i stopped reading gothamist music recommendations when jen took over. she's not that talented, obviously doesn't understand a conflict of interest when it's clear as can be, and has made what was once a great resource, blow.

maybe if Gawker wrote a piece about the lack of copyediting on Gothamist they might do something about it. Or just not really address the issue at hand while misspelling shit.

ahem. nick, your friendly neighborhood commenter here, has mentioned it several times in the past.

even though i really like slowlands.

Even jen c has to admit that amount of times the names takka takka, slowlands, and bravo silvia have been mentioned on this site is way disproportionate to their actual popularity within the new york scene.

this has been going on for quite some time now, and i'm suprised that only now is someone calling her out on it.

" Gothamist has a very clear conflict of interest policy-- and full confidence in Jen Carlson and her sense of professionalism."

I give Jen a week tops before she "gracefully steps down" after Gothamist had hoped this FLAGRANT conflict of interest would escape notice. That's how "clear" that policy is, apparently, when you boil it down - "don't get caught."

conflict of interest.

unethical behavior or not, conflict of interest or not, who the hell cares? it's just not worth getting your panties in a bunch. and this our-blog-is-holier-than-yours crap is just hogwash. everyone is in bed with everyone else in the media, so take it all with a grain of salt. please, people, start caring about something more important to the world.

How can so many supposedly "smart" people not see that the entire Aleksey Veyner (spelling?) thing is a hoax?

If he's guilty of anything, its ripping off Sascha Baron-Cohen (again, spelling?), who himself probably ripped off yet another predecessor.

Watching blogs 'battle' eachother over journalistic integrity like this is just pathetic. Wow, some 'cause.'

Also, how can Idolator have integrity if they censor their commenters? Isn't interaction with readers a mainstay of the blog world?

Does anybody ever read those music reviews anyway? seriously, anyone?

That video is the best thing I've seen in years. I've never seen a more qualified candidate for a position in IB. It takes serious mental health problems to even create something like that, let alone to send it in as part of an application--here's to Yale!

i need photo,video fuuny send for email

promoting bands, and writing about said bands on a 3rd party site (gothamist) is an obvious conflict of interest. its improbable to write anything subjective about people someone has chosen (or been paid) to promote.

This city really needs to work on it's affordable housing laws. The Times explained how developers get credits for building affordable units in the outer boroughs and use them to build luxury units in Manhattan - with a tax abatement. What a waste of tax resources. And it totally ignores the middle class. For being surrounded by Democrats this city is a joke at protecting the middle class.

i tried to comment on the idolator page but im not registered and didnt want to end up on any mailing list. but heres what i wanted to say, so why not say it here:

i have to disagree. i think she is very upfront about representing those bands. i also think she doesn't possess as much influence as you paint her out to have. she's not the mastermind behind the new york music scene. she's good at what she does though, and she deserves credit.

i dont even think gothamist is particularly well written most of the time (no offense) but i do think jen strikes me as someone genuine and ethical, and i never sensed anything otherwise from her posts on gothamist or daily refill.

also, the first comment on this page is disgusting. keep in mind, i don't know her or even really care that much, except that reading about this struck me as absurd and... i know you're trying to be controversial but you're really grasping here. it should be embarrassing. there's a weird level of anger here that makes me confused, too.

Sorry Jake, I love Gothamist, but I have to disagree...for a music writer to hype her 'own' bands (by "own" I mean the ones that are associated with her own "Management company"). It IS a conflict of interest. If Christgau had pulled something like this with the Voice 20 years ago (and had his own management company and then wrote about those bands in the Voice) the Voice would have had a MAJOR problem with it. XO DY

No, Gothamist, it's fucked up. The real media attempts to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest. Jack Shafer is not coding Windows, but when he wrote about Microsoft (or now Washington Post) on Slate, he made damn sure to be explicit about the fact that they sign his checks, and his stuff is critical.

Gothamist music coverage is almost always fawning, and lo and behold it's written by an A&R person (who has no interest in letting anyone else write for ths site, I might add.) There are plenty of people in NYC that don't have a conflict of interest who are qualified to write about NYC music. Regardless of the specifics of the bands she manages, you don't have someone working in an industry attempt to objectively cover it.

You decide, Gothamist. Is Armstrong Williams going to keep covering music for you, and are you comfortable with the public knowing her relationship to the business, or is it time to find someone who's not going to be Moveabling their own Hype?

you kinda have to love gawker for pulling a Dobkin and finding the most unflattering picture of the person they're bashing.

http://www.gawker.com/news/idolator/press-releases-seamlessly-transformed-into-music-reviews-and-vice-versa-207243.php

kudos, gawker.

Cops don't care how much these lawsuits cost the city and it's taxpayers. It trickles down from the Top.

$14 mil seems like a lot. one thing for sure is that the Queens guy has taught all us non-black men a lesson: be glad you're not black anytime you interact with someone that's not black. sheesh.