• great moments in journalism

    Huffington Post flogs its chairman's son's site

    The Huffington Post has a guy who emails me if I typo their URL in a Valleywag entry. So I doubt it's a lack of managerial attention that allowed a brazen advertorial for Thrillist's new Miami edition to run on the HuffPo Tuesday. I wouldn't have noticed if Portfolio hadn't called it out as a violation of the site's own user agreement. But read Portfolio's summary of the situation and ask yourself how many outraged HuffPo editorials would appear if anyone remotely related to Sarah Palin were to get this kind of play on Little Green Footballs: More »
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    Comment by ResearchZilla: ...is this even remotely surprising? ever heard of 23andme? would you have heard of it had elgoog's founder not shamelessly... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • we read twitter so you don't have to

    Thrillist beats Digg to win coveted gender ratio title in battle of Internet Week parties

    Caroline McCarthy made it out alive from the Diggnation "sausage fest" in Brooklyn last night, where fanboys expressed their latent homoerotic desires by mobbing Digg founder Kevin Rose. She proceeded to the Thrillist party, where a more heteronormative mix were "Gettin' Jiggy With It" and indulging in founder Ben Lerer's boom nostalgia for when his dad Ken was an executive during AOL's heyday. [News.com]
    06/05/08
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    Comment by Goose Spruce: What else would you expect from a Digg party. The name itself says it all. more » | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    DailyCandy backer overheard in sale talks with Yahoo

    Will one-time AOL exec Bob Pittman sell email newsletter DailyCandy to Yahoo? That's what DailyCandy execs are said to have discussed over dinner last week at the Village Restaurant in New York. Ben Lerer, publisher of Thrillist, another online publication backed by Pittman, told us he's heard no talk of a sale. But, tellingly, he was very curious to know what we've heard. That's because while Yahoo might be a surprise suitor, Pittman's desire to sell DailyCandy is no secret. In 2006, the WSJ reported Pittman had put DailyCandy on the block, hoping to sell his $3.5 million investment for more than $100 million. If the dinner happened, it's surprising Pittman didn't clue Lerer in. Ben's dad Ken, a cofounder of the Huffington Post, was a close ally of Pittman at AOL.
    03/20/08
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    Comment by raincoaster: @snarkotic: Where's a rickroll when you need it, eh? I for one LIKE looking at pix of bobbleheaded anorexics, but then,... more » | Other threads

  • rumormonger

    Did Zuckerberg get drunk? Good for him

    Valleywag is tearing itself apart over this rumor: Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg get drunk — embarrassingly so — at a Thrillist SF launch party a couple weeks ago? Megan McCarthy, our party correspondent who stayed at the bash until 1 a.m., says she didn't see Zuck there. Thrillist CEO Ben Lerer says he didn't hear anything about it. But Silicon Alley Insider ran with the story, and a tipster says there were two eyewitnesses placing Zuckerberg at the scene late at night, after McCarthy left. More »
    12/10/07
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    Comment by FakeZuck: Of course I was drunk - drunk with success, money, and oh yeah, booze too. I actually invented a new... more » | Other threads

  • email

    Thrillist expands to Las Vegas

    Founder Ben Lerer tells us Thrillist will announce a Las Vegas version of its email guide to restaurants, bars and culture tomorrow. 'Cause you were so worried you'd find nothing to do on your next Sin City business trip, right? Mock the idea if you like (and we do), but you've got to admire former AOL Time Warner COO Bob Pittman's choice in Web investments. Thrillist does nothing but grow. Subscribers are up 500 percent to nearly 300,000 so far this year. More »
    12/10/07
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  • lazy valleywag

    Were you at the Thrillist SF launch party?

