Elizabeth Spiers

Start a Conversation with B5 Media - Posted November 22, 2011
B5 Media, launched by Gawker.com founder Elizabeth Spiers, has grown to five blogs since 2009, each targeting women between the ages of 18 and 49: Crushable.com, TheGloss... [PRNewser]

Tom Brokaw, Vernon Jordan and the Shy Divorcee - Posted November 16, 2011
It was SRO at Michael's today. The dining room was so jam packed every sqaure inch was occupied by a mogul (Mel Karmazin!), media heavyweight (Tom Brokaw, ... [FishbowlLA]

Tom Brokaw, Vernon Jordan and the Shy Divorcee - Posted November 16, 2011
It was SRO at Michael's today. The dining room was so jam packed every sqaure inch was occupied by a mogul (Mel Karmazin!), media heavyweight (Tom Brokaw, ... [FishbowlNY]

Jared Kushner and Dan Abrams Talk, World Stops Spinning - Posted October 27, 2011
      Late yesterday afternoon, Adweek br... [FishbowlNY]

The Commercial Observer Gets New Editor - Posted October 5, 2011
The Observer Media Group has named Jotham Sederstrom as the Editor of The Commercial Observer, a weekly title that covers the city's real estate market. Sederstrom has been contributing to the title since it launched in 2009. This experience made him the perfect fit, said New York Observer Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth S... [FishbowlNY]

The New York Observer to Launch New Fine Arts Website - Posted September 27, 2011
The New York Observer is getting into the art game with the launch of a new site, GalleristNY.com. Launching tomorrow, GalleristNY will focus on the city's art scene, all with the patented Observer delive... [FishbowlNY]

New York Observer to Get Wordier with Redesign - Posted June 7, 2011
Tomorrow the New York Observer is launching a redesign, and according to ... [FishbowlNY]

Does Adweek Have a Problem with Female Editors? - Posted May 24, 2011
When Adweek came out with yet another article on how Tina Brown is difficult to work for, in ... [FishbowlNY]

Three New Hires for The New York Observer - Posted May 16, 2011
The New York Observer editor Elizabeth Spiers announced three new hires today, including a new deputy editor for th... [FishbowlNY]

Sarah Douglas Named New Culture Editor of The New York Observer - Posted April 20, 2011
Just yesterday we reported that New York Observer's culture editor Christian Lorentzen was heading to th... [FishbowlNY]

Why Isn't the New York Observer Covering Trump? - Posted April 14, 2011
Donald Trump's clunky, absurd, and arguably racist birther claims and attention-begging presidential run is the sort of story that the New York Observer is known to cover with relish. But, as... [FishbowlNY]

Why Foster Kamer Is Leaving Esquire - Posted March 21, 2011
Foster Kamer, formerly of Gawker and The Village Voice and BlackBook is leaving after just four months at Esquire for a gig at the New York Observer. Why's that? Well, Observer editor Elizabeth Spiers came calling. As Kamer ... [TVNewser]

Why Foster Kamer Is Leaving Esquire - Posted March 21, 2011
Foster Kamer, formerly of Gawker and The Village Voice and BlackBook is leaving after just four months at Esquire for a gig at the New York Observer. Why's that? Well, Observer editor Elizabeth Spiers came calling. As Kamer ... [MediaJobsDaily]

They've Got the BetaBeat: Observer.com to Launch Tech Spinoff Wednesday - Posted March 15, 2011
The New York Observer will take on the New York City tech scene with Wednesday's launch of BetaBeat, an Obse... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

B5Media Promotes Meghan Keane, Lilit Marcus, Jennifer Wright - Posted February 10, 2011
Crushable editor-in-chief Meghan Keane is moving up the ranks at ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Elizabeth Spiers Named Editor-In-Chief Of The Observer - Posted February 4, 2011
A changing of the guard took place today at The New York Observer as Elizabeth Spiers... [FishbowlNY]

If You Write For A B5Media Blog, Better Start Looking For A New Gig - Posted February 18, 2010
It sounds as if the bloodbath at B5media isn't yet over: Elizabeth Spiers, who was brought on by b5media to restructure the entertainment network into Crushable.com, hanging the old entertainment bloggers out to dry in the meantime, has announced that she's ... [MediaJobsDaily]

