October 2010
7 posts
A Bajillion Hits: I'm A Tech Media Douche →
bajillionhits:
To the person on the Internet who said I’m a “Tech Media Douche”:
Honestly, you can call me whatever hater names you want (though only douches still say “douche”), but the fact is: my strat is tighter, my portfolio is fatter, and my buzz is louder than whatever bullshit blog you’re writing…
A Bajillion Hits: The Daily Beast Calls Me... →
bajillionhits:
Earlier this week I did a real nice presser with Tina Brown’s must-read media influencer cultural buzz cheat-sheet The Daily Beast, and their profile of me finally went live today. I feel pretty good about it. They called me the “Stephen Colbert of New Media”, which I thought was sort…
The Rex Sorgatz New York Times Profile is Live,... →
peterfeld:
fek:
Yet again, the New York Times — and specifically, the Styles section — has given the full go-ahead to let loose on their utter animals-in-cages fascination with this thing called “New Media” and the people who run it and the fact that, ZOMG! They’re kinda legit and they make decent money. In other words, they missed the point.
I don’t know, I kind of like the Rex profile....
Alex Blaggazine: Top 12 Most Influential Sites In... →
bajillionhits:
One of the first things new clients almost always ask me is, “How Do We Go Viral?”
To truly answer that question (beyond my comprehensive Big Deck on the subject), it’s very important to note which websites must feature your content for it to have a good chance of…
September 2010
15 posts
“I think Nick Denton is going to win the Internet.”
– John Cook (via soupsoup)
Tyler Coates: Once I reblogged something that... →
Once I reblogged something that Foster wrote (eight hundred years ago, it feels like - Internet time!) about how he loved going home and being away from “the Internet” as he knows it, and (I’m paraphrasing, because I deleted my reblog post) that it was nice to be around people (ie. his family)…
Welcome to Splitsider
countcenci:
mercurypdx:
fek:
adamfrucci:
So I’ve spent the last few months planning for and working on Splitsider, a new blog about comedy I’m running with the gents behind The Awl. It finally launched today, and I couldn’t be more excited! Go check it out, spread it around, click on all the ads 100 times each and let me know if you have any feedback! Huzzah!
http://splitsider.com/
...
Jay Rosen : Journo students should follow the lead... →
soupsoup:
I took the opportunity to ask the three U.S. sites must for any student in journalism today:
Gawker for its relentless innovation, Talking Points Memo for its information, The New York Times for its animated graphics
Alex Balk: Man Likes Own Website →
It will probably come as a surprise to those of you who view this site as a nonstop parade of links to the Awl, but I am not naturally a self-promoter, or, really, a promoter of any kind. I don’t “do press,” I have a hard time talking about myself, and I tend to take compliments, be they effusive…
Stereotyping People By Their Favorite Websites →
fimoculous:
Slate That guy at the party who’s always going, “Just to play the devil’s advocate for a second…”
Gawker Editorial assistants who hate their bosses and want to write for Gawker
Facebook People whose favorite band is The Beatles
The Awl Jealous bloggers who are sick of writing SEO headlines
"I haven't spent much time on the site, and... →
(via alexbalk)
“The Awl is expanding. The three-man enterprise, run by editors Choire Sicha and...”
– AdAge
(via Balk)
(via meredithbklyn)
December 2009
1 post
August 2009
4 posts
On deciding that The Awl is a waste of my time...
nerdshares:
It started on Friday with Choire Sicha’s piece on the reaction against Cintra Wilson, for the classist nonsense she wrote about (quelle horreur!) a JCPenney coming to midtown. Now, both pandorasmittens and hortense have written far more eloquent posts than I could muster on why Wilson’s article is repulsive. And I’m sure Choire is at least somewhat familiar with this argument, since...
Keep The Internet Weird →
fimoculous:
(responding to katiebakes, and trying to find the middle)
I’ll add this: isn’t the problem with Hotelling’s Model that everyone, on the micro-scale, thinks that they’re arguing from the middle? Every person, even the extremist, thinks they’re just being rational, the only sensible one in the room! And if I may mix suspect metaphors, it’s the Long Tail of Hotelling’s Model that...
Who Made Nick Douglas' Twitter Book? (Answer:...
fek:
Ok! The Official Twitter Book made by 2.0 Leprochaun Nick Douglas made its way to me today. And I’m going to spoil it this weekend because quite frankly I’m not crazy about Twitter and also, I love spoiling books (HARRY POTTER IS A HEMAPHRODITE LIKE LADY GAGS, BTW).
You probably know some of the following people, who made their way into The Official Twitter Book. Watch as the world will...
July 2009
5 posts
soupsoup:
ninety9:
Things that women blog about at Gawker: weddings and movies. Things that women don’t blog about at Gawker: everything else.
Rumor has it, one of my favorite bloggers, Natasha Vargas Cooper will soon be taking over for Richard Lawson at Gawker. While she is taking over the entertainment beat, you can’t keep a writer of her talent locked in that box over there for long.
The times they are a changin'
Me: Hey what do you think about the new Gawker commenter system, it's pretty awesome right?
Mike: Now nobody is going to see my dumb comments...
