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Latest Hire at NY Times: Bono!

phplqle8xPM.jpgU2 frontman and political activist Bono has a new gig! Radar is reporting that the New York Times editorial page editor Andrew Rosenthal has hired him to write a handful of the paper's Op-Ed pages next year. He announced the news last night to students of Columbia's School of Journalism, following the "suspicious package" that was delivered to his office yesterday. Radar wonders if the news will off-set the recent right-leaning columns devoted to Sarah Palin, written by Bill Kristol (who Rosenthal dodged questions about last night), but a bigger question is whether Bono will be able to help keep the sinking Gray Lady afloat?

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  • Leon Freilich

    MORE BALANCE, PLEASE

    Welcome to the Pop-Ed page,

    Bono, the youth scrum's choice;

    All that's badly needed now

    Is Madonna's voice.

  • NannyState

    Yawn, ...this is so Clinton Era.

  • Aveais Essex

    The NY Slimes! hahahahahahhahahahahahahhahahalololololololzomgzomghahahahhahahahahahalololololol!

  • ides_of_march

    The sooner the NY Slimes goes under, the better.

  • gimme

    comedian on conan o'brien last night:

    Potatohead McSmallPenis (irish stereotypes)

    Bono is looking more and more like a potatohead, the other thing I guess you can try and find out yourself

  • longacre

    Congrats to the world's most over-hyped overrated musician on scoring what will be the world's most over-hyped, under read op-ed column.

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