Nick Denton’s empire continues to contract in these difficult economic times.
Owen Thomas, managing editor of Silicon Valley gossip blog gossip blog Valleywag, confirmed Tuesday that the gossip site is being folded into Gawker, Valleywag parent company Gawker Media’s flagship site.
Yesterday, after news broke that Sarah Palin’s email had been hacked, the Secret Service contacted The Associated Press and asked for copies of the leaked e-mails. The AP would not release them.
Everyone’s favorite controversial self-promoter and Gawker star subject pulled a major coup with this cover of Wired magazine and CoverAwards’ readers wanted to see what she said inside the magazine.
This should sell well in NYC, but questionable in the rest of the country?
Thoughts?
Click here for some free Julia Allison video.
Posted by: Mark Pasetsky
Everyone’s favorite controversial self-promoter and Gawker star subject has pulled a major coup with this cover of Wired magazine.
While the cover line isn’t flattering (even if you’re nobody), the inside piece focuses on how Julia Allison is launching her own web portal nonsociety.com - and began developing content: lip-sync videos and a talk-show series modeled after The View.
The magazine also reveals Allison trick to self-promotion, which is to think of herself as the subject of a magazine profile, with every blog post or twitter update adding dimension to her character.
Her three tricks to becoming Internet famous:
It’s still the wild west when it comes to the world of blogging!
And there really is no set payment model to follow.
One that has been made public is Nick Denton’s efforts over at Gawker Media.
Last week, Jordan Golson, who blogs for Valleywag, actually complained online that his pay rate was being changed, but he didn’t know the new rate.
According to Silicon Alley Insider, he’s getting a …
Last week Gawker posted a link to Salon’s piece on the end of the Golden Age of Celebrity Gossip. Part of the end of “the Golden Age” was attributed to people like Janice Min.
So, yesterday a reporter from Gawker was at a local newsstand buying cigarettes and two young girls about eight years old apparently pointed to the Lauren Conrad cover and wanted to buy the mag, but sadly didn’t have enough money.
(We all know at this point that this cover is completed made-up according to LC herself!)
The Gawker reporter’s conclusion is that Janice knows what she’s doing - because of this focus group of two. Um, ok?
Time Inc’s People Magazine has secured the first pictures of Nicole Richie’s baby, Harlow. The winning bid: $1m, according to someone who participated in the auction, as reported by Gawker.com. For the complete story click here! They are also hearing that People and OK! Magazine are already bidding on Angelina’s new baby! (Editor’s Note: Dear Angelina and Brad, I am a big fan and CoverAwards would like to reserve the rights to the photos of your 25th child! Can you cut us deal for giving you such advance notice? Mark)
