Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
Gossip website Gawker regularly walks the fine line between entertaining, edgy content and completely unethical, sleazy trash. On Thursday, the website went way, way over that line by helping a blackmailer take revenge against a non-public figure because that person declined to abuse their power on the blackmailer’s behalf. FROM EARLIER: Specs leak for a mystery LG phone…
Owner of Gawker Media, Nick Denton. Gawker’s motto is “Today’s gossip is tomorrow’s news.”(Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO—Gawker drew heavy criticism Friday from online readers after the news and gossip site ran a story about the CFO of Conde Nast allegedly soliciting sex from a gay porn star. David Geithner, a married father of…
paging_filterNeetzan Zimmerman, who served as editor in chief of the secret-sharing app Whisper, has left the company, he confirmed to Capital.Zimmerman, “and other staff members,” have been suspended since late October, pending the results of an internal investigation. Whisper was the subject of a multi-part Guardian exposé in mid-October, which alleged that the company’s claim to…
Hi there. We’re trying something new out for the new year, which means Gawker’s going to be publishing things a little differently. Let me explain. Starting today, Gawker.com is going to slow down. Don’t worry—as an editorial operation, we’ll still be producing as much writing as we did before (probably even more). We’re just going…