hey gawker dudes. what the fuck is wrong with you?

denton/gawker have been hitning for a while at how they'd like to have separate names for the media company and its flagship site

― D-30 (gr8080), Friday, July 24, 2015 12:11 PM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

or at least saying things like "we know its confusing" etc

― D-30 (gr8080), Friday, July 24, 2015 12:11 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i mean this is basically just for advertisers no one outside industry ppl and the occasional civilian (cough) who for whatever sickness likes to follow media media even knows lifehacker and jezebel are the same company

wondering if any of their big in house names will take the deal

hoping righteous gawkerers angrily reject this severance deal

the god i believe in isn't short of cash, mister

wondering if any of their big in house names will take the deal

― flopson, Friday, July 24, 2015 1:16 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

if someone offers u a job its a great opportunity to double bill!!

Misread "politburo" in that memo as "politburp."

the "true and interesting!" revelation is the dumbest thing

I bet nick was really excited when he thought that up. a bold new vision that will set the course for editorial clarity

wld be curious to read a blog that was 100% true but not interesting, just like posts abt what diff media non celebrities had for lunch or which email client they use

lol i guess there are sites that are already that everyday carry and so forth

sounds interesting

its obvs a silly standard cause the post in question that precipitated it obvs while not being the most compelling thing ive ever read was def interesting

"interesting" so nebulous a standard as to be meaningless, you could easily argue that the geithner piece was "interesting," just in the wrong ways

xps ha

wld be curious to read a blog that was 100% true but not interesting, just like posts abt what diff media non celebrities had for lunch or which email client they use

― lag∞n, Friday, July 24, 2015 1:28 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

its called people magazine

theyre just like us

boring

hey gawker Qwikster dudes. what the fuck is wrong with you, if it still is wrong?

xps ha

― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Friday, July 24, 2015 1:30 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

B-)

Grubstreet has celebrities write down all their meals for a week. Lots of scintillating "two eggo waffles and black coffee" content.

celebrities r worse then me :)

what diff media non celebrities had for lunch or which email client they use

― lag∞n, Friday, July 24, 2015 10:28 AM (30 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

usesthis.org

I mean dot com

http://blog.longreads.com/2015/07/20/dr-v-writer-caleb-hannan-speaks-for-the-first-time-about-what-went-wrong/

Hannan reflected on the ideas that journalists should hold people accountable or seek out the truth at all cost. But it’s not that simple. “At every point in the reporting I could justify myself going forward … ‘I’m doing my job.’ But part of the job was to assess whether it was worth it. And there were two people who saw that. In talking with my wife, in talking with this fact-checker, I said, ‘What happened?’ And they said, ‘You were in denial.’

Grubstreet has celebrities write down all their meals for a week. Lots of scintillating "two eggo waffles and black coffee" content.

I often find the grub street diaries p interesting but it depends on the subject, they're rarely v 'celebrity' celebrities tbh

you mean the question that gets asked 10,000 times a second by new media journalists on the Internet? xp

Based on a quick scan of the internet, it doesn't appear that that question is being asked very often.

wld be curious to read a blog that was 100% true but not interesting

I believe Werner Herzog has an oft-repeated thought on this subject.

to be fair that Caleb Hannan story was Grantland's disaster, not Gawker's. he amazingly had the balls to open his mouth about Gawker's situation though:
https://twitter.com/calebhannan/status/621870128951508992

you mean the question that gets asked 10,000 times a second by new media journalists on the Internet? xp
― example (crüt), Friday, July 24, 2015 6:53 PM (10 minutes ago)

usesthis.com

― go hang a salami I'm a canal, adam (silby), Friday, July 24, 2015 2:00 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ha yeah exactly

you mean the question that gets asked 10,000 times a second by new media journalists on the Internet? xp

Post-facto, yes. I think the point was that it would be good to ask it more before publication -- or even before assignment.

Haha Hannan the fuckin gall

wld be curious to read a blog that was 100% true but not interesting, just like posts abt what diff media non celebrities had for lunch or which email client they use

― lag∞n, Friday, July 24, 2015 1:28 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this was what twitter was supposed to be "just went to the store" "back from the store" etc.

Thanks Denton for new dn

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--NZ66JO4R--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1356382010432808003.png

http://blackbag.gawker.com/gawker-is-changing-its-name-to-the-ultimate-nice-websit-1720154688

leon ‏@leyawn 2m2 minutes ago
guys i dont actually work for gawker. they just forgot to remove my posting ability after i wrote that harry potter/mario party article

loooool

amateur hour in their tech dept it sounds like

ahahaha

decent attempt at the tone of those clickhole polls

unfunny uprising

that tone... came from twitter

horribly formed "revolt"

"The Gawker writers are revolting"

Joke's on him; everyone knows it was the _Macho Man,_ not Hogan, who did the (flying) elbow drop.

I thought that was The Rock.

Leon is on one rn

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2015/07/gawker-conde-nast-fallout-timeline-denton

I buy that the outing wasn't the problem. I don't buy that there wasn't a problem, which that anonymous "staffer" still seems to be saying. Whatever you think of any given company (or nonprofit, or governmental body), their employees' personal lives aren't all fair game for global exposure just because they get a paycheck from someone you don't like. Criticizing professional work is one thing -- like HamNo vs. MEW -- but to frame this thing as "It's OK because outing doesn't matter," or "It's OK because he was a sort-of public figure" misses the actual point.

l. finnegan out

arkin as well

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/william-arkin-fired-gawker-email

"I hate to be hyperbolic, but want to understand ISIS or the Tea Party or Occupy or Charleston or Dylan?" Arkin wrote in the email. "Look no further than Gawker and its ilk, which means look no further than twitter or your own so-called smartphone: We are making the world a miserable place. I’m glad I can withdraw and think about it."