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Gawker stories: 22 news summaries

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NYT Cozied Up
to Spitzer Staff Amid Scandal

Emails reveal friendly exchanges between reporters, sources

Nov 4, 09 1:53 PM CST
(Newser) - The New York Times may have broken the news that Eliot Spitzer had a prostitute problem, but it was awfully nice to Spitzer’s staff amid the scandal. Gawker used New York’s open records law to snag a huge number of emails between reporters and Spitzer’s people,... More »

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journalism • Eliot Spitzer • public relations • Gawker • journalistic ethics • David Paterson • source

WHOSE FAULT IS IT?

 We All Share 
 Blame for 
 Balloon Boy 

Emotion-ravenous audience devoured fake tale

Oct 19, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Falcon Heene's media-hungry dad isn't the only culprit in the balloon boy hoax that put the 6-year-old at the center of a giant international lie. We may be just as much to blame for our ravenous appetite for more thrilling "reality" TV events, "glued to 40-inch hi-def images,... More »

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Gawker • Gawker Media • Falcon Heene • Richard Heene • balloon boy hoax • Falcon Heene hoax • balloon boy

OPINION

 Hillary Run for NY Gov? 
 Uh, No, Scoff Lefty Pundits 

Lefty Internet moves to dismiss rumor floated by right-leaning site

Sep 10, 09 8:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pundits jumped today on a report that Hillary Clinton will leave the State Department to run for governor of New York, with Michael Crowley, in the New Republic, saying three Clinton sources dismissed the notion, and that anyone floating such things is “on crack.” That, evidently, would be... More »

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Hillary Clinton • secretary of State • Weekly Standard • New Republic • governor • Gawker • rumor • David Paterson • New York state • Obama administration • William Kristol

(Newser) - Grey's Anatomy's "Dr. McSteamy" is starring in a nudie video with his wife and an ex-beauty queen that's heating up the Internet, Gawker reports. Eric Dane shares camera duties with wife Rebecca Gayheart and looker-cum-Hollywood-madame Kari Ann Peniche as the three act high and riff on their "porn... More »

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beauty queen • sex tape • Gawker • Eric Dane • Rebecca Gayheart • Kari Ann Peniche

OPINION

 Gawker Catches HuffPo 
 Falling for Hoax 




Arianna must be thrilled, Gawker blogger muses

Jul 22, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - An airport in Central Park? Sounds ridiculous, but the Huffington Post fell for it yesterday—much to the delight and amusement of Gawker. HuffPo ran a satirical story on its homepage last night (caught in a screenshot by Gawker before it was removed) with what appeared to be a straight... More »

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online media • New York City • Manhattan • airport • hoax • Gawker • Central Park • Huffington Post

comment

BK Goes Crude
With 7-Inch Burger Ad

Yes, they really want to 'fill your desire for something long, juicy...'

Jun 24, 09 9:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burger King’s “edgy” ads have reached a new low, writes Cajun Boy for Gawker. The ad for its 7-inch-long burger screams fellatio—from the “piping hot beef laden with creamy mayo” to the “open mouth of a wide-eyed blond.” The slogan—“It’ll blow... More »

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advertising • sex • advertisements • Gawker • advertising campaign • Burger King

Newsier Gawker Looks Beyond Manhattan

Denton: Media site
'may inadvertently commit journalism'

Jun 22, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gawker.com began life as a gossip site for the New York media industry, but these days the site is increasingly looking away from incestuous Manhattan—it's covering everything from reality TV to global politics, and recently the site hired an actual investigative reporter. Nick Denton, the site's founder, tells... More »

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media • blogging • blog • Gawker • Nick Denton • Gawker Media

(Newser) - The Huffington Post censored a video of young people in Israel using using racial slurs to attack President Obama, and Gawker wants to know why. Max Blumenthal, who shot the film, says a HuffPost administrator told him the clip lacked “any real news value.” Notes Blumenthal: “For... More »

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Israel • censorship • video • Gawker • racial slurs • Internet censorship • Huffington Post • President Obama • Max Blumenthal

OPINION

It's Us, Not US, That Will Crush Jon and Kate

Couple didn't set out to exploit kids, actually made for decent TV

May 10, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Gosselin brood is kind of like the family of Russia's Czar Nicholas II. So who is the Rasputin scheming to tear down this public family? Don't just assume it's US Weekly, or TLC, or the alleged Other Woman, writes Foster Kamer for Gawker. The real force working against... More »

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Us Weekly • Czar Nicholas II • Gawker • TLC • Rasputin • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin

(Newser) - Ashton Kutcher’s prodigious Twitter following might have been rigged, Owen Thomas writes for Gawker. A commenter pointed out that after a user signs on to follow “the model-actor-director-wantrepreneur,” it’s impossible to undo the move. A Twitter error message suggests refreshing the page and trying again, but... More »

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Ashton Kutcher • Gawker • cheating • Twitter

OPINION

 Portfolio Misses 
 Another Historic Cover 

Magazine editor becoming known for bad decisions

Mar 18, 09 8:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The bad cover decisions at Portfolio just keep on coming, writes Ryan Tate in his continuing persecution of the mag on Gawker. Sure, “diva editor” Joanne Lipman has made some poor choices of what to feature instead of the current economic crisis—a clothier, Sarah Palin. But her worst... More »

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Barack Obama • journalism • Annie Leibovitz • Gawker • Conde Nast • Portfolio • magazine cover • Joanne Lipman

OPINION

Gawker to Portfolio: Cover Your Beat

Why must business mag put Palin on cover in midst of meltdown?

