Posts about Gawker as of October 29, 2009
10/29/2009
Ever since this summer the residence of the College Terrace neighborhood of Palo Alto, California has been rubbing elbows with true social networking royalty. Public records confirm that Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim live in this modest area neighboring Stanford University. But according to a Gawker tipster, now Zuckerberg and Karim live side by side on the same street. Zuckerberg has had to have angered some neighbors in order for them to be ratting out his address.
10/29/2009
One of Disney’s main men, Robert Iger is losing patience with Hollywood and is drawing the line in a move very reminiscent of previous Disney executive Jeffery Katzenberg’s in 1991. Like Katzenberg did with a memo to bigwigs in the movie industry, Iger is now telling Hollywood he’s seen enough big-budget spending and that smarter spending is well overdue.
10/27/2009
(And “awe.” And “some.”)(…YOU GUYS.)(eeee!)So, anyone want to know what’s going on with the HP match? I thought so. My new friend Candice at DCHQ broke it down for me earlier today, as follows:On Wednesday or Thursday of this week, HP will allocate a proportionate share of the funds to the participating giving pages. In our case, that’s around 43% (more, really, but let’s leave the decimals out of it for now).These funds will appear as part of the Bet Red total impact, but will not actually fund projects.
Posts about Gawker as of October 29, 2009
10/29/2009
What a wonderful world that open and closed platforms have created on the World Wide Web. I can have an untold number of features and applications inserted into my Web browser without having to lift much more than a finger to access them. I can take my favorite Web platforms and expand their usefulness by linking them to other Web-based services. I can even download a variant of my Web browser of choice that bridges the best of two worlds under one new roof: new innovations mixed with standard familiarity.
10/29/2009
It’s A Girl! (At Gawker, Finally) : fimoculous : Tracking Gawker gender hires is the new tracking SNL gender hires? How timely. I just bought a blonde wig for Halloween.
10/29/2009
Sarah Palin has lashed out against Levi Johnston for his digs against her, calling him “mean-spirited” as well as “desperate” because he’s appearing in Playgirl. “We are appalled at the inflammatory statements,” Palin said yesterday through her spokeswoman. She said Levi’s comments on CBS yesterday that she calls her son with Down Syndrome “retarded” were “mean-spirited, malicious and untrue.” Trig “is our ‘blessed little angel’ and is lovingly called that every day,” she added.
10/29/2009
At last, proof that Jamie Dimon is as sexy as Googlers suspect . ( via Dealbreaker by way of Gawker )
Posts about Gawker as of October 29, 2009
10/29/2009
Attention, White Party-Goers – Press Release of the Day – Gawker : Posted by bp
10/29/2009
Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations By: Nicholas Carlson and Kamelia Angelova Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Newspaper Ad Sales Y/Y Change Gawker Media Traffic US Advertising Spending, By Category
Posts about Gawker as of October 29, 2009
10/29/2009
Wired editor Chris Anderson will not sit idly by while Gawker equates him with Vanity Fair ’s Graydon Carter . With budget cuts and layoffs hitting most titles in the Condé Nast universe, Gawker has reported that both Carter and Anderson — two of the publishing giant’s marquee names — were too busy helping themselves to be present in the office on the days the guillotine fell.
Posts about Gawker as of October 29, 2009
10/29/2009
Gawker New Editor of Observer Leaving for Venture New York Times It overhauled some of its sections and its Web site, began a weekly about commercial real estate , laid off a large fraction of its staff, increased its … Honeymoon’s over New York Post Just Jared: New York Observer Loses Its Editor Gawker Observer Loses Another Editor mediabistro.com (blog) all 5 news articles »
10/29/2009
via ‘Paranormal’ Now the Most Profitable Film Ever | The Wrap “Blair Witch’s” $248.6 million worldwide haul a decade ago – juxtaposed against its $60,000 production costs – represented an almost unthinkable 414,233 percent return on investment. Doing the same basic ROI math on “Paranormal” (65.1 million minus 15,000 divided by 15,000 times 100) yields an [...] Related posts: New Medici: Media “Ten Spot” Deadline / #1 ‘Paranormal Activity’ Scares Away Weekend Rivals [Nikki…
Posts about Gawker as of October 29, 2009
10/29/2009
The caption on the image is “me before coffee,” but I think the resource allocation could be appropriate for any blood-caffeine level. And right now it definitely describes exactly how I feel. [ Abstruse Goose ] View post: If My Brain Ran Windows, This Would Be How My Task Manager Looks [Image Cache]
10/29/2009
And now for something completely different. Ever wonder what the hell people are talking about when they say put “net” and “neutrality” together? Well, I think sometimes pictures can speak louder than words as is the case with this theoretical “tiered internet menu of services” put together by the good people of Gawker. Via Gizmodo’s Net Neutrality Worst Case : Now, that’s just for big media company sites. Imgine all bloggers being blackholed unless you publish with Blogger, MySpace or WordPress.
10/29/2009
So, uh, how did this company make this phone? A happy accident, it turns out.
10/28/2009
Baby Cows: Humanely raised veal is feeling a renaissance. [ WashPost ] The Most Important Meal: Huevos motuleños from the Yucatán and other breakfasts from around the world. [ Woman's Day ] Boo-Rito: Wrap yourself in aluminum foil on Halloween and get a freebie burrito at participating Chipotles after 6 p.m. [ Philadelphia City Paper ] Tony Bourdain, Eyepatches: Some day he’ll dress up as a pirate and trick-or-treat with his daughter.
