Greg Lindsay, over at Women's Wear Daily, runs an item about Elizabeth Spiers and Gawker. He describes Elizabeth as the first writer to parlay blogging into a high-profile media gig. Unlike all those journalists who have exchanged high-profile media gigs for blogging, also known as unemployed hacks. A permanent job at New York would be a huge coup for Spiers, whom Denton plucked from obscurity to be editor when he launched the site last winter and who would be the first blogger to land a high-profile media gig on the merits of her musings. New editor Choire Sicha was originally brought on board to run Denton’s upcoming upscale porn site, “Fleshbot,” which will likely have as many socially redeeming qualities as his next project: Gawker L.A.
Stalking Gawker [WWD]