    Persistent rumors are burning my ears about last week's Thrillist SF launch party. The events newsletter reportedly attracted a very special guest — one who probably should have been burning the midnight oil in Palo Alto dealing with a company crisis. We hear he stayed up late drinking, ending up passed out on a couch, while his girlfriend lit up with friends. Were you there? Drop me a line.
    12/06/07
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    Comment by Emdash: I was at the party and far too drunk off free bottles of booze to remember who was there. You... more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Fresh Meats A Hoax; Thousands Of Sadistic Foodies Left Blood-Hungry

    Those early adopters who, after reading today's Thrillist's writeup of Fresh Meats—a service that will come to your house and slaughter and prepare whatever creature lower on the food chain than yourself—went out and bought a thousand little bunnies will have to find another use for them. Responders who email for an appointment with "Fresh Meats" will receive an email that dashes all hopes of a bloody foodie Schlachthof F nf in one's bathtub. More »
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    Comment by tuffgirl: Man, if that was real, I would so have them come over and slaughter a cow for me. Then I... more » | Other threads

  • team party splash

    Team Party Splash: Thrillist @ Hotel QT

    Last night Thrillist threw a party in conjunction with a certain alcoholic energy drink at the Hotel QT. Though we are usually loathe to frequent the hotel, most famous for having a pool in the lobby that is often coated with a thin skin of hair grease on the top, the prospect of free Sparks proved irresistible. Gawker visiting photographer Kate was there for the photographic documentation. After Hours Editor Josh was there for the Cesare Lombrosian classifications. More »
    03/28/07
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    Comment by Joe Clark: I love the way heterosexualist males have no compunctions at all about appearing in public in a swimsuit or being... more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Thrillist Endorses Most Douchey Product Ever

    Hey, see that guy over there by the bar? OMG, don't point! He'll see that we're checking him out! Turn around slow, like you are just happening to look over in that direction... totally hot, right? I just love that tattooed-sleeves look. It reminds me of like, really tough and cool rock stars. Like Benji Madden! Or maybe Dave Navarro but he is kind of old. Do you think he would buy me a drink? I don't even have any piercings except my navel and my ears!!! I am probably so not his type. I mean, you have to be seriously committed to being like really, really alternative to have fully tattooed arms like that. There are probably a lot of jobs that guy couldn't have, like, they probably would not let him work in a day care! He is probably a DJ or, like, a whitewater rafting guide. Wait! What is that thing at his wrist? Um, are his tattoos actually just TATTOO-PATTERNED NYLON ARM STOCKINGS? More »
    03/13/07
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    Comment by Smirk: I wish they had these available for my penis. I would be the coolest gay ever. more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Thrillist: For Hard-Living Badasses

    Dude, I have no idea what to do this weekend! I'm torn between rock-climbing and seeing a sports game, because I am such a heterosexual male urban rugged individual. If I were a car, I'd be an SUV with a name like Ticonderoadster or Moutaineerio. Yeeeah! So I turn to a daily email newsletter to let me know what's cool, what's hip, what's hot, what's new, and most importantly what I can do with all this annoying cash I have in my wallet. More »
    11/20/06
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    Comment by BrianVan: Speaking seriously for a sec (since that rarely happens)... this is the result of a small publishing outfit skimping on... more » | Other threads

  • top

    Bob Pittman Will Buy You Now

    Taking up an austere few thousand square feet on Madison Avenue are the offices of the Pilot Group, a shadowy private investment firm run by Robert Pittman, the poor sap who took the fall for the AOL/Time-Warner merger. Of course, they're not really shadowy, just secretive and private and investy, and Bob Pittman is anything but poor. The Pilot Group specializes in "control positions" (i.e. they like to top) on emerging new media and Internet companies. Most famously, the P-Group purchased a controlling stake in girly e-newsletter Daily Candy for $3.5 million in 2003, then put DC on the block earlier this year for $100 million. That sale ultimately didn't happen, as really — $100 million for an email list? Even so, Pittman and Pilot still managed to score an undisclosed minority investment to placate those other stakeholders who wanted their Bubble 2.0 money right now. Comes the rumor that Pilot has inscrutably made a deal for music blog Stereogum. (Perhaps this will console Stereogum's Scott Lapatine after last night's altercation with Jared Leto.) No doubt, you're asking yourself — hey, I have a blog, how can I get Robert Pittman to cover me in bags of filthy lucre? Know your quarry, after the jump. More »
    10/26/06
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    Comment by Mediamania: "Pittman's history within Time-Warner lay primarily with MTV..." Hey jerkballs, get your facts straight. While Pittman was a... more » | Other threads

