We receive a lot of press releases. Most are useless, but one popped up overnight from Lauren Jones, an Aussie girl who works for gossip site Perez Hilton, which we thought deserved wider attention. But not exactly for the right reasons…
Perez Hilton
Perez turns positive
Bitchy celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton vows to drop his standard insulting attacks — like dubbing actress Kirsten Dunst, Kirsten Drunkst — after the spate of gay bullying resulting in suicides recently.
Blog bullies: Gawker picks fights with the big boys
Blogging can be big business and Gawker Media is now such a powerful media organisation that it’s not afraid to publicly slaughter companies like American Apparel and Apple.
Forbes‘ Web Celeb 25 list
Forbes names its annual list of the 25 biggest names in net nerd-dom. Nate Silver Steve Rubel. Perez Hilton predictably heads the pack for the third year running, but there are a few more controversial choices, too.
Perez Hilton to launch a “kinder” new site
Bitchy gossip bloggeratti Perez Hilton is planning to launch a new website with a kinder, gentler tone to appeal more to advertisers.
The psychology of Perez Hilton
Getting inside the head of Internet gossip-hound Perez Hilton.
Universities get down with web 2.0, LOL, DYKWIM etc
It’s not that putative human Julie Bishop doesn’t, necessarily, have a slinky toy where most of a brain should be properly positioned. And it’s not that I’d care for her contributions in a discussion about anything more intricate than mince. However, on one substantial issue, we concur: the kids are getting thick.
