Lockhart Goes to Gawker

Attention: a few minutes ago, Andrew Krucoff rushed into the Gothamist newsroom. He was flushed and out of breath, but after a few minutes of heavy mouth-to-mouth, he was able to gasp out a few words: "Lockhart... Gawker... Denton." He then collapsed and we gently rolled his body back down the steps. [Correction: apparently, this did not really happen, and Krucoff helpfully points out that we probably read the news on MediaBistro this morning.] A few minutes of reporting filled in the details: Lockhart has resigned from Cottages and Gardens to become managing editor of Gawker Media. In this capacity, he will presumably parcel out fame and fortune, and crack the whip at his many blogger underlings. No word yet on these burning questions:

1. What happened to Choire's body? We know Choire's the editorial director but, still, what happened?
2. Will Curbed become a Gawker title? Update: Nope.
3. Will Weblogs Inc. respond by buying Gothamist? Prediction: Only after a few corpses.
4. Is Nick Denton trying to own a majority stake in the souls of L.E.S. bloggers?
5. Will Gawker Media readers be subject to subliminal messages about age-themed books, insinuations about the Red Sox, and pictures of the Lower East Side, even on Wonkette?

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Jake Dobkin in Arts & Entertainment on January 5, 2005 3:46 PM

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mick

I just want Lockhart to bring back the Survivor Deadpool.

Oscar

The takeover is approaching!

David

i was once at the gothamist news room annex and almost crapped myself as some mysterious person popped out of nowhere shouting out some presumably news in a code that i did not understand as i ran for the subway.

a

why cant you print recipes from this site? that sucks.

S.D.

Gothamist has a Newsroom?

Tim N.

The newsroom - ha! I can see Jen hunched over her Underwood Standard, shirt open, tie askew, fedora pushed back on her head, rat-a-tat-tat-ing on the keys, working on the blog that's gonna blow the lid off this town!

Lockart, Red Sox, Gawker... yawn, yawn, yawn...

Jen

Our newsroom also has an annex at the abandoned fruit and vegetable stand on Broadway and Lafayette - there's good WiFi there.

jake

yes- our newsroom is in back of that chicken place on clinton street, to the left of the dumpster. the publisher's offices are in the stall of the men's bathroom at the magician.

DSH

Gothamist has an actual newsroom?

sac

The proper response upon hearing you have been hired by Lord Denton is, apparently, to take some E and do the chicken dance. Steele should sue somebody for releasing this picture. If only bots had access to the American human legal system.

effing

sweet - trust fund implosion

rion

man, i've never been able to follow any of this!

Jackson West

You know, when I was a wee high-schooler on the mean streets of Seattle, "getting paid" to do "what you love" was called selling out, man. The only way you could keep your grunge cred would be to shoot lots and lots of heroin, so a move to Mr. Denton's empire seems appropriate.

hmm

can you get your tshirt back?

eatsdirt

for the love of god, don't roll andrew krucoff down the stairs. we need funny dudes like him. gawker was most excellent when he guest edited last week.