Yahoo! Answers, tough questions

​Yahoo! Answers ranks barely above YouTube comments as the saddest, scummiest place for bizarre questions and offensive anonymous responses on the mainstream internet. So it's a bit strange, but not exactly surprising that President Barack takes to YouTube to connect with the people and "win the future" or whatever, and then people just ask him about pot. Vice President Joe Biden, meanwhile, gets stuck with Yahoo! Answers for some reason, where he will answer questions throughout the week about last night's State of the Union. Surprise: the questions are not very good!

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​Lock up ye editorial staffers! The Daily is trying to hire them if they haven't already. And if Papa Rupe doesn't come for 'em, Yahoo will. A New York Observer-er peaces out. Finally, the clearing out of some old items, the firing of some long-needed shots, and the media company you're most likely to die working for. Press Clips, Day 22, I've Already Checked Out For Thanksgiving Edition, right here.

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​Remember, remember, the 15th of November. The world of media gigs spins, and with it, our heads. How are New York Magazine, Mediaite, Business Insider, CNN, and Gawker Media intricately tied together today? If you get motion sickness easily, well, you probably shouldn't be reading this on a moving vehicle. Press Clips, Day 21, Manic Monday Media Moves Madness Edition, here we go. CORRECTION/UPDATED.

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​The second part of the change-up at Business Insider comes down the transom! A leaked memo about protest at Fox News, and, hey, activists! Here's how to get around those pesky security arrangements. This American Life host Ira Glass is...singing Elliott Smith. Rupert Murdoch has surrendered to Google, like we all eventually will. Press Clips, Day 14, Juan-Williams-Free Lunch Edition, right now:More >>

​An interview with former-turned-current Gawker scribe John Cook -- fresh out of Yahoo -- had the following money quotes to deliver to his (former Radar co-worker) Jeff Bercovici at Daily Finance about Cook's experience with writing original news for search engine monolith Yahoo's news blog The Upshot and editor Andrew Golis. SHOTS FIRED:

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​Andrew Golis of Yahoo just posted a job opening noting that John Cook is going back to Gawker! Doesn't this sound familiar?

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​Mark Lisanti--the highly-revered-by-other-bloggers blogger who was the original Defamer.com editor and helped make Gawker Media's name on the West Coast--is now going to be joining his fellow Gawker Media alumni John Cook and Brett "Cajun Boy" Dykes at what Gawker Media publish Nick Denton once called the "maw of [web content giant] Yahoo."

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​Ever visited True/Slant? It's a pretty great site based on a business model that's had its fair share of cynics and critics and quasi-scandals since its onset. But according to Paid Content, True/Slant might soon get the last, moneyed laugh, as they're now reportedly in acquisition talks.

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​Another Monday, another BlogBeat column. Hopefully, unlike last week's column, this one won't cost us $20,000 a year in advertising money. A former employment situation with Nick Denton and Gawker is assessed, the face behind Newsweek's newest weapon talks, and new hires emerge at the Paris Review and the Village Voice. Here's this week's BlogBeat.

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