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Gawker Editor: N-Word Did Not Get Blogger Fired - Posted January 11, 2012
It's clear that using the word "nigga" in a post didn't exactly help Seth Abramovitch's career at Gawker. But A.J. Daulerio, the site's new editor, felt the need to write ... [FishbowlLA]

Hey Journalists: Tumblr is Looking for You - Posted January 6, 2012
Gawker recently posted the headline, "Tumblr Is Launching Its Own Journalism Operation." Our immediate thoughts: Wow, really? That would be awesome. Or, wait, would it? Maybe not. Could be. Hmm, why would the platform want to do... [FishbowlNY]

N-Word Gets Gawker Blogger Canned - Posted January 6, 2012
In a post about Kanye West's new company DONDA, Seth Abramovitch... [FishbowlLA]

Gawker Writer Fired After Using N-Word in Post - Posted January 6, 2012
Well that was quick. The New York Observer is reporting that Seth Abramovitch, the Gawker writer who somehow thought using the n-word in a post about Kanye West was funny, ha... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker Writer Apologizes to Those Who Think N-Word is Offensive - Posted January 5, 2012
Last night Kanye West went on a Twitter rant for almost two hours about a variety of things (The Jetsons got a mention!), most notably his declaration that he was going to launch a company called DONDA. Donda, as most people know, was the name of West's mother, who died suddenly... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted December 9, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. NFL Magazine's Inaugural Issue Catches Tebow Fever, December 5 ... [FishbowlLA]

Buzzfeed Poaches Two from Gawker - Posted December 7, 2011
A tipster notified us (and notified us, and notified us) that Buzzfeed has expanded its editorial staff by adding two from the Gawker Media empire. ... [FishbowlNY]

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week - Posted December 2, 2011
Here's a look at what FishbowlNY stories made the most buzz this week. A. J. Daulerio Named EIC of Gawker, Tommy Craggs EIC of Deadspin, November 28 ... [FishbowlNY]

A.J. Daulerio Named EIC of Gawker, Tommy Craggs EIC of Deadspin - Posted November 28, 2011
Nick Denton just tweeted some big news: A.J. Daulerio has been named the Editor-in-Chief of Gawker, and Tommy Craggs will be succeeding D... [FishbowlNY]

Hackers Attack Twitter Account of Norwegian Terrorist Anders Behring Breivik - Posted August 1, 2011
A hacker or hackers who claimed to be affiliated with hacking group Anonymous Norway focused their attention on the Twitter account of Anders Behring Breivik, who admitted to carrying out the terrorist attacks in Norway July 22 that claimed 77 lives. The Twitter account still exists, although all t... [SocialTimes.com]

Media Undecided About Which Sites People Are Actually Reading - Posted May 23, 2011
The media traffic wars are heated folks. It started, it seems, a couple of weeks ago, when the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released a study showing that The Drudge Report is a major traffic driver, trumping social networks. ... [PRNewser]

Database for Fox Employees Hacked, then Leaked - Posted May 10, 2011
Last night an Internet hacking group called Lulz Security hacked a database containing Fox Broadcasting employees' passwords and emails, then leaked them online via its Twitter account. Lulz also took over a Fox affiliate's Twi... [FishbowlNY]

Talk the Talk | Look Who Isn't Talking | Telling Apple Nothing - Posted March 14, 2011
PRNewser: Julia Allison, Gawker's favorite person to talk about not wanting to talk about, has hired her first PR agency... [FishbowlLA]

Gawking at the New Gawker Layout - Posted February 7, 2011
Gawker debuted a new look Monday, and editor-in-chief Remy Stern posted a guide to the site's new layout. Highlights: The biggest difference between the old version of the site and the new one you're seeing today is that th... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Nick Denton: 'Unless the twin towers are falling or Brett Favre actually sent the cock shot, it probably isn't news.' - Posted February 7, 2011
The Atlantic Wire has an interview with Nick Denton for their "media diet" series today, in which he discusses what he reads, among other things. Denton lists some usual su... [FishbowlNY]

Why Doesn't Twitter Matter to Gawker? - Posted February 2, 2011
The much-blogged-about Gawker redesign is finally upon us, and we here at AllTwitter - like many in the Twitter-sphere and beyond - are scratching our heads about one specific design change: the lack of a Twiter button. There is no way ... [AllTwitter]

