The Consumerist Goes Legit!
December 31st, 2008 by Kirk Skodis under Newsworthy
The Consumerist Reports?
Today it was announced that Consumers Union, the non-profit publisher of Consumer Reports, has purchased our favorite crime-fighting blog, The Consumerist. What does this mean? No more biting and snarky attacks on evil-doer-corps? Will the scrappy bloggers have to trade their knit caps and flip flops for blue blazers and Dockers? They are claiming no, but they always play nice during the honeymoon. Let’s hope the legions of commenters keep them honest!
Also in the NYT article is how Nick Denton is selling off Gawker blogs like they’re going out of style. Are they? Is the ad-supported mega-blog on life support? Some think so.