By Foster Kamer 2/02/12 3:59pm

Q & A

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10 Questions with Chris Mohney, Editor-in-Chief of Tumblr’s New Editorial Project

Yesterday, the New York Times broke news of blogging platform and social media network Tumblr’s new editorial project. The project was characterized as something that will be “documenting the Tumblr service and marketing it to users.”

In the same article, the project’s editor-in-chief—(2011 NYO Media Poachable) Chris Mohney, who will be leaving his post as the Vice President of Content at BlackBook—explained that it will avoid “forced attempts at corporate boosterism.” This is odd, because a forced attempt at corporate boosterism is exactly what this nebulous project sounds like. Then again, Mohney (who, before BlackBook, was an editor at regular Tumblr-antagonist Gawker) will be manning the project with Jessica Bennett, a journalist leaving her post at Newsweek/The Daily Beast to jump on board. Read More

By Emily Witt 12/13/11 9:15am

Fashion Statements

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Nerd Girlfriend Finally Exists

For years, the fashion blog Nerd Boyfriend has been a secret pleasure even for those who don’t care about fashion but just like looking at photos of artists, writers and filmmakers. But it was always sad that there was no female equivalent, as if women were somehow excluded from the category of attractive nerd, as if there were no female fashion icons who were renowned for their brains as much as their bodies. Perhaps it was simply a question of buying a domain name. Read More

By Dan Duray 2/01/11 9:58pm

Blogs

The End of Blogging

“I don’t really see a blog business,” said Nick Denton over gchat. He still wasn’t sold on the idea of an interview regarding his sites’ redesign, scheduled to debut tomorrow, and seemed to be attempting an escape. “I should find you that old post in which I compare blog ad revenues to McDonald’s franchises, i.e. Read More