Parts of the vast High Plains Aquifer are so low that crops can’t be watered and bridges span arid stream beds.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/20/us/high-plains-aquifer-dwindles-hurting-farmers.html
Turness in furnace: Hot day at NBC News
Incoming NBC News boss Deborah Turness better be a quick learner — her to-do list is already overflowing.
While dealing with a recently cooled MSNBC and a faltering “Meet the Press†is enough to keep the first woman to head the Peacock network’s news division busy, the hugely underperforming “Today…
via NY Post: Business http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/turness_in_furnace_hot_day_at_nbc_zybgVJZosOIDHsQ8LV3xGO?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Business
Skip college and become a plumber: Mayor Bloomberg
Some advice from career counselor Mayor Bloomberg: If you are a so-so high school student, steer clear of college — and learn to clear clogged drains.
Unplugged Weddings, or Please Put Down The iPad
Guest Photographers or: Why You Should Have an Unplugged Wedding
Pro photographer Corey Ann explains, with examples, what causes her so many problems in getting the wedding photographs her clients have paid her for: their guests.
Pushing in front of her, standing in the frame of posed photos, flooding pictures with flash, and above all assuming that their invitation entitles them to take precedence over a photographer who is being expected to get a perfect record of the couple’s perfect day.
Her proposal: politely, but firmly, ask your guests to enjoy the highlights of the wedding themselves, and leave taking photographs of those parts to the photographer.
via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/128192/Unplugged-Weddings-or-Please-Put-Down-The-iPad
Amazon Not Moving Forward With ‘Zombieland’ Original Series
Zombieland is Dead at AmazonWill ABC Finger the Liar?
Benghazigate isn’t Benghazigate anymore. It’s ABCNewsgate.
 Â  Â  Â  Â 
|
via The Daily Beast – Latest Articles http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/17/will-abc-finger-the-liar.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+thedailybeast%2Farticles+%28The+Daily+Beast+-+Latest+Articles%29
France Fights Racism By Outlawing ‘Race’
Parliament has voted to scrap the use of the word “race†in the country’s laws. Critics have condemned the move as an empty gesture that will do nothing to combat racism.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://rendezvous.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/france-fights-racism-by-outlawing-race/
Google Glass Adds New Apps
Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, and others.
|
   Â
|
Woodward: Watergate? No, maybe
He says the editing of the Benghazi talking points reminded him of Richard Nixon.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/bob-woodward-watergate-no-maybe-91549.html
Graydon Carter’s Contract Negotiations Stall, Possible Successors Discussed
Graydon Carter, the 63-year-old editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair, is currently negotiating a new contract with Condé Nast. According to The New York Post, the main hold-up to getting the deal done is that Carter’s lawyer — Allan Grubman — is pushing for a signing bonus and a raise for Carter.
The other issue at hand is that Carter isn’t sure how much longer he wants to stay at Vanity Fair. He has already been the editor of the magazine for 21 years, so you can hardly blame him. Carter also has other interests, such his overseeing his popular restaurants and producing films.
Charles Townsend, Condé’s CEO, told the Post that all is well and “There are no plans for anyone to succeed Graydon at Vanity Fair.†Which means, of course, it’s time to guess who is succeeding Carter at Vanity Fair! Below are some names that have been circulated:
New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.
via FishbowlNY http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/graydon-carters-contract-negotiations-stall-possible-successors-discussed_b82889