The New York Observer » Andrew Breitbart http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:10:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Managing Editor Colby Hall Leaves Mediaite on a Non-Masturbatory Note Disclaimer: Sorry, I used to write for Mediaite.

Colby Hall-- the managing editor of Dan Abrams' (Dan Abrams!) media site that is so un-navel-gazey that it put "Media" in its name and created a baffling metric ranking for "powerful" people in New York to judge their own placement in the incestuous workplace strata-- is leaving for greener pastures at Clear Channel. But before he goes, he wants you to know one thing about Mediaite's success. Well, actually there's several things he wants you to know, and he's put them all in a post titled "Lessons From Nearly Three Years In the Belly Of the Mediaite Beast."

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2012/01/colby-hall-leaves-mediaite-on-a-non-masturbatory-note/ Photo Finish: Bratty Breitbart Bogarts Weiner Fest So, Monday was fun. Not only did we learn that embattled amateur underwear model and unwavering mayoral aspirant Anthony Weiner really did tweet that infamous crotch shot to Gennette Cordova, in addition to numerous other indiscretions conducted over social media (we couldn't resist imagining how a certain member of--well, Mr. Weiner’s person--may have felt about the whole affair), but we also learned that Andrew Breitbart has no qualms about creating new photo ops for himself.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/bratty-breitbart-bogarts-weiner-fest Huff? Nooo! As Longtime Huffington Hands Cash In, Others Wonder ‘What If?’ A certain amount of grumbling is par for the course in the media business these days--an ambient hum so pervasive you almost forget it's there. But that disconsolate keening seems to have reached a new pitch with AOL's staggering $315 million purchase of the Huffington Post, an aggregation-loving site that, in the words of one Web Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2011/media/1108taylor Rachel Maddow on Letterman: The Antidote to Andrew Breitbart "You can't count on people who are unscrupulous to stop doing unscrupulous things," Rachel Maddow told David Letterman last night. She was talking about Andrew Breitbart's Shirley Sherrod episode. "I mean, If you're going to run a so-called media outlet that's really a political hackjob operation, they're going to do political hack jobs. The Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/rachel-maddow-letterman See You in Court, Tinkles! Shirley Sherrod to Sue Andrew Breitbart Shirley Sherrod told a crowd at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in San Diego yesterday that she will definitely sue Andrew Breitbart (video below). Mr. Breitart posted an edited video on July 19 of Ms. Sherrod speaking at an NAACP event that, without context, made Ms. Sherrod seem to be admitting to racism Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/shirley-sherrod-will-sue-andrew-breitbart What’s $100,000 to Andrew Breitbart, Media Bitch-Maker? To quote Noah Shachtman's March profile of Andrew Breitbart in Wired, "Breitbart is, in short, expert in making the journalism industry his bitch. 'The market has forced me to come up with techniques to be noticed,' Breitbart says. 'And now that I have them, I’m like, wow, this is actually great. This is fun.'"

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/breitbart-country-save Roger Ailes Couldn’t Even Deal with The Andrew Breitbart Show At the MSNBC after-party on Saturday night--after Rachel Maddow and Andrew Breitbart had an awkward exchange at the bar Ms. Maddow was tending--Mr. Breitbart complained that the MSNBC host hadn't accepted his offer to come on her show and debate the merits of those ACORN videos.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/media/roger-ailes-couldnt-deal-andrew-breitbart-show Tinselgate: My Side of the Story There is a warehouse 20 minutes from the White House. It houses all the holiday decorations from presidential administrations past. To poke through this twinkly archive is to examine U.S. history. Here lie giant spools of Nancy Reagan’s favorite red ribbon, as lush and thick as the shoulder pads on an Adolfo socialite suit. What’s Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/culture/tinselgate-my-side-story Drudge Deputy to Pen Metaphorically Explosive Book Andrew Breitbart, a former editor of the Drudge Report, is writing a new how-to book called Thinking Big, that he says will be like The Anarchist's Cookbook, but with "metaphorical explosions."

"It's going to be a call to arms saying, ‘Hey, look, if you want to take it back, you're gonna have to take it Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/drudge-deputy-pen-metaphorically-explosive-book Drudge’s Henchman Hits Big Time With Book Andrew Breitbart, a self-described “accidental culture warrior” who used to work with Matt Drudge on the Drudge Report, is writing a how-to book called Thinking Big, aimed at frustrated non-leftists who want to fight back against what the author calls the “Democrat media complex.”

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/media/drudges-henchman-hits-big-time-book Hollywood Infidel National Review party wearing jeans, a lime green, open-collar button-down and the beginning of a beard. For now, his wavy gray locks were tucked behind his ears.

Waiting in line for a beer, Mr. Breitbart said that at this point he was Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/hollywood-infidel Lineup for September 3, 2008 Felix Gillette talks to Griff Jenkins, Fox News' man on the mean streets of St. Paul: "Roughly a week earlier, Mr. Jenkins had waded into the protestors in Denver without the aid of a security crew. Things had gotten entertainingly ugly (YouTube-worthy ugly), and now his bosses were insisting on precautions."

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/media/lineup-september-3-2008 The Transom in Print: Tatiana Boncompagni’s New Book; Gossip Girl Creator Josh Schwartz; and Drudge Operative Andrew Breitbart Irina Aleksander sat down with socialite and writer Tatiana Boncompagni, whose new book Gilding Lily may ruffle some feathers in her social set. Just don't tell that to Tinsley Mortimer, Lydia Fenet and Jennifer Creel, who are throwing her a book party on Tuesday.

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]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/style/transom-print-tatiana-boncompagnis-new-book-gossip-girl-creator-josh-schwartz-and-drudge- Andrew Breitbart Loves a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy ST. PAUL—His name may sound unfamiliar, but Andrew Breitbart has built a career helping to create the Drudge Report and the Huffington Post, while also overseeing his own news-aggregation site breitbart.com—and becoming prominent in a largely underground movement of conservatives in Hollywood. Next week he plans to launch a new site (www.breitbart.com/bighollywood) that will give Read More

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