A Jossip reader is quite concerned that we may have jeopardized our access to the booze which flows freely from Paper magazine parties.
Peter Davis, socialite reporter and one-man Tinsley Mortimer press machine extraordinaire, backs Paper. And since we insist on prying into the journalistic motives of this elite media and society member, well, we risk being blacklisted from the Paper scene.
Paper gives good parties - read: lots of free booze - and P. [Peter] Davis is a backer of Paper. Didn't you know he was loaded? It's Davis as in the "Davis Cup," a tennis to-do founded by his great-great-something (uncle? grandfather?). If you don't beieve me, just look at his signet ring.
We are flattered that our reader is so concerned — especially because he insinuates that this coverage in some way makes braver than our peers who choose to ignore this socialite on socialite dry hump in order to maintain their open bar access. (We think that it's just because nobody else really cares.) Either way, fear not.
If a Paper party worth attending comes along, and we are left without an invite, we will simply crash. If only to ask Peter Davis if he will please put photos of us on Patrick McMullan in exchange for more favorable coverage on our blog.
• Ugh, that damn coyote is really getting on our nerves. Though, not as much as the New Yorkers who act like they've never seen wildlife before. [NYDN]
• Yeah, so what if we were e-mailed this story? Apparently original thought is only good for getting ripped off anyway. [ASAP]
• Jennifer Aniston is starting the Chicago craze. Soon, New Yorkers will follow, and then maybe, just maybe, fashion. [The Sun]
• Tim Russert still likes the way a newspaper feels between his hands. Translation: he doesn't know how to use a computer. [Beacon Journal]
• L Train riders will soon be reading more than the rest of us on the subway platform. Oh, and you Williamsburg dwellers, it won't help to just pretend. [NYDN]
• TV watchers are starved for “domestic cheese" and MILFs. [Slate]
• Well, it’s not People, but Perez Hilton is beautiful on Paper. [Paper]
• After giving Aaron Brown the shaft in order to put Anderson Cooper on his pink pedestal, CNN has yet to see its gray haired mascot pull in a ratings payoff. [Media Week]
• Matt Lauer and Katie Couric didn't bother to mention the Macy's Parade balloon accident even once during their coverage, thanks to entertainment producers who didn't see the incident worthy of coverage. So much for Matt and Katie maintaining their "hard news" edge. [NYDN]
• Paper magazine, not content with being a hipster bible in New York only, plans to show up in L.A. with a hackneyed public artsy performance project to generate some buzz. [WWD]
• Some editors actually stand by their writers when faced with job-jeopardizing criticism — and we'd like to meet them. Well, except for Brandon Holley. [Mediabistro]
• For its 1,000th cover, Rolling Stone is going 3-D. The plans are already in the works, even if the issue won't pop up till May 2006. And, of course, it was Jann Wenner's idea. [NYT]
• Valerie Plame manhunter Patrick Fitzgerald is calling Time magazine's Viveca Novak in front of a grand jury to talk about her conversations with Karl Rove's attorney Robert Luskin. This marks the second Time reporter Fitzgerald has summoned and the 198th time we fell asleep while reading a Fitzgerald-related article. [Reuters]
• Another Bazaar staffer leaves. Giggle. Said staffer immigrates to Vogue. Double giggle. [Page Six]
• Hearst's latest women's weekly Quick & Simple has been slow & lagging at the newsstand, selling just 70,000 to 80,000 copies a week. It's fun knowing we're beating Hearst in at least one category. [WWD]
• And lastly, the new Nightline debuts tonight, sans Ted Koppel. We know you're giddy to get your Martin Bashir on. [AP]
