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Reluctance and Distaste at The Webutante Ball
Last night, the country's media-tech-social scene collided in something called The Webutante Ball. Instead of forging an alternate universe in a Big Bang-esque explosion, it thankfully existed for one evening atop the Empire Hotel. We braved it for you.
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By Foster KamerComment by Videodrew: I don't understand why Andrew and I are in every single Gawker publicity photo together. (Re: Last week's Bloodcopy party.)... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Let's Play NY Blog Media Bingo!
Surely you've seen those Bingo cards for hipsters, and Blipsters. I always wondered why there wasn't one for New York's Blog-media. Now there is! More »
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By T.A.N.Comment by Foster Kamer: Sad but true: a debatable 14-16, sans free space. now i m sad. @tan: what shld i do? f1rst!s 2 Responses | Other threads
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Andrew Krucoff Wins The Culture War
Ladies and gentlemen, the proud new owner of the FSU Middlebrow Remix Version of Keith Gessen's All The Sad Young Literary Men is Andrew Krucoff—the former "Gawker Mascot" once fired by Conde Nast for leaking to this website. He was also recently called a "pussy" by the author in question, Keith Gessen! You can see the circle of life turning, turning. So what will become of this coveted and (we daresay) historic volume? All can now be revealed:
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Comment by Hez: Emily can have her Gessenova - I'm team Krudolf Valentino all the way. more » | Other threads
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Listicle
Your Twitter-Stalking Power List
Andew Krucoff asked Rex Sorgatz which Twitter feeds he should follow. If those names mean something to you, you may already be familiar with this list. (Which is, in Krucoff's words, "a little tech, a little New York, a little media and lots of girls, girls, girls.") If not, here are the Internet Glitteratti's most personal thoughts and dreams, expressed in 140 characters or less. After the jump, the 23 people you Tweet in heaven. More »
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By PareeneComment by Trixie from Toronto: @spikenard: I cannot for the fucking life of me understand the point of Twitter. If you want people to know... more » | Other threads
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from the comments
Tina Fey Backlash
Ratty Gawker mascot Andrew Krucoff reminds us that the backlash against the 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live comedian began on these pages way back in 2004.
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By Nick DentonComment by sing_michael_sing: LEAVE TINA ALONE! LEEEEAVVVVVVE TINNNNNA ALONNNNNNNE! more » | Other threads
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quotable
Gridskipper launch editor chimes in on site's sale to Curbed
Andrew Krucoff, the first editor for Gawker Media's Gridskipper travel blog who left after two weeks (and one pissed-off sponsor): "I'm just happy I got out before Denton had a chance to sell me to Lock like a 12-year-old Thai boy." (Photo by Steve Ross)
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By Jackson WestComment by Zach Everson: If the editors are 12-year-old Thai boys, what does that make us Gridskipper contributors? more » | Other threads
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web 2.no
That Time You Met Krucoff Was Actually a Massive Paradigm Shift
Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizing is already set to be 2008's Gladwellian The Long Tailing Point Web 2.0 trend book of the year (especially after every blogger in Manhattan went to its release party). Former Gawker Mascot Andrew Krucoff is totally in the book! Because he was an early adopter of phone-based OG social networking gizmo Dodgeball, you see. Everyone else in the New York media scene signed up for it too, but only to write about it. The Krucoff excerpt, via noted music blog Young Manhattanite, is below, accompanied by a comment from mysterious YM contributer 99 that saves us the trouble of making fun of it. More »
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By PareeneComment by famousauthor: I have lived through many paradigm shifts, starting with that World Series that was struck by an earthquake. more » | Other threads
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andrew krucoff
Canceled Krucoff Auction Scandalmongering
You think it's over? It's only over when Andrew Krucoff (and his swarm of parasitical pro bono attorneys) say it's over. To recap, friendly Gawker ghost Krucoff won an eBay auction for lunch with Architectural Digest's Katherine Scully. The auction was arranged to benefit a charity called Alpha Workshops, which trains people with HIV in the "decorative arts." However, after winning the auction and paying up, Krucoff was notified by Paypal — days later — that the lunch was no longer available, and his money was refunded. No further explanation has been forthcoming. But given the suspicion that the auction might have been scotched due to Krucoff's tempestuous history with AD owner Conde Nast, the man is in no mood to take a form rejection lying down. Instead, there is hushed, urgent, accusatory whispering about restraint of trade, legal recourse, and loss of work — in other words, can we polish up a teapot for this tempest? The faceless folk at eBay assure that "appropriate action" has been taken after the auction cancellation, and Alpha Workshops appears to have dropped out of the eBay auction business. Let's hope that if the charity wouldn't take Krucoff's money, they at least took Conde Nast's to kill the deal. More »
