Nick Douglas out at Valleywag
Valleywag looks a lot different today. Nick Douglas has departed the site, and Gawker Media overlord Nick Denton will be the fill-in until they find a replacement.
Nick Douglas, the kid we plucked from college to launch Valleywag, will be a great journalist. And we will look stupid for letting him go. But, to helm the site, we’re now looking for someone with, ideally, some background in reporting. An old-media career, useful in the sparkling new world of blogs. Who would have thought?
Nick Douglas has been a lot of fun to read. I’m looking forward to seeing where he turns up; Dave Winer said it will be as a video star somewhere.
Meanwhile, Denton seems to suggest that the personal attention paid to Silicon Valley’s notables may have been a little too personal.
I suspect we’re going to tone down the personal coverage of civilians, because they haven’t done anything to seek out attention, and their personal lives aren’t that interesting.
Anyone care to bet that Nick Douglas’ stories about Eric Schmidt’s marriage had something to do with this move?
posted by David Utter
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