Me: I'm putting this on my tumblr.
“Jumping to conclusions about and/or engagement in meta discussions as to the...”
– New Jezebel commenting guidelines. Unclear if they apply to all Gawker Media properties.
Do as the Gawker writers say, not as they do.
(via soupsoup)
“* Rebuttal rights for the subject of an article
* Web submission and publishing...”
– The two most innovative promised future Gawker features. The first would further institutionalize Nick Denton’s philosophy of “shoot first, ask for comment later,” which has been the soul of Gawker’s coverage, allowing it freedom without access and a quicker, dirtier story filing process. Giving...
Dot-Com Stimulus Package →
fimoculous:
Gawker is bringing back the pageview bonus model. The economy has recovered! Update: They also updated commenting with some interesting features.
June 2009
2 posts
Foster Kamer's Unpaid Interns:
soupsoup:
rachellehruska:
Take a look folks [Foster Kamer is a total hypocrite but we’ll laugh it off to immaturity]
Oh snap! (previously)
Dear Foster Kamer:
charitini:
rachellehruska:
Last night, among several other friends, I bumped into Foster Kamer at M2 for the Nightlife Protection Committee launch party. We discussed his last post for Gawker titled “Slave Labor- the New-New Media.” Foster was extremely pleasant and a good listener. Before bumping into Foster, I had worked on the piece below, which I still think deserves to be posted, as it...
May 2009
3 posts
"If this turns out to be some elaborate viral... →
(via katiebakes)
misterhippity:
alexbalk:
I think he’s got to pick a woman or a minority to fill the vacancy, right?
Nope. Just someone good.
But as for the coming night-shift vacancy, well ….
It's kind of weird to be on the periphery, but not...
jgh:
So last year in my first week of living in New York I went to Keith Gessen’s “Take Back The Internet” party. I met a Heeb writer I’d later perfunctorily fuck. I met Keith, who seemed taken aback that I wouldn’t drink and surmised I was a “recovering alcoholic” for refusing a beer. (WTF?) I saw Emily Gould, who was still high off her NY Times story. And Krucoff, if I remember correctly. And...
April 2009
10 posts
Fight For Your Right
karenuhoh:
doree:
Meta-interconnected-something-ness:
Mr. Kaplan will leave a New York media world that is fundamentally different than the one he entered in 1994. Just last week, the Observer broke a story about a Brooklyn con woman, the so-called “hipster-grifter,” in a news article that provided just the kind of New York intrigue and context that had been a hallmark of the newspaper. But...
“Just last week The Observer broke a story about a Brooklyn con woman, the...”
– David Carr on Peter Kaplan’s Observer, and just how much the media landscape has changed during his tenure. (via charitini)
I think we're seen enough of the........
soupsoup:
peterfeld:
antikris:
“So this happened” meme. I mean, we all know everyone on tumblr got wasted at some point this weekend. I’d rather see a “so this happened” which depicts someone passed out naked, curled up in the fetal position, next to a bottle of lube and some free NYC condoms. I think that’s a lot more interesting than a bunch of empty bottles, your new haircut, or what...
I for one am sad about this.
peterfeld:
youngmanhattanite:
peterfeld:
Portfolio’s Jeff Bercovici mnookins the obituary, minus references to sex in 1969. Having arranged the initial focus groups for this launch, I am sad about this.
Remember that very early meeting (summer ‘05) we had with Joanne Lipman, David Carey, etc? It’s all a blur to me now, and I don’t really care about any of this, but if I’m ever going to...
McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Unrhymed Couplets... →
nickdouglas:
I am the subject of a McSweeney’s list.
I’m not Pocketnovel’s “ex” so much as “a guy she sent naked pictures to.” Still, well played, Pocket. Well played.
Vanity Fair interview with Choire Sicha re... →
karion:
Back to Gawker: has [owner] Nick Denton wished you luck? It is sort of a competing site. I talked to Nick yesterday morning, and he was very undermine-y, in a delightful way—which I enjoy coming from him, because he loves this stuff. This gives him a little more drama in his day and is very exciting for him, so I’m happy to provide him with that. And Nick doesn’t see anybody as a threat.
Losing my religion.
baugher:
I am, once again, losing my will to parse.
You’ve heard it all before, and at this point, Our Lady of Introspection has sunk far below the caricature water mark and is now an openly mocked joke - like bringing a braying donkey to a pig party. One Handmaiden is still circling the cereal bowl, and the other jumped ship and is riding the wave of “thank God you aren’t Julia” to her...
You know what's still blowing my mind?
nickmcglynn:
frangry:
How awesomely fucked up it is that Mary Rambin left Nonsociety to start MoreThanMary.com, which is essentially going to be Nonsociety, just without Julia and Meghan. It’s the greatest, bitchiest move ever. You know what though? That design? Oof.
Also check this out.
March 2009
5 posts
peterfeld:
LAST NIGHT IN DODGE: THERE’S GOT TO...
Complaint #373
whitewhine:
“Grrrr. My Tumblr account won’t stay signed-in on my Blackberry.”
-Whine by Justine Bateman
Thanks for the head’s up, Gawker.
