Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
TL;DR: Did you know that The Verge delivers you to around 20 companies for advertising & tracking purposes? I didn’t. That might foul up your web experience a little bit. Maybe we should try something different. more I love The Verge, but man… So, I’ve been a big fan of The Verge, almost since day…
Look, I know it seems pretty wide open right now, but this lion-killing dentist thing is sailing along just as it’s supposed to: The killer of the lion was revealed. The social media accounts of the Minnesota dentist who killed the lion in Africa have been mined for information. His Yelp listing has been defamed,…
AD UNIT 1 /AD UNIT 1 The adoption of ad blockers is climbing at an alarming rate, with usage doubling since 2013. The reason cited for this steep incline is that people hate advertising. Wrong. Sure, people hate irrelevant, intrusive and offensive advertising, but all you have to do is ask someone to tell you…
“I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.” – Hunter S. Thompson in 1967 As told to Studs Terkel (http://studsterkel.org) Hear more from this rare interview: http://blankonblank.org/hunter-thompson In the 1960s, Hunter S. Thompson spent more than a year living and drinking with members of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle club, riding up…
The dream of the highbrow internet is dead. This week, the viral aggregator ViralNova was acquired for $100 million dollars. Meanwhile, the Pitchfork spin-off film criticism site The Dissolve ceased operations with an internet_meaningful blogpost entitled “The End.” The divergence between the missions and lifecycles of these two media projects that both launched in 2013…
Cigar maker. Elevator operator. Pinsetter. Iceman. Lamplighter. Switchboard operator. Local daily newspaper reporter? How soon will we have to add this once-stable occupation to the list of jobs that once were — occupations once numerous that slid into obsolescence? (Not to mention the even more colorful spittleman [hospital attendant], rotarius [wheelwright], and hamberghmaker [horse collar…
William Arkin, the founder of Gawker Media’s national security site, announced on Twitter Monday he is leaving the company during a round of buyouts offered to the editorial staff amid a reorientation of the site. Yes it is true: I am leaving Gawker and @GawkerPhaseZero, casualty, refugee of whatever it is that happened. Not quite…
Leah Finnegan, Gawker’s features editor, announced on Monday she is leaving the site as Gawker Media offers buyouts and realigns itself around new editorial standards. V. sad to leave gawker after 1 year. it was a great place. if you need an editor lmk. leah@leahfinnegan.com — Leah Finnegan (@leahfinnegan) July 27, 2015 Finnegan, who joined…
At least three editorial staffers at Gawker Media are leaving as the company appears to be undergoing dramatic changes William Arkin, who founded the company’s national security-focused site, “Phase Zero,” announced Monday that he will be departing Gawker Media. In a post on the site, Arkin called himself a “casualty” of the internal turmoil that…
In light of a story that divided the Gawker staff, Brian Stelter speaks with Nick Denton, founder of Gawker Media, about the future of his company. Meltdown at Gawker Media; what now?.