Nick Denton, the British expatriate who independently founded Gawker Media in 2002 and has served as its chief executive officer for its entire 14-year history, filed today for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the Southern District of New York.
Ratter, a network of local tabloid sites founded by former Gawker editor A.J. Daulerio, has decided to “pivot”—that is, terminate its entire roster of editorial staff members. Per Recode’s Noah Kulwin:
Here is an article about the career of a pink gorilla, with a cameo by A.J. Daulerio.
Last month, A.J. Daulerio—my boss and my roommate—stood in one of Nick Denton's giant Soho windows, and addressed the crowd gathered to celebrate his abruptly abandoned term as Gawker editor-in-chief. For about five minutes, he went through a list of people he somehow owed: former Gawker managing editor Lockhart…
When you are a professional rumormonger, people want to tell you things. They corner you at parties and shout other people's secrets. They call your telephone and whisper. They write urgent emails.
It's Labor Day, a Federal holiday, and—boo!—we're working. Are you stuck working while all of your friends are silently meditating on the Labor movement's impact on America drinking? Bitch in the comments here.
Over the weekend, friends of former Oddjack editor A.J. Daulerio gathered at popular internet-person bar Lolita to roast the young man. Despite having been canned when that Gawker Media gambling site was shuttered, Daulerio contributes to sports site Deadspin. He is perhaps best known as the superstud of the…
