Hamilton Nolan

Why did Bill Keller Resign as The New York Times' Editor? - Posted June 2, 2011
The announcement today that Bill Keller would be replaced by ... [FishbowlNY]

Washington Journos React With Disgust to NYT Style Piece - Posted March 28, 2011
NYT's Style section has dipped to a new low in Washington. This is the deafening refrain that we've been hearing all day long today after Sunday's story on the "Juicebox M... [FishbowlDC]

WaPo's Shapira Questions Journos 'Sniffing Out' Other Journos - Posted May 6, 2010
WaPo's Ian Shapira is irate with Politico's Patrick Gavin, who has been filling in on the "On Media" page. Why? In a ... [FishbowlDC]

Forbes Wants Bloggers to Work for Free - Posted April 20, 2010
Nothing better than a magazine about and for wealthy people soliciting bloggers to work for free. Hamilton Nolan at Gawker writes: Sad to see such an established name falling into the ol' ... [FishbowlLA]

New York Times Layoffs Underway; Speculation Ensues - Posted December 17, 2009
The New York Times is in the midst of finalizing the layoffs of 100 newsroom employees. New York magazine has a partial list of those laid off, and reports 74 employees took buyouts, leaving 26 spots for management to cut. As usual,... [PRNewser]

The New York Times Picks Up Gawker's Mark Penn/WSJ Story - Posted August 28, 2009
The Times digs in to on Gawker's story by Hamilton Nolan about Burson-Marsteller using CEO ... [PRNewser]

Gawker Pitches a Tent Over Mark Penn, Again - Posted August 26, 2009
Gawker obtained an internal Burson-Marsteller email that plainly asks senior management to use CEO Mark Penn's latest Wall Street Journal "Microtrends" column as a marketing tool to pitch potential clients. This particular ... [PRNewser]

WaPo Journo Writes About Future of Newspapers After Being Lifted by Gawker - Posted August 3, 2009
Last month, Ian Shapira did a story about Millennials and it was picked up by ... [FishbowlLA]

On The Menu: How To Make It In NYC & Gawker's Hamilton Nolan - Posted July 30, 2009
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Money On The Interwebs: Gawker Reinstates Page-View Bonuses - Posted July 10, 2009
Our colleagues over at FishbowlNY mentioned that Gawker's first half of 2009 was better than expected; in fact, the blog network's done so well that publisher Nick Denton is re-instating... [MediaJobsDaily]

'True' Confession: We Talk to Ad Sales All The Time - Posted May 28, 2009
We really don't do this often -- oh, screw it: I'm not even using that blog convention of the royal 'we' for this one. It's me, managing editor Rebecca Fox, speaking on behalf of my mediabistro.com editorial colleagues in a rare fit of first-person. I'm here to tell you som... [FishbowlNY]

Ari Fleisher, Proud to Testify on Torture if Subpoenaed - Posted May 1, 2009
[Panelists Josh Rushing, Ari Fleischer, and Tina Brown, with moderator Gideon Yago. Photo by Diane Bondareff/IFC via VanityFair.com] President Georg Bush #43's Press Secretary #1 (of 4) Ari Fleisher... [PRNewser]

Media Reporters' Online News Hindsight: 'It Was Stupid For Newspapers To Give Away Their Sh*t For Free' - Posted April 8, 2009
Portfolio.com's Jeff Bercovici spoke about the challenges of covering the media world at last night's Gelf Magazine Media Circus event in Brooklyn. Last night was Gelf Magazine's inaugural Media Circus speaking series event, and we headed to ... [FishbowlNY]

Diane Sawyer Gets Ashley Dupre Exclusive - Posted November 14, 2008
ABC News will get the first television interview with Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the prostitute at the center of the Eliot Spitzer scandal. ... [TVNewser]

Uh-Oh...Somebody Needs To Call This Writer A Waaaaa-mbulance - Posted April 4, 2007
PR Week's Hamilton Nolan says that we should put an end to these Gridiron / WHCA / Radio & TV Correspondents dinners... [T]the politicians who participate in these events aren't doing anything wrong. Their job is to be popular. For the journalists, it's a different matter. News organizations that won't even allow... [FishbowlDC]