Maggie Shnayerson
Encyclopedia
Maggie Shnayerson is an American journalist and blogger. She was an editor at Gawker Media's flagship site, Gawker.com
and has written for TIME
magazine, the New York Sun
, and the New York Post
. Before joining Gawker, Shnayerson was the public relations director for the Village Voice and the New York Sun
.
While at Gawker, Shnayerson's coverage of benefit cuts for freelancers working at media giant Viacom
was credited by The Nation
as having "helped instigate one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns of recent years." On February 25, 2008, Shnayerson was fired via email by Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton
for failing to bring in enough page views under the company's new web traffic-based payment system. Several other Gawker editors left the site shortly before Shnayerson's departure, citing the new compensation scheme among their reasons for doing so.
and attended The Brearley School and Holderness School
. She's the daughter of the journalist and editor Robert Shnayerson, a former editor at TIME
and of Harper's magazine. She is also the sister of Vanity Fair
journalist Michael Shnayerson
.
Gawker.com
Gawker is a newsmagazine/blog based in New York City that bills itself as "the source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip" and focuses on celebrities and the media industry....
and has written for TIME
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
magazine, the New York Sun
New York Sun
The New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
, and the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
. Before joining Gawker, Shnayerson was the public relations director for the Village Voice and the New York Sun
New York Sun
The New York Sun was a weekday daily newspaper published in New York City from 2002 to 2008. When it debuted on April 16, 2002, adopting the name, motto, and masthead of an otherwise unrelated earlier New York paper, The Sun , it became the first general-interest broadsheet newspaper to be started...
.
While at Gawker, Shnayerson's coverage of benefit cuts for freelancers working at media giant Viacom
Viacom
Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...
was credited by The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
as having "helped instigate one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns of recent years." On February 25, 2008, Shnayerson was fired via email by Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton
Nick Denton
Nick Denton, born August 24, 1966, is a British journalist and internet entrepreneur, the founder and proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media, and the managing editor of the New York-based Gawker.com...
for failing to bring in enough page views under the company's new web traffic-based payment system. Several other Gawker editors left the site shortly before Shnayerson's departure, citing the new compensation scheme among their reasons for doing so.
Personal
Shnayerson is a graduate of Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
and attended The Brearley School and Holderness School
Holderness School
The Holderness School is a private, coeducational college-preparatory school in Holderness, near Plymouth, New Hampshire in the United States. The student body of 275 is drawn from 22 U.S. states and 14 foreign countries. While Holderness operates primarily as a boarding school, it also enrolls 50...
. She's the daughter of the journalist and editor Robert Shnayerson, a former editor at TIME
Time
Time is a part of the measuring system used to sequence events, to compare the durations of events and the intervals between them, and to quantify rates of change such as the motions of objects....
and of Harper's magazine. She is also the sister of Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (magazine)
Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
journalist Michael Shnayerson
Michael Shnayerson
Michael Beahan Shnayerson is an American journalist and contributing editor for Vanity Fair magazine. He is the author of several books and over 75 Vanity Fair stories since 1986. Two of his pieces for the magazine have been developed into films...
.
External links
- MaggieShnayerson.com
- Nolan, Hamilton. Newsmakers: Shnayerson helps the Voice send a new message. PRWeek March 26, 2007
- Balk, Alex. http://gawker.com/news/the-new-model/web-outfit-to-change-journalism-forever-with-pay+for+traffic-scheme-296616.phpWeb Outfit To "Change Journalism Forever" With Pay-For-Traffic Scheme. Gawker.comGawker.comGawker is a newsmagazine/blog based in New York City that bills itself as "the source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip" and focuses on celebrities and the media industry....
September 5, 2007] - http://www.thenation.com/doc/20071231/kamenetzPermalancers Unite! The NationThe NationThe Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, December 13, 2007] - Dumenco, Simon. http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=125424Blogger Smackdown, Life Pre-MySpace and What's Truly Obscene Advertising AgeAdvertising AgeAdvertising Age is a magazine, delivering news, analysis and data on marketing and media. The magazine was started as a broadsheet newspaper in Chicago in 1930...
, March 3, 2008] - Maggie Shnayerson Out At GawkerThe New York Observer, February 25, 2008
- Ousted Editor: 'Gawker Shouldn't Be a Depository for the Latest Viral Video,' Mediabistro.com. February 25, 2008
- http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/digitalcontent/2008/02/who_should_really_be_sacked_at.htmlWho should really be sacked at Gawker? The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
February 27, 2008] - http://www.gawker.comGawker.comGawker.comGawker is a newsmagazine/blog based in New York City that bills itself as "the source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip" and focuses on celebrities and the media industry....
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