• more about #valleywag
    Shadowlayer: 500M for a "company" nobody outside SF uses or even knows about... Thats it, google just went fucking retarded. more »
    Pope John Peeps II: Tech people seem to believe that the entire digital world is a brand new realm, whose laws and fiats they can cavalierly disregard, or invent to their... more »
    BowlingForDollars: This may sound lame, but I have Creative Commons on all of my material on Facebook. If they make it available in search, isn't that exploiting my "wor... more »
    CumaeanSibyl: A lot of times, when something that awful happens, it doesn't sink in all at once. You're numb, and your first instinct is to keep doing the things yo... more »
    Magister: Re: Penelope Trunk I'm not even bothering to fake the lie - The computer I'll be buying this Christmas will be for me, so that the kids can have the ... more »
    GooberSaysHey: Kevin Smith is the ultimate (disgusting) oversharer. Ever seen that filmed speech he gave detailing the first time he nailed his wife? Ick. more »
    MyNameIsChris: Re: Avatar Is twittering reviews on films you didn't see the new blogging reviews about films you haven't seen? more »
    econdave: "Gilfriend"? She's a fish? more »
    AndPreciousLittleofThat: "Nominally married?" Is that like a barely civil union? more »
    ArleenCabango: had this merely been a message about her son dying, it wouldn't bother me. but there are realms of tweets all the time by this woman. tons of them on ... more »
    fuzzymuffins: martha, how much for the matching set of housekeepers? will they be available in chartreuse and linen? more »
    SidAndFinancy: Thank goodness for that Gateway settlement; I need to sell my own personal information to feed my Phonics jones. more »
    ArdelisDeeson: Wow, is it time to treat women like subhuman shit again? George Carlin must be smiling in his grave. more »
    sparklyharempants: I'm not really familiar with this case other than what's above, but I can relate to this woman on some level. There is an overshare below, so if you ... more »
    Dominant Glee Club: When will Gawker be introducing a "Hide Posts from this Author" feature? more »
    sfBirdie: Whacky Patty (Overstock ceo Patrick Byrne) has been using this info to create a list of "enemies" (via DeepCapture). That is, anyone who has been crit... more »
    raconteur: So you are criticizing a an influential site for throwing parties, having feisty commenters who sometimes go too far, and finding a way to make money?... more »
    joefuntime: NOW Facebook will want an "Unlike" button. more »
    Uncle_Billy_Slumming: How are they making that money exactly? From selling user info to advertisers? It sure ain't from the little ads they have on the site itself. more »
    lobstr: These type-A mothers obsessed with blogging about every damn thing their kids-with-dumb-names do seem to be in overabundance now, I'm surprised this d... more »
  • #printisdead

    Power-Hungry Censor Gutting Forbes?

    Multiple sources tell us Forbes, the troubled, Bono-backed right-wing business magazine, is set to lay of 50 or 60 employees tomorrow. And Carl Lavin, a power-hungry editor, is behind the bloodbath. More »
  • #internalmemos

    Forbes Dotcommies Kick Another Print Guy Out

    The fighting following the merger of Forbes and Forbes.com continues. The latest casualty is print veteran Stewart Pinkerton, who's "retiring," but a tipster says he was "pushed out in a coup after knocking heads with Carl Lavin, his power-mad counterpart from Forbes.com." More »
  • #leaks

    Two promoted at Forbes