  • team party crash

    Team Party Crash: Thrillist First Birthday @ Guest House

    They say the first year is always the hardest for both marriage and websites, so it makes sense that when that mark is hit, one would want to go out and get shitfaced. Last night, the boys from Thrillist did exactly that, inviting perpetual troublemakers Intern Heather, shutterfly Kate, and dance-happy videographer, Richard Blakeley along for the ride. The tequila-soaked lovefest saw standard-issue stripey shirts and skanks spazzdancing with kids from College Humor, Converse, and News Corp, which left us wondering ... would a Daily Candy party ever involve this much douchebaggery? Probably not. In the clip above, observe the various hot new dance moves practiced by various attendees. And you may enjoy a further photo gallery here.
    10/25/06
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    Comment by the-cubicle-dweller: The savior is such a TOOL! Nothing beats a good Happy Hands club for the white boys who can't boogie! more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Can't Buy a Thrill

    When you've got two separate e-newsletters dedicated to helping New York's least inquisitive former fraternity fellas figure out where to snag some trim you're bound to have the occasional coincidence: After all, there are only so many places in town a bunch of bankers can burn their expense accounts after a tough day of sexually harassing their female colleagues. Still, we found today's Thrillist/Urban Daddy mailouts particularly amusing: Both chose to highlight Room Service, "a spacious, ottoman-strewn lounge ringed by four grades of curtained off, rentable party suites" (Thrillist) that are "fitted with everything you need for a proper night in—leather couches, a plasma TV and DVD player, a mini-fridge stocked with champagne, and a drawer stocked with essential toiletries...like mouthwash and condoms" (Urban Daddy). Again, we don't want to make too much out of what is surely a coincidence, but two things are certain: One, Room Service's publicist deserves a bonus, and two, we know where we'll be doing our date-raping on Thursday night. More »
    10/24/06
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    By abalk2

    Comment by candiedyams: Funny how Gawker "picks on" Thrillist when members of Gawker staff attends a party in their honor. Watch out... more » | Other threads

  • julie buxbaum

    Remainders: Thrillist Is Also Looking for a Copy Editor

    • Tao Lin and Whitney Pastorek star in the world's most boring literary feud. [RODB] More »
    09/26/06
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    By abalk2

    Comment by jackiecorley: Looks like the ULA has entered the world's most boring literary feud. Everyone hide your daughters. http://kingwenclas.blogspot.com/2006/09/matter-of-tao.html... more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Battle of the Alpha Male Email Newsletters

    We couldn't help but notice that yesterday's edition of the UrbanDaddy newsletter (think Daily Candy for cocks) is frighteningly similar to today's edition of the Thrillist newsletter (again, Daily Candy for cocks). Both reviewed the Meatpacking District's latest addition, Pre:Post, which caters to patrons with drinks and meals both before and after their club crawls. A brief comparison of the two reviews' bullet points: More »
    02/28/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Trackback: Scribbling your name and address into those cute little books at the registers of your favorite boutique, i.e. adding yourself... more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Your Summer Will Not Suck if You Have a Yacht. We Guarantee It.

