| Subject: Re: Question |
| From: jamie kilstein <jamiekilstein@gmail.com> |
| Date: 10/11/10, 04:44 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
Things are swell. Also, I just put up the piece on you guys at a couple outlets, and someone in the comments linked to this by way of a suggestion for you guys which I really think you should look into:Ever wonder why Rush "Boss" Limbaugh's syndicated radio show is all over the place like the proverbial cheap suit?....It's because -- ready for this? -- Rush's show was, and presumably still is, given away for free to many local radio stations.This shocker is because of a little-known practice in broadcast syndication called a "barter deal."....Here's how a barter deal works: To launch the show, Limbaugh's syndicator, Premiere Radio Networks -- the same folks who syndicate wingnut du jour Glen Beck -- gave Limbaugh's three hours away -- that's right, no cash -- to local radio stations, mostly in medium and smaller markets, back in the early 1990's.So, a local talk station got Rush's show for zilch. In exchange, Premiere took for itself much of the local station's available advertising time (roughly 15 minutes an hour) and packed the show with national ads it had already pre-sold.On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:Great. Thanks, man! Hope all is well with you.AOn Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:43 AM, Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi, Allison-Sure thing.Submissions to Roger Hodge of Harpers do go through his assistant, but she works closely with Hodge and is more communicative about things than most interns. Hodge's address is gemma@harpers.org.
Michael Hogan, online editor of Vanity Fair may possibly be interested, although you might have better luck just asking him for the print editor. His e-mail is Michael_Hogan@condenast.com, although he appears to be out of town on assignment this week. Assistant online editor is Bill_Bradley@condenast.com.
Matt Rothschild of The Progressive may be reached at editorial@progressive.org.
Also, I've pasted below my most updated list of contacts at various other major publications.
I've got a conference call in a little while with Wynne LeGrow, the Democratic candidate for VA-04 who announced that he is an atheist early in the campaign (and who's running against Randy Forbes, founder of the Prayer Caucus) as I'm serving as an advisor and all-around propagandist for them. Afterwards, I'm going to write up a post on Daily Kos, Faster Times (which you should write for as well; it's a True/Slant setup except it pays by quarter based on ad revenue, and you've got a following that could help make that work for you and at any rate you can simply cross-post your blogging) about how you guys are going independent, how that could turn out to be an effective model for journalists, etc, and why people should donate to Citizen Radio. Hopefully that will get you some more subscribers.
Also, a fellow named Adam, former NYT copyeditor, got in touch with me recently for a documentary he's doing on the decline of print and I suggested he contact you. I'll send him another note about what you've been doing on this story, as he spoke to me a lot about whether investigative journalism can survive the fall of print pubs, and you're basically showing that it can.
Let me know if there's anything else I can do for you. Here's the list.
The DailyBeast
Jane Spencer, managing editor
jane.spencer@thedailybeast.com
New York Times
FIONA SPRUILL Editor, Web Newsroom
Time, Inc.
John Huey, Editorial Director
john_huey@timeinc.com
The Economist
Edward Carr, Senior Editor (he had run an ad last fall looking for writers!)
Tom Easton, NY Bureau Chief
Roger McShane, Political Editor (for your book?)
(Mr.) Adrian Woolridge, World Affairs Editor
Rachel Horwood, Washington Bureau Chief
Time, Inc.
Rick Stengel, Managing Editor
John Huey, Editorial Director
john_huey@timeinc.com
Lev Grossman, Book Critic FOR YOUR NEW BOOK
New York Times
FIONA SPRUILL Editor, Web Newsroom
fiona@nytimes.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
Gawker.com
**New:
Gabriel Snyder, editor in chief
The New Yorker
**New:
Blake Eskin, web editor
Daniel Zalewski, features editor
Susan Morrison, articles editor
Rolling Stone
**New Name:
Abbey Goodman, executive website editor, over Caryn Ganz
Caryn Ganz deputy website editor
Eric Bates, senior editor
eric.bates@rollingstone.com
Jason Fine, senior editor
jason.fine@rollingstone.com
The Nation
**New:
Emily Douglas, website editor
has worked in legal advocacy for gay and lesbian issues send her one of your related pieces
John Palattella, literary editor maybe hell feature your new book!
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
Sage Stossel ***Editor of The Atlantic online, also a political cartoonist.
Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, senior editor - website
Harpers
**New contacts:
Ben Metcalf, literary editor
Jennifer Szalai, senior editor
Bill Wasik, senior editor
Luke Mitchell, senior editor
Esquire
Eric Gillin - *** Website editor, hired in 2009 to make the online version more hip.
Mark Warren, executive editor
mwarren@hearst.com
John Kenney, managing editor
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 - sent
Clara Jeffery
Michael Mechanic
The Economist
John Micklethwait
johnmicklethwait@economist.com
John Parker
johnparker@economist.com
New York Daily News
Adam Berkowitz **Online Editor
aberkowitz@edit.nydailynews.com sent
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 sent
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
Brian D. Sweany, Deputy Editor
Jake Silverstein, Editor
Texas Monthly
Eileen D. Smith, Website Editor
Brian D. Sweany, Deputy Editor
Jake Silverstein, Editor
D Magazine
Krista Nightengale managing editor
kristan@dmagazine.com or knightengale@dmagazine.com
**Send to both email addresses!
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On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Allison Kilkenny <allisonkilkenny@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Barrett-Yesterday, I visited Villawood, which is an Australian refugee detention centre run by a private company named Serco. I had a very exciting time, including when Serco guard attempted to seize my notes. I've written an article about my visit with the prisoners, a brief history of the mistreatment of Australia's refugees (and how the anti-Sri Lankan propaganda is eerily similar to the anti-Mexican bile,) and about Serco's Erik Prince-like CEO.I'd like to avoid the General Submission Pit Of Doom i.e. getting rejected by an intern that won't even read it. Any ideas for publications that might be interested? Tried your RS contact, but it appears as though the email no longer exists.Lemme know & hope you're wellAllison Kilkenny
Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302
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Regards,
Barrett Brown
512-560-2302