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Michael Hastings

  1. the industry
    Netflix Can Afford Brad PittThe streaming service will distribute Pitt’s War Machine.
  2. vulture recommends
    Last-Chance Beach Reads: 12 Books for the Final Days of SummerBonus: These engrossing books will double as a shield against any sand kicked in your face. 
  3. media
    Michael Hastings Autopsy Shows Drug Use Hours Before AccidentIt was an accident.
  4. ink-stained wretches
    Times Public Editor Criticizes Michael Hastings Obituary Margaret Sullivan writes that the paper failed to capture his “adversarial spirit.”
  5. media
    FBI Denies Investigating Michael HastingsThe reporter believed otherwise before he died.
  6. media
    Michael Hastings, FBI, WikiLeaks: ConspiraciesThe reporter told friends he was under investigation.
  7. deaths
    Journalist Michael Hastings, Who Profiled Stanley McChrystal, Has DiedColleagues say he was “fearless.”
  8. memoirs
    McChrystal Blames Self for Rolling Stone StoryAnd the Rolling Stone writer, just a little.
  9. secretary of awesome
    Hillary Clinton Aide Apologizes for Using F-WordSpokesman Philippe Reines may or may not have contributed to the swear jar, too.
  10. mcchrystal ball
    Rolling Stone Writer’s Afghanistan Book Deal CanceledMichael Hastings’s manuscript will have to find another home.
  11. bons mots
    How General Petraeus Is Kind of Like Charlie SheenWinning, duh.
  12. international intrigue
    General Ordered Intelligence Team to Use Jedi Mind Tricks on U.S. SenatorsAnother big exposé from the ‘Rolling Stone’ reporter who ended General McChrystal’s career.
  13. cable news
    Talk Box: U.S. Foreign Policy Damaged Itself Long Before WikiLeaksOne pundit blames Bush AND Obama, saying it’s a case of “reap what you sow.”
  14. company town
    Investment Banks Mull New Trading FloorsFINANCE • JP Morgan, Lehman, and Merrill are in talks with developers to build new trading floors in Manhattan. [Bloomberg] • Donald Trump set a new low last night, defeating WWF owner Vince McMahon in a “Battle of the Billionaires.” [AP via Yahoo] • The SEC celebrates April Fools’ Day with a prank press release about new disclosure rules. [Financial Times via MSNBC]