Tom McGeveran
The King (Of Pop) Is Dead; What Now?
The death of Michael Jackson has prompted a flood of articles declaring him the apotheosis of pop stardom, musical success, and universal appeal. This past century of recorded music, writers say, culminated in Michael Jackson, and there will never be another.
They’re not wrong: Jackson’s deep well of talent and charisma, his sense of the total Read More
Observer 100 Party at the Four Seasons’ Grill Room
At the Grill Room of the Four Seasons, a party to honor the Observer 100 Most Powerful People in Real Read More
The Power 100: New York’s Real-Estate Power Brokers
The Observer's list of the 100 most important people in Real Read More
Scenes From Last Night’s Opening Bash
Last night at the Puck Building, arriving Internet Weekers packed the ballroom to drink free drinks and watch as DJs mashed up videos and music. But for the most part they were there to find their friends and get the weeklong party started.
The party was a co-production of The New York Observer and YouTube, and Read More
Booting Up!
WOOD WAR: 06.01.09
It looks like they stuck in a cover story and then went to digg to figure out what tons of people had already read about on the Internet to fill in the blanks.
Wood War: Who Wins Today’s Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?
New York Post: A lot is said these days about what one needs to do to incentivize readers in Our Postmodern Era to pick up a print newspaper, when they have so much news gawping into their eyes and ears from so many directions at once these days. But few of the hated forward-thinking media Read More
WOOD WAR: 05.26.09
The New York Post: Welcome back, holidaymakers! While we've been away the tabloids have been hard at it: there's been more swine flu and even a giant tiny scary terrorist plot! We will just have to see if we have the opportunity to talk about those Woods in the coming days. Looking at this morning's Read More
Wood War: Who Wins Today’s Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?
UPDATED FROM ORIGINAL: But I don't want to ruin the suspense either. So please read through to the bottom for some news!
The New York Post: Welcome back, holidaymakers! While we've been away the tabloids have been hard at it: there's been more swine flu and even a giant tiny scary terrorist plot! We will just Read More
Wood War: Who Wins Today’s Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?
New York Post: The thing about writing a column like this every day is that you realize, sometimes, the news does not move very fast. We've already talked quite a bit about the Astor trial, which takes up pretty much the entire front page of the Post today. Yesterday's testimony was the stuff we've been Read More
WOOD WAR: 05.20.2009
The New York Post: The thing about writing a column like this every day is that you realize, sometimes, the news does not move very fast. We've already talked quite a bit about the Astor trial, which takes up pretty much the entire front page of the Post today. Yesterday's testimony was the stuff we've Read More
WOOD WAR: 05.19.2009
New York Daily News: Sometimes on a Monday you're on the elevator with a coworker and you're not sure what to say, so you say, "Do anything interesting this weekend?" And sometimes the person tells you "Yes, I saw [insert movie name here.]" So you say, "How was it?" And they only have a few Read More
Wood War! Who Wins Today’s Grabby Tabloid Battle For Your Eyeballs?
New York Daily News: Sometimes on a Monday you're on the elevator with a coworker and you're not sure what to say, so you say, "Do anything interesting this weekend?" And sometimes the person tells you, "Yes, I saw [insert movie name here]." So you say, "How was it?" And they only have a few Read More
WOOD WAR: 05.18.2009
The city both explicitly linked Wiener's death to underlying conditions and did a bit of quick policy work, issuing a warning to anyone exposed to the virus who has an underlying condition to be tested even if they have no symptoms.