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 ... [FishbowlNY]

FTC to Bloggers: Disclose Payments or Face $11k Fine - Posted October 5, 2009
Bloggers: have you accepted a product freebie from a brand? Are you sending out "sponsored tweets" as part of a promotion? PR and marketing pros: are you working on a "word of mouth" campaign of your own? If so, you'll want to read carefully updates announced today by the FTC to... [PRNewser]

What Surprised Michael Wolff Most About Rupert Murdoch May Also Surprise You! - Posted December 10, 2008
The party for Michael Wolff's much ballyhooed official Rupert Murdoch biography The Man Who Owns the News was held last night at the stunning penthouse of Milk Studios on the West... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker to Become a Boys' Club? - Posted December 2, 2008
Not to beat this to death, but it has yet to be noted that with the departure of Sheila McClear from ... [FishbowlNY]

Flavorpill Goes National With New Daily Blog Flavorwire - Posted October 27, 2008
Flavorpill, the daily guide to cultural events in New York, Chicago, L.A., Miami, S.F., and London has just launched a new daily blog called Flavorwire, which will continue to cover the genres found in ... [FishbowlNY]

Elizabeth Spiers' New (ish) Project: An Online Maxim for Women - Posted October 23, 2008
Elizabeth Spiers, who launched Gawker back in 2002 along with Nick Denton, and also had a hand in launching this bl... [FishbowlNY]

Grigoriadis Dissects Gawker, Finds Shriveled Heart - Posted October 15, 2007
Vanessa Grigoriadis gets back at Gawker for making fun of her wedding write-up. Writing in New York, Grigoriadis writes: Like most journali... [FishbowlLA]

Well, I See By the Clock on the Wall... - Posted September 12, 2007
Routine is a funny thing, especially on a professional level. It forces you to get up early every morning, perform a specific set of work-related tricks until the day is done, and then it's time to get up early the next day and repeat the same process. For two years, routine... [GalleyCat]

Elizabeth Spiers' Take On Brazil Plane Crash Flamed - Posted July 23, 2007
Wondering what Elizabeth Spiers has been up to since abruptly leaving Deadhorse Media, her downtown blog network? Why, it appears mediabistro.com's former editor has been traveling with her boyfriend, pitching stories to Slate and responding to subsequent reader hatemail. Here's ... [FishbowlNY]

Jeff Bridges To Play Graydon Carter | Spiers & Red Bull | Zinczenko & Jellinek @ Hot 100 | Time's D.C. | Imus Wants Back On Air - Posted May 18, 2007
'The Dude': To play Graydon Carter in adaptation of Toby Young book. [WWD] 'Godmother' Elizabeth Spiers: Makes snarky peers "choke on their Red Bull." [... [FishbowlNY]

Scene @ Granta Young Novelists Party - Posted April 25, 2007
Typically, relying on a cameraphone to convey the joie de vivre at Cafe Loup last night after nine of Granta's Best Young American Novelists read and spoke about their work at the New School's Tishman Auditorium leads to blurry, non-specific photographs like the one to the left. But even if the... [GalleyCat]

Did Lawsuit Have Anything To Do With Spiers' Exodus? - Posted April 19, 2007
That's what we wondered after we heard word late today of Elizabeth Spiers' abrupt exit from the blog network she founded last year. (Spiers wrote in an e-mail that she and her partners had "an insurmountable difference of opinion... [FishbowlNY]

Dealbreaker: Spiers Out - Posted April 19, 2007
Gawker.com founding editor and former mediabistro editor Elizabeth Spiers is leaving Dead Horse Media, the blog network she launched last year. Via Jon Fine's ... [FishbowlNY]

Media Events: 02.13.07 - Posted February 13, 2007
Parties, panels and other notable media gatherings TUESDAY 02.13.07 WHAT: "The Ethics and Politics of Surveillance: New Information Practices & Our Private Lives" WHO: Shohini Ghosh, Associate Professor, Video and Television Production at the AJK Mass Communicatio... [FishbowlNY]