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By Chris MohneyComment by IBentMyWookie: what's he complaining about? Based on the photos from Denton's party, homeboy could stand to skip a few meals. more » | Other threads
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Jessica Coen Severs Her Gawker Connection
So, you may not have known this, but Friday was the final day of Jess Coen's tenure as editor at Gawker. (Don't feel bad, there wasn't much mention of it in these parts.) In an oddly uncharacteristic display of affection for his employees, Gawker publisher Nick Denton opened his home to the various hordes who had come to celebrate J. Co's departure. As is his wont, Denton left around eight for a better party, thus missing the ancient Gawker tradition wherein the departing editor shears mascot Andrew Krucoff's hair. Since Elizabeth Spiers first gave Andrew a buzz-cut back in 2003, each editor signals the end of his tenure by symbolically shedding his or her ties to the company. After the jump, we share the evidence of this touching ceremony. More »
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No Conde Cafeteria Klatsch for Krucoff
We were very much looking forward to friend-of-the-family Andrew Krucoff's lunch with Architectural Digest's Katherine Scully. The occasion was duly won, bought, and paid for via charity auction, but as the man himself reports, manifest shenanigans rule the day:Charity starts at home? Not according to Architectural Digest when an unwanted house guest shows up with madi-money and a smile like a flying buttress.
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Return Of The Wandering Jew?
So that auction for lunch in the Conde Nast cafeteria which Conde Nast refugee Andrew Krucoff tried to highjack? Turns out the little guy actually won! We're sure the good folks at Conde will honor the commitment: It is, after all, for charity. Can you imagine? Jessica Coen and Krucoff in the Conde building at the same time? All we need is Gawker founding editor and blogging legend Elizabeth Spiers in attendance and the seventh seal will well and truly be open. More »
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By abalk2Comment by Leon Freilich: [Sober version] NO, THANKS Ain't goin' No Jessica Coen; Got no fears O' Elizabeth Spiers; Andy Krucoff, He cwn fuck off, And I will bury Frank Gehry. Otherwise, Snarky guys, Have a... more » | Other threads
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Kruperman Returns
Remember yesterday's post about the eBay auction to have lunch with an Architectural Digest editor in the Conde Nast cafeteria? Well, as of this afternoon, the bidding was at a healthy $204.25. And the high bidder? Someone named Krupiter. Hmmm... why does that name sound familiar? Ah, yes, step forward Gawker mascot Andrew Krucoff, the former Conde Nast freelancer whom the company escorted from the premises and requested, Oscar Madison style, to never return. Can one fired Conde Nast worker receive a shot at redemption and get back into the building? We're guessing Si's gonna bump up the bid to whatever the necessary figure is, but it should be fun while it lasts. More » -
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No Word On Whether Or Not He Washed His Hands After
Not to be outdone by Diddy, Gawker mascot Andrew Krucoff takes a camera into the bathroom to note the new viral (ha ha, get it?) ad for Jackass 2. The footage is kind of grainy, but the video stream is strong. (It's hard to stop, sorry.) We just want to know if Krucoff was filming with one hand and holding his dick with the other. Because we never figured him to be that coordinated. More »
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By abalk2Comment by ambitious heckler: Of all the people who wanted to piss on Gawker, leave it to him to be the first to actually... more » | Other threads
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Update: Your Emails Will Still Get You Fired
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92nd Street Y Retreats to East Side
We've finally been pointed to yesterday's news that the 92nd Street Y is shutting its (theoretically) younger and hipper West Side space, Makor, and selling the building. While this is clearly a blow to the pretense that there are hip, young Jews on the Upper West Side, the real question for us is whether the move was ultimately caused to the space's recent programming choices or the parent org's recent hiring moves. More » -
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Gawker's Week in Review: Fake Writers Will Never Learn
• Harvard sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan gets spanked for plagiarizing her debut novel. Little, Brown enters shame spiral for having given an underage hack a two book, $500K deal — they cope by pulling her bestseller from the shelves. More » -
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Krucing Off: The Finale
Wonderful news. A mere six months — nearly to the day — since we got him fired from Conde Nast, where he was a freelance market researcher, Gawker mascot Andrew Krucoff finally has a new job. He'll be the web content developer at the 92 Street Y, which means he'll be writing for the Y's blog and also working on web marketing efforts. Most important, though, it means we'll perhaps finally stop feeling guilty about this whole thing, and that maybe Krucoff's Mom won't hate us anymore. More »
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By JesseComment by Nick Denton: At least Krucoff will now be able to pay the remainder of his gambling debts. That's $140 still outstanding from... more » | Other threads
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bowling
New York Media Bowling: Live!
