tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post1621465032721028844..comments2024-03-29T10:06:40.313-05:00Comments on Althouse: The death of Gawker. Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-47712293821538681782016-08-18T23:32:26.207-05:002016-08-18T23:32:26.207-05:00And Chaim Saban, is a major contributor to red que...And Chaim Saban, is a major contributor to red queen personally, through the foundation in the 10 million range, and the Democrats generally,narcisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082023858427818263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-6417686654787026912016-08-18T19:18:34.317-05:002016-08-18T19:18:34.317-05:00First the dodo, now Gawker. What's next, The ...First the dodo, now Gawker. What's next, The New York Times? Dead JournoLism walking.n.nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252447117532342957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39861437282496589202016-08-18T19:08:53.772-05:002016-08-18T19:08:53.772-05:00"It had nothing to do with Gawker being in th..."It had nothing to do with Gawker being in the wrong and doing wrong and getting caught and punished, it was all that nasty billionaire's doing!"<br /><br />If only the courts had been involved, then we would have gotten justice. Instead of a billionaire vigilante with his mask, fancy car, and secret headquarters in a cave. Paddy Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10442537362540160512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-62600175344274059142016-08-18T19:08:02.517-05:002016-08-18T19:08:02.517-05:00Good lawyering here. Close Gawker and stiff the ju...Good lawyering here. Close Gawker and stiff the judgment creditor in BK (assuming no insurance coverage). Sell the other corporations to Univision. <br /><br />The corporate shield is a good thing. David Begleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553331226126840029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86625170715756493672016-08-18T17:51:07.743-05:002016-08-18T17:51:07.743-05:00I also recall the early days of Gawker with Elizab...I also recall the early days of Gawker with Elizabeth Spears and Choire Sicha as do many of you. It was a hoot and was very much an insider's view of New York, told with a "can you believe this s**t" attitude. Something happened to it around 2005/6 or so: it became meaner and less funny, more arrogant, less thoughtful, and more leftwing with not a small amount of hatefulness. Much like the democratic party, now that I think about it.Florishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819300671420873176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-80502150469015152452016-08-18T17:19:08.973-05:002016-08-18T17:19:08.973-05:00The Gawker staff and management deliberately, mali...The Gawker staff and management deliberately, maliciously and knowing set out to humiliate and destroy someone they had contempt for. In a just world they all would be in prison. The mere destruction of the company itself is inadequate. Anyone who does not understand this is a debauched, depraved sociopath who also should be kept in a cage. And beaten daily, and starved.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-45647598932821018762016-08-18T16:43:24.144-05:002016-08-18T16:43:24.144-05:00The text does give Spiers new line of work: "...<i>The text does give Spiers new line of work: "founder the virtual reality agency The Insurrection."</i><br /><br />That shouldn't take too much work. Virtual reality start-ups are likely to founder on their own.Smilin' Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01501763605001379362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73339945194330436372016-08-18T16:02:29.495-05:002016-08-18T16:02:29.495-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.SgtPetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00358216665266372135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49894807116718939252016-08-18T14:49:41.649-05:002016-08-18T14:49:41.649-05:00and four months after the Silicon Valley billionai...<i>and four months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal campaign against the company.</i><br /><br />Sure that was it! It had nothing to do with Gawker being in the wrong and doing wrong and getting caught and punished, it was all that nasty billionaire's doing! "Darn those kids, I almost got away with it!"<br /><br />Had the company going down been (oh let us say) Philip Morris instead of Gawker, every single person crying over Gawker would have been cheering that "someone was finally able to stand up to the big nasty corporation and bring them down". Cry me a river...Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12837407567105543162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68890342102811840692016-08-18T14:48:35.804-05:002016-08-18T14:48:35.804-05:00@buwaya:
Haim Saban is also a big money man for t...<b>@buwaya:</b><br /><br />Haim Saban is also a big money man for the Israel First wing of US foreign policy. He and Sheldon Adelson once publicly mused joining forces to buy the <i>New York Times</i> because the paper's editorial line was simply insufficiently groveling in its attitude towards Israel.J. Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09118902560282089997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63506825500622937822016-08-18T14:32:27.522-05:002016-08-18T14:32:27.522-05:00Can't link now, but search for Fortune.com on ...Can't link now, but search for Fortune.com on Gawker's Millions Mired in Tax Dodge. Interesting corporate structure...HoodlumDoodlumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591221162603652473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49548870445976910042016-08-18T14:28:47.834-05:002016-08-18T14:28:47.834-05:00I used to read Gizmodo way back when--Engadget too...I used to read Gizmodo way back when--Engadget too. Gawker itself didn't seem too interestng.