Sheila McClear, New York Post Features Writer: Gawker is 20-Something Version of CNN - Posted January 21, 2011
The Awl runs a recurring item called "Random New Yorker," and ... [FishbowlNY]

Foot-Fetish Video Featuring Coach's Wife, Nasty Reply to Letter to Football Team Drive Gawker, Deadspin in December - Posted January 4, 2011
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton was pleased with December's results at his network of sites, particularly flagship site ... [eBookNewser]

Slate Widget Allows Users to See if Their Gawker Accounts Were Hacked - Posted December 13, 2010
Slate has a handy tool for Gawker readers who are concerned about whether their email addresses were compromised in the ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Political Editor at New York Post Quits - Posted December 8, 2010
Gawker is reporting that Gregg Birnbaum abruptly left his position yesterday. The reason he left, well, that's not so clear. But have no fear! Gawker will speculate: ... [FishbowlNY]

VP of Sales Chris Batty, Director of Sales Michael Cascio Leaving Gawker Media - Posted November 30, 2010
There was some batty news out of Gawker Media: Chris Batty news, to be specific. ... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Gawker Exploited Gruesome Photo of Murder Victim for Web Traffic - Posted November 10, 2010
On the morning of October 25 in New York, a 21-year-old kid named Christopher Jusko was brutally attacked in the hallway of an East Village apartment building. He was stabbed in the neck and back, stumbled down two flights of stairs and onto the sidewalk, where he collapsed and died. By that... [FishbowlLA]

Huffington Post Fires Back While Tabloids Fail the Accuracy Test, Plus Other News of the Day - Posted September 28, 2010
- The Week is starting to look rather Radar-y. As the Business Insider points out, the weekly publication has attempted to booster its website over the past year, and in doing so it has brought on six new digital hires, including three from the now defunct magazine Radar. Sounds like an... [MediaJobsDaily]

More Threads Unravel For American Apparel: Employee Found Dead - Posted September 1, 2010
American Apparel employee Danarichie Lyndon Sindo was found dead in a fifth-floor restroom yesterday, ... [PRNewser]

Leno's New Promo | O'Reilly Defends Obama | New Media Guidelines | Gawker's Cold Embrace | Ad Money Returns | The Bieber Experience - Posted February 19, 2010
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Is The Associated Press Running On Slave Labor? - Posted February 16, 2010
No one in their right mind is going to tell you that journalism -- especially online journalism -- pays very well. Sure, there are a couple of examples where people have made names for themselves and ended up a featured (and well paid) columnist for a newspaper's website or a blog,... [FishbowlNY]

Time Inc. Reuses Recipes But Cites Sources...Is It Plagiarism? - Posted February 8, 2010
Last week we reported how the trend of "reverse-publishing" was catching on at Meredith and Hearst, where the publishing companies were taking online recipes and p... [FishbowlNY]

Paste Magazine Thrives Through Belt-Tightening - Posted January 12, 2010
While giant publishers with seemingly limitless budgets were forced to reassess their finances and even shutter publications over the last two years, a small, 8-year-old music magazine has been quietly expanding through innovative solutions to its cost problem. Paste... [FishbowlNY]

Tucker Carlson Launches The Daily Caller - Posted January 11, 2010
This is a great month to be a conservative pundit on the Web: Matt Drudge's protege Andrew Breitbart last week ... [FishbowlNY]

Daily Show Slams Obama| Breitbart Attacks Gawker's Deal With Business Insider | Ben Silverman Heads Up DumbDumb | Snooki Applies For New Jo - Posted January 8, 2010
The Daily Show: Who said Jon Stewart took it easy on this administration? Last night he slammed Obama for breaking his promise of an "open government." On C-Span. MediaIte... [FishbowlNY]

Breitbart Debuts New Media Site BigJournalism.com - Posted January 7, 2010
Just in case there weren't already enough Web sites keeping tabs on the media and reporting on what they're reporting on, Matt Drudge protege Andrew Breitbart has entered the fray with h... [FishbowlNY]

Liberal Criticism of PBS Too Quick To The Draw - Posted January 6, 2010
"Tavis Smiley Ends Racism" reads a Gawker post today about the PBS host, but they're not talking about The Covenant with Black America edit... [FishbowlNY]

Pay The Writer? Not With This Technology! - Posted January 6, 2010
The clip above of sci-fi writer ... [FishbowlNY]