What does it look like when a few dozen New York media geeks attempt to go bowling? Thanks to the inimitable Andrew Krucoff — who desperately needs a new job, or at least a better hobby — now you can see. More »
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By JesseComment by ZiggyStardust: That guy at the end looks really familiar... (Yes, sarcasm.) more » | Other threads
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bonnie fuller
Bonnie Fuller Speaks: Jen and Brad Breakup Was Scoop of a Lifetime!
Wish you'd been there to hear what Bonnie Fuller had to say at her Lincoln Center Barnes and Noble reading last week? We mean, wish you could really hear it, in her own voice and her own words? How thrilled you should be then, that we got Andrew Krucoff fired all those months ago. Because now he has the time to create what's he's calling "a multimedia piece" from Bonnie's reading. Go take a look. Then, for love of God, help the boy find a new job before he finds himself making CD-ROM compilations of Jim Kelly's lunch orders. More » -
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Gawker Book Report: Krucoff and His Hero Discuss 'King Dork'
When Gawker mascot Andrew Krucoff came to us and asked if he could launch a blog book tour here for his "punk rock hero," we shrugged and scratched our heads and attempted to ignore him. (But, then, that's our regular reaction to Krucoff.) Apparently this hero of Kruc's, Frank Portman, has written the MySpace generation's Catcher in the Rye, and because we're intrigued by anyone Kruc has maintained an asexual crush on since he just was a little Kruci, we thought it wouldn't hurt to grant the request. After the jump, the two talk abut the book, King Dork, their long-unrequited love, about lots of other things about rock journalism. Future Lester Bangs — or even Chuck Klostermans — of America, take note! More » -
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Gawker Walker Tour: A Young Manhattanite Follows the NYU Vomit Trail
Nothing brings out the drunken college kids like the first vaguely warmer days of spring. (We drunken out-of-college kids drink proudly and consistently, heedless of weather.) So suddenly, here they are. And they're confusing us. To help us understand the folkways of this exotic tribe, we asked Gawker Mascot and amateur anthropologist Andrew Krucoff to don his trusty pith helmet, enlist earnest documentarian Nikola Tamindzic, and head to the remotest depths of the Central Village — the native habitat of this unusual people — to investigate. After the jump, his reports of beer pong, fake IDs, and the dreaded Look of Shame.
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Gawker Explainer: Even More Names in the News
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Guest Editor: Goodnight, Crofton Parkway
I'm sure the past two days were less fun for me than they were for you but all will return to normal on Monday. Jess & Jesse have promised to climb out of their spacesuits and deliver the kind of genuine media analysis and gossip that you are accustomed to receiving. Have a great new year, everyone. Even you Lizzie Grubman, regardless if I think you're the real enemy too. - Andrew Krucoff More » -
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Guest Editor, Day 2: "I only walk where the bricks are made of gold"
Today will most likely witness Gawker's lowest traffic of the year so with that in mind I pledge to take it to depths unseen since...yesterday. Didn't appreciate the Paris Hilton snatch yanker pic? Don't worry, plenty more in the bottomless ocean where that came from. If any esteemed members of the media are actually reading this, perhaps David Remnick of The New Yorker, I apologize if you don't like chocolate in your peanut butter. (Sorry, that was awkward.) More » -
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Guest Editor: Reporting Live from Crofton, MD
Answering a phone call at 6:30am is not usually advisable; when the caller ID shows the name of a Gawker editor your best bet is to hurl the gadget like a grenade. Well, for the past month I've been tip-toeing around the Green Line in Israel and I once microwaved an egg so I'm used to things blowing up in my face.
