Yo Yo Ma reading under a poster of himself encouraging reading.
This might be my favorite Rubioism.
BOB DYLAN’S SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW LEAKED
Here it is. My 4th Annual Super Bowl Half Time Show song leak. This one is from none other than Bob Dylan, who is replacing Beyonce who dropped out after her inauguration lip synching scandal.
“Running Out The Clock” is a previously unreleased song from Dylan’s 1983 “Infidels” album. I guess it makes sense… the football metaphors and references.
I hope you enjoy and know I’ll be back next year with another leak.
"Lee van der Voo tells Romenesko readers: I was just informed by State Farm here in Oregon, where I’m an independent investigative journalist, that they are dumping my office rental policy because of the kind of journalism I do. I asked whether if I were to write food reviews or puff pieces about bridal gowns they would insure me, and I was told yes, “just no controversial journalism."
Welcome back, winter!
Early Bird Special: Idiots!
This email from Tina hit staff inboxes a little before 7:00am this morning. Newsweek’s going all digital. Last edition will be the December 31st issue. Ch-ch-changes.
To: All Staff
We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will…
“She wouldn’t eat chicken (she said she’d cleaned too many of them growing up on a farm) but liked chicken livers. She hated snobs but would readily denounce anyone she thought was lazy or cheap. She understood spoken German but couldn’t speak it. She didn’t drink much but loved a good Manhattan. She detested dishonesty but would cheat at golf.”
