'KTNV-TV, Channel 13, reporter, Jeff Gradney has been fired after he and his girlfriend were accused of soliciting male partners on the Internet. Gradney, who joined the ABC affiliate three years ago, was dismissed Monday, after a disgruntled employee sent management and staffers a Craigslist ad, a source said, that appeared to show the reporter having sex with his girlfriend. The ad read: "hot, intensely passionate couple looking for a cool guy to play with."' [LVRJ, via]

Craig Newmark got himself a New York Times subscription because "he wanted to get better informed about the presidential election," and not as a throwaway gesture toward newspaper types that he isn't an assassin out to murder the entire industry. [AdAge]

If immune-from-backlash Craigslist can reduce the hassle or finding an apartment (or increase it, depending on how you look at it), brings two strangers together who exchanged a smile on the sidewalk only to walk away without exchanging numbers, and find somebody willing to take a few of your Topps baseball cards off your hands, why can't Craigslist do the impossible — and save the very newspaper industry it's supposedly killing?

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Everybody loved Moby. Then he got pompous with tea, and everybody hated Moby. Everybody loved John Mayer. Then he started blogging and sleeping with Jennifer Aniston, and now everybody hates John Mayer.

Everybody loved MySpace alternative Facebook. Then they introduced some sketchy advertising program, and everybody hated Facebook. Everybody loves Craigslist. So how come nobody, yet, really hates Craigslist?

All things that are good in life eventually face some type of backlash, but interestingly, Craigslist, despite collecting some $100 million in revenue (much of that profit), is an Internet company that's kept its legions of fans. And it's likely to continue doing so, even after eBay filed a lawsuit accusing it of trying to dilute its 28 percent interest in the company. (Ahem, that's the news peg.)

Normally, web nerds wouldn't take too kindly to a very profitable Internet giant – it goes without saying, Craigslist owns the very lucrative classifieds biz – trying to shun an investor. But then again, this investor is eBay, and they've launched a competing classifieds service, Kijiji, whose name is as bad as the rip off job its performed on Craig Newmark's namesake site.

So how does Craigslist continue to keep its legions of fans, including much of the media, on its side?

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Good news, discriminatory real estate agents: You can continue posting your lists that violate fair-housing rules without any fear Craigslist will get into trouble. But you might! [SF Chron]

Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster complains that newspapers, who used to fawn over the 12-year-old bare-bones classifieds site, now bend over backward to trash it — and that the negative tone of those articles is being handed down by spurned execs who blame Craig Newmark for stealing their ad revenue.

Normally, we'd say it was a stupid move to criticize the media you accuse of criticizing you; that's just baiting 'em. But then again, it worked for Hillary Clinton. Finally.

• A Democratic National Committee spokesman asked Queerty if the picture above was "humor or accuracy?" Both! Here's your gay cheat sheet to the DNC.

• Craigslist gives back to the industry he helped destroy.

• Unlike your office manager, we never got into LOLCats. LOlsens is more our style.

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There’s no better cure for the Mondays than looking for jobs, and no better cure for hating your job than reading job listings. Each week, we remind you that as bad your job is, it could be a lot worse.

This week, Sex Herald.com is looking for freelance porn critics. At first glance, reviewing NSFW websites for pay may seem like an upgrade from the work you're doing as an amateur. But $7 a review is not worth mixing business and pleasure. Besides, writing samples from Sex Herald.com will probably not get you into the New Yorker and could get you fired from your current job.

The offer basically comes down to getting minimally compensated to review porn sites under a pseudonym. At least at your current terrible job, you can go by your real name.

Full listing after the jump.

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So who was that mystery "celebrity" chef trawling Craigslist for his (or her!) new apprentice? Officially speaking, we have absolutely no idea. Unofficially speaking? The results are in, and an overwhelming majority of you (or at least 30%) avow it's Rocco DiSpirito.

There’s no better cure for the Mondays than looking for jobs, and no better cure for hating your job than reading job listings. Each week, we remind you that as bad your job is, it could be a lot worse.

While perusing Craigslist this morning – as we are sometimes wont to do – we discovered that a certain high-profile celebrity chef is in need of a full-time entry level helper! (Qualifications include "able to use Blackberry.") Naturally, we couldn't help but wonder which epicurean master was desirous of some top-notch minimum wage assistance. So we decided to put it to a poll!

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Craigslist isn't just for bored intellectuals, college callgirls and trustafarian weirdos looking for an endless supply of chocolate chip cookies. In disturbing news, a woman who answered a Craigslist ad for a nanny disappeared on the date she had an appointment to meet the "familly" and was found slain in her car three days later.

Even more shocking: Despite what the proliferation of Craigslist crazies might suggest, founder Craig Newmark has said this is the first time anything like this has ever happened. [CNN]

And today in morally uplifting news, we see Craigslist is continuing to diligently reward bulimics for their propensity towards binging/purging, and general inability to maintain normal eating habits with an ad for a research study entitled "Do You Binge Eat And Purge? Earn $800-$1,000."

We're sure that "former" anorexic Isabelle Caro (she's now "ballooned" up to an impressive 66 pounds!) would be furious, if only she still had the energy to protest speak softly.

According to a new report, specialized job sites (like Healthcaresoure.com) are seeing significant increase in traffic while general job-finders like Monster and CareerBuilder are experiencing a noticeable drop in circulation.

Meanwhile, professional ladies interested in making upwards of $1000/night by working the occasion foot fetish party (or earning up to $1300, "no strings" for "totally platonic sensual massages") still need look no further than Craigslist.

[WSJ]

It's no sex for Genesis tickets, but there's no way someone would really rent out a room in the West Village for $1 a month and daily fresh baked cookies.

In the West Village, you could get at least $50 a month and daily fresh baked cookies.

Full post after the jump.

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Sigh. Only a show about bitchy private school kids would insist that the non-union actor playing the part of an extra possess an actual culinary degree.

New hit CW show "Gossip Girl" looking for Real Sushi Chef

Grant Wilfley Casting is looking for Real Sushi Chefs to play a featured extra in the new CW hit show "Gossip Girl". Must be available all day on Tuesday, October 2nd and Wednesday, October 3rd. Please email a recent photo, contact number, and description of experience to GossipGirl@GWCNYC.com and put Sushi Chef in the header.

[Craigslist]