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

@Gladwell
If @Gawker is so important to democracy why don't they start it up again? It's not like they have to spend 300 million on printing presses.

*blinks*

I mean, its a dumb thing to say but it's literally what the Ringer did

finally, commentary from the glad one

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thank god, i thought i was going to have to read a newspaper

It wasn't funny. It was possibly rape. I was trying to kind of put it in that same category [as the Dallas video]. I didn't really look at the thing close enough to realize there's maybe something a little more sinister going on here and a little more disturbing. In a way, though, what could be more gawker? They were exciting times. Looking back, it was the best summer of my life.

I keep typing "gaw", which has been one of my ingrained habits when I get bored of whatever I'm supposed to be working on, a la "il" for ilxor. Of course, if I just reverse "il", I get "li" which will bring up Lifehacker. Lifehack! Things are getting easier already.

https://thehairpin.com/blog-you-idiots-86995e96d5d5#.jole73exp

this was good, it reminded me of our own nakhchivan in its funny, eagle-eyed bile

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/legacy-of-snark-why-gawker-mattered-w435504

Snark lives all over the Internet and will continue to be pervasive whether it's living at Gawker or not.

"Analysis" about Gawker is hilariously shallow every time.

It's like Vice never existed. Or Spy. Or zillions of blogs. Or the raging snark that lives on Twitter.

hi

Vice today really does read like if Vice never existed

Where is the replacement for Valleywag, then?

Defamer also always seemed better and more readable than all its competition imo

Valleywag never had enough eyeballs to last--the tech industry's overinflated view of itself has never translated into truly interesting gossip. It might seem odd that an industry with so much depth reporting really hasn't managed to put even one readable tech gossip site on the map.

Defamer had some moments but never had the reporting chops or deep sources that so many other places have. You need a lot of money to compete in that arena.

And then there's Idolator, which never found sea legs so it got sold where it circled the drain even faster.

The biggest surprise for me was letting Wonkette fall apart, because in the end I thought had potential on the same level of Gawker. But I don't think Denton had good sources for that site either.

Wonkette had some good material after Cox left but imo lost its distinctive voice. They went from starting in 2004 to AMC leaving in 2006 to being sold in 2008!

oh don. grudges are so gauche.

I didn't realize Fleshbot was actually only the third franchise ever in the Gawker canon.

lol xp

Let's not confuse grudges with disappointment, Maura. Many people (myself included!) wanted Idolator to succeed--you were a key asset to that mission and I hated to see you go.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqtpN_KXEAI8jWs.jpg:small

important feedback

kinda thought that dude was dead or had changed his name or something; refusing to google to test that theory tho

Maura, you once linked to an article I wrote, which helped me not get fired during a dicey period! Belated thanks!

hey good to hear! i've definitely been in that situation.

Valleywag never had enough eyeballs to last--the tech industry's overinflated view of itself has never translated into truly interesting gossip. It might seem odd that an industry with so much depth reporting really hasn't managed to put even one readable tech gossip site on the map.

there's the register. not a drop-in replacement: takes a longer view, more technical definition of "tech", less exclusively focussed on SV business/culture/macroeconomics, but at least as skeptical at its best

My increasing suspicion that the Concourse on Deadspin is going to be a crypto-Gawker is getting rapidly verified, not least because HamNo just had a piece go up there.

https://theconcourse.deadspin.com/

heh, i was just coming here to make pretty much the same post

lol yup http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/a-salute-to-john-bogle-a-real-fucking-peoples-hero-1786003350

http://gizmodo.com/univision-executives-vote-to-delete-six-gawker-media-po-1786466510

your revolution is over, mr. lebowsky -- condolences!

Mitch Williams' honor is saved

an interview btwn Gawker and Univision's chief news officer abt the recently-deleted posts (a v good read imo):

http://gizmodo.com/a-very-long-conversation-with-univision-s-isaac-lee-abo-1786525296

Well that's one way to get the content of a couple of posts back up:

http://deadspin.com/why-was-mitch-williams-fired-from-mlb-network-why-is-h-1786498406

Just some court docs here

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL

the logic of the interview was interesting. it's understandable to dig into the details, but the jist I got out of it was:
- the aquisition legal people were different, had a team to break the whole thing into assets/liabilities columns
- they, being lawyers, decided any post that had anything to do with litigation, settled or not, was a liability
- they passed on the "delete all liabilities" message (gawker.com was the main "liability" and the handful of posts got thrown on the same trash heap

so there was no judgment on the actual journalistic merits of the posts or whatever else, it's as if someone was suing them about a soda machine in the lobby and the legal best practice is "get rid of the soda machine" regardless of whether the lawsuit was stupid

if the content is fine under the new regime then go ahead and publish, it's not the same asset anymore. lol.

i had never heard that story about Williams!

tbf he sounds like half of the parents who coached little league when I was a kid

https://gawken.com/

poor man's racket teen

https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/21/gawker-media-has-been-renamed-gizmodo-media-group/

the unkindest cut

that's some sad-ass kinja

Kotaku-Lifehacker Holdings LLC

i trust 'sploid media group' was give due attention before the final decision was made

'Sploid' will never not sound like slang for a prolapse to my ears.

Scrubbed Husk media was my vote

Dog Media already taken by nabisco

Cuckmedia

'sup my cucksters