So Boris might give out Blackberries (well, ‘blackberry-type gizmos’) to Olympics spectators in 2012, but over in the States Wall Street Journal journalists are finding that their technology allowance is being cut back.
Or so this ‘internal memo’ on Gawker.com would have us believe. Is it for real? Apparently, all WSJ news staff have been told that a new money-saving measure is in place: ‘at its core is the concept of “one person/one machine.’
“If you are an office-based editor, you’ll get a new desktop. If you are a reporter or editor who travels on assignment, you’ll get a new laptop with a docking station, keyboard and monitor for office use.”
That’s what the alleged internal memo reads. Comments below the Gawker article are sceptical: surely the typos in the memo are a bigger story than the computer cuts, writes ‘drunkexpatworker’.
Hmmm. Authentic or not? It seems an odd kind of prank if not: it wasn’t that funny.
Tags: blogs, Gawker, Olympics, Wall Street Journal, WSJ, WSJ.comThis isn’t where we normally flag up job listings (for full job listings visit this part of the site) but this is an interesting one - since it was posted on September 2, the advert has received 6,722 views, and 150 comments. Manhattan media news and gossip site, Gawker.com, is inviting applications for the post of managing editor.
The incumbent, Nick Denton, says that he needs to get back to his ‘other job’, so is calling for a permanent replacement to join the team.
While admitting he’s never watched an episode of the Hills, he does say it’s mandatory to be ‘plugged into both society gossip and mass culture’. Follow the link here for full details.
Tags: blogging, Gawker, Gossip site, job advert, manhattan, media gossip, media news, Nick DentonGawker has cut the rate at which staff members get paid for the second quarter running.
Writers working for the blog get their salary paid according to traffic on the site.
According to Radar, at the start of the year those bloggers were getting $7.50 per 1000 page views that then went down to $6.50 for the next quarter and it is now $5.
Tags: blogs, GawkerGawker Media is selling three of of its blogs - Idolator, Gridskipper, and Wonkette.
Music blog Idolator will be sold to Buzznet network of sites.
Urban travel blog Gridskipper is to be sold to Curbed, the network is run by former Gawker Media editor Lockhart Steele and Gawker says it is an investor in the project.
The sale of Wonkette will come as the biggest surprise as it has long been associated as one of the core elements of the Gawker network.
Tags: blogs, Gawker, Lockhart Steele, Urban travel blogMr Gawker himself tells Wired why the site has such a high turnover of staff, what stories generate the high hits and why staff are paid according to traffic figures.
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