Mediagazer: Up Close: A Founder of Vice Magazine Branches Out (Alex Williams/New York Times)

11:15 AM ET, August 18, 2010

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Philip B. Corbett / Times Topics:

Everything Old Is Hip Again — Notes from the newsroom on grammar, usage and style. (Some frequently asked questions are here.) — We try hard to shed our old image as stodgy and out of it. Perhaps too hard, sometimes. — How else to explain our constant invocation of the old/new slang “hipster”?

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Foster Kamer / Runnin' Scared:
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Lee Margulies / Los Angeles Times:

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Andrew Wallenstein / Hollywood Reporter:

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Alex Williams / New York Times:

Up Close: A Founder of Vice Magazine Branches Out — SHANE SMITH, a founder of Vice, the streetwise, testosterone-fueled culture and fashion magazine, still chugs canned American beer. He still listens to Bad Brains. And he still favors tattered Vans skateboard shoes and black T-shirts.

David Bauder / Associated Press:

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Ron Mwangaguhunga / eMedia Vitals blogs:

Gawker's media image-driven redesign — Gawker Media sites are in the beta version of a significant redesign. Each redesign in beta — which at present only involves Gawker and Jalopnik — features a prominent headline over a single, dominant image while directly underneath lie three less prominent stories and a menu to the side.

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Gina Lovett / New Media Age:

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E.B. Boyd / WebNewser:

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Dareh Gregorian / New York Post:

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