NYTimes.com: Life after ‘snarky’ – the future for the gossip site writers
March 9th, 2009Posted by Judith Townend in Editors' pick, Online Journalism
Defamer is being absorbed into Gawker, but what’s happenning to its writers?
The NYTimes takes a quick look at the reopening MovieLine website, the new home of Defamer’s editors and writers.
“Whenever it is time to leave those [gossip] sites, though, the mocking writers often seem to have a change of heart as they try to change their jobs,” Stephanie Clifford comments.
“The editor and writers at Defamer, the Gawker Media site, have taken a similar turn.”
