EX-SPIERS: In a bit of news certain to gladden the heart of anyone with the career plan of parlaying their blog into a real-life journalism career, Gawker writer/editor Elizabeth Spiers has accepted a job as a writer with New York Magazine.
After eight months of running the blog that nearly overnight became a must-read for the Manhattan media elite, it was only a matter of time before the pride of Wetumpka, Alabama jumped to the dead-tree media. Hopefully Elizabeth didn't burn too many bridges in her time skewering celebs/hipsters at Gawker- and I'm also hoping she finds time to keep up the Christopher Hitchens Drinking Club.