Re: Hastings and Project PM
Subject: Re: Hastings and Project PM
From: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 7/4/10, 17:53
To: John Knefel <johnknefel@gmail.com>

John-

Here's the contact list. Some of this is out of date; I'll provide you with another, more complete version with more names when I get a moment. Ignore the notes, this was composed by my mommy.

 

 

Gawker.com

 

**New:

 

Gabriel Snyder, editor in chief sent

gabriel@gawker.com

 

The New Yorker

 

**New:

 

Blake Eskin, web editor sent

blake_eskin@newyorker.com

 

Daniel Zalewski, features editor

daniel_zalewski@newyorker.com

 

Susan Morrison, articles editor

susan_morrison@newyorker.com

 

 

The DailyBeast

 

**New names:

 

Jane Spencer, managing editor

jane.spencer@thedailybeast.com

 

Henry Seltzer, home page editor

henry.seltzer@thedailybeast.com

 

Bryan Curtis, senior editor

bryan.curtis@thedailybeast.com

 

Senior editor Nicholas Wapshott

nicholas.wapshott@thedailybeast.com

 

Edward Felsenthal, executive editor

edward.felsenthal@thedailybeast.com

 

Will Doig, formerly of Nerve.com

will.doig@thedailybeast.com

 

 

 

Rolling Stone

 

**New Name:

Abbey Goodman, executive website editor, over Caryn Ganz

abbey.goodman@rollingtone.com

 

Caryn Ganz – deputy website editor

caryn.ganz@rollingstone.com

 

Eric Bates, senior editor
eric.bates@rollingstone.com

Jason Fine, senior editor
jason.fine@rollingstone.com

 

 

The Nation

 

**New:

Emily Douglas, website editor

edouglas@thenation.com

has worked in legal advocacy for gay and lesbian issues – send her one of your related pieces

 

John Palattella, literary editor – maybe he’ll feature your new book!

jpalattella@thenation.com

 

New York Observer

 

**Updated:

 

John Vorwald ***Senior Web Editor
jvorwald@observer.com

 

Barry Lewis, VP, Web Editor
blewis@observer.com

 

Hillary Frey 
hfrey@observer.com

 

The Atlantic

 

**Updated contacts:

 

Bob Cohn, editorial director – theatlantic.com

bcohn@theatlantic.com

 

Sage Stossel ***Editor of The Atlantic online, also a political cartoonist.

sagestossel@theatlantic.com

 

Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, senior editor - website

jgritz@theatlantic.com

 

 

Harper’s

 

**New contacts:

 

Ben Metcalf, literary editor

ben@harpers.org

 

Jennifer Szalai, senior editor

szalai@harpers.org

 

Bill Wasik, senior editor

wasik@harpers.org

 

Luke Mitchell, senior editor

luke@harpers.org

 

 

Esquire

 

Eric Gillin - *** Website editor, hired in 2009 to make the online version more hip.

egillin@hearst.com

 

Mark Warren, executive editor

mwarren@hearst.com

 

John Kenney, managing editor

jkenney@hearst.com

 

 

Vanity Fair

 

**This guy is books editor for the magazine, maybe you should pitch him your new title.

Wayne Lawson, Literary Editor for the magazine
wayne_lawson@condenast.com

 

Jane Sarkin, Features Editor for the magazine
jane_sarkin@condenast.com

 

Michael Hogan, Online Editor
mhogan@vf.com

 

 

 

Mother Jones

 

Monika Bauerlein

bauerlein@motherjones.com

 

Clara Jeffery

jeffery@motherjones.com

 

Michael Mechanic

mechanic@motherjones.com

 

The Economist

 

John Micklethwait

johnmicklethwait@economist.com

 

John Parker 
johnparker@economist.com

 

 

New York Daily News

 

Adam Berkowitz **Online Editor
aberkowitz@edit.nydailynews.com

 

