Original Article on The New York Times

On Monday, Gawker Media announced that it was buying CityFile, a relatively small Manhattan site known for its database of bios of A-listers. But the plot thickened a bit when it was revealed that Gabriel Snyder, the editor of Gawker, would be replaced by Remy Stern, the editor and publisher of CityFile.Its a bit hard to fathom, because in the two years Mr. Snyder was at Gawker, he helped double the traffic, ramped up an effort at original reporting and was generally well thought of by the people who worked for him. Even for Gawkers owner, Nick Denton, who has a reputation for inscrutability, it was an odd move just the kind of mystery the site might be good at deconstructing if the story wasnt about it. Others have poked around, including...(read more)