Bear Stearns has a bone to pick with the Times Gretchen Morgenson, as do most people with a background in finance who read her columns. [NYP]
Louise T. McBain's LTB Media somehow makes the Village Voice look like the picture of stability. [WWD]
Huggy, kissy Canadian suffragette Rachel Sklar stands up for sisterhood, which apparently means the right to not have unflattering pictures of yourself posted on the web. Thank you, Betty Friedan! [ETP]
Jack Shafer's pissed at the Times again, this time over that "rich people sleep alone" piece. The photocaption is priceless. [Slate]
Should two of Britain's dumbest papers merge? [Guardian]
Ann Shoket's three organizing principles for Seventeen: fun, confidence and interactivity. We're thinking "Get Your Best Butt" falls under the "confidence" rubric. [WWD]
The Post never misses a chance to mock Mort Zuckerman, which is kind of understandable. [NYP]
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'New York Times' To Throw Two Parties For Its New Building
Yeah, Bear Stearns is upset because they're greedy idiots and they totally f-ed up. From the article:
"Still, one rival mortgage analyst, a managing director and 25-year research veteran, told The Post that unless New Century officials were reassuring Bear Stearns - with whom it has a financing relationship - 'there was no good reason to upgrade them.
'And if management lied to Bear, it would be smart to tell everyone they did, because [the firm is] looking silly now,' the vet said."
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