Thanks to the essential WFMU blog and Mike Lupica for this link, former Crank publisher (and current NY Press fixture) Jeff Koyen’s face-off with the self-proclaimed King of All Media, Howard Stern.
Koyen’s take on this, can be found here.
Thanks to the essential WFMU blog and Mike Lupica for this link, former Crank publisher (and current NY Press fixture) Jeff Koyen’s face-off with the self-proclaimed King of All Media, Howard Stern.
Koyen’s take on this, can be found here.
i gave up on reading nyp about five years ago, basically because of the ignorant, idiot publisher’s weekly column. i heard the stern/koyen exchange on the radio, not knowing who koyen was (other than an editor at nyp) and thought he was blown out by stern, and koyen made zero points. slamming stern for supporting republicans until they turned against stern is high irony, considering nyp’s politics until they came under scrutiny for hooker ads.
but crank was great, so i will check out nyp and see if koyen has improved it (no other direction to go). and most important, thanks for pointing me to the fmu blog. never knew and will add to my daily rotation.
yes indeedy, Russ Smith’s NYP has long walked a funny tightrope, appealing to the demi monde while pushing a Republican agenda. Though it should be stressed that Smith did so in the face of what, a 30 year head start by the decidely lefty Village Voice With NYP, all of a sudden downtown had two arts weeklies with their own unique points of few…at the same time, each employing any number of writers whose opinions didn’t necessarily jibe with those of ownership/management.
I don’t wanna make out like I’m not taking sides or anything. Though i found Howard much funnier in the mid ’80’s when superstars and politicians alike weren’t trying to kiss his ass, the show still has its moments. He wouldn’t have made my 100 most loathesome NY’ers list, never mind the top 50. But many of Koyen’s points are well taken ; Stern as first amendment martyr would be more convincing if the whole thing didn’t seem to revolve around driving up the price of Sirius stock.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/apbiz_story.asp?category=1310&slug=Sirius%20Stern%20Guest%20SEC
i will concede koyen has a couple of good points; howard’s first political/moral consideration is always what is in it for him. unfortunately i read koyen’s good points, ’cause he was unable to articulate them on the air.
and i will give russ his props for success in business and establishing his paper. i read it regularly for years, for listings, music reviews (i was younger and much more of a rocker than my current old ass, i don’t get to too many shows nowdays), and various columns (slackjaw and tony millionaire were inspired). but eventually, too much russ, amy sohn, and getting old i suppose.
and funny, i used to hate stern. then by the early nineties thought he had moments. last seven, eight years i never miss him. no accounting for taste.