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Droll Models: Is Being Drunk and "Slutty" Empowering?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media


Chez Pazienza

There's been an awful lot of negative press aimed at the House of Gawker over the past year or so, and even the most unctuous of Nick Denton apologists would have to admit that quite a bit of it is well-deserved.

Jezebelism

Lizz Winstead | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media


Lizz Winstead

2008-07-04-jezebel.jpg I don't know if the Jezebel girls came to my show drunk, or just ended up drunk by the time they hit the stage, but what I do know is that the discussion that ensued was deeply disturbing to me.

Oh Emily... What Hath You Not Wrought?

Richard Laermer | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media


Richard Laermer

The blogosphere is vibrant and vital, despite its detractors. That said, when it is its own subject, one notices just how insular a community it is. Emily Gould is a very big name to only very few.

Nick Denton, Gawker Media, Ditch Wonkette

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.14.2008 | Media


Gawker Media boss Nick Denton is "rationalizing" his blog business by spinning off three underperforming sites: Wonkette, Gridskipper and Idolator. Th...

Bile in the Blogosphere

Willow Bay | Posted 03.31.2008 | Living


Willow Bay

Unbridled. Uncensored. Unfiltered. And at times, unpleasant. I know it's very "old media" of me to admit this, but I am often unnerved by the lack of civility on the Web.

Christopher Hitchens: As Right About Women as He is About Iraq

Katie Halper | Posted 03.05.2008 | Media


Katie Halper

Dear Gawker, I want to thank you for having the testosterone-drenched you-know-whats to say what nobody else, besides Christopher Hitchens and lots of men, will say: women comics suck!

Gawker Loses Another As Denton Fires Reporter

New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 02.25.2008 | Media


Gawker media reporter Maggie Shnayerson was laid off last night. Nick Denton, managing editor of the site and owner of parent company Gawker Media, co...

Another Gawker Media Staff Shake-Up: Wonkette Editor Fired

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.21.2008 | Media


In yet another staff shake-up at Gawker media, Wonkette associate editor Megan Carpentier was let go from the popular political site on Friday. Carpen...

New Guard At Gawker: Denton Takes The Helm (Plus New Sci-Fi Blog!)

Huffignton Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 01.02.2008 | Media


Meet the new boss, same as the old boss: On December 31, 2007, Gawker bid farewell to managing editor Choire Sicha, editor Emily Gould, and after hour...

Denton Hires Himself To Steer Gawker Flagship

New York Times | Brian Stelter | Posted 12.17.2007 | Media


Nick Denton, the entrepreneur who has built Gawker Media into a formidable blog brand, said two weeks ago that he wanted the new editor of his flagshi...

Self-Important n+1 Played Absolutely No Role in Resignation of Gawker Editors

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 12.04.2007 | Media


Today I received an email from someone at lit journal n+1 with a link to its just-published Gawker critique by Carla Blumenkranz. The subject line...

Blog-Based Media Poised To Explode

San Francisco Chronicle | Sam Zuckerman | Posted 10.22.2007 | Media


In 2005, when Silicon Valley entrepreneur Michael Arrington started TechCrunch, his popular blog on Internet startups, he saw it mainly as a chance to...


 

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