Gawker: lea goldman

Lady Senators Wouldn't Be Constantly Cheating, Twitterati Told

Ryan Tate — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:22:27 EDT

Amanda Carpenter provided a gendered response to the Ensign scandal; MC Hammer shamed a writer and Choire Sicha revealed Awl. For the Twitterati, it was a day to discuss secrets.

Finance writer Lyneka Little divulged her history with MC Hammer, so no one could ever use it against her.

Amanda Carpenter revealed she doesn't watch nearly enough L Word (granted, since she works for the Washington Times, this was kind of implied).

The Awl's Choire Sicha provided a glimpse into the process of editing Alex Balk, or at least that's our guess.

Alan Meckler of Web Media Brands concurred with our sources on the future of the Huffington Post.

Marie Claire's Lea Goldman was tied in knots over tubes.

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The Twitterati Help Us Realize What Blueprint Cleanse Tastes Like

Owen Thomas — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:22:13 EDT

Twitter is like a real-time conversation! And just like many conversations, sometimes you want to cover your ears, Eric Eldon, Micki Maynard, Ellen McGirt and others teach us:

New York Times Detroit bureau chief Micki Maynard pursued her love of U2 to absurd lengths.

Ultrapretentious startup consultant Chris Sacca got excited about a nude wedding.

Marie Claire features editor Lea Goldman contracted the Blueprint Cleanse flu.

VentureBeat snooper Eric Eldon listened in.

Fast Company writer Ellen McGirt made an obscure Blueprint Cleanse reference, we think.

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Forbes Loses Key Listicle Maker

Nick Denton — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:21:56 EDT

In itself, the exit of a junior staffer shouldn't be that significant to Forbes, the right-wing business magazine. But Lea Goldman's departure to Marie-Claire highlights the vulnerability of the storied business magazine, and the increasing importance of web-bait such as listicles in even the most seemingly traditional of media.

Forbes appears a charming throwback, immune to the pressure of the modern magazine business: the business title, founded in 1917 and, is still privately owned, a rare thing in these days of media conglomerates; and the headquarters is still the charmingly fusty building on the lower reaches of Fifth Avenue.

The magazine, which is a ghost of its former self, has lost much of its talent. Dennis Kneale is at CNBC, Elizabeth Macdonald at Fox Business News, Peter Kafka at website Silicon Alley Insider and Pete Newcomb at Vanity Fair. But Goldman's departure has hit Forbes harder because, more than most magazines, the business is now driven by web traffic, of which Goldman was the biggest producer.

Forbes, among the targets of a New York Times exposé of web marketing scams, has been surprisingly shameless in its efforts to inflate traffic to its website and thus lure online advertisers. And some of Forbes.com's most transparently click-whoring editorial packages, such as its slideshow-heavy packages on the Most Powerful Entertainers and Richest Women in Entertainment, were put together by Goldman.

Advice to the person who replaces Goldman: listicle-making, as Gawker alumnus Choire Sicha knows, is a soul-destroying task. Demand to be paid by the pageview.