Gawker
Time, belatedly, to update the Gawker masthead: Ryan Tate and Hamilton Nolan, bylines you've seen for the last few weeks, are joining the team. (Ryan is pictured below, and Hamilton above.) Ryan, who is based on the West Coast, will cover the overnight shift. He was a reporter for the boring San Francisco Business Times, but he has a wicked side: Ryan used to comment under the pen-name "Sid Hudgens", which is how he came to my attention. Suedehead Hamilton Nolan, formerly with PR Week, is now Gawker's advertising and public relations reporter. The publicists are already trembling. One departure: Maggie Shnayerson, whose coverage of the Viacom freelancer revolt put Gawker in an unusual role, instigator of one of the most successful labor campaigns of recent years, according to the The Nation. Positions still open include nightlife and media reporters. Email me.
The Revolving Door
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1:24 PM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Nick Denton
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But all of this can easily be gleaned from reading the masthead...
I had no idea Hamilton was the no-good roustabout who managed to offend just about everybody in his final post as a mere commenter.
Alex Balk scooped this.
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Yay, Ryan and Hamilton! Whither Maggie?
Sid Hudgens on Gawker's job postings: "You should have some (but not too much!) journalism experience. Not because you'll actually be doing any journalism -- can you name one story Gawker Media broke this year, off the top of your head? -- but so we can be assured you'll work cheap."
Believe in nothing, fall for everything.
@Bell County: Yes but this makes it official. They can print out this post and show it to Mom and Dad. Or, use it to prove employment status to the IRS.
I'm glad Devito is now with Gawker! Go Shorty!
They must have lovely tits.
@Nick Denton: Why are you calling Hamilton "Suedehead"? You are Suedehead, not him.
@Choire: Great mind, Choire. Great minds.
what's a "suedehead?"
Hamilton, I apologize for giving you a hard time about Jerry Hall and Joss Stone.
Good luck Maggie.
oh and also? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze let Hamilton be straight. Please? Just give me this one thing, you fucker.
Aw, Maggie's tenure was far too short-lived. On to better & brighter things, Maggie!
I never got a picture introduction.
did someone say nightlife? woot.
@the cajun boy: It's a Morrisey song.
And I guess every day really is like Sunday around here.
accodring to KarenUhOh and sid hudgens* via Choire, I'm a fucking shoo-in for this job. SWEET! BOURBONTITS ON THE MASTHEAD!!
*But we need someone to type things that will spark @annoying @rounds @of @in-jokes @and @pathetic @Web @flirtation in the comments, bringing sweet, sweet traffic.
@IBentMyWookie: Just to be clear, I believe Hamilton's the pic on top, yes?
Better a "SuedeHead" than a "SuedeSweater w/Feathers"
I like the nightlife, but I don't have the shoes for it.
@IBentMyWookie: he is indeed a straight
So many gawkers come in and out of here. I going to start charging for my time.
@hypocriteoath: that means you need access to the Waverly Inn though. hmm, stipend?
Man, turnover is high in old-media publishing, too, but I guess everything gets sped up in the blogosphere. Don't get too comfy, gentlemen.
@Richard: You were in a movie.
@TheHonJudgeSmails:
Clearly, he is the quarry.
but for serials, I'll keep thinking of Hamilton as Lies Well Disguised 2.0. With TWO eyepatches now.
@DorothyMantooth: I was talking about the brunette.
@the supergoddess: w000t! It will be sad to lose him in 3 weeks.
@Ha Ha Sound:
correction: it is the song Denton will one day sing through the streets of SoHo.
or so we'd like to believe.
@IBentMyWookie: i do wonder about the str8 ghey breakdown on gawker now... I mean since things change so quickly. commenter poll please?
@IBentMyWookie: Yeah, I think that's the other one.
@the supergoddess: Orientation confirmation, luv?
@IBentMyWookie: RYAN! I meant Ryan--can someone confirm his antipathy towards the cock? Supergoddess? Anyone? Let's make this happen, people.
(welcome to the cruel world of teh blogs, Hamilton).
@She Blinded Me With Omniscience: Please continue to let me know when I fuck up, otherwise those wrong pictures would still be up there.
I don't know what a suedehead is, either.
Nobody ever gets comfy in either field -- unless they were already comfy with their own money?
@DorothyMantooth: my orientation? I'm a straight girl on a titty streak. hamilton is a straight man. (I know this b/c he mentioned it in a post recently that I will go find now.)
@IBentMyWookie: Both look just fine to me. Thanks for the eye-candy, Denton!
@Hamilton Nolan: this can't be right...
Suedehead is not really in use anymore, except maybe by freshcut skinheads. Suedehead was a term for skins who had grown their hair out a bit and were, in dress, less shocking than the skins. You were more likely to catch them in a long coat with an umbrella (tip sharp and painted black), than in boots and braces.
@IBentMyWookie: I dunno about ryan, I guessed last week that he was a conbon because his gossip roundups are so good, but never got confirmation.
@hypocriteoath: servicey: [www.urbandictionary.com]
@the cajun boy: No one knows, but it gets messed up in the rain.
@In Other News...: I just told you guys, it's a Morrisey song. I realize 99% of what I write in comments is bullshit, but I'm being serious here.
You know who would make a great nightlife reporter? Joshua David Stein.
@mathnet: Oh, he still works here. It's all there on the masthead.
@the supergoddess: Darlin', I don't think anyone could ever be in doubt of your orientation! (I meant Ryan, since it seemed like you had the inside track for the Wookster.)
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@Ha Ha Sound: So what you're saying is that he's a fan of Denton's music as well.
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@DorothyMantooth: (which is funny since I wasn't kidding about the tittie tear I'm on!)
Wait, just catching up here. YOU FIRED MAGGIE?
@Richard: Hell, I don't think he ever even named me.
OK but who the fuck is Harlan?
Sorry to hear about your demotion to Reporter, Richard.
@mathnet: I hope he reports on Maggie's inevitable future success.