Signing Off

It's been a fantastic ride, but today is my last day as Gawker's editor-in-chief. Taking over the reins is A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin. Please make him feel welcome.

It's been a fantastic ride, but today is my last day as Gawker's editor-in-chief. Taking over the reins is A.J. Daulerio of Deadspin. Please make him feel welcome.

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We said the sassy, well-researched profiles on newly-launched Cityfile were going to be controversial, and it sure didn't take long to be proven correct — three days, to be precise. The "who's who" site for Gothamites has already landed on Page Six, where David Patrick Columbia of NewYorkSocialDiary.com is upset to be…
Ah, this is going to be fun. Remy Stern's Cityfile-a who's who of New York media, finance and politics-is finally live. The online directory's more-than-2,000 profiles, written by an-in-house team of researchers, show up the user-generated approach of Wikipedia which was supposed to sweep all before it.