Mar 17, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - This should be Joanne Lipman's big moment. But the Portfolio editor blew it, complains Ryan Tate at Gawker: Instead of using her position at the helm of a major finance magazine to cover a once-in-a-century financial crisis, Lipman put Sarah Palin on the April cover. It's as bad as her... More »

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magazine • journalism • Gawker • Sarah Palin • Portfolio • magazine cover • Joanne Lipman

OPINION

 Fairey Pimps Out Famed Image 

Campaign for pet adoptions recalls another recent race

Mar 16, 09 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shepard Fairey, the man behind the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster, has another four-letter word for you: mutt. His cover design for the current issue of Dog's Life magazine strikes Gawker's Ryan Tate as a bit "overexposed": For someone so keen to sue other people for copying his... More »

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art • Gawker • mutts • Shepard Fairey • Hope poster

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 Book of Tweets Is No Big Feat 

Gawker writer calls out colleague for effortless idea

Feb 26, 09 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - It takes very little work to put together a book nowadays, Gawker's Ryan Tate observes. He slams former colleague Nick Douglas for collecting a five-figure fee to "write" Twitter Wit, a book of his favorite tweets. Douglas retorts: "Reading a thousand jokes is like watching five hours of... More »

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social networking • Internet • humor • Gawker • Twitter • book deal • Bill Maher Grid

Newsweek Searches for Obama Mamas

Mag is anticipating Election Night-inspired baby boom

Nov 12, 08 11:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Did you find yourself roused to more than tears of joy at Barack Obama's historic victory Election Night? If so, Newsweek wants you. One of the mag’s reporters submitted a query to Help A Reporter Out, reports Gawker, looking for sources who “made love in the name of... More »

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Barack Obama • Newsweek • sex • president • Gawker • Election 2008

 NYT's Ethicist Rips Off 
 Colleague's Column 

Cohen nabs a previously-published question from another columnist

Nov 2, 08 3:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Is it right for an ethics columnist to steal a reader’s question from a colleague? It apparently is for the New York Times’ Randy Cohen, writes Alex Carnevale in Gawker. Today’s Ethicist column includes a question printed in another column last month. “The paper now has more... More »

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New York Times • media criticism • Gawker • journalistic ethics


 You Hate Me,
 You Really
 Hate Me! 

The web's 10 most despised people

Apr 15, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics in cyberspace can stay incognito, which makes them especially nasty. Radar lists the 10 most-scorned players on the web:
  1. Lori Drew: Her comments on a MySpace account drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide.
  2. John Fitzgerald Page: An online dater whose cruel remarks got world-wide coverage.
  3. Julia
... More »

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YouTube • MySpace • blog • blogger • Gawker • Rachael Ray • Quarterlife • Laurel Touby • David Motari • Julia Allison

 Gawker Selling Off a Few Blogs 

Wonkette, Idolator and Gridskipper become casualties of economic belt-tightening

Apr 14, 08 3:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gawker Media is cutting loose three of its blogs, CNET reports: Wonkette, Idolator and Gridskipper. “To be blunt," explained Gawker founder Nick Denton in an internal email, "they each had their editorial successes; but someone else will have better luck selling the advertising than we did."... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • blog • Gawker • Nick Denton • new media • Gawker Media • Idolator • Gridskipper • Wonkette • Buzznet • Curbed • Blogads

 'Sweatshop' Bloggers Drop Dead

After two notable commentators die,  blogosphere faces lifestyle toll

Apr 6, 08 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The news cycle never stops, and neither do the bloggers who relentlessly chase stories, enduring a sweatshop kind of life stressful enough to apparently induce heart attacks. Two prominent web commentators have died in the last few months, and the community is reflecting on the toll of its hardcore, caffeine-fueled,... More »

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blogosphere • Internet • blogging • stress • heart attack • Gawker

 Cruise Busts
Moves  in
 Birthday Video 

Footage of ship-board birthday party shows Cruise's wild side

Mar 14, 08 8:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - The lock on Scientology's media vault must be missing. Gawker has obtained "secret video" of a lavish birthday bash thrown for church booster Tom Cruise on board a cruise ship, in which the couch-jumper enters to theme music from Top Gun, and sings and dances through Old Time Rock ... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • online videos • birthday party • cruise ships • Gawker • viral video • David Miscavige • Freewinds

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