I'd rather contend with a thousand "racist trolls" than read that dull, milquetoast pap that passes for commenting on Gawker. Even Anderson Cooper doesn't read their shit anymore.

This is what happens when a website gets too big. I also noticed there have been much more news posts compared to a year or two ago.

Selling out has been a time honored tradition in the world of Capitalism. Good for them!

So both Dolan and Murdoch want to take down the Gray lady. Mortal Kombat. I hope they all kill each other

Shouldn't Gothamist had the scoop on its own sale?

oh no, those that mean Gothamist will be pro-animal cruelty in regard to Ringling Brothers which is now in Madison Square Garden owned the the Dolans. Oh no :(

So in a way every time you visit Gothamist after it is sold you will be supporting animal cruelty.

in a way I am since I do ride transit everyday and you are employed by MTA. Shame.

On the winning team King of Cleats was one of DJ Mayonnaise Hands own Gary Cullen. Congrats Gary, Tomasz, Mike and Atelier 4!!

Now that we know this happens, those Kings had better watch out!

cablevision. . . uhm... ur...

hey, my comments are already getting dumber...er. go yankees! i mean, hey, where did my keybo

...ARD'S JUST WHERE I LEFT IT. HERE. MWAHAHAHA. ONE COMMENTER TAKE OVER SUCCESSFUL. --NOT DOLAN

our gothamist has been overthrown... AND REPLACED BY THE BENEVOLENT GENERAL DOLAN. ALL HAIL DOLAN AND HIS GLORIOUS NEW REGIME! SINCERLY, --LITTLE MAN.

All your Chung are belong to us.

translation to AnnaZed's comment: "i haven't gotten laid since i broke up with my x a few years ago. well... there's that one time after i broke up--but that doesn't really count."

Ugh - if Cablevision buys Gothamist I won't read anymore.

I have a feeling they won't care, though. Lots of random people seem to surf in and out besides us 100 or so comment trolls.

Congrats to Jake and Co. for making what is in any realistic world a fuckload of money off of endearingly bad paraphrases of the local news.

What the hell are we going to read now?

WTF!!!!! The one person I hate the most in this entire city, James Dolan, and Gothamist is spooging on his ass cakes! I can't fucking believe this! just for 5 milly too? what the hell? I would have thought at least 20-30 mil. I guess I'm going to move to Gawker or Slate, which I swore would not do. Oh well, it's been fun. Even a rat knows when to leave a sinking ship.

Gothamist, the local city blog network that is best known for its New York City edition, is being acquired by Cablevision-owned Rainbow Media, paidContent has learned. Between $5 million to $6 million, though we understand a good portion of that is a performance-based earnout.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2010/03/blogbeat_gotham.php

Pay wall to come.

Staffers to be replaced with cheaper ones living in Long Island parents' basements, rather than staffers apartments subsidized by Long Island parents.