Sploid

Gawker has a new site called Sploid, co-edited by Ken Layne, that's earned a spot in my news readerSploid is a news site with a tabloid mentality -- top stories up top, played big, as fast as they break.

WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: May 2005 Archives 2005

And, yes, this is not the first time I've predicted doom: in July 2006, when we "battened down the hatches" and closed down Sploid and Screenhead; and in April this year, when we spun off Idolator, Gridskipper and Wonkette.

Denton Shuffles Deck: Hires Snyder as M.E. of Gawker; Moe Tkacik Let Go 2008

The best take, not surprisngly, is on Sploid: “Long-Dead Bogeyman Killed Again”

Think Progress » Zarqawi’s Death Not Likely to Undercut Insurgency in Iraq 2006

And, yes, this is not the first time I've predicted doom: in July 2006, when we "battened down the hatches" and closed down Sploid and Screenhead; and in April this year, when we spun off Idolator, Gridskipper and Wonkette.

Denton Shuffles Deck: Hires Snyder as M.E. of Gawker; Moe Tkacik Let Go 2008

A Sploid exclusive: FEMA is sending relief money to Pat Robertson.

A FEMA scandal « BuzzMachine 2005

See part/whole. so does this mean that the head of Gawker Media plans to free Wonkette, Fleshbot, Sploid, Defamer et al because “consolidation defeats the purpose?”

WeblogsInc: More « BuzzMachine 2005

Vice President Dick Cheney, 9/10/05: “I think we are in fact on our way to getting on top of the whole Katrina exercise” (via Sploid)

Think Progress » Cheney Calls Katrina an “Exercise.” 2005

And some of the hysterical, conspiracy mongering on Sploid – a site I usually enjoy – the last few days is shameful.

A FEMA scandal « BuzzMachine 2005

Yes, Sploid, one of my favorite sites, is no more.

Sploid R.I.P.: let’s not shed a tear « raincoaster 2006

It is a great victory for bullshit peddlers everywhere … if they had any idea Sploid existed.

Sploid R.I.P.: let’s not shed a tear « raincoaster 2006