It’s said that when Dick Cheney was tasked with vetting potential Veeps for the Bush campaign, he carefully considered all the applicants before recommending the best man for the job: himself. Perhaps tearing a page from Vader’s playbook, Dark Lord Balthazar – AKA Gawker Media Czar Nick Denton – has found the ideal replacement to helm his flagship website in the wake of managing editor Choire Sicha’s resignation: an eager young go-getter from sector 7G......

Drama rocked the tabloid news website Gawker last week when half the editorial staff abruptly resigned. The news came to readers through an initially unassuming post on the website by editor Emily Gould, who addressed at length an essay about Gawker in the new issue of literary magazine n + 1 before divulging news of her departure, along with managing editor Choire Sicha. (It was later learned that a third editor, Joshua Stein, had also......

Resumes are being accepted to fill a sudden vacuum in the self-proclaimed “drug ring” that is Gawker. On Friday afternoon, at the end of a long Gawker post about palling around with the n + 1 crowd – who happen to be publishing a long think-piece on Gawker in their new issue – editor and cewebrity Emily Gould abruptly announced that managing editor Choire Sicha was to resign. And she would be joining him.......

Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: a fatal fire on Pennsylvania Ave. in Brooklyn, a train derailment on 41st St. and 1st Ave. in Brooklyn, and a shooting on East Gunhill Rd. in the Bronx. Anthony Marshall's––Brooke Astor's estranged son––lawyer pleaded not guilty to forgery in the sordid case of her will. BestWeekEver.tv's Michelle Collins manages to compliment Tony Bennett, fling a t-shirt at Nick Lachey, stump Josh Groban on the definition of "Cougars", covet......

The current New York Magazine dives deep inside the navel with seven sprawling pages on Gawker. The rather tame procedural is conducted by Vanessa Grigoriadis, who's up front with the disclosures: Her NY Times wedding announcement was savaged by Gawker, New York Magazine currently employs two former Gawker editors, and Grigoriadis peeped managing editor Choire Sicha’s underwear. So have the hunters become the hunted? Not really. The article is not so much a take-down as......

There's an absolutely brilliant Observer article by Choire Sicha about the new world order of gay cruising and hook-ups in New York City. Places that were once good for trysts are now being overrun by everyone, which is just like the straight people to appropriate what the gay love! The article looks at the intersection of the city's public planning with the evolution of the city's gay male population - it's like Cruising meets The......

Jessica Coen, Editor, Gawker.com...

If an internet petition couldn't save Freaks and Geeks, can one possibly save the arts listings from the Sunday Arts & Leisure section in the New York Times? Probably, because the current petition in question is not being generated by a group of fans, but by the influential theater ad agency Eliran Murphy. The Times public editor has chimed in on the situation with an editorial piece that says the powers that be are reviewing......

Steven I. Weiss, Journalist/Blogger...

In order to keep things exciting before the Republican National Convention, the folks at Yankee Pot Roast have decided that today is Roast Choire Sicha Day:This year, our deserving subject is everyone's favorite pusher of gay agendas, the one and only Mr. CHOIRE SICHA. Hot on the proverbial heels of his retreat from the blogospheric forefront, we felt this was as good a time as any to libel and slander dear Choire.Sadly, as our lawyers......

...although, when did they ever go out of style? News that rabblerousing book critic Dale Peck was smacked by Stanley Crouch, who had been Peck'd earlier, outside of precious West Village eatery Tartine is just the latest in adults forgetting the playground adage, "Stick and stones may break my bones, but names can never hurt me." [Gawker reported the incident, as editor Choire Sicha shares a "shitty East Village rabbit warren with Dale Peck" with......

Greg Lindsay, Freelance Writer...

The Other Page's Andrew Krucoff continues his assault on NY-area blogs by "filling in" for Gawker editor Choire Sicha this week. With his first post, Krucoff fired off an opening salvo that included references to "scar-fucking" Tina Fey and a reference for Dominick Dunne's bowels. Lord have mercy on the media, social, and whatever elite whose egos he will tread upon this week, as we will undoubtedly benefit. And what's the line in Vegas on......

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the NY Bloggers Talk last night at the Apple Store. It was a fabulous turnout, and, speaking on behalf of the speakers and moderators, we appreciated your support and great questions. And Gothamist is planning another talk, so let us know if you have any suggestions for topics. Gothamist also would like to thank: Jason Calacanis, Nick Denton, and Jeff Jarvis for a spirited (though less punchy than wished......

Various personalities of the blogging world will collide at the NY Bloggers talk at the SoHo Apple Store this Monday, May 3. See Buzzmachine's Jeff Jarvis moderate/referee a discussion with web publishers Nick Denton and Jason Calacanis. ftrain's Paul Ford chats with Meg Hourihan, Anil Dash, and Jason Kottke about technology. And Felix Salmon will find out what kinds of medication Choire Sicha, Lockhart Steele, and Jen Chung must be on during the editors......

