November 2010
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“There is decidedly a velvet rope around this brand, and the velvet rope is there...”
– The New Mr. Big, aka Wired publisher Howard Mittman
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We Passed the 200 Follower Mark; Future Milestones...
We passed the 200 follower mark over the weekend. A humble beginning, we know, but it’s something. The next frontier is 500. And once we hit the 500 follower mark, we’ll send some of our faithful Tumblr readers t-shirts. T-shirts you can wear to Vegas for photo ops while you give the double thumbs up. T-shirts that say “yes, this is an american apparel 50/50 blend product and no,...
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When Is Someone Going to Get the First Four Loko...
That is all.
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Sources say that NewsCorp.'s iPad 'Daily' is... →
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“You want to write a novel? Who’s going to read it? A bunch of people in...”
– -Todd “P” Patrick.
Seems more and more journalists and novelists are defecting to the video game industry.
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“You know, companies are failing. A couple of high-flying entrepreneurs came...”
– -Fred Wilson
The Voice Asks: What Are New Yorkers Thankful For... →
What are we thankful for?
Shake Shack pumpkin spice custard. The endless appetite people seem to have for scrutiny of the media. A balmy November in New York City. Spell check. Our interns. Our readers.
fek:
Yes! A turkey! And you can do with that turkey pretty much whatever you want, once it’s out of our hands. Free it! Raise it in the city! Teach it your Haftarah portion! Or kill it with...
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bajillionhits dude made up a bunch of fake apple announcements for tomorrow. they’re funny. we propose #11 : a new iPad version that turns into a jet. like a boss.
bajillionhits:
You’ve probably heard by now that Apple is making some kind of big-time secret announcement deal tomorrow on their website, promising customers “a day they will never forget” (and if you haven’t heard by...
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It's Our Party, We'll Liveblog If We Want To →
Yes, this is from Thursday. Yes, some of the other good people of the NY media world already circulated it. Yes, we still felt it 100% necessary to mention here. Read the entire quote on Zeke’s Tumblr. It’s worth it.
zeketurner:
Last week, New York Times executive editor Bill Keller warmed up the crowd at an address to the paper’s staff with an admonition:
One of the things...
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“Woah! Newsweek.com’s superb content will live under its own banner and URLs on...”
– Tina Brown (via kateoplis)
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“That’s really all there is to it,” Huang continued. “I like...”
– - Restauranteur Eddie Huang on Four Loko
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“Of course, it won’t be Sassy (or the rebirth of Sassy, or Sassy 2.0) and...”
– -Tavi Gevinson on her new venture with Jane Pratt. One tip that comes to mind: skip Zooey Deschanel for the cover.
Thank You To Our 1,000th Follower
OH MAN. we were so close.
gq:
That would be you, whorishhumor. And thanks especially for making our 1,000th follower so, ya know, apt. Your reward? How bout a big fat follow-back? BOOM.
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Week in Review
1. We decided it was time to resurrect this thing.
2. Ben Popper’s item about peeing on iPhones got picked up by The Drudge Report. Lots of people talking about pee ensued. If you haven’t read it, “urine” for a treat. Yes, we are setting a precedent of using puns on this Tumblr.
3. Our digital managing editor wrote about Simpsons conspiracy theories. Some of the same...
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Back for good!
Okay, okay, we know. We haven’t posted for awhile. But don’t take the 6-month lapse in Tumblr updates personally—we still want you to follow us, and love us, and reblog us, and we promise we’ll do the same. Can you forgive us? We hope so.
Tumble On,
The Observer Team
