It would seem America's satire newspaper-of-choice The Onion's recent campaign to receive a (presumably long and overdue) Pulitzer Prize—replete with press from the New York Times, a blog dedicated to the campaign, and co-signs from Arianna Huffingtonm, Tom Hanks, the President of Georgia, and Mario Batali, among others—is continuing to rage forward, 'rage' being the operative term in it. Read More
At the Columbia Journalism School on Wednesday night, David Simon, the former crime reporter and creator of HBO’s massively popular urban drama series The Wire, didn’t waste any time before he started blasting his ex-bosses at The Baltimore Sun, the overall quality of American newspapers and, harshest of all, newsrooms that are more concerned with Read More
Today, New York announced today that Jerry Saltz, the long-time art critic for the Village Voice, is joining the staff next month. It's a significant loss for the Voice's culture section, considering that Saltz is a two-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism. So how long until Hoberman splits? Release is after the jump. Read More
I made Broadway history recently. No, I didn't win the
Pulitzer Prize in drama for Proof ; that was somebody else. Like a schmuck, I stood in line for two hours to get tickets to The Producers the day after it opened to the best reviews since Oedipus Rex . But I was performing something akin Read More
