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Fashion Week just said goodbye to Bryant Park. Now the stylish waifs who covered it at the nearby offices of Condé Nast's Vogue might follow suit. Si Newhouse's media empire is considering an HQ move from 4 Times Square West to One World Trade Center (fka the Freedom Tower), which might be completed before the 2nd Avenue Subway. More»

Linguistic trend alert! "Having a moment," the saying used to denote something, someone or someplace fashionable and trendy, has become fashionable and trendy itself. Maybe even excessively so. More»

This week the NYU monolith startled New Yorkers with plans to expand its already sprawling campus by 40% over ten years. Now, the university, in collaboration with the Times, is looking for East Village locals to edit an upcoming local news website that will probably be as unwelcome as a new hi-rise dorm. More»

The news of Gawker Media's recent "acquisition" of cityfile and dismissal of Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Snyder has sent the New York Media gossip machine into overdrive. Many have lamented Gawker owner Nick Denton's mercurial nature and willingness to abruptly change course despite positive double-digit growth in his flagship website. But it is the semantic packaging of this Potemkin deal that is perhaps most discouraging.

It took me 20 minutes to find a copy of the Times in the East Village this morning. After trying five bodegas on 1st Avenue between 1st and St. Mark's, I was told by one store owner that no morning delivery was made to any of the suppliers on the street! More»

If doomsday predictions are right and all media is dying, we know one group that can't be held responsible for its demise: teenagers. According to ailing news outlet the Times, the average teen spends "every waking moment" consuming electronic media. That's a whopping 11 hours a day! More»

[Photo by Jimi Celeste for PMc]. Last week, Oprah Winfrey announced her imminent retirement from national television. A few hours later, Notional, a new production company from the folks behind College Humor, threw a launch party. Coincidence or bold announcement of future TV hegemony? You decide. More»

Which exec, from a famous NYC ruling family, had the above analogy to make about the future of print media? More»

The NYTimes ran a very interesting piece yesterday about the potential reasons for the fall of the Weinstein Company. Most signs point to Harvey Weinstein's attempt to build a Barry Diller-esque media empire by acquiring stakes in companies such as A Small World (a social network for the jet set), and consequently taking his focus off of movie-making. Harvey's idea naturally was that the properties would result in synergies and help cross-promote each other. This has yet to materialize. But now with the Weinstein Company near bankruptcy, a swirl of rumors about their financial health, and his recent bid to sell his controlling stake in A Small World, Weinstein looks to be finally starting to put his new properties to work... More»

[The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit crew are having fun in a top secret location. Left: "A bit of Bar (Rafaeli)]

Do you patiently await your Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue each year like you do your birthday? Well, thanks to Twitter, now, you can get a sneak peak of what's going to be inside this years issue MONTHS before it hits your hands. How? All you have to do is follow MJ_Day on twitter. She's the senior associate editor at Sports Illustrated and she's currently in a top secret location shooting the 2010 issue with the models. And..she's Twitpic-ing the entire adventure! See some photos below, enjoy!

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[Justin Rocket Silverman is a fan of Goldbar, and privacy.]

In the age of Blogging, Twittering, and Facebooking it takes a certain kind of polished person to show all of us uncultured plebeians how to get back to civilized manners. Enter Protocols, the secret, "Super-Elite" guests who will make sure that all of us understand the importance of going unnoticed once in awhile, by not broadcasting their uber exclusive meet-ups in any way shape or tweet to the outside world. Just how are they going to highlight the importance of staying PRIVATE? Getting profiled in the NY Times of course! Who's behind this madness? There are four ring leaders, however; based on the photos in our inbox this morning, there is only one that we should be fearful of: Justin Rocket Silverman. More»