Happy New Year From FishbowlNY! - Posted December 31, 2009
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2010 Prediction: Gawker Will Be Sued By Joe Francis - Posted December 31, 2009
This isn't so much a New Year's prediction as a New Year's fact: Joe Francis and his publicist have already declared war on Gawker for naming him Douche Of the Decade and pin... [FishbowlNY]

The Year In Citizen Journalism Heralds Next Year's Trend - Posted December 30, 2009
You might say that the impact of "citizen journalism" on 2009 started with US Airways Flight 1549 crashing into the Hudson River, and the pictures of the plane hitting Twitter before any news outlets had them. And of course the role that Twitter played in helping Americans find out about protests... [FishbowlNY]

WSJ Wine Column No More|Yes, We Know There Are Fashion Bloggers In The Front Row|Francis Threatens Suit|TMZ Expands|2010 Predictions - Posted December 28, 2009
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NYT Freelancer Takes Perks, History Shows Firing Imminent - Posted December 28, 2009
When the daily e-mail group Thrillist.com held its JetBlue Mystery vacation for 150 journalists and contest winners in October, it raised a hu... [FishbowlNY]

Shafrir, Lawson To Return To Gawker - Posted December 23, 2009
As revealed by TheAwl.com yesterday, and confirmed by Gawker editor-in-chief Gabri... [FishbowlNY]

Last Minute Gift Ideas|Rushfield Leaves Gawker|Another List For 2009|Thoughts On Leaving NYT, Set To Verse - Posted December 22, 2009
TVNewser: Last minute ... [FishbowlNY]

David Carr Gives Us Reasons To Be Thankful - Posted December 21, 2009
With a blizzard keeping us from joining our families this weekend, and this year's almost-total dissolution of media jobs and funds, is there anything we can sit down and be grateful for once we finally gather around the hearth this holiday? ... [FishbowlNY]

Layoffs Hit New York Times - Posted December 17, 2009
After weeks of anticipation, yesterday was the day for layoffs at The New York Times. New York magazine's Daily Intel blog and ... [FishbowlNY]

Mag Publishers Ready For Tablet|Times-Journal Battle Rages On|Gawker Wins First Round In Dane-Gayheart Fight|More On Gawker - Posted December 16, 2009
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New York Times Co.'s CIO Knows How To Pump You Up - Posted December 15, 2009
The kids over at Gawker have found out an interesting hobby of The New York Times Company's Chief Information Officer ... [FishbowlNY]

AdWeek Celebrates The Best Of The Aughts - Posted December 14, 2009
We're only a couple of weeks away from 2010, and that means it's time for every publication still in existence to start doing a "Best Of The Decade" list like its VH1's entire programming line-up. Lists are great because they are fun, subjective, and get people talking. We've seen Time... [FishbowlNY]

Another Times Buyout: Magazine Editor Paul Tough - Posted December 11, 2009
We learned from a guild memo to New York Times staffers yesterday that 74 editorial staffers have taken the buyout offers provided by the company. ... [FishbowlNY]

Mediaite Launches Three More Niche Sites - Posted December 8, 2009
Lets face it, New York media rankings are interesting to a small group of people: the power players involved, and their parents. So it was surprising when MSNBC's Dan Abrams launched his muc... [FishbowlNY]

D-Day At NYT, More Info Emerges On Buyouts - Posted December 7, 2009
Today is the deadline for New York Times staffers to accept or reject the buyout offers that went out in October. We've been keeping our ear to the ground for information about who has agreed to take the buyouts, just as last Friday executive editor ... [FishbowlNY]

DailyCandy Cuts Six Full-Time Local Editors - Posted December 4, 2009
Comcast-owned DailyCandy had some bad news for its staffers yesterday. On the same day that daily online newsletter publisher's parent company announced the ... [FishbowlNY]

More On Gawker Media's Full-Time Status - Posted December 3, 2009
Monday morning Nick Denton announced that for the first time ever, Gawker Media writers would have the opportunity to become full-time employees instead of freelancers. Ostensibly good news in this win... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker Offers Writers Full-Time Employment - Posted November 30, 2009
Writing as a "career" isn't easy, in part due to the fact that no company will let you treat it like one. Journalism, whether it be for an online publication or traditional print media, is no longer considered a full-time job, even when it is. From freelancers to permalancers to contractors,... [FishbowlNY]