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By krucoff2Comment by The Assimilated Negro: "we compared pens to swords, now its blogs and ak's, when they put my man AK on permanent vaca..." I'd... more » | Other threads
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Look Out Old Kruci Is Back
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Krucoff Is a Man
Gawker mascot Andrew Krucoff is now, finally, best we can tell, a man. Naturally this process included what appears to be a fifth of vodka. More » -
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Is This the Little Krucoff We Carried? Is This the Little Krucoff at Play?
He can't hold down a job and he can barely hold together his everyday life. Yet, it's somehow not at all surprising that within three weeks of arriving in Jerusalem with no previous Hebrew training or Jewish education, beloved mascot Andrew Krucoff has not only decided he's ready for a belated bar mitzvah but has also managed to find a group of people — bloggers, natch — to coordinate it and enticed pervy Dov Charney of American Apparel to sponsor it. More »
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By JesseComment by mobius1ski: while krucoff and i were drinking with the lefty yeshiva brats the other night at the pearl harbor party (as... more » | Other threads
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vanity fair
'VF' Picks on Li'l Ole Gawker
If we ever bothered to fight our way through the monthly perfume sampler also known as Vanity Fair, we would have discovered this earlier and mounted a more appropriate counteroffensive. As it is, it's far too late on a Friday for us to do much more than just point it out: VF tore a precious editorial page away from coverage of minor European royalty this month and instead devoted it to making fun of us. (At right. Click on it to enlarge.)
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norm pearlstine
Gawker's Week in Review: Tastes Like Pearlstine's Spirit
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Krucoff Is Alive and Well and Loving Eretz Yisrael: The Photo Edition
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Krucoff Is Alive and Well and Loving Eretz Yisrael
It's nearly four days since Gawker mascot and erstwhile Conde Nastie Andrew Krucoff left the Lower East Side for the far holier precincts of Jerusalem, and we were starting to get concerned. Not only is this the longest we've gone in many months without any hectoring email or IMs from him, but, most worrisome, his youngisraelite.com had not been updated since well before he left. Such shpelkis he was giving us!
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Team Party Crash: Sending Kruc Off
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Gawker's 'Time' Person of the Year Results: You're Boring
Well. Look at that. For all your (and our) pretensions of a transgressive, avant-garde, subcultural existence, turns out we're all burdened with quintessentially lumpen taste in our Time Person of the Year nominees.
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By JesseComment by AppleChamp: Fabian Basabe needs to die. It may be harsh but it's true. more » | Other threads
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conde nast
Krucing Off: Conde Cowers
A new Nastie reports: More »
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By JesseComment by Effervescent: It's true, permanent employees have had to sign a confidentiality agreement for years. If you're a freelancer like Krucoff... more » | Other threads
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Krucing Off: Scandal Threatens Conde Circ
Sure, Conde Nast might have successfully scared all its minions into submission with Monday's cursory dismissal of Gawker mascot and Times-certified First Amendment hero Andrew Krucoff. But is that victory turning Pyrrhic? What really matters to the mag empire is selling copies, and we hear the brouhaha is costing Si's subscriptions, especially in the coveted Anne Arundel County, Maryland, demographic: More »
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By JesseComment by CHFDigital: I should forward the e-mails Krucoff's mom sends me...they're so totally hot. more » | Other threads
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romenesko
Also, Mags Slaves to Circ! TV Slaves to Viewers!
Speaking of which: Get clicking, people. Numbers ain't looking great today, and if you don't step up we'll have to get someone else fired. More »
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By JesseComment by The Assimilated Negro: Mags are slaves to circ, TV slaves to viewers. Unfortunately negroes are still just slaves... (fyi - I... more » | Other threads
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andrew krucoff
How To Kruc Off At Work
The internet is made up primarily of smart people who waste a lot of time. Some of those smart people have a lot of helpful hints over at MetaFilter for the less smart ones looking to waste time too without the bosses finding out. This is required reading for those of you who feed us our memos and leaks. Here's a sampler: More »
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By PareeneComment by spinachdip: Yeah, it seems like one of those Stone Age blockers that just restrict access to sites with "mail" in the... more » | Other threads
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Krucing Off: Less Reputable Papers Weigh In
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The New Mediabistro EIC: The People Have Spoken
It's the ultimate redemption story, isn't it? Just days after his expulsion from Condé High for forwarding a stupid email to a stupid (but lovable) website, the masses have anointed Andrew Krucoff as their pick for the next Editor-in-Chief of Mediabistro, the heir to Elizabeth Spiers's rattan throne. More »
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