Maggie Shnayerson (born Margot Beahan Shnayerson June 20, 1981 in New York, NY) is an American journalist and blogger. She was an editor at Gawker Media's flagship site, Gawker.com and has written for TIME magazine, the New York Sun, and the New York Post. Before joining Gawker, Shnayerson was the public relations director for the Village Voice and the New York Sun.
While at Gawker, Shnayerson's coverageGawker, Manhattan Media News and Gossip of benefit cuts for freelancers working at media giant Viacom was credited by The Nation as having "helped instigate one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns of recent years."Permalancers, Unite! On February 25, 2008, Shnayerson was fired via emailMaggie Shnayerson Out at Gawker | The New York Observer by Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton for failing to bring in enough page views under the company's new web traffic-based payment system.Fresh Intelligence : Radar Online : Massive Gawker Turnover Continues Unabated http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=125424 Several other Gawker editors left the site shortly before Shnayerson's departure, citing the new compensation scheme among their reasons for doing so.Gawker and the Rage of the Creative Underclass – New York MagazineTop Editor and Two Colleagues to Leave Media Blog Gawker – New York Times
Personal life Shnayerson is a graduate of Dartmouth College and attended the Brearley School and Holderness School. She's the daughter of the journalist and editor Robert Shnayerson, a former editor at TIME and of Harper's Harper's Magazine, September 1971 magazine. She is also the sister of Vanity Fair journalist Michael Shnayerson.
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External links MaggieShnayerson.com Nolan, Hamilton. Newsmakers: Shnayerson helps the Voice send a new message. PRWeek March 26, 2007 Balk, Alex. Web Outfit To "Change Journalism Forever" With Pay-For-Traffic Scheme. Gawker.com September 5, 2007 Permalancers Unite! The Nation, December 13, 2007 Dumenco, Simon. Blogger Smackdown, Life Pre-MySpace and What's Truly Obscene, Advertising Age, March 3, 2008 Maggie Shnayerson Out At Gawker, The New York Observer, February 25, 2008 Ousted Editor: 'Gawker Shouldn't Be a Depository for the Latest Viral Video,' Mediabistro.com. February 25, 2008 Who should really be sacked at Gawker? The Guardian February 27, 2008 Gawker.com