A democracy cannot function without a free press. O.K., we know that, and you probably can’t see another word about it. The point of what follows is practical. We’re in this unbelievable business morass, an indescribable battlefield. How do we get out of it? Contributing to this catastrophe has ...

On Feb. 20, New York Times Company president and chief executive Janet Robinson was standing on the 15th floor of the Times building speaking to a room packed with hackers. About 140 software developers, engineers and miscellaneous geeks were tip-tapping on their laptops and iPhones—some in blazer...

On Feb. 20, New York Times Company president and chief executive Janet Robinson was standing on the 15th floor of the Times building speaking to a room packed with hackers. About 140 software developers, engineers and miscellaneous geeks were tip-tapping on their laptops and iPhones—some in blazer...

Daniel Saynt, a 24-year-old blogger who fancies himself the “Perez Hilton of fashion,� is planning on crashing Christian Siriano’s Fashion Week show on Feb. 19 at Bryant Park. Since sponsor IMG hasn’t invited him to attend, he’s just going to barrel his way in, with a crew of crony blogger...

"Ladies, start your hard drives." Daily Candy has announced the finalists for its Get With the Programmer contest, a search for the "Don Juan of the Database," which was first announced late last month. Nominees were submitted by Daily Candy readers. They announced the finalists ...

Jared Flood is kind of a celebrity on Ravelry.com, the social networking site its users call the “Facebook for knitters.� A 26-year-old designer and artist, Mr. Flood—who looks the part of a knitter, with his trim, soft beard, square-framed glasses and uniform of self-created cardigans and swe...

Old people are funny. It's true. For proof, check out Old Jews Telling Jokes. Launched in late January, the site was cooked up by Sam Hoffman, a New York-based shorts director who's also served as an assistant director to Wes Anderson, Woody Allen, Tim Robbins, Brian DePalma and others. It is exactl...

Shelley Bernstein calls herself “chief geek� at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, but her official title is chief of technology. Among other things, she’s responsible for communicating with museum members through the institution’s official blog, through Facebook, and through all the other online d...

Jimmy Fallon sure has been wooing the nerds recently. The former Saturday Night Live cast member/chronic giggler will take over Late Night from Conan O'Brien, who in turn is moving up to The Tonight Show starting March 2 (there's a countdown widget, if you're into that sort of thing), and he has bee...

Last month, on a blistery winter night during Chanuka, nine Aaron Cohens met at a table in the back corner of Katz’s Deli for some pastrami, pickles and beer. There were two students (one med, one urban studies), a WNYC radio producer, a freelance TV writer, a digital artist and a rapper, also kno...