Former Editor: Playgirl's "A Relevant Brand Name Once Again," Thanks In Part To Levi - Posted November 20, 2009
Levi Johnston with the author, Nicole Caldwell, at last week's Playgirl photo shoot Levi Johnston is standing naked in a 13th-floor studio in midtown Manhattan holding a hockey stick. He swivels his head and looks into the camera as -- click -- the photo is taken. This is the money shot: the one... [FishbowlNY]

Bloomberg Looks To Cut BusinessWeek Staffers - Posted November 18, 2009
It's been a busy week for the new Bloomberg LP-owned BusinessWeek. First, there was the appointment ... [FishbowlNY]

Layoffs Underway At The Associated Press? - Posted November 17, 2009
Rumors of more layoffs at the Associated Press have been swirling for a number of weeks, as the news organization moves towards its goal of reducing its global ... [FishbowlNY]

Does Andrew Sorkin Get Pageview Bonuses From The Times? - Posted November 9, 2009
Certain New York media blogs are all puffed with self-righteousness over the news that Dealbreaker's ... [FishbowlNY]

Why "Self-Destructive" LA Times Writer Is Better Suited For Gawker - Posted November 5, 2009
Richard Rushfield (center) Photo via FishbowlLA Richard Rushfield is one of the few West Coasters that are still kept on ... [FishbowlNY]

GawkerTV Launches With Intern Workforce, Optimistic About Ad Sales - Posted November 3, 2009
Today's launch of Gawker.TV is the product of Richard Blakeley's three years as Nick Denton's video editor. Now the This Is Why You're Fat co-autho... [FishbowlNY]

New York City's Media Marathon - Posted November 2, 2009
This weekend wasn't just Halloween in Manhattan, it was also the setting for the 40th Annual New York City Marathon, one of the most difficult (and longest running) endurance races in the world, and certainly one of the largest. It attracts professional athletes, celebrities, and your every day runners from around... [FishbowlNY]

Blogger-Penned This Is Why Your Fat Launches With Two Events - Posted October 30, 2009
Richard Blakeley and Nick McGlynn - Image via Random Night Out Last night, media bar Destination (co-owned by Dan Maccarone of Hard Candy Shell, which has redesigned major media sites from ... [FishbowlNY]

GalleyCat Readers Give Back|Bon App Raises Rate Base|Boston Globe Gets New Publisher|Gawker May Hire New Women - Posted October 29, 2009
GalleyCat: GalleyCat readers ... [FishbowlNY]

The Atlantic Becomes Latest Publication To Trumpet Digital Ad Sales Program - Posted October 26, 2009
It's a baffling recent development to receive daily press announcements from publishers that are "proudly introducing" a new digital ad structure or employee. We've seen the Meredith Corporation promote ... [FishbowlNY]

Layoffs Come To WWD - Posted October 26, 2009
Over the weekend, Gawker reported that WWD, the ... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker, The Business Insider Join Forces - Posted October 22, 2009
This morning we noticed something strange: a Gawker post written by someone named The Business Insider. Some digging revealed the exa... [FishbowlNY]

More Layoffs At Conde Nast As Brides Cuts Staffers - Posted October 7, 2009
The New York Observer reports that Brides has laid off about a dozen staffers today, the third day in horrible ... [FishbowlNY]

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]

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 redi... [FishbowlNY]

What Will The Gawker Sex Tape Lawsuit Mean For Bloggers? - Posted September 24, 2009
First there was the not so scandalous sex tape featuring a three-way romp between married celeb couple Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayhear... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker's Blakeley Arrested - Posted September 14, 2009
It took over a week for news to surface about Gawker video editor Richard Blakeley's arrest, but today Gawker and ... [FishbowlNY]

Tablet Editor Jesse Oxfeld Takes On Theatre Reviewing Duties At The Observer - Posted September 8, 2009
Jesse Oxfeld, the current executive editor for online Jewish magazine Tablet and former editor at Mediabistro.com, Gawker... [FishbowlNY]

Two Years After Aquisition, ALM Spins Off Again - Posted September 8, 2009
Two years after acquiring ALM, Incisive Media has decided to spin-off the unit into "a separately structured, independent company operating once again under the ALM brand," the company announced today. Since the acquisition in 2007, ALM, which owns pubs including ... [FishbowlNY]