<br /><br />Todd Barry had a bit about the Gawker Stalker page where people logged sightings of celebrities (in NY, I guess); "a banana-less Ethan Hawke" was the memorable line.HoodlumDoodlumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17591221162603652473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-56810670669095755142016-08-18T14:16:28.842-05:002016-08-18T14:16:28.842-05:00Gawker was always kinda iffy.Gawker was always kinda iffy.chickelithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10773887469972534979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54975195824768888682016-08-18T14:15:57.630-05:002016-08-18T14:15:57.630-05:00Elizabeth Spiers will have to rewrite her obituary...Elizabeth Spiers will have to rewrite her <a href="http://www.elizabethspiers.com/about/" rel="nofollow">obituary</a>, but I'm guessing she will be OK with that:<br /><br />"She was also the founding editor of Gawker, Gawker Media's flagship site which she launched with publisher Nick Denton in December of 2002. She realizes that Gawker probably needs no introduction and will be the first thing listed in her obituary when she inevitably dies in a fluke accident involving a falling cat and a poorly designed Manhattan skyscraper. She's okay with that."Left Bank of the Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494310302328322830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-49715908344840719872016-08-18T13:58:41.052-05:002016-08-18T13:58:41.052-05:00Univision is owned indirectly by Haim Saban
https:...Univision is owned indirectly by Haim Saban<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Saban<br />Plus a consortium of private capital partnerships. <br /><br />i.e., This is not a Hispanic-owned outfit.<br /><br />Personally I think Univision is just bailing out the politically-significant media elements of Gawker. Just a move by the establishment media consortium to keep the political megaphone in tune. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-662494426476031642016-08-18T13:54:45.825-05:002016-08-18T13:54:45.825-05:00I too was a Gawker reader from almost the very beg...I too was a Gawker reader from almost the very beginning. I remember a 2003 article in the Washington Post about blogs and Gawker was among those mentioned and I was hooked almost right away. <br /><br />It was a lot of fun, especially in the Choire, Emily, Balk era. John Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04574048919777699615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53807650975511320422016-08-18T13:50:01.766-05:002016-08-18T13:50:01.766-05:00They probably should have tried to learn from the ...They probably should have tried to learn from the National Enquirer. C'est la vie.Matt Sablanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15885240752820005149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-73306380121805318662016-08-18T13:38:58.363-05:002016-08-18T13:38:58.363-05:00"Didn't Univision but it?/Check your whit..."Didn't Univision but it?/Check your white privilege."<br /><br />Well, now, someone else is reading inadequately. From the top link:<br /><br />"Nick Denton, the company’s outgoing CEO, informed current staffers of the site’s fate on Thursday afternoon, just hours before a bankruptcy court in Manhattan will decide whether to approve Univision’s bid for Gawker Media’s other assets. Staffers will soon be assigned to other editorial roles, either at one of the other six sites or elsewhere within Univision."<br /><br />Gawker is over. Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-51464063029247913992016-08-18T13:37:15.538-05:002016-08-18T13:37:15.538-05:00"But if you read the text, you saw that Spier..."But if you read the text, you saw that Spiers has a "new gig as founder of the virtual reality agency The Insurrection.""<br /><br />Thanks. I read it in the sense of: skimmed it. Inadequately, obviously. Thanks.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54804989393967793232016-08-18T13:34:53.518-05:002016-08-18T13:34:53.518-05:00"The alter-ego voice I was using was a person...<i>"The alter-ego voice I was using was a persona that had no self-awareness, and that was part of the fun of it."</i><br /><br />I probably know what she means by that but right now I'm having trouble accessing the right neural pathway.<br /><br />All I'm getting right now is that George Hamilton was the first person I heard of being described as famous for being famous.Eric the Fruit Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003976042428037836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-74600849305912428942016-08-18T13:33:32.505-05:002016-08-18T13:33:32.505-05:00Didn't Univision but it?
Check your white priv...Didn't Univision but it?<br />Check your white privilege.Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277966379512526469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-22273398804039322232016-08-18T13:28:38.260-05:002016-08-18T13:28:38.260-05:00Hasn't Peter Thiel had a vendetta against Gawk...Hasn't Peter Thiel had a vendetta against Gawker since they outed him? J. Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09118902560282089997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33856092563761377622016-08-18T13:21:35.362-05:002016-08-18T13:21:35.362-05:00But if you read the text, you saw that Spiers has ...But if you read the text, you saw that Spiers has a "new gig as founder of the virtual reality agency The Insurrection."Sean Gleesonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453423442746126630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-33475572179910593092016-08-18T13:13:12.799-05:002016-08-18T13:13:12.799-05:00Our hearts and prayers go out to Gawker. This feel...Our hearts and prayers go out to Gawker. This feels like an Alfred Hitchcock moment.traditionalguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05706120413005530014noreply@blogger.com