Blackbook

It looks as though former Page Six columnist Lydia Hearst's internship at BlackBook was, in the style of James Frey's recent visit to Gawker, more of a one-day joke/publicity thing than a long term joke/publicity thing (their former intern, Ryan Adams, stuck around long enough to get his own column!). Ms. Hearst's brief return to the publishing universe consisted of staring intently  at a computer through a pair of chunky glasses, stuffing and delivering guidebook-laden holiday gift boxes, riding the subway,  bringing an empty envelope to nightlife columnist Steve Lewis at Webster Hall, and Blackberrying on a stoop.  All that work seems to have earned Ms.  read more »

It might be a bit of a stretch, but it's just possible that the furor over this week's New Yorker cover is attributable to the summer heat: For irony, as with sex, sometimes it's too darn hot.

Even for Larry David, apparently. In the August issue of BlackBook magazine (due out July 22), bone-dry British ironist Steve Coogan, who also has two movies coming out this summer that will test Americans' waning tolerance for subtlety, tells the interviewer: "My career is so important. I’m being ironic. Can you put that in quotes: 'He said, ironically?'" He also talked about working with Mr. David.  read more »

It's quitting time at Blackbook.

On the heels of the major departures of its managing editor and photo director, Blackbook has now lost its publisher, Joe Landry.  read more »