Before working at Gawker, the Brooklyn resident spent 2 1/2 years at the New York Times. In addition to her time at Gawker under Denton, Finnegan also spent a year at Bustle as editor-in-chief of The Outline before Goldberg pulled the plug on it at the start of the pandemic.
And he has no incentive to fight them.”įinnegan tweeted about her new gig Sunday evening, saying “the rumors are true!,” but Media Ink was unable to reach her further comment. “But Bryan and I have talked about Gawker before and I told him the first thing he’s not gonna like is that the Gawker team will want to unionize. “She’s great and I hope it works,” Spirers tweeted Monday. Some media watchers are already predicting trouble ahead for Bustle owner Bryan Goldberg.Įlizabeth Spiers, the founding editor of Gawker back in 2002/03 when it was a buzzy blog site centered on the New York media world, praised the hiring of Finnegan while also predicting clashes between Goldberg and the staff. Despite her short tenure, she gained a reputation for pushing the envelope at the Web site, already famous for its irreverent posts, and for feuding with Gawker founder Nick Denton.
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