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Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 18 Aug 2016, 2:04pm
by Flex
Not that Gawker didn't have its problems, but all in all its ignominious end is pretty much Not A Good Thing.
Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 18 Aug 2016, 2:31pm
by Dr. Medulla
Flex wrote:Not that Gawker didn't have its problems, but all in all its ignominious end is pretty much Not A Good Thing.
It was a net positive site for commentary and snark. Certainly some unseemly choices in the past, but getting sunk like that ain't good.
I'm not sure how all the sites bound up legally, so does this mean that Deadspin and Jezebel are also kaput?
edit: I see that only Gawker is being shuttered. Could be worse … depending on what changes are instituted at the others.
Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 18 Aug 2016, 3:52pm
by Rat Patrol
I doubt they'll really, truly be gone because the traffic it generated was just too good. Univision already said there'd be no layoffs and that staff would be transferred within the company. That means there'll be a site exactly like Gawker promptly launched. It just won't be called Gawker, because that name is tainted beyond usefulness.
They had to kill it in order for it to live. That's all this amounts to.
Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 2:06pm
by eumaas
jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
where did my life go wrong?
Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 2:11pm
by Dr. Medulla
eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
where did my life go wrong?
Put in a good word for me!
Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 2:58pm
by Wolter
Dr. Medulla wrote:
eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
where did my life go wrong?
Put in a good word for me!
The average ostrich egg could make an omelet that feeds 22 people. Ask him how many people his egg-shaped dome could feed.
Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 4:39pm
by 101Walterton
Wolter wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
where did my life go wrong?
Put in a good word for me!
The average ostrich egg could make an omelet that feeds 22 people. Ask him how many people his egg-shaped dome could feed.
I have always wanted to try a soft boiled ostrich egg. The yolk in a chickens egg is never big enough.
Re: The IMCT Media Criticism Thread
Posted: 26 Aug 2016, 5:18pm
by Marky Dread
101Walterton wrote:
Wolter wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
eumaas wrote:jesus christ I'm in a conversation with Matt Yglesias on twitter
where did my life go wrong?
Put in a good word for me!
The average ostrich egg could make an omelet that feeds 22 people. Ask him how many people his egg-shaped dome could feed.
I have always wanted to try a soft boiled ostrich egg. The yolk in a chickens egg is never big enough.