Isn’t the whole point of working for a Jason Binn magazine that you get to go to all 7,493,953 of its parties each year? Not so!, says Michael T. Carr, Binn’s boss (in name, at least) and the chief of Niche Media’s buyout henchman Greenspun Media. While ad sales staffers are allowed to RSVP and check their coats, they are not supposed to make it past the lobby of Niche events; they must stay in the foyer and play greeter. Now, we’re just going off the cuff here, but isn’t the point of throwing these events (some of which are said to cost Binn seven-figures) to impress over-paying and editorial-influencing ad partners, and getting them to agree to a deal when they’re halfway in the can? That introductory glass of bubbly in the lobby ain’t gonna cut it. [Folio]