Gawker: mike penner

'Twitter' Is Word of Sexless Year

Hamilton Nolan — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:04:02 EST

In your maverick Monday media column: A word is preposterously declared to be The Top, Jim Lehrer takes it slow and steady, the Mike Penner vs. Christine Daniels question, and you are invited to a Hooker Pub.

"Twitter" is very allegedly the "Top Word of 2009." Runners-up were "Obama, H1N1, Stimulus, and Vampire." The thing all these alleged "Top Word" have in common is that they are not the actual top word for 2009 years running now, "Naked."

Jim Lehrer is getting old. PBS is taking his name out of the title of his news show and changing it to the generic "PBS News Hour." Other newspersons will get more air time on the show, though Lehrer's not retiring yet. This has been your Jim Lehrer news update.

Christine Daniels, the transgendered LA Times sportswriter who committed suicide last weekend, is being remembered mainly as Mike Penner, male, in obituaries. Penner switched his name and byline to 'Christine Daniels' after he became a woman two years ago; last year, he switched his byline back to 'Mike Penner.' I plead ignorance as to the proper etiquette here (though I would imagine it's "Whatever name you want"). Experts, please comment.

Hey, it's a TVNewser holiday party and everyone is invited! And it's at the "Galway Hooker Pub" (code word)? Usually we keep those things a secret. But okay!

Mike Penner, Sports Columnist, 52

Foster Kamer — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST

Mike Penner, LA Times sports columnist, was found dead in her apartment yesterday; it appears to be a suicide. Penner famously came out as a transsexual, becoming Christine Daniels, and one of America's few transgender sports writers. [LAist]

Tranny Sportswriter Lookin' Good

abalk2 — Mon, 07 May 2007 15:21:31 EDT

Ever since LAT sportswriter Mike Penner announced his transformation into lady LAT sportswriter Christine Daniels, we've had one burning question on our minds: How's she look? Now we know!Well, the verdict on this end: Christine is the first tranny ever to feature a considerably more attractive "after" picture. Congratulations, Christine! We love your blog!

PHOTO OF TRANSSEXUAL SPORTSWRITER DANIELS POSTED [SPORTSbyBROOKS]
Woman In Progress [LAT]

Tranny Sportswriter Sets Traffic Benchmark For Local Paper

abalk2 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:17:31 EDT

Yesterday's article by Mike Penner—the Los Angeles Times sportswriter who is undergoing gender reassignment—was a bonanza. By last night, it had got half a million page views, becoming one of the most requested pages on LATimes.com over the last year (can you hear the NYT snickering?), and 1000+ comments on the site's message boards. Today, LAT editor Jim O'Shea announced that his columnist Joel Stein would undergo a series of operations that would helpfully turn him funny. "For many years," said O'Shea, "Joel has secretly felt that his brain has been wired for humor. Hopefully, these surgical procedures will at last allow that part of his persona to emerge." O'Shea additionally called for twenty-five newsroom staffers to similarly change gender—and chronicle their passage in both the paper and on the web—or face "voluntary separation" from their jobs. —balk

A writer's transformation makes the personal public [LAT]

Loose Balls: The First Tranny Sportswriter

abalk2 — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:45:47 EDT

LA Times sportswriter Mike Penner to become LAT lady sportswriter Christine Daniels. Expect plenty of stupid headlines like the one above. [LAT]

Those missing Observers? Printing press problems, says Keith Kelly, who works for the New York Post, PR-managed by the Rubensteins, who also represent Jared Kushner. [NYP]

Richard Burt, former diplomat and Conrad Black adviser, to take stand today in Conrad Black's fraud trial. [Canoe]

AMI names acting editor for Men's Fitness while EIC/Jann Wenner-kisser Neal Boulton recuperates. [NYP]