http://valleywag.gawker.comSorry to disrupt.enhttp://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/txn5RMW916Y/r-i-p-valleywag-2006-2015-1750419908<p class="first-text">Here lies Valleywag, a Silicon Valley gossip and news site launched in 2006 by Gawker Media and decommissioned in 2015. Its editors and writers over the years included Nick Douglas, Nick Denton, Owen Thomas, Ryan Tate, Nitasha Tiku, and Sam Biddle. The site’s archives are maintained here, but no new posts will be published at this page. You can find incisive news and commentary on the personalities and institutions that govern the technology world at <a href="http://gizmodo.com" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Gizmodo</a>.</p><p><a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/r-i-p-valleywag-2006-2015-1750419908">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=txn5RMW916Y:Cw2jrXEPHPk:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=txn5RMW916Y:Cw2jrXEPHPk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=txn5RMW916Y:Cw2jrXEPHPk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=txn5RMW916Y:Cw2jrXEPHPk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/txn5RMW916Y" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:55:00 GMT1750419908http://valleywag.gawker.com/r-i-p-valleywag-2006-2015-1750419908http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/6lJ_2-Cvve4/twitter-is-so-hopelessly-white-its-only-black-engineeri-1740617917<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--OW3AN9FR--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1504554546004673064.png" /><p class="first-text">Leslie Miley was “the only African-American in [engineering] leadership” at Twitter, a company that employs thousands, and owes much of its success to adoption by non-white users. Then he quit,<a href="https://medium.com/@shaft/thought-on-diversity-part-2-why-diversity-is-difficult-3dfd552fa1f7" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> as he explains in a new blog post</a>, because the company is absolutely brain-dead on race.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/twitter-is-so-hopelessly-white-its-only-black-engineeri-1740617917">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=6lJ_2-Cvve4:JzMT_R2fQsM:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=6lJ_2-Cvve4:JzMT_R2fQsM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=6lJ_2-Cvve4:JzMT_R2fQsM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=6lJ_2-Cvve4:JzMT_R2fQsM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/6lJ_2-Cvve4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>racediversityleslie mileytwittersilicon valleyWed, 4 Nov 2015 21:40:00 GMT1740617917http://gawker.com/twitter-is-so-hopelessly-white-its-only-black-engineeri-1740617917http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/KvVYNoMWvR0/the-extremely-shitty-way-one-man-learned-hed-been-fired-1736246456<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--ZBXdR2dq--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1472283812085625515.png" /><p class="first-text"><a href="http://gawker.com/twitter-ceo-offers-employees-a-bold-peek-into-their-job-1736236381#_ga=1.104805120.1652696571.1429540144">This morning, Twitter co-founder and CEO Jack Dorsey announced he’s laying off 336 employees</a>, but would do so “with the utmost respect for each and every person.” Also this morning, Twitter engineer Bart Teeuwisse woke up, checked his phone, and learned that he’d been laid off through iOS notifications.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/the-extremely-shitty-way-one-man-learned-hed-been-fired-1736246456">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=KvVYNoMWvR0:0TVp3YAcP2s:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=KvVYNoMWvR0:0TVp3YAcP2s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=KvVYNoMWvR0:0TVp3YAcP2s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=KvVYNoMWvR0:0TVp3YAcP2s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/KvVYNoMWvR0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>twitterjack dorseylayoffsTue, 13 Oct 2015 15:20:00 GMT1736246456http://gawker.com/the-extremely-shitty-way-one-man-learned-hed-been-fired-1736246456http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/O-sUPIBK9K0/twitter-ceo-offers-employees-a-bold-peek-into-their-job-1736236381<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--PDRg0Dfn--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1472257630963599280.jpg" /><p class="first-text">Twitter plans to lay off eight percent of its workforce, the <a href="http://gawker.com/silicon-valley-trend-watch-growing-a-beard-to-mask-pur-1729378729">bearded Machiavellian</a> <inset id="1729378729" /> at its helm <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/jack-dorseys-layoff-letter-to-twitters-staff-2015-10?r=UK&amp;IR=T" rel="noopener" target="_blank">announced in a memo to the company today</a>. Those 336 workers who will be going home without their jobs can at least take comfort in the fact that when Jack Dorsey cut them loose, Jack didn’t beat around the bush. Jack gave it to them straight, baby.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/twitter-ceo-offers-employees-a-bold-peek-into-their-job-1736236381">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=O-sUPIBK9K0:stw4qRqMnP8:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=O-sUPIBK9K0:stw4qRqMnP8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=O-sUPIBK9K0:stw4qRqMnP8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=O-sUPIBK9K0:stw4qRqMnP8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/O-sUPIBK9K0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>poetrytwitterjack dorseyTue, 13 Oct 2015 14:41:00 GMT1736236381http://gawker.com/twitter-ceo-offers-employees-a-bold-peek-into-their-job-1736236381http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/olE_sb43AQs/white-people-control-all-the-power-in-silicon-valley-1735006694<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Hfe20xKZ--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1462360345565764389.jpg" /><p class="first-text"><a href="https://www.theinformation.com/introducing-the-informations-future-