Rendon Group Defends Itself|Rodale Launches Children's Health|Gawker's Had A Good Seven Years - Posted September 4, 2009
PRNewser: The Rendon Group fires back against media outlets like The Washington Post. Folio: Rodale is ... [FishbowlNY]

Julia Allison Shills For Sony - Posted August 19, 2009
New York media personality, blogger and entrepreneur ... [FishbowlNY]

One Last Thought On Robert Novak|Newsday Rejects Ad Chastising Parent Co.|Time Inc. Buys Detroit Home|More Reaction To Reader's Digest Ch. 11 News|Is Anyone Profiting From Gawker's Threesome Video? - Posted August 18, 2009
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On The Menu: A Former Fishbowl-er Takes On J-School - Posted August 13, 2009
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Bill Hoffman Leaves Page Six - Posted August 11, 2009
After reporting on the newest hire at New York Post gossip column ... [FishbowlNY]

Twitter Outage: What Happened - Posted August 7, 2009
Okay, the Twitter outage yesterday wasn't the end of the world. But it did put a crimp in our usual routine and made gathering breaking news and information that much more challenging for a good part of the day. Yesterday, Twitter said its technical difficulties were ... [FishbowlNY]

Emily Smith Leaves Life & Style For Page Six - Posted August 7, 2009
Both Gawker and Dylan Stableford at The Wrap have reported that ... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker's Servers Struggle|Iranian Detainees Have San Fran Roots|The Awl Celebrates 1M|AP Managing Editors Honor Public Service|Luke Russert Answers Essential Questions - Posted August 3, 2009
Video: "Jon & Kate + 8" is back on the air tonight after a short hiatus. Will you be watching? AgencySpy: ... [FishbowlNY]

WaPo Writer's Gawker Experience Raises Questions Of Fair Use - Posted August 3, 2009
We feel a bit guilty blogging about this right now, fearing that it will just add fuel to the fire raging over blogs (like this one) that draw information and quotes from stories in news sources like The Washington Post. But thanks to an article in the Post this w... [FishbowlNY]

On The Menu: How To Make It In NYC & Gawker's Hamilton Nolan - Posted July 30, 2009
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At Gawker, Traffic Graphs Only Tell Part Of The Story - Posted July 28, 2009
Yesterday, Gawker's Nick Denton boasted about the tremendous revenue growth his company had experienced during the first half of the year, despite the recession. Denton also published ... [FishbowlNY]

Digital Book Publishing, Gawker's Revenues and Ashton Kutcher On The Menu - Posted July 28, 2009
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McGraw-Hill Cuts 550 Employees - Posted July 16, 2009
A few days after announcing that it was looking to sell BusinessWeek, publisher ... [FishbowlNY]

New Chapters Start For Stableford, Froelich - Posted July 14, 2009
Yesterday, Gawker got the scoop that former FishbowlNY editor and Mediabistro.com managing editor Dylan Stableford had been la... [FishbowlNY]

NYPost.com Editor Calls Shenanigans On Daily News' Timestamping - Posted July 9, 2009
This afternoon, we got an email from NYPost.com News Editor Cassie Carothers pointing us to an alleged case of back timestamping by their rival ... [FishbowlNY]

CNN May Be Sued Over MJ Footage|Jackson Family Hires Power Publicists|CBS Snags Gawker's Lawson|Layoffs At Spin|This Week's Best Media Throwdowns - Posted July 1, 2009
Embedded video from CNN Video TVNewser: CNN has warned staffers that i... [FishbowlNY]

Friday's RTCA Dinner Wrap Up|Meredith Titles Show Ad Growth In July|Gawker's Denton Says He's Not Bored|NYT's Pogue Takes Heat For Speaker's Fee|Dumenco Continues Anti-HuffPo Campaign - Posted June 22, 2009
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Observer Picks Up Majority Stake In Webby Winner Very Short List - Posted June 15, 2009
Today, IAC and the Observer Media Group officially announced their deal passing majority control of IAC's email newsletter Very Shor... [FishbowlNY]

New Magazine Launch: Jewish Online Mag Tablet - Posted June 10, 2009
In the midst of recent magazine closures and more layoffs, it's always heartening to see a new pub launch. And even online only content p... [FishbowlNY]

