From Wired, Clive Thompson on the Age of Microcelebrity: Why everyone's a little Brad Pitt. A look at how Kevin Federline took his place among the world's most powerful men. A review of Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture. A review of Undead TV: Essays on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. A review of In the Know: The Classic Guide to Being Cultured and Cool by Nancy MacDonell. $30,000 millionaires the douchebags in the mist: Venturing into the Dallas jungle in search of the elusive $30,000 millionaire — is he myth or fact? NewsGroper.com is the apex predator in an insurgent new form of satire, with anonymous bloggers pretending to be someone famous. From n+1, Gawker 2002—2007: As Gawker Media grew, from Gawker’s success, Gawker outlived the conditions for its existence. The conventional wisdom

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