Drew Grant

Party Bite: Eater Celebrates Relaunch - Posted October 7, 2009
Spotted Pig owner Ken Friedman and Lockhart Steele Lockhart Steele hosted a private bash for friends and foodies on the third floor of The Spotted Pig Monday night to celebrate the relaunch of his Eater site. The attendees included Gawker crew new and old: Nick Denton, Neel Shah, Elizabeth Spiers, Foster Kamer... [FishBowlNY]

Social Ad Summit Report: Wikipedia Founder On Helping Kidnapped Journos - Posted October 7, 2009
Don Draper may not have been in attendance, but Monday's panels on advertising and the Internet at the Social Ad Summit at the New World Stages certainly had its fair share of slick sellers. Did you know that one in three people working in new media are developing Facebook applications? That... [FishBowlNY]

Food Blog Eater To Launch Redesign, Expansion - Posted October 1, 2009
We can confirm the rumors circulating: Lockhart Steele's foodie blog, Eater, will be at the center of a design overhaul starting tomorrow. (In fact, when we visited the site today we got this redirect message: "We've taken the liberty of redirecting you to http://ny.eater.com, in anticipation of something new coming this... [FishBowlNY]

Hacks Defeat Flacks In Guitar Hero Showdown - Posted July 14, 2009
The hacks managed to pull out a Guitar Hero win at last night's Hacks 'n Flacks party at Artica Bar. Our win was, in large part, due to the amazing GH stylings of AgencySpy's Matt Van Hoven, and no thanks to FishbowlNY editor Amanda Ernst, who was crushed by PRNewser's Joe... [FishBowlNY]

Employed And Unemployed Alike Swap Swag At ASSME Bash - Posted June 25, 2009
Just as we were about to leave ASSME's Swag-a-Thon -- a charity event/blowout hosted by the organization representing the "sh*tcanned media elite" -- we heard the unmistakable voice of New York Times media columnist David Carr. There had been some confusion over whether Carr would come -- something about being lost... [FishBowlNY]

Has Jossip Folded? - Posted April 20, 2009
Click on the homepage of Jossip.com and you will find a message that says "We're on Pause." Gawker however is reporting that David Hauslaib's six-year-old gossip site, which has been up for sale since March -- David spoke to us on the Menu about it back in February -- has... [FishBowlNY]

No One Bought Jossip, So Now It's Gone - Posted April 20, 2009
Richard Lawson over at Gawker writes: Pretty-boy cottage blog mogul David Hauslaib has shuttered his flagship gossip site, Jossip. It had been for sale since last March, but apparently no one wants to buy a blog in these worrisome times. Well, the technical term for the shut down is a "hiatus," but both... [FishBowlLA]