Denton, Newmark, Fuller, Twitter's Dorsey And WSJ's Murray Talk Media's Future - Posted June 3, 2009
We interrupt coverage of Mediabistro Circus to bring you news of another media panel going on at New York University today as part of New York's Internet Week. I Want Media hosted a panel earlier today featuring former Star magazine editor ... [FishbowlNY]

Friedman Gives Back $75K|Double X Takes On Jezebel|10 Reasons Why Bailing Out Newspapers Is A Bad Idea|Mag Publishers' Buyout Deal|Bankrupt Tribune Denied Severance - Posted May 13, 2009
The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c... [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 ... [FishbowlNY]

True/Slant Launches, Experiments With Sponsored Content - Posted April 9, 2009
At this point it's becoming fairly clear that as the panic increases over the demise of newspapers we are entering an era of 'we're willing to try anything' decision making (closing papers as bargaining tactic, anyone?), which may or may not result in a blurring and/or redefining of ethical lines when... [FishbowlNY]

Hell Hath No Fury Like A Freelancer Scorned - Posted March 25, 2009
We all want to get paid well and on time, especially when our month-to-month income is less reliable than our landlord's need for rent. Well if this is what really matters to you as a freelancer, Gawker has created a list of magazines where you might not want to... [MediaJobsDaily]

Gawker Named 'Most Valuable Blog' - Posted February 23, 2009
Gawker may be slimming down...again! But that hasn't stopped finance blog 24/7 Wall St. ... [FishbowlNY]

Time to Help Save Your Newspapers - Posted February 5, 2009
The newspaper crisis is no longer just an industry conversation for those of us who work in and follow the media. Time's new cover story 'How to Save Your Newspaper' is penned by former Time... [FishbowlNY]

Should Yahoo Buy Gawker, The New York Times? - Posted January 26, 2009
So what's in store for Yahoo? New CEO Carol Bartz will be announcing the company's first quarter results tomorrow, and all signs point towards the numbers being less than spectacular.... [FishbowlNY]

Lesser of Two Evils: Media Companies Explore Alternatives to Laying Off - Posted January 15, 2009
Not that long ago news that major media companies were mandating unpaid weeks off and significant salary cuts would have been greeted with outrage. These days, while not great news, one is tempted to breathe a sigh of relief: it's better than being laid off! And it certainly seems... [FishbowlNY]

Today's NYT News Round-Up - Posted January 12, 2009
Let's talk more about The New York Times, which lately seems to be filling in as some sort of representative for the state of journalism everywhere, both good and bad. First up rumors of Bi... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker's Sheila McClear Respectfully Says Goodbye - Posted December 30, 2008
Nothing like ending the year with your own layoff post. Over at Gawker Sheila McClear ... [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]

Wintour Out At Vogue: Don't Think So, Says Newhouse - Posted December 2, 2008
We here at FBLA don't want to tread on blogger territory too harshly, but we only bring up Gawker's "scoop" on Anna Wintour's departure from ... [FishbowlLA]

More on the Time Inc. Layoffs - Posted November 20, 2008
A tipster tells us that Southern Progress arm of Time Inc. has been hit again in the current round of layoffs (we reported... [FishbowlNY]

Ex-Gawker Editor Speculates on Why Denton Shuttered Valleywag - Posted November 20, 2008
Over at the L.A. Times ex-Gawker editor (and recent Radaronline scribe) Choire Sicha is speculating as to w... [FishbowlNY]

Noah Robischon to Leave Gawker for FastCompany.com - Posted November 12, 2008
FBNY has learned that Noah Robischon, managing editor of the Gawker Media Network, will be leaving the company to take up as the new executive editor of fastcompany.com starting December 1. We hear from ... [FishbowlNY]

Nick Denton: Doom-Mongering the Future of Media - Posted November 12, 2008
Never one to let things lie Nick Denton held a "doom-mongering" summit of sorts at Gawker headquarters last night apparenty feeling that it was time for... [FishbowlNY]

Radar: The Long Goodbye Continues - Posted October 28, 2008
Yep, everyone is still reeling from Friday's sudden folding of Radar and the horror show... [FishbowlNY]

Bill Keller: No More Layoffs at the NYT - Posted October 28, 2008
Here's a little slice of sunshine in an otherwise gloomy day. At the annual New York Times State of the Newsroom meeting executive editor Bill Keller ... [FishbowlNY]

