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By Drew Grant 10/25/11 6:10pm

Crossing the 'Atlantic': Richard Lawson Departs Gawker, Part Deux

Richard Lawson, Gawker’s entertainment writer and TV recapper extraordinaire, has taken his leave of Nick Denton‘s media conglomerate for the second time in the past two years. He will be joining another Gawker ex-pat, former editor in chief Gabriel Snyder at The Atlantic Wire, where Mr. Lawson will be a senior writer for entertainment and culture. Read More

By Dan Duray 1:54am

Rise of the Recappers: For a New Class of Struggling Writers, It’s Time To Watch TV

Last month Jerry Saltz, the art critic and judge on the recently finished first season of Bravo’s Work of Art, praised the practice of TV recapping in an essay posted to his popular Facebook profile.

“WoA provided an unintended occasion where many of them wrote on the SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,” the post Read More

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Crossing the 'Atlantic': Richard Lawson Departs Gawker, Part Deux

Rise of the Recappers: For a New Class of Struggling Writers, It’s Time To Watch TV

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