Dan Abrams new site, Mediaite, launches today. Howard Kurtz has a rundown : it plays to the celebrity factor of journalists, and is described as "When HuffPo meets Gawker." I've been following their twitter feed for weeks now, and probably because I know and really like Dan Abrams, having guested on his shows for years, I like the concept. Rachel Sklaar is Editor at Large. With separate...
In case you missed them, here's this week's CHART OF THE DAY highlights. CHART OF THE DAY: Search Ads Aren't As "Helpful" As Google Suggests CHART OF THE DAY: See, Google's Not That Big After All! CHART OF THE DAY: A Small Payment For A Huge Upgrade Can Be A Barrier CHART OF THE DAY: People Spend Less Time On Newspaper Sites Follow the Chart Of The Day on Twitter: www. twitter .com/chartoftheday...
The Federal Trade Commission announced plans last week to monitor blogs for payments and claims. Deborah Yao of the Associated Press reported : "The practice has grown to the degree that the Federal Trade Commission is paying attention. New guidelines, expected to be approved late this summer with possible modifications, would clarify that the agency can go after bloggers -- as well as the companies...
Gawker – “J.D. Salinger invented blogs, according to a federal judge who granted a temporary injunction yesterday against John David California’s planned “parody” of Catcher in the Rye.”
"... who granted a temporary injunction yesterday against John David California's planned 'parody' of Catcher in the Rye." That's Gawker's take on the judicial opinion that said: Both narratives are told from the first-person point of view of a sarcastic, often uncouth protagonist who relies heavily on slang, euphemisms and colloquialisms, makes constant digression and asides, refers to readers...
Mary - Kate Olsen is in New York City for the long weekend, taking a break from filming Beastly in Montreal. Gawker stalkers spotted her twice over the past few days, catching up with friends and enjoying a break from work. • On June 29th, a 7pm, Mary - Kate was seen drinking marjaritas with friends at Mary -Ann’s: • Was sitting with two friends at Mary Ann’s on 2nd ave and 5th...
Gawker/Defamer has a different spin than the official Sony line about why the studio pulled the plug on the $58 million Pitt/Soderbergh Moneyball five days before it was to start production. Baseball wanted "accuracy," which the script everyone was so...
Tech Mahindra may have to ask Satyam Computer Services for a preferential issues of shares to continue its bid to take over the troubled outsourcer. Tech Mahindra did not get an adequate response for its open offer to shareholders of Satyam, which closed on Wednesday, a company spokesman said on Friday. Tech Mahindra, which acquired a 31 percent stake in the scandal-ridden Indian outsourcer through...
Tomorrow is technically an "off day" for Gawker media, but we'll be intermittently posting some stuff that will hopefully keep those of you trapped at work for a few hours occupied. Lots and lots of...
Its not every day that you see a traditional media company poach from a new media company, but this is exactly what happened when CBS hired Richard Lawson from Gawker Media. Lawson will be writing for TV.com in a role that is similar to what he already has been doing for Gawker: writing what is [...]
There was only one pesky thing getting in the way of the proposed partnership between Michael Bay and James Frey . And no, it wasn't a piece of legislation outlawing two of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse from working on a project together (although we hear there is growing support for just such a bill on the Hill). Rather, it was the fact that a publisher had yet to acquire the rights to the...
CBS News' Scott Conroy and special contributor Shushannah Walshe are writing a book about Sarah Palin, whose place on the 2008 GOP presidential ticket is referred to as a "hail-mary VP stunt (that) backfired" by Gawker . This excerpt details how the relationship between the truth-challenged Alaskan governor and Sen. John McCain's chief campiaign strategist -- an odd term given how badly he...
I think we're all a little in love with Luke Worell, am I right? Sure the glasses are a bit 'hipster tool' for my tastes – but he really completes her, doesn't he? He gives Kelly that extra bit of chic that elevates her into the Pantheon of the Fashion Gods. Together, they are our John-John and Carolyn Bessette, our Garbo and Barrymore, our Brad and Angie. And I just love him for loving her....
July 2 @ 4:15am At Ray's Pizza. Trademark black boot and scruffy beard with his hood up. He had an older camera hanging around his neck.[Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com]
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