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A Note To Our Readers

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Thanks for all of your comments, including the really colorful and nasty ones. By now it’s clear that we’ve made some changes to Idolator. MORE »


This Adorable Puppy Would Like You To Chew On Our Reader Survey

Yes, that’s right: It’s reader survey time, where we ask you questions about your likes, dislikes, and hobbies. If you could be so kind as to fill one out, so we can get a clearer picture of just who out there is reading, I’d be much obliged, and so would Madison up top. MORE »

Yeah, there's some missing options here, like "I haven't seen my favourite band in the past year", "I download music without paying for it", and "I don't buy CDs but I spent a lot of money on vinyl, both new and used". Especially that last one. Vinyl's making a big comeback; haven't you heard? It was in f-king Newsweek, man!

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Anniversaries

2311330269_0b24a3a132_m.jpgI’m not much for ceremony, but I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that today was my one-year anniversary of editing Idolator, and I’d be further remiss if I didn’t take a second to thank all of you reading out there for coming by, reading, commenting, tipping, and generally keeping me on my toes. Click the photo for a YouTube clip of the song that has defined most of my editorship, for better or for worse. MORE »

    Excellent work, Maura! Happy Anniversary.

    And no, I don't blame you for the Atlanta Braves' woes of the past year...

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Letter From The Editor

cash-register5.jpgHi everyone! If you Google Blog Search the term “idolator” as often as I do, you’ve probably heard that Gawker Media has sold the site you’re currently reading to the social-networking site/Pete Wentz blog host Buzznet, and that I’ll remain in the driver’s seat through the change in ownership. There’s not much else to say about it right now, really–but in the interest of jacking up pageviews, I’ve posted Nick Denton’s memo announcing the changes after the jump. (Rereading it now reminds me that we need an update to the long-out-of-date-anyway conflict of interest laundry list pretty soon. But you guys will keep me in check about that sort of stuff, right?) MORE »

oh, is that what they're calling it these days, "change of ownership?" LOL! sure, sure...

oh, and look who's such a music man...just because his last name is the same as a famous guitar. rumour has it...he changed it!

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New Commenting Features Allow You To Feel Like Somebody’s Watching You At All Times


Sure, Jess and I may try to direct conversational traffic on Idolator, but we would probably be pretty bored without the contributions of our commenters, who tip us, fact-check us, enrage us, and make us laugh (even intentionally!). Today, all of Gawker Media’s blogs are rolling out some new commenter-related features that will bring all of us closer together. Details on how to follow your favorite Idolator readers’ contributions to the fray after the jump. MORE »

I've noticed that on the Idolator viewer statistics, that it is one of the lowest performing blogs on Gawker Media's table.

Does this mean that, per person, our viewing and time spent clicking stuff on the site is more important, (as compared to kotaku or lifehacker)? Are our comments read by the editors more often?

Can we suggest things, or tell you guys when you do stuff we think sucks?

Basically, I'll help Idolator viewcounts/advertisement clicking... if you guys entertain/educate me. Pretty reasonable, no?

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Ready The Snark: Two Drunks Mumble Incoherently

What happens when two borderline alcoholics get a video camera shoved in their faces and a plucky documentarian starts grilling them about which bands get a thumbs-up and which get a thumbs-down? They act like morons. MORE »

Jo Jo the Dog Face Boy and the Tall Lady from the Freak Show are happy that you did this!

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