David Ng, Executive Editor
dng@nydailynews.com

 

Orla Healy, Features
ohealy@nydailynews.com

 

 

New York Post

 

Kristin Boehm, Web Editor
webeditor@nypost.com

 

Newsday

 

Dennis Elder, Website Editor
delder@newsday.com

 

Details

 

Erica Cerulo, ***Online Editor
erica.cerulo@fairchildpub.com

 

Greg Williams 
gregory_williams@condenast.com

 

Katherine Wheelock 
katherine_wheelock@condenast.com

 

 

Texas Tribune.org

Eileen D. Smith, Website Editor

edsmith@texasmonthly.com

 

Brian D. Sweany, Deputy Editor

bsweany@texasmonthly.com

 

Jake Silverstein, Editor

jsilverstein@texasmonthly.com

 

 

Texas Monthly

Eileen D. Smith, Website Editor

edsmith@texasmonthly.com

 

Brian D. Sweany, Deputy Editor

bsweany@texasmonthly.com

 

Jake Silverstein, Editor

jsilverstein@texasmonthly.com

 

D Magazine

 

Krista Nightengale managing editor

kristan@dmagazine.com or knightengale@dmagazine.com

**Send to both email addresses!

 

 

 


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
I think I just lost

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j405oGcxPzI


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:45 AM, John Knefel <johnknefel@gmail.com> wrote:
I think we just figured out a fund-raising gimmick.


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
That sounds like a challenge...


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:06 AM, John Knefel <johnknefel@gmail.com> wrote:
Will do.  I'll be in touch in a little bit.  And I'll put my swagger up against anybody's.

J


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Oh, I did see the myth of the liberal media piece the other day, actually.

Video was indeed funny, but I do a much better Mick Jagger than you. Sorry.

I'll forward this to Apple. Also, I'm extraordinarily swamped with this Hastings thing right now and about to move to a new apartment, but we should talk soon. Can you give me a call or write in a week or so?


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:30 AM, John Knefel <johnknefel@gmail.com> wrote:
Barrett,

I've stumbled on The Faster Times occasionally -- good to hear you're going to be writing for it.  Looks like a good site, and I'd love to get in contact with your friend Sam.  If he's looking at writing samples, here are two quick ones of mine, both of which focus on the awful corporate media. 

CNN claims 'credible threat' from Yemen, writes hilariously bad propaganda piece

And here's one of my more sober posts, about the awful health care coverage and the myth of liberal bias in the media.

The myth of the liberal media, health care edition

Here's the link to the latest video I did with my sister Molly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbJS8qkQlo0

Enjoy, and let me know if Sam is looking for more people.  Thanks Barrett.
J


On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 10:21 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, John-

Thanks for getting in touch; any friend of Kilkenny's is a friend of mine.

My old friend Sam Apple has started an outlet called The Faster Times which I'm about to start writing for. Let me know if you'd like me to get you in touch with him.

Also, though I haven't had a chance to see your work, my associate Clark Robinson says that in addition to being an above-par commentator, you do humorous videos as well with your sister. Could you send me a link to one?

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 2:34 PM, John Knefel <johnknefel@gmail.com> wrote:
Barrett,

Hey there.  I'm a fellow T/S blogger and friend of Allison Kilkenny's.  I enjoy your T/S posts, and I just read your defense of Hastings in VF, which I thought was great.  Now that T/S is shutting down, I'm looking for a place to direct my energies, and Allie suggested I contact you.  I feel like you and I share a similar kind of hatred for the chattering class and the corporate media in general. 

If you'd like, I can send along writing samples, but for now I just wanted to drop you a line and say 1) great piece on Hastings, and 2) I'd love to be involved in any project that puts Friedman, Krauthammer, Brooks, et al in its sight lines.

John Knefel 





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Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302




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Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302




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Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302




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Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302



--
Regards,

Barrett Brown
Brooklyn, NY
512-560-2302