Leaning on editors about stories about advertisers. Asking sites to quadruple traffic with no new resources. Publicly remarking about ethnic stereotypes. My piece on the first months of G/O Media’s new CEO:https://www.thedailybeast.com/gizmodo-media-staff-enraged-at-new-ceos-insane-direction …
I love a lot of his moves. Downsizes offices, cheaper chairs, lower costs, implementing new software fast. Seems like a good way to get a return on a dying asset. Gawker certainly didn’t do well the old way, so excited for the change.