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Last Media Job In New York City Gladly Taken

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Since I was fired from the New York Observer back in June—the owner-publisher, I was told second-hand, objected to a light reported item I wrote while freelancing here at Radar—I've been at loose ends. (It's not like I missed the money—they only paid $24,000 a year for a weekly column, so it wasn't really a job, per se, though it was great fun. Apparently the owner-publisher thought that he owned me for that price! Funnily enough, that is the exact same salary Nick Denton paid me for the first year I did Gawker.) What was I saying? Loose ends. Right. There's not much for a reporter or an editor to do these days! For instance, a headhunter wrote me the other day about the overnight politics editor job now open at the HuffPo, and I had six overqualified candidates to recommend off the top of my head. And have you noticed how no one leaves their jobs anymore? So look out, suckers—I took the last media job in the world! I am SELFISH.

Now, technically, Moe Tkacik already took this job not long ago. I was happy for her to have it! But word on the street is she's very happy over at Gawker, working for owner-editor Nick Denton. And anyway, this won't be the first time some gay dude has taken Moe's sloppy seconds.

Besides, I made them make my title Editor At Large instead of Senior Writer—which has such a great 1980s-ring to it, doesn't it? Evoking as it does polo shirts and louche lawn parties?—so it didn't sound like the same job they offered Moe.

So, I'll be "at large," until, in my unemployable way, I quit sometime around Christmas. Or until whoever actually owns this crazy publication thinks better of it (Thanksgiving?). Or until my boss Alex Balk quits and takes the rest of the staff out with him in a blaze of white collar-creative underclass ennui (Constitution Day)?

I will enjoy it very much until then.

By Choire Sicha   08/22/08 5:00 PM
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hooray!

Posted by: maura on August 22, 2008 5:03 PM

Fuck the VP announcement, this is the news I was waiting for. Congrats and huzzah to the official professional union of Balk and Sicha!

Posted by: karion on August 22, 2008 5:04 PM

Does this mean we're not getting married next month?

Posted by: KarenUhOh on August 22, 2008 5:07 PM

We'll make a deal, Choire - never ever ever leave, and I won't either.

Posted by: Hez on August 22, 2008 5:11 PM

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If you're having problems with ennui, I'll send you a case of Pepto-Bismol.

Posted by: KarenUhOh on August 22, 2008 5:17 PM

I am so excited I can't put words together in a s

Posted by: mathnet on August 22, 2008 5:29 PM

Wow, it's like having a Tumblr that someone else is paid to art!

Posted by: Moon Over My Hammy on August 22, 2008 5:33 PM

(weeping from joy)

I'll send a case of exclamation points on over to compliment Karen's delivery of Pepto (and damn it, Karen, stop sending the best gifts.)

Posted by: jolie on August 22, 2008 5:38 PM

Yay Mr Sicha. I love you from before the start. And yeah to Mr. Balk for stealing the wind from Obama by landing the only running mate that matters.!

Posted by: NotAndersonCooper on August 22, 2008 6:10 PM

Perfect fit, Choire. Now, where are the adorable-animal-video posts? It's Friday! I need my fix for the weekend! Screw Kushner. We own you now!

Posted by: Midge on August 22, 2008 6:21 PM

So much awesome in this post. Leaving aside the awesome of Choire + Balk officially riding again, i always love to see billionaires shown up as cheap assholes.

Kick out the jams, motherfuckers!

Posted by: Judycats on August 22, 2008 6:41 PM

Best news this month! Perfect timing. Choire as Radar Editor au Large as Gawker legitimately jumps the shark, nukes the fridge or just basically bores the living shit out of everyone.

Now I can go on vacation with a song in my heart.


Posted by: sailor on August 22, 2008 6:43 PM

huzzah!
gawker died months ago, but this does put an axe through the head of zombie-gawker.

Posted by: slinkimalinki on August 22, 2008 9:38 PM

Boo HOO! If you don't like it, go collect tolls you f'ing crybaby!

Oh, and congrats. Looking forward to reading, etc.

Posted by: copyranter on August 22, 2008 9:50 PM

I have visited radar exactly twice in the past 10 months but I actually just signed up for a user account here, that's how happy this news made me. Yay Choire. And good luck.

Posted by: cassandra on August 23, 2008 8:53 AM

Daddy's home! Get the pitcher of martinis, STAT!

Posted by: SarahHeartburn on August 23, 2008 8:58 AM

Woo! Hoo!

Posted by: pufflehuff on August 23, 2008 1:35 PM

Best! Media-related! News! Ever! (Sorry, Choire is contagious. Again. Or still.)

Posted by: Snarktastic on August 23, 2008 3:40 PM

Burning my Gawker bridges as we speak! W00t!

Posted by: Hez on August 23, 2008 6:57 PM

Oh thank god - now can we get a proper pronunciation guide for your name?

(Hi Hez!)

Posted by: guevarajunior on August 23, 2008 9:05 PM

I'm in!

Posted by: unstablemabel on August 23, 2008 10:13 PM

@guevarajunior: http://www.choiresicha.com/pronounce.mp3

So Balk and Choire, I assume it's okay if I bring a few friends over? ;)

Posted by: Hez on August 24, 2008 12:08 AM

Wow! apparently this has made just less-than-two-dozen people very happy!!! Congratulations, Choire and as always, "keep it up," Balk

Posted by: worst_1_yet on August 24, 2008 1:25 PM

3 parts vodka, 1 part tomato juice right daddy?

Posted by: punctiliouspig on August 24, 2008 2:55 PM

Awesome. This raises the important question of what is considered a firing offense at Radar.

Posted by: brilliantmistake on August 25, 2008 2:06 AM

Someone tapped me on the shoulder last night and told me I was dreaming.

Now I have to figure out which one of me feels betrayed.

Posted by: KarenUhOh on August 25, 2008 8:49 AM

merry christmas, choire

Posted by: davidwatts on August 27, 2008 8:32 PM