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Squawking 'Bout Gawker

The blogging cartel and fashion world are abuzz about Elizabeth Spiers' move to New York magazine, whether it's Jeff Jarvis on Greg Lindsay's WWD piece, Gawker's editor-of-this-week-and-probably-for-weeks-to-come Choire, MemeFirst or Elizabeth herself trying to answer everyone's questions. Okay, so those are only four five sources. But we're loving Choire's touch with Gawker - Gayker (TM, 601am, apparently), anyone?

Anyway, who knows what will happen with any contract negotiations, what with Primedia trying to unload New York somewhere, but let's think big picture: If MARY Elizabeth Spiers can move from Gawker to New York magazine, can Gothamist be writing Jerry Orbach's pithy one-liners some time soon?

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  • Jen

    People, simmer down now!

    While we at Gothamist encourage lively debate, the discussion has spiraled out of control and we're closing this thread.

    Note for the future: If you want to start beef with other commenters, take it somewhere else.

    Thanks.

  • Damn. Looks like everybody at CNET was issued the new format at some point after the IPO. So much for that idea.

  • Tony - You've got the wrong email format. The early CNET employees were @cnet.com, i.e. halseym@cnet.com or jais@cnet.com. Yours is tony_demillo@cnet.com, which employs a format that came in after 1997.

    Even if you're not a loser -and while I'm checking up on that I'll continue to operate under the assumption that you are - you're definitely an idiot for siding with nasty jackasses instead of with me, a person who's just trying to help a friend.

  • Tony

    and if i happened to mention that i was a founding employee of cnet and cashed out for many millions, would that change the fact that your blog sucks balls?

  • Pete

    Brian wrote: "I've never cringed after reading one of Liz, Jen, Jake, or Choire's comments. The offensive posts here make me cringe."

    That may be true, but looking at Liz's face a couple of weeks ago did the trick!

  • Jason

    actually, jake, i'm kind of enjoying this nastiness. it's certainly making the gothamist comments section more lively

  • Ken Samuels



    If only we'd been so lucky, Sterling!

    "Some people would also go in the water the day after the hurricane passed, but I never did for fear of debris. Riding massive waves is fun, but not when you MIGHT GET SMACKED BY A TELEPHONE POLE OR SUNKEN BOAT tumbling in the surf." (From Boro6)

    -- Ken

  • Tony- You work at CNET and you're calling me a loser?

  • Brian

    Important update - I misstyped my email address in the prior post. Innocent mistake. Please don't send some unsuspecting soul an email. Send em to me if you must. I'd rather you didn't.

  • Tony DeMillo

    One thing is for sure: Sterling *is* a loser and Boro6 is a shitty blog.

  • Brian

    Wow.

    Blogging is insipid. Gossip is insipid. Many things that rightlfully pass as entertainment are insipid. Harmless fun. Gothamist, Gawker, et.al primarily observe and draw attention to some of the interesting and amusing things that make NYC, media, the entertainment industy (and the people that inhabit them) so damned fun. That's all and it's good. And, in their own ways they're both very good at it.

    Many comments in this thread, howerver, are not good, entertaining, or enlightning. They're a frightening window into self absorbed, cruel thoughts - a window one really shouldn't open. What's accomplished by making, then defending, personal attacks? Is this really worth fighting over? What laughably high standard are we holding these observers too?

    I've never cringed after reading one of Liz, Jen, Jake, or Choire's comments. The offensive posts here make me cringe.

    What is wrong?

  • JVG

    What a foolish question, Jake.

    To delete the posts about my godlike beauty would be a crime against humanity, and art itself.

  • Kevin (the other one)

    Yea, Boro6 sucks ass.

    That's probably why Sterling spends all his time reading Gothamist...

  • Hey Jen, what's this guy's IP address?

  • eli

    I just read it and it's good. I figured you could use a bit of annoyance though, after asking for everyone's IPs.

  • Then don't read it. No skin off my ass.

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