Monday was a very busy day in the world of Manhattan media. Downtown Media, new owners of Tokion magazine (the pub that used to be about Japanamania and then switched their focus to tight silkscreen shirts and expensive, hard to find action figures), sent out a press release announcing the acquisition of Inked magazine (the mag dedicated to those dedicated to slathering their bodies with dark liquids that will look “really” sexy on 65 year old skin). Larry Rosenblum, president of Downtown Media, said, “We are very excited about Inked. I believe this magazine is a unique product which appeals to hipsters and celebrities alike ...” As of this writing, the purchase price of the title had not been disclosed.

Cheap Shots: The New York Post took its first official shot at the new Village Voice under former television critic David Blum, claiming the paper is having trouble hiring a new media critic. Among the names said to have turned Blum down are the usual suspects of bloggerdom: Rachel Sklar and Jesse Oxfeld. Most surprising is the mention of Michael Calderone, one of The NY Observer’s strongest assets. The piece goes on to quote one unnamed “insider” as saying “The Voice has lost its hip factor.” The tip-off that this unnamed insider is definitely over 45 years old comes via the use of the term “hip factor.” But we digress. The shadowy quote machine then opines, “There’s too much instability there right now.” Yeah, welcome to the new world of print media.

Speaking of low blows, a sharp one was dealt Monday by New York magazine writer Vanessa Grigoriadis (“Even Bitches Have Feelings,” Feb. 5). Although some might rush to read the story we’ve all had enough of, the piece itself is rife with interesting questions like: How do you write a lengthy seven-page story about someone without getting one quote from them? Is it OK for a writer to call a just-fired female executive “bitch” in the title of her piece simply because she’s a woman? Why (according to MediaBistro) is the family of Nicole Brown demanding a retraction from New York magazine owner Bruce Wasserstein, claiming that they contacted New York before publication to correct what they claim are inaccuracies in the article? Why did Gawker emphatically claim in November of 2005 that Grigoriadis “did not” ghost write a Nicole Richie title for Regan Books, but this week hints that maybe she did? In the afore-mentioned New York piece, Grigoriadis details a past encounter in which dethroned publishing queen Judith Regan–gasp!–took her to lunch. Plumbing the depths of her memory, Grigoriadis  wrote, “She told me that I reminded her of herself when she was younger and that she could give me a great job, show me the ropes, take me on a tour—perhaps one day I would even become as powerful as her …” Well, after betraying Regan’s trust and recounting that private (and most likely friendly) meeting, Grigoriadis better become “as powerful” as her soon, because Regan’s grudge riddled memory is long and bitter.