Radar Folding? [Updated] Magazine Folds, AMI Purchases Website - Posted October 24, 2008
Gawker is reporting (and FBNY has also heard separately from sources within) that Maer Roshan's multiply-launched magazine ... [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]

Things Left Unsaid?: The New Yorker Profiles Arianna Huffington - Posted October 6, 2008
For the past few weeks rumors have abounded that The New Yorker was preparing a "hit piece" on Arianna Huffington. Since the term "hit piece" is not somet... [FishbowlNY]

Sharon Waxman Skewers Nick Denton, Internet - Posted October 6, 2008
Sharon Waxman takes aim at Snarker-in-chief Nick Denton (which we get) as well as the flight of talented journali... [FishbowlLA]

Nick Denton: 'I Felt I'd Done My Job' - Posted October 6, 2008
Our sister site, Agency Spy has an interview today with Gawker... [FishbowlLA]

Gawker Lays Off 19 Editorial Staff Including Moe Tkacik - Posted October 3, 2008
Gawker had their own black Friday newsdump today. In a move that may soon become known as the Denton doctrine, Gawker head Nick Denton announced that he was preemptively lay... [FishbowlNY]

As the New York Media World Turns - Posted October 1, 2008
Two different stories are floating around the very fishbowl-like world of New York media today (hey we didn't just pluck our name from a hat). First off, Radar is reporting that ... [FishbowlNY]

NYMag.com's Daily Intel Decides There Is Something in a Name! - Posted September 24, 2008
We're at bit late to this, but it looks like New York Magazine's blog Daily Intel has finally capitulated to the byline. Up until August, when the change took place, Daily Intel posts by staff bloggers (contributors wer... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker and the Palin Emails: Taking a Look at the Numbers - Posted September 18, 2008
We've been keeping our eye on Gawker's Palin post numbers as they continue to escalate. The current tally of views the post has received stands at 777,453, meaning ... [FishbowlNY]

The AP Turns Down the Secret Service, Next Stop the Google? - Posted September 18, 2008
As Gawker's numbers continue to shoot through the roof (the Palin email post currently has 758,000 hits, we're waiting to hear back from the Gawker powers that be as to whether that's a record) the Palin emails a... [FishbowlNY]

Wherein Gawker Hijacks the Election - Posted September 17, 2008
We love the idea of Gawker becoming a player in this election SO much — because seriously, how else could it get any crazier? (No really, how e... [FishbowlNY]

Does Gawker Have Screen Grabs of Sarah Palin's Personal Email Acct? - Posted September 17, 2008
It looks like John McCain's aversion to the Google may be a good thing after all, or at least something to be envied if you're Sarah... [FishbowlNY]

Gawker Wanted: Denton Signing Off As Managing Editor - Posted September 2, 2008
After eight successful (there's a graph if you don't believe us) months Nick Denton is stepping down as managing editor at Gawker. Think you're up for... [FishbowlNY]

NYT: In the Market For a Little Deja Vu? - Posted August 4, 2008
Last week Gawker pointed out that something about the New York Times was sounding awfully fa... [FishbowlNY]

In Which the 'Montauk Monster' Gives New Meaning to Dog Days of Summer Media Blogging - Posted July 31, 2008
We've sort of been ignoring the Montauk Monster up until now, mostly because between the water bug we found in the bathtub yesterday and seeing Jaws at far too young an age we've had our fill of scary water monster stories. However! Being that it's a s... [FishbowlNY]

Who is Who? New York's '2,109' Most Notable - Posted July 7, 2008
We all know "notable" New Yorkers never get tired of hearing about themselves, much as the blogosphere never tires of writing about them. To that end, Gawker is reporting th... [FishbowlNY]

Hey Gawker, Nice Story ... One Week Late - Posted June 25, 2008
We expect Old Media stalwarts like Business Week to come late to the party, but Gawker? Aren't you guys supposed to have your "witty" retort at the ready before anyone has even said anything? A week afte... [FishbowlLA]

FBNY Dishes About All Things Gawker - Posted April 14, 2008
Our sister blog, Fishbowl NY, wakes up a lot earlier than us. It also works harder than we do, smiles less often and wears more black. But that's beside the point. FBNY has all the scoop about the Gawker sales, including this quote from Nick Denton "To be blunt: they each had... [FishbowlLA]

