jay penske, ; - Gawker

posts about #jaypenske more →
Bonnie Fuller's Online Debut: It's Like a Magazine Cover, But You Click on It
Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic
A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
Bonnie Fuller Hires First Victim
Do the Penske-Rattner Dots Connect?
How Much It Pays to Be a 'Difficult' Blogger Like Nikki Finke
Bonnie Fuller Hired Into Murderer's Row of Hollywood
Nikki Finke Did Not Make $15 Million Today
Jay Penske: The Hard-Partying Si Newhouse Wannabe of Bel Air
Who Wants to Work for Nikki Finke?

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

TheBusinessGuy
11/17/09

In reply to Bonnie Fuller's Online Debut: It's Like a Magazine Cover, But You Click on It
Pink! Pretty! But where are the Smurfs and unicorns? #bonniefuller
Reply

TheBusinessGuy was starred TheBusinessGuy was unstarred

ArtfulSlinger
11/17/09

In reply to Bonnie Fuller's Online Debut: It's Like a Magazine Cover, But You Click on It
Oh so its just another aggregation based celeb gossip blog. So? You would think with this woman's connections it could have given us a bit more fresh content. This is just as bad looking as TMZ and thats saying a lot. #bonniefuller
Reply

ArtfulSlinger was starred ArtfulSlinger was unstarred

mightyone
11/17/09

In reply to Bonnie Fuller's Online Debut: It's Like a Magazine Cover, But You Click on It
Biggest surprise? Not one bit of breaking news or original scoopage on the entire (loooong) front page! We can get force-fed Twilight coverage --and we will-- anywhere. There's nothing clickworthy here at all.

In short, day one seems to prove what many naysayers were saying when this whole deal was announced: there are already enough, i.e. too many, pink-and-flashy celeb gossip sites on the web... it's completely unnecessary... #bonniefuller
Reply

Kaila Hale-Stern approved this comment mightyone was starred mightyone was unstarred

snugbug
11/17/09

In reply to Bonnie Fuller's Online Debut: It's Like a Magazine Cover, But You Click on It
On the bright side, the cretinous illiteracy of the copy makes up for the relentless parade of fug design.

Quoth the Fuller in a post scriptum to her welcome letter:

"And [thanks] especially to designer EunSun Lee who worked so hand in hand (sic) with Willie and I (sic) to design the all-new HollywoodLife. Thanks, thanks, and triple thanks to everybody!"

EunSun Lee, you naughty rascal! Bonnie Fuller, you accusative case-challenged, dyslexic minx! Scotch, bourbon and triple sec for you both! #bonniefuller
Reply

snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred

AzureTexan
11/17/09

In reply to Bonnie Fuller's Online Debut: It's Like a Magazine Cover, But You Click on It
". . . thus requiring absurd amounts of scrolling to see just one item."

New to the bottom of the home page is a prominent ad for carpal-tunnel screening. For more information, just click and scroll. #bonniefuller
Reply

AzureTexan was starred AzureTexan was unstarred

Matt Cherette
11/17/09

In reply to Bonnie Fuller's Online Debut: It's Like a Magazine Cover, But You Click on It

I came here specifically to comment on the size of the pictures, so I'm glad you were as turned off by them as I was. Also, every single headline except for two has at least one exclamation point (the two that don't are questions). The whole thing definitely needs tweaking.

That said -- Ay, mami! #bonniefuller
Reply

Matt Cherette was starred Matt Cherette was unstarred

mfnher
11/17/09

@Matt Cherette: They're huge, right? I can't really be subtle about reading celebrity gossip at work if my entire screen is taken up by Twilight forehead. #bonniefuller
Reply

mfnher was starred mfnher was unstarred

Matt Cherette
11/17/09

@mfnher: I know, right? It's almost as if she took them directly from the photo agency and then forgot to resize everything. Pictures that big should be placed after a cut and/or turned into clickable thumbnails. #bonniefuller
Reply

Matt Cherette was starred Matt Cherette was unstarred

BookishLookish
11/17/09

@Matt Cherette: Never has one woman been so unworthy of so much Pucci. #bonniefuller
Reply

BookishLookish was starred BookishLookish was unstarred

raincoaster
10/06/09

In reply to Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic
Never mind the numbers: look at the DEMOGRAPHICS! The $0-$30,000 annual income group is by far the majority of her readership. Middle-aged poors, basically.

Who's advertising on her site, Walmart? Tar-jhay? Home Depot? Metamucil.
Reply

raincoaster was starred raincoaster was unstarred

smithhimself
10/06/09

In reply to Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic
Considering that the Hollywood Reporter is going Internet and Variety looks vulnerable, I think 625K for Nikki is a bargain.
Reply

smithhimself was starred smithhimself was unstarred

RandomLunatic
10/06/09

In reply to Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic
Not saying how i know, but those numbers have gone way down from late 2008. Interesting.
Reply

RandomLunatic was starred RandomLunatic was unstarred

scroll_lock
10/06/09

In reply to Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic
I've decided I really love that photo you run with NF articles. It's like Peggy Lee will pay Cash 4 Gold!
Reply

scroll_lock was starred scroll_lock was unstarred

Alessar
10/07/09

@scroll_lock: So, it wasn't just me...
Reply

Alessar was starred Alessar was unstarred

snugbug
10/06/09

In reply to Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic
So dissing David Remnick as a "New Jersey dentist's son" in her riposte to the New Yorker Finke profile didn't boost her traffic?

I truly LOL-ed at that quip. Nikkisville showing her snob colors.. She grew up at the Plaza Hotel, rubbing elbows with the NYC elites, and she so clearly LOATHES that a boy from the burbs runs The New Yorker now.
Reply

Edited by snugbug at 10/06/09 1:26 PM snugbug was starred snugbug was unstarred

FormerEnglishMajor
10/06/09

In reply to Exposed: Nikki Finke's Small-Time Traffic
Two things can happen. She'll broaden the appeal of her current site, and lose the movers & shakers (would that impact advertisers? How would they even know?).

Or she'll come up with another, "related" site with a broader appeal (the Kitchen Finke?).
Reply

FormerEnglishMajor was starred

evilbeet
09/22/09

In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
This story is ridiculous and reeks of bitterness. I'm not a big Nikki Finke fan, but COME ON, she's only human. Obviously taking a few days off here and there hasn't stopped her from making a lot of money off her blog, and it doesn't seem to have caused media interest in her to wane, as you just wrote an entire freakin' post about how she's not a robot. Sheesh, lay off.
Reply

evilbeet was starred evilbeet was unstarred

karion
09/22/09

In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
Jesus, Cook, yours must be made of titanium.

I believe in God, and the only thing that scares me is Keyser Soze Nikki Finke.
Reply

karion was starred karion was unstarred

Seeräuber Jenny
09/22/09

In reply to A Cornucopia of Reasons Why Nikki Finke Can't Come to Work
I demand a refund! -- oh, wait.

Doesn't she have MS as well? It's possible to have MS and be relatively asymptomatic, but she might not be that lucky.
Reply

Edited by Seeräuber Jenny at 09/22/09 12:45 PM Seeräuber Jenny was starred Seeräuber Jenny was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

SUBSCRIBE TO Gawker

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment