Yesterday, more than 100 Gawker Media editorial employees voted on the question of whether to be represented by the Writers Guild of America, East for the purpose of collective bargaining—that is, whether we want to form a union. The results are in.
Last Friday, we ran a report about poor wages and business practices at Vice Media. Many cast this as a "fight," or took it as an opportunity to choose sides. That's fine. We're used to that. There was one response, however, that we simply cannot let stand.
It is January 3, 2013. We are proud(?) to inform all of you that this website you are now reading (Gawker.com) is now ten years old. Double digits. Fuck.
We have turned off our comments today here at Gawker.com. This morning, I posted a post beseeching our readers, "Is your pet cute, and can you prove it with a picture? Answers go in the comments." Our readers caught this logical discrepancy with utmost haste.
Ah, Drew. A list of famous writers and artists who once worked in the advertising industry is not an argument in favor of the advertising industry. It's an argument in favor of getting the fuck out of the advertising industry. We recognize Salman Rushdie's name because he did not stay in the advertising industry. We…
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.
Last night Gawker founder Nick Denton hosted a little soiree at his Soho pad to welcome the American staff of the Guardian who recently moved their office to the neighborhood. And what is a party without a photo booth and a few boldfaced media names? We didn't save you any tea sandwiches, but you can at least enjoy…
For some strange reason, Fox News can't let go of this month-old post demonstrating—without naming him—that a figure in a White House photo was probably the CIA analyst who tracked down Osama bin Laden. Here's Mike Huckabee over the weekend: "Doesn't their name say it all? Gawker? What do you think of when you think…
Today, with the help of the New Jersey ACLU, Gawker filed a civil complaint against the office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie under the state's Open Records Act. We're seeking records of Christie's communications with Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. Christie claims they should remain secret under the state's…
We crack wise about a lot of things here at Gawker, and generally avoid getting all serious and earnest about the political issues of the day. But this month, in honor of Pride Month, we've decided to, earnestly and seriously, throw our support behind something we're truly passionate about: marriage equality. So we're…
In a interview this week with Fox News, bespectacled musician Moby talked about all the internet haterz and how they make him feel bad, and he specifically mentioned you, Gawker readers.
I was a print journalist and then a blogger. I dealt in words, few of them read, even fewer moving. And it's taken me this long to realize that we live in a visual culture. The words are so much more potent when they're harnessed to graphics, images and video. That's why we made the new Gawker.
This afternoon, three hours after Gawker's exclusive report about Republican Rep. Chris Lee's flirtatious, shirtless Craigslist antics, the Congressman announced his resignation. Tonight, Gawker's Maureen O'Connor talked about it on CNN's Piers Morgan Tonight. [Gawker.TV]
What were our most popular stories in 2010? How many people visited Gawker from India last year? Did 115,000 people really type "Anderson Cooper boyfriend" into Google and end up here? (Yes.) The Gawker 2010 number-crunching is complete.
Did you catch the excerpt we posted yesterday from Sarah Palin's new book? Sarah did. She tweets with rage: "The publishing world is LEAKING out-of-context excerpts of my book w/out my permission? Isn't that illegal?"
Yesterday, we published the anonymous account of a young man from Philadelphia who had a naked sleepover with Delaware GOP senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell three years ago. Some people did not like that! Here's why we'd do it again.
If you were watching CNBC around 4:00 this afternoon, you would have seen today's "Closing Bell" ceremony at the NYSE, featuring Gawker Media's own Scott Kidder and Phil Vuong! If you missed it, though, don't fret—there's video inside.
The Taiwanese studio behind those computer-animated news re-enactments has finally gone too far: They've killed Gawker, in a senseless hit-and-run engineered by a whip-wielding Arianna Huffington. And all we wanted to do was go to the Jon Stewart rally!
Gawker got an unexpected shoutout on Jeopardy! this evening. In an attempt at relevance, one of the categories on the show was "Blogs & Bloggers." And Gawker was an answer! (Question? Whatever.) Check it out below.
