3 posts and columns on Seth Mnookin

A Study Plan for Carlos Slim: Learn Who’s Running the New York Times

in Media on January 20, 2009 at 3:33 pm PT

There’s been lots of dark muttering about Carlos Slim, the New York Times’s new benefactor/loan shark: Exactly how did he make his money, after all? And what does he want with the Times? In any case, it turns out Slim probably has some questions about the Times himself. Like who runs it and what they do?

Condé Nast to Portfolio.Com Blogger: Don’t Tell Anyone We Canned You!

in Media on November 4, 2008 at 3:00 am PT

One advantage of blogging for a big-time publication: You can turn your pink slip into a post. That’s what Portfolio magazine’s Kevin Maney tried to do last Friday, when he announced that as part of the cutbacks at Condé Nast, he’d no longer be writing his Tech Observer blog. By Monday, Maney’s post had disappeared. Fortunately, we’ve got the full text right here. Unfortunately, we’re going to be reading many more goodbye posts in the months to come.