Also, Andrea Peyser Wears Combat Boots

As an astute young writer recently pointed out, there’s a tabloid war going on in New York City, and it makes fine spectator sport for all of us. Which is why we were so pleased to pick up this week’s Advertising Age to find this ad for the Daily News, boasting that the paper has a higher in-the-city readership than its competition and also, unless we’re reading it wrong, implying that the Post’s reportage is at least somewhat fictional. Oh, snap. And such fun! Your ball, Mr. Murdoch.

Because While Other Cities Are Losing Their Papers, New York Still Has a Tabloid War [NYM]