    In case you've lost track of time, we'd like to remind you that it's mid-February, and if you've not already started, you're officially behind on organizing your super-sweet, totally bitchin' Hamptons share. Realistically, however, unless you're tossing around some serious dough, whatever you and your brahs secure for summer will likely blow. If you're so lucky as to bring a nice set of tits home from the Star Room one night, she's certainly not going to stay long after she sees your outdoor plumbing. More »
    02/15/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Jessica: 'Scuse me. I was too distracted by the thought that such a pimping lifestyle was docked in New Jersey. more » | Other threads

  • holidays

    Our early morning surfing:



    Sigh.

    12/27/05
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  • thrillist

    Thrillist Fails Us All

    Today's edition of fratty email newsletter Thrillist features the subject line "Ski in the City." Being wildly immature, we chuckled to ourselves and thought, well, that makes sense. It was only a matter of time before the Thrillist dudes, having already covered booze and easy sex in every possible context, addressed that third staple of New York nightlife. For a brief moment, we almost admired their moxie. More »
    12/15/05
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    By Jessica

    Comment by CHFDigital: That was a quick romance, more like a one-night fling. FYI, tThe stages of love: http://science.howst... more » | Other threads

  • donald trump

    Remainders: Trump's Alcoholic Orgy Continues

    • Prepare your feeble gullets and blue-collar livers for the triumphant glory of Trump: The Booze: The Poster! [Defamer] More »
    11/29/05
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    By Jessica

    Comment by SecureLocation: Can we just all agree to stop using the word "canoodling?" At any time and in any context? more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Thrillist Reaches Out

    We have no idea why today's installment Thrillist prominently depicts one jocky guy grabbing another jocky guy by, essentially, the nuts. But it makes us like this typically gratingly fratty newsletter much more than usual. More »
    11/25/05
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  • gay

    Remainders: Gay Writers on Top

    • So who's the well-hung former wrestler turned successful gay writer trolling for bottoms on Craigslist? Guesses include Augusten Burroughs, Alex Halberstadt, Aaron Krach, Brad Gooch, and, um, Gore Vidal. One of you is going to have to go undercover and figure this shit out, for real. [Gawker] More »
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    By Jessica

    Comment by kirker: Come *on*, people. Augusten? A jock? Have you ever even *seen* the man? Plus, as noted,... more » | Other threads

  • thrillist

    Translating Thrillist

    Today's issue of manly-man email newsletter Thrillist goes where very few men will openly go and addresses the issue of men and makeup: More »
    11/18/05
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    By Jessica
  • daily candy

    When Ari Met Alli...

    Yesterday's Thrillist: More »
    11/11/05
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    By Jesse
  • thrillist

    Translating Thrillist

    Yesterday, we lamented the existence of Thrillist, an email newsletter catering to Golden Tee-playing Murray Hill boys and their love of drinking and humping. In particular, we're frustrated by the lack of a comparable newsletter for ladies and/or Gays (save for the overly-precious Daily Candy), and we suggested that we might start translating Thrillist for our own means. Today's edition, in which Thrillist men can learn about a rip-cord applicator condom — donned with such speed that you'd have to be a fucking girl to lose your erection in the process — is exactly the sort of thing that could be easily and effectively marketed to the opposite sex: More »
    11/09/05
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    By Jessica
  • thrillist

    Thrillist Makes Things So Unfair

    We're reluctant to admit it, but we've been following online newsletter Thrillist more closely than anyone without a closet full of striped button-downs ever should. And yet? We're completely transfixed by its evil, fratty brilliance. It manages, four times every week, to find a different way of promoting the finest in testosteroniffic pursuits: heavy drinking and getting ass. We may not agree with it, but we're certainly impressed. You try finding 208 different ways of telling a dude to make sure he gets his date drunk. More »
    11/08/05
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Joe Clark: Waaait a second... Jessica is gay? (I doubt Jesse is “female.”) If so, how value-adding. more » | Other threads

  • dating

    What's Wrong With the World

    DailyCandy's fratboy brother Thrillist has a quiz today, which answers all those lingering questions about our missing Office box set. Now, next question: Which is the biggest sin? More »
    08/11/05
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