By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:01:56 +0000

I forgot that they compared Montclair to Park Slope … As if. I didn’t mind the Gawker piece. My issue with it was that it never really rose above the irrelevent but juicy details to give us insight into some broader picture. There was very little context for Gawker’s rise/popularity. You could feel the author was still smarting from her run-in with the site and forgot that most of us don’t care if her mother was an immigrant artist, or if Nick Denton is gay.

By: Mark Rose

Mark Rose — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:26:25 +0000

I agree that New York has taken a nosedive recently but I actually think it is coming out of it and arching toward relevancy. The Bill/Hillary morph cover shot is just a magazine asking for attention, and rather clever. The Gawker piece was written according to its subject. Can you write a cover story about Gawker that is droll and above the belt? The reporter was fascinated with Gawker, like a car crash, trying to figure out why we are drawn to high-snark and downright nastiness � almost addicted to it. And she freely admits that Gawker has endured and now occupies its own exalted spot as top dog media scandal/gossip blog, increasingly integrating with Denton�s other properties. My free subscription to New York just ran out and I decided to re-up. It gives me a nice balance to the New Yorker, when I don�t want to think so hard. And the magazine is developing an editorial toughness that I appreciate. At least I am finding features worth reading outside �best place to get dog biscuits.� Hey, Eric, maybe New York was your mistress when you first came to New York and the thrill is not the same. It doesn�t mean it can�t be a casual friend.

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