Mo' Margaret B., Mo' Peggy Seltzer. Mo Fiction - Posted March 4, 2008
More Margaret B. Jones/Peggy Seltzer info: Gawker has some of her author interview, now vanished from Penguin's site, but found here: At one point I was sho... [FishbowlLA]

Gawker's New io9.com Has Like, Design Futurism and Zany Architecture and Stuff - Posted January 3, 2008
As soon as we trained ourselves not to look at the header (why, why do they want to make us cry?), Gawker's new sci-fi blog io9 lured us in with what is pretty much all design-related content. The blog, which debuted yesterday, is edited by Annalee Newitz, who used to work... [UnBeige]

Gawker Abused in Salon - Posted December 26, 2007
In a piece about Gawker and celebrity news, Heather Havrilesky asks Salon readers: But in this head-spinning year of celebrity obsession and backlash, did we gain anything by listening in on Alec Baldwin's private phone message to his daughter, or watching camera-phone footage of David Hasselhoff drunkenly scarfing down a hamburger, or... [FishbowlLA]

Sundown on Sunset - Posted November 30, 2007
Evel Knievel dies at age 69. Martin Scorsese's newest film: La Clave Reserva Just in time for the holidays! KOST fires Kim ... [FishbowlLA]

Spencer Pratt Tutored at USC, Outed at Gawker - Posted November 27, 2007
Gawker posts about Spencer Pratt's old tutor who got the Hills resident evil mastermind through freshman English at USC. The tutor, ... [FishbowlLA]

SNL Live: Sklar Approves - Posted November 19, 2007
Does the Huffington Post pay by the word? 4511. On the live Saturday Night Live show. And only 5 comments. Gawker... [FishbowlLA]

Charlie LeDuff: Who's Your Daddy? - Posted November 8, 2007
Author Charlie LeDuff traveled the globe for the NY Times, and now lives in Hollywood, but he's a million miles away from all the strike action. Why? Because he and his little daughter are at home or driving to Yoga World or going to the park. He writes in ... [FishbowlLA]

WGA Strike Snippets of News - Posted November 5, 2007
The WGA members seem to be worried about their public image. Maybe if they start the picket lines before 9 (like when the Teamsters go to work), the strikers might be taken m... [FishbowlLA]

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]

Gawker Clubs Baby Seals, Neal Pollack's Son - Posted September 28, 2007
Gawker hit a new low, posting a hit piece about a 4-year-old this week. They called said 4-year-old "the worst," declared they "hate" him and justified it all by explaining that he's not a 4-year-old; he's Neal Pollack's... [FishbowlLA]

Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Andrew, And Nipple Torture - Posted September 26, 2007
While Gawker was speculating about the state of John Connolly's Vanity Fair story on sleazebag Jeffrey Epstein, the ... [FishbowlLA]

Vogue: Fat September - Posted August 21, 2007
Glossed Over live blogs the September Vogue, and lives to tell. Gawker notes that the same issue has gained a little weight, while Jossip po... [FishbowlLA]

Choire Sicha Defends Los Angeles Times on Theresa Duncan - Posted August 20, 2007
Over at Gawker, Choire Sicha sticks up for his new pals at the LA Times, claiming that there w... [FishbowlLA]

Sale of Mediabistro.com Inspires Tears, Tantrums Too - Posted July 18, 2007
News of mediabistro.com's sale has caused quite a stir in Blogotopia. Well, bloggers like traffic, and who knew that Laurel Touby + boa would r... [FishbowlLA]

Greg Gutfeld in NY Observer--Once Ate Reagan's Chicken - Posted May 23, 2007
George Gurley profiles Greg Gutfeld in the NY Observer. Gutfeld adores Paul Lynde, has gotten fired quite a few times, and thinks liberalism is all abou... [FishbowlLA]

R.I.P. Socialite Rank - Posted April 26, 2007
Socialite Rank is shutting down, and the creators are working on a book about the whole experience. Were we all just pawns in their little game? ... [FishbowlLA]

When Being Dooced Is Only One Side of the Story - Posted March 6, 2007
Sometimes, even us freewheeling bloggers like to exercise a little restraint. Because reporting on publishing people getting fired for what's clearly a case of going overboard on a small matter is, frankly, not the best use of our time and resources. But since Gawker's now gone ahead and present... [GalleyCat]