Jezebel got a great profile in today’s NYT, on the heels of last week’s skirmish about whether or not the Daily Show was a welcoming and equal-opportunity environment for women. Dubbed “A Web Site That’s Not Afraid to Pick a Fight,” the article gives the 411 on Jezebel, the Daily Show dustup, the site’s history [...]

Who’s right? Who’s wrong? Who’s a clawing, cat-fighting bitch? No one. They’re both right: The women of the Daily Show have an awesome job, at an awesome place, and do awesome work. But the male/female ratio on late-night comedy shows is not awesome. Which Jezebel was 100% right to examine.

We’ve noted a few times in passing on this blog that it sometimes feels like the Gawker websites are determining how media will look online going forward. But today it looks like Gawker is taking one step closer to the mainstream, or at least how the mainstream used to look. Gawker head Nick Denton explains.

Has Twitter become the great media divider, separating the wheat from the chaff? It’s beginning to seem that way. There are those journos who adapt to the 140 characters restriction and then it to expand their relevance to parts unknown, and there are those who don’t. The first is a group we are well-acquainted with (sometimes a little too well!) and their coverage tends to find its way into our posts time and time again simply because it is so timely and accessible. The other group? Hmm.