By Drew Grant 9/27/11 5:29pm

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Salon to Relaunch With "American Spring"

Disclosure: The author of this post was previously employed by Salon.com.

Salon.com — never, ever to be confused with Slate.com — has brought back former editor in chief/founding father David Talbot as CEO of the online magazine. But in case you think the staff was just feeling nostalgic, Mr. Talbot wasted no time in trumpeting his arrival with news of a complete relaunch of the website as a multimedia platform. The redesign even gets a fancy new name: “American Spring.” Let Salon’s new CEO tell you all about it:

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By John Koblin 12/11/08 9:06pm

Gawker Writers Have to Work Weekends Now Too

And starting this week, Gawker writers will have to start weekends.

Gawker.com‘s managing editor Gabriel Snyder wrote in a note to his staff that each writer would be required to edit the Web site on Saturdays and Sundays , on a rotational basis. "This person will be responsible for posting beginning at 10am and Read More

By John Koblin 12/03/07 5:01am

Gawker Loses Third Editor in Three Days

On Friday, Nov. 30, readers of an item on Gawker.com which was nominally about author and editor Keith Gessen were told that the Web site’s managing editor, Choire Sicha, and editor Emily Gould were quitting.

On Monday, Dec. 3, nightlife editor Josh Stein told The Media Mob, he’ll do the same.

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By Felix Gillette 4/16/07 12:00am

Lorne Michaels: SNL Misses Its Dicks in a Box

Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of Saturday Night Live, is a big fan of YouTube.

“I think that YouTube is great, because if you do something like ‘Dick in a Box,’ someone in Pakistan can see it,” said Mr. Michaels in a phone interview.

He was referring to the now-ubiquitous skit by SNL Read More