GAWKER EXPLOSION: Sicha It All
The YM tip box has been blowing up for the last 24 hours but that's not unusual when your best friends are suicide bombers. I keep hearing that Choire Sicha is returning to Gawker and that someone is on the outs. The first part seems plausible, if not kinda depressing for someone who deserves better, but there is no way that anyone is leaving the Gawker playpen. Subtraction is not in Denton's working vocab at the moment. It's all add, add, add, addvertising. (Or in the case of Nick Douglas, it was simple division - the remainder being zero.)
Plus, he's been trying forever to get a "full-time reporter" on staff to break news and clean it up in a million little pieces. Are Mohney and Balk not classically trained in the ancient art of journalism? Who knows, but many have turned it down and maybe Choire is feeling less "observed" these days, preferring the old boss over the new boss.
If all true, it's good timing. It's been over six months with triple the content and contributors, all of which has helped Gawker get
almost back to its Oxfeldian traffic levels.
Watch this space, as they say.
UPDATE: Ha, the Ox, of all people broke the story this morning. Sad fucking day actually. Mohney, YM will always have a home for you.
Plus, he's been trying forever to get a "full-time reporter" on staff to break news and clean it up in a million little pieces. Are Mohney and Balk not classically trained in the ancient art of journalism? Who knows, but many have turned it down and maybe Choire is feeling less "observed" these days, preferring the old boss over the new boss.
If all true, it's good timing. It's been over six months with triple the content and contributors, all of which has helped Gawker get
almost back to its Oxfeldian traffic levels.
Watch this space, as they say.
UPDATE: Ha, the Ox, of all people broke the story this morning. Sad fucking day actually. Mohney, YM will always have a home for you.