- The most boring Oscars ever ever ever, commentaried - Your beloved Brooklyn restaurant instution turns into a...T.G.I. Friday's - We hate when sweeps week TV teasers promise to reveal a secret and then it turns out that it's just having Fabio as an ex-boyfriend, like on Average Joe - How you get out of a trapped subway - New Yorkers want big, gay marriages, but, as yet, it's illegal - Two new additions to......

If you're ever sucked into a vortex of court proceedings because your boss may or may not have been helping a lifestyle doyenne get out on a stock deal early, know that there may be hope for your post-court professional life yet: The Daily News' Rush & Molloy report that former stockbroker's assistant Douglas Faneuil, pivotal in the Martha Stewart fraud case, has been working at Debs & Co. gallery, which is co-owned by Choire......

Let's take a moment to remember H. Daniel Carpenter the "mayor and governor" of Chelsea, instrumental in the neighborhood's rebirth as director of the Hudson Guild, who died on February 7 at 95. After taking a job at the Hudson Guild in 1931, Carpenter lived in Chelsea for 71 years, and later moved to Tucson. His death covered earlier by the Villager and mentioned today in the Times. Back in the day, Chelsea was......

The best Valentine Gothamist could ask for was the special Oscar Films section in the New York Times' Arts & Leisure section. Sure, if you're reading the print version, there's a 3:2 ratio of advertisements to actual articles, but that's just like the actual show! Be sure to check out Choire Sicha's excellent Oscar acceptance speech for Sofia Coppola as well (it's a slideshow). Gothamist on this year's Oscar nominations, why the show will suck......

Apparently annoyed with scores of witless people mispronouncing New York notables' names, New York magazine publishes a pronunciation guide to a few of the essential names you'll need to drop in your water cooler conversation. Names include Wylie Dufresne(right) of wd-50, PR gal/bad driver Lizzie Grubman and Choire Sicha (who will always be "kwire-eee" to us). Here are a few others Gothamist only recently figured out: Sridhar (Pappu) - "shh-reader" but faster Lorne (Michaels) -......

Today we'd like to introduce a new feature: the Gothamist Interview, written by Andrew Krucoff. The inaugural interview is with none other than Lockhart Steele, Lower East Side icon and famous dilettante. Other interviews on tap for this week: Chuck Klosterman of Spin, Danielle Romano of Daily Candy, and a surprise guest who may go by the name of Choire Sicha (girls, get your engines ready!). Andrew has an amusing interview style that is part......

We can see the headlines and photos now: "Gawker Gagged!" with editor Choire Sicha, handcuffed and being led to 1 Police Plaza, yelling, "Anything to defend the rights of journalists...I mean, bloggers!" Newsday reports that federal court officials are wondering how the "secret questionnaire" for Martha Stewart's jury selection got leaked to "chatty hipster Weblog" Gawker, which posted one potential juror's email. "Court officials said they were reviewing the Gawker posting but declined to comment......

That's three posts in a row where some part of the package is featured on Gawker: Balls (US Weekly photo), penis (more male reviewers than female at the NYT Book Review), and dick (Stephen Glass related, wouldn't you know). Gawker editor Choire Sicha writes on the scary US photo post, "In any event, that model boy better hope there aren't any squirrels lurking..." Like the squirrel on Choire's own site? And then there's this interesting......

Pulling himself away from becoming a referee for NY's Funniest Home Videos, Choire Sicha gives a thorough look at the changing face of the West Chelsea in the Observer, as the High Line, the 1.5 mile elevated track that runs from Gansevoort to 34th Street along 10th Avenue, looks like it will be preserved as a park. The continuing the gentrification of the formerly gritty neighborhood into "A DESTINATION" is bolstered by the future......

New York magazine threatens to go into Internet overload. Not only does Simon Dumenco mention six of the "most compelling" bloggers (Choire Sicha for Gawker, Maud Newton, Anil Dash, Nick Denton as blog impressario of the Gawker/Gizmodo/Fleshbot/Kinja empire, Jeff Jarvis, and Elizabeth Spiers for The Kicker; Dumenco says he expects "to be blogged to death" for his choices and the first shot comes from Gawker, which Gawker calls the piece a slobbery blowjob, though it......

Media boo-boos: 1) The New York Times got the Motion Picture Association of America (the people who bring you stupid ratings for movies, headed by scary Jack Valenti) mixed up with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the people who bring you the Oscars). The story about how studios are trying to curb piracy by not distributing "for your consideration" Oscar screener DVDS mistakenly called Jack Valenti the head of the "Motion Picture......

It seems the Wyclef Jean invasion (for his new album, The Preacher's Son) is just in preliminary stages. Last week, he was the only redeeming thing in an Observer article about various society dinners last Monday; nothing better than him wearing a "green Celtics jacket and blue jeans" and plugging Jacob the Jeweler while everyone else is fancy and stiff. Then today, he's mentioned in New York magazine's feature about New York musicians, discussing motorcycling......