What a shock this morning when we clicked on CityFile, one of our favorites, to find out it was devoured by Gawker.
A blog post by Gawker's EIC, Gabriel Snyder, offered the news of CityFile and his firing--it sounded like he was even surprised-- as a result of the buy out:
But the history of Gawker Media careers shows that they tend to burn bright and fast. So it shouldn't have come as a much of a surprise when our mercurial owner told me he's hatched other plans for Gawker. He offered me a new, temporary position as an assistant managing editor of Gawker Media as a holding job, which I have declined. I can't see how I'd be in a position to succeed at the role going into it with one foot literally out the door. I'll be editing the site until Friday. After that, please stay in touch (gs@gabrielsnyder.com). And needless to say, as of now I am on the market and will be beating the media bushes for my next opportunity.
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