We'd be remiss if we didn't give a brief but sincere congratulatory note to Gawker founding editor Elizabeth Spiers, who has escaped the charnel house that is New York magazine to assume the role of MediaBistro's new Editor In Chief in November. (The position was vacated by Jesse Oxfeld, who recently fled into the arms of Editor and Publisher.) Why does Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby want someone so editorially-savvy to handle a party-supported site? Our prediction: Elizabeth is going to get bored picking through cocktail polaroids and will strangle Laurel by Christmas.
Mediabistro.com Hires Elizabeth Spiers As New Editor-In-Chief [Mediabistro]