Maggie Shnayerson (born Margot Beahan Shnayerson June 20, 1981 in

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) is an American journalist and blogger. She was an editor at

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's flagship site, Gawker.com and has written for ''

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'', and the ''

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''. Before joining Gawker, Shnayerson was the public relations director for the ''

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'' and the ''

''. While at Gawker, Shnayerson's coverage of benefit cuts for freelancers working at media giant

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was credited by ''

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'' as having "helped instigate one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns of recent years." On February 25, 2008, Shnayerson was fired via email by Gawker Media publisher

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for failing to bring in enough page views under the company's new web traffic-based payment system. Several other Gawker editors left the site shortly before Shnayerson's departure, citing the new compensation scheme among their reasons for doing so.

Personal life

Shnayerson is a graduate of

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and attended the

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and

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. She's the daughter of the journalist and editor Robert Shnayerson, a former editor at ''

'' and of ''

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/ref> magazine. She is also the sister of '' Vanity Fair'' journalist

Michael Shnayerson Michael Beahan Shnayerson (born December 2, 1954) is an American journalist and contributing editor for '' Vanity Fair'' magazine. He is the author of several books and over 75 ''Vanity Fair'' stories since 1986. Two of his pieces for the magazine ...

References

External links

MaggieShnayerson.com
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Newsmakers: Shnayerson helps the ''Voice'' send a new message
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'' March 26, 2007 *Balk, Alex
Web Outfit To "Change Journalism Forever" With Pay-For-Traffic Scheme
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Permalancers Unite!
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,'' December 13, 2007 *Dumenco, Simon
Blogger Smackdown, Life Pre-MySpace and What's Truly Obscene
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,'' March 3, 2008
Maggie Shnayerson Out At Gawker
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,'' February 25, 2008
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. February 25, 2008
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'' February 27, 2008
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