10/28/2009
Now You Can Make Money When a Celebrity Bolts from Scientology – Scientology – Gawker : There are worse ways to make a buck
10/28/2009
Posted by: theprotagonist5 on: October 28, 2009 In: Technology| business| cool web sites| internet| marketing & advertising| media| money| search enginesComment! I love blogs. I have been blogging since 2002 when my friend Mugsy emailed me and told me to sign up for LiveJournal. A lot has changed about blogging since then, but the revolutionary idea that if you can type, you can publish easily in a word-processing-like interface on the internet has not.
10/28/2009
Good roundup of photos of dogs wearing costumes . And a few more links: 1. Sean Salisbury is suing Deadspin for defamation. 2. T-Mobile now has a $79.99 unlimited plan with no annual contract. I can’t believe that’s considered a good deal. I’m never going to get a smartphone at this rate. 3. Gawker was tricked into running ads that hid malware. The emails sent by the trickster were quite sophisticated. (I believe this happened to the New York Times quite recently as well.) *Previously: Bumbledog .
10/28/2009
Nothing warms you up on a cold day like a cup of your favorite hot liquid. If you’re keen on coffee or tea, ditch the instant grounds and tea bags for a coffee press and tea infuser; you won’t regret…View original here:Warm Up in Style with Coffee Presses and Tea Infusers [Stuff We Like] (Lifehacker) This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 at 5:17 pm and is filed under Coffee News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
Posts about Gawker as of October 28, 2009
10/28/2009
And now for something completely different. Ever wonder what the hell people are talking about when they say put “net” and “neutrality” together? Well, I think sometimes pictures can speak louder than words as is the case with this theoretical “tiered internet menu of services” put together by the good people of Gawker. Via Gizmodo’s Net Neutrality Worst Case : Now, that’s just for big media company sites. Imgine all bloggers being blackholed unless you publish with Blogger, MySpace or WordPress.
10/28/2009
Gawker News: Hip – Hop Designer Marc Ecko Forced To Sell Brand To Pay Off Creditors SOHH Hip – Hop clothing designer Marc Ecko’s financial issues have officially caught up with him with new reports confirming that he has been forced to give up his … New: Breaking news and daily top stories via email Gawker Ecko slam-dunked New York Post all 135 news articles » Original post by grouchy_greg
Posts about Gawker as of October 28, 2009
10/28/2009
newVideoPlayer(”/gawker_thehillsouttahere.flv”, 500, 375,””); Getting sober is nothing to joke about, but it is the cause for some very, very serious reality television moments. Just ask Holly…
10/28/2009
I love this mobile workstation, but I think the manufacturer could go farther by including pedals and a steering wheel. I mean, they even have a two-seater version of this. Tandem computer-cycling baby!
Posts about Gawker as of October 28, 2009
10/28/2009
John Cook at Gawker got hold of Jamie Dimon’s high school yearbook. So here are a couple of pics. Over at Gawker, they are making fun of him for being a bad dresser but somehow don’t say a word about his hair. Notice the Shakespeare quote in the second picture: “This above all: to thine own self be true.” Check out the whole thing >> Join the conversation about this story »
10/28/2009
By: Nicholas Carlson Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Harvard Research Confirms: People On Twitter And Facebook Are Just Like Us! Newspaper Ad Sales Quarterly Growth US Advertising Spending, By Medium
10/28/2009
Hip Hop clothing designer Marc Ecko’s financial woes have caught up with him and it appears the designer has been forced to sell his company to pay off creditors. Ecko was forced to sell off a controlling stake in Ecko, middle America’s most familiar hip-pop fashion line in order to raise cash to pay off creditors. It’ll help the feeble brand hobble on, but it won’t be his. ( Gawker ) Related Posts: No Related Posts
10/28/2009
newVideoPlayer(“/gawker_thehillsouttahere.flv”, 500, 375,”"); Getting sober is nothing to joke about, but it is the cause for some very, very serious reality television moments. Just ask Holly Montag , who refutes accusations that she is not a drunk with slurry, drink-in-hand dances. We have a feeling that if this secondary character from this Malibu-based show—where people talk about a party, go to a party, and then talk about what happened at a party—actually went to rehab it would sound something like this: Hi, everyone.
10/28/2009
Gawker posts a bullet-point version of a 2,000-word piece: “the full story has generated 480,000 pageviews and 189 comments. But the CliffsNotes version has generated another 39,193 pageviews and 83 comments on its own … there’s real value in taking the longer pieces we journalists love to write — and defend — and creating parallel versions that less dedicated readers can more easily take in.”
Posts about Gawker as of October 28, 2009
10/28/2009
Glenn Beck is on the record as saying that he doesn’t belong to any political party, but it’s fair to say that he really, really does not belong to the Democratic Party. Since Obama has taken office, Beck has called him a racist socialist, compared him to Hitler , and successfully called for the heads of some of his “czars.” So how is it that he wound up with a PR rep whose résumé includes successful representation for a number of Democratic politicians, including “a key role in electing Hillary Rodham Clinton to the U.S.
10/28/2009
Rebellious tennis pro Andre Agassi has admitted in his new book to using crystal meth and lying to the ATP about it. Still doesn’t explain his erratic behavior before the drug use began.
