Gawker (Free subscription) | yesterday
This morning, Republican political attack hack Roger Stone traveled to the offices of 5WPR—the firm led by legendarily inept attack flack Ronn [sic] Torossian—to give a speech entitled "The World As...
Poor Mojo Newswire (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bloggasm -- Gawker Media traffic up 40% since introducing new pay rate based on page views My concern here is that this means Gawker media sites are posting more articles that are just Digg-bait (lists are great for this) or are straight-up trolling. At the beginning of the year Gawker Media announced it would start paying writers based on the number of page views their posts generated. In other words,...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
In his just-released book, The Man Who Ate the World, restaurant critic Jay Rayner explores the oft-overblown luxury dining of the world. In a scene from New York, the man behind the Zagat...
raincoaster (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Hey, it’s summer and there’s a Gawker commenter meetup tomorrow and I have to get presentable and meet someone I’ve never seen before for drinks at Connor Butler in three hours and I still have to get this apartment ready for a houseguest or at least throw the sheets in the washing machine and take [...]
Gawker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former Gawker writer Maggie Shnayerson, she of the actual journalistic skills and a keen eye for talent to boot, reflects on the glorious life of a professional blogger life in a new interview:...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | yesterday
The image associated with this post is best viewed using a browser.The other night, Lockhart Steele, the ex-Gawker Media guy with the porn-star name, threw a lovely, cliquey little party in SoMa.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Techdirt (Free subscription) | yesterday
A few weeks back, we wrote about the question of whether or not newspapers should be getting into the community business by noting that you don't build communities, you enable them . But, the question still remains how you enable those communities. Gawker had an interesting post recently along those lines arguing that newspapers shouldn't allow comments on articles . The argument is, basically, that...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
I am deeply concerned that my weekday colleagues are now in league with the monkey threat to civilization, as they conveniently ignored this disturbing report of chimps easily disarming humans in...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
LoRo called it quits forever!!! The joke metastasized. Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with Bastard Sonitis. Nike shoved its balls in your stupid gay face. The business meme died. Malcom Gladwell won...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
And a big gold star to the man or woman who uncovers Barack Obama's elusive Columbia "thesis" on Soviet nuclear disarmament. (It was really more of a lengthy term paper, as Columbia didn't do theses...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Even serious, proven journalists like David Carr are reduced to defending themselves in the blog comments. [City Pages]
Gawker (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Oh, look, someone's left those floodgates ajar. Fox News "independently verified" the Enquirer story that John Edwards met with Rielle Hunter and her baby at the Beverly Hilton late one night. Their...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Nightlife is an ugly business full of pretty people. The rules for 26-year-old clothing designer Matt Levine's new sethirteen-table LES bar, the Eldridge, are simple. "Friends and family. That’s...
Gawker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Because you commenters will never, ever meet each other in person, not ever, we think it's nice to create a place for you, each week, where you can celebrate each other's good work. You know, on the...
Gawker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sure, you've heard about all the pole dancing in Chile, Mexico, New Jersey, and Union Square. But did you know they're also pole dancing in China? Hey, new trend! [NYT]
