* NPR’s guide to the running gags on “Arrested Development” (npr.org)
Photo: I’m delighted to announce that we’ve reached an agreement to acquire Tumblr! We promise not to screw… tmblr.co/Z4v08slQ0n8V
— marissamayer (@marissamayer) May 20, 2013
Thank you for that pledge!
* Yahoo’s CEO promises not to screw…. up Tumblr. (allthingsd.com) | (wsj.com)
* “We won’t let you down,” says Tumblr founder David Karp. (staff.tumblr.com)
* Report: David Koch canceled a large donation to public TV because of the “Park Avenue” documentary. (newyorker.com)
* Digital pay model was “the most important and most successful business decision made by The New York Times in many years,” says Times CEO. (paidcontent.org)
* Patriots owner Robert Kraft shrugs off reports that he’s interested in the Boston Globe. (bostonherald.com) | Earlier: Kraft Group eyes the Globe.(myfoxboston.com)
* Boston Magazine scolds Boston Herald for failing to point out its errors. (bostonmagazine.com)
* Associated Press CEO says the Obama administration’s seizure of AP’s phone records was “unconstitutional.” (nytimes.com)
* A peek into a Department of Justice leak probe targeting Fox News D.C. correspondent James Rosen. (washingtonpost.com)
* Jay Rosen on ABC News’ Bengazi problem. (“Jon Karl got played. But he refuses to admit it.”) (pressthink.org)
* Ed Sherman: There will never be another Rudy Martzke in the sports media business. (shermanreport.com)
* Shield law quandary: Who isn’t a journalist these days? (mydesert.com)
* Alaska Tea Party’s Joe Miller is ordered to pay Alaska Dispatch $85,000 in legal fees. (alaskadispatch.com)
* Michael Wolff’s tribute to “misunderstood” Barbara Walters: (usatoday.com)
* Diversity and other matters discussed at the City and Regional Magazine Association annual meeting. (jacklimpert.com)
* More than $94,000 has been raised so far in the public campaign to buy Tribune’s newspapers. (Goal is $660 million.) (indiegogo.com) | Gawker has raised r $63,000-plus of the $200,000 it needs to buy the Rob Ford crack tape. (gawker.com)
* Charlie Rose will host a Friday night prime-time PBS show. (nytimes.com)
Romenesko reader and Alexandria Times executive editor Derrick Perkins writes: “Check out the last name of the gentleman who wrote a great, entertaining piece
on the local bug-phobic population. It’s great on so many levels, enough so that I’m wondering if it was arranged.”
After Perkins sent his email, I saw that @phogan tweeted: “The reporter who wrote this great article on insect phobias is darrylfears. I assume he covers the phobias beat?” Fears’ reaction? “With a name like mine, you get that all the time, Jim. Since grade school.”
* Bug-phobic dread the looming swarm of Brood II cicadas (washingtonpost.com)
* WaPo had a reporter named Harder cover erectile dysfunction (washingtonpost.com)
— From Saturday’s Wichita Eagle
Give us an A, Wichita Eagle!
* Santa Barbara News-Press employees vote to cut ties with the Teamsters. (AP via vcstar.com)
* “College reporters live in a universe that more closely resembles the post-AP subpoena world, for professional reporters, than the pre-AP subpoena world.” (usatodayeducate.com)
* Michael Musto writes after getting pink-slipped by the Village Voice: “I got to meet my icons, piss off power brokers, and write whatever I wanted.” (nymag.com)
* The Voice is now advertising for a full-time staff writer. (journalismjobs.com) | Food bloggers/writers are wanted, too. (journalismjobs.com)
* Yahoo and AOL have been better investments in 2013 than Facebook. (mashable.com)
* New York Times and Financial Times are hit by hackers. (nytimes.com) | (ft.com)
* Prof: “Journalists should say, ‘Thanks, but no thanks!’ to a shield law.” (journalismprofessor.com)
* The $200,000 Rob Ford Crackstarter campaign makes smart business sense for Gawker. (forbes.com) | Gawker reports $45,000 has been raised. (gawker.com)
* Judge’s ruling in the Hearst intern case is a “setback” that could have implications for other cases. (npr.org)
* Gizmodo has a new editor (Geoff Manaugh) and a new focus (design and ideas). (observer.com) | The death of tech blogging? (niemanlab.org)
* Arthur Ochs Sulzberger’s apartment sells for $12.5 million – $1.5 million below asking price. (seattletimes.com)
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The piece was written by The Truth About Cars editor-in-chief Bertel Schmitt. He ends his piece this way:
PS: Before you start to tar and feather me for
Detroit bashingLGBT discrimination, please be notified that according to the all-knowing Wikipedia, the term “dyke” originated “as a derogatory label for a masculine woman, and this usage still exists.” Shame on them. “However, some persons attempt to use it in a manner that they see as positive, or as a neutral synonym for lesbian,” and those persons include the Schmitts.
Lang says in an email that “the resignation was furnished to the Content Director of Verticalscope, which is the parent company of TTAC, after I was told by the Managing Editor that there would be no consequences for the article. Now I contribute articles to Yahoo! and Jalopnik.”
I’ve asked Schmitt to comment.
UPDATE: “The PR nightmare is already happening,” writes Lang.
* “I have officially resigned my editor position…” (facebook.com)
* Small SUV Crashopalooza: Detroit loses, dykes win (thetruthaboutcars.com)
