The Gawker redesign, horseman of the blogocolypse, went live today across Gawker Media properties. The redesign was previewed in a manifesto penned and published by boss Nick Denton and is still a “work in progress” according to a post by Gawker editor Remy Stern. As with Jalopnik and io9, where the changes were Read More
On Oct. 25, Gawker received a graphic crime scene photo from a tipster in the East Village. Gawker ran the photo, which showed the dead body of Christopher Jusko, a 21-year-old who was stabbed to death that same morning. After complaints from Jusko’s friends and family, the picture was removed.
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Just four hours after Gawker published a first-person anonymous account of a man who “slept with” Delaware senate candidate Christine O’Donnell, the story has accrued over 300,000 hits and incited the ire of those who question its necessity and taste.
Gawker Editor Remy Stern talked to The Observer about the way the piece Read More
“Ah, this is going to be fun,” posted Nick Denton when Cityfile went live in 2008.
Among the information contained in the site’s 2,000-plus profiles: the Gawker czar’s own middle name—“Guido.”
He was duly impressed. And he seems not to have forgotten.
Cityfile went from fun Web diversion to serious Read More
Since its inception, the gossip Web site Cityfile has been buying the domain names of powerful New Yorkers, accumulating more than 100 names, including those of Bruce Wasserstein, Jonathan Tisch and Kelly Cutrone. (When a someone tries to go to ronaldlauder.com or richieakiva.com, they are directed to Cityfile‘s profiles of the billionaire and the nightclub Read More
Former Radar editor Remy Stern‘s Web site chronicling New York’s influentials has finally gone live with (exclusive!) pictures of Eliot Spitzer‘s daughter’s prom and a handy survival guide for the city’s trophy wives to get us going. Click through for more. [Cityfile]
Lazard Freres banking heir Justin Lazard is planning to Read More
