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LEAKED MEMOS

By Foster Kamer 1/05/12 6:28pm

LEAKED MEMOS

Nick Denton

Nick Denton’s ‘State of Gawker 2012′ Memo: ‘Relentless and cynical traffic-trawling is bad for the soul.’

Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton occasionally sends out missives for his company that usually contain a little bit of insight into the way his company is trending, which media watchers tend to obsess over like it’s The Bible Code, looking for prophecies about the future of their industry from the blog network’s fearless leader.

This one, released two hours ago, is already no different.

The Observer was just forwarded the memo, in full. It reads (favorite-parts-emphasis ours): Read More

By Foster Kamer 12/19/11 1:27pm

LEAKED MEMOS

New NYT retiree Clyde Haberman.

Goodbye, Gray Lady: New York Times Legends Take Buyouts, Internal Tributes Follow in Suit

OVER THE WEEKEND, the New York Times‘ ‘Sports of the Times’ columnist George Vecsey surprised regular readers with his Saturday column this week, which he used to announce a change in his schedule: “it is time to step back (not using the R-word) and write for the paper occasionally.”

Mr. Vecsey was one of several Times veterans who signed off on the latest round of buyout packages recently offered to the paper’s staffers, many of whom were publicly mourned on Twitter by Times staffers (“Some really good people leaving @nytimes with the latest round of voluntary buyouts. Paper will be less w/o them,” one wrote).

The Observer was recently passed on a series of communiques from the Times in-house blog detailing who took the buyouts. In addition to Mr. Vecsey, a 30-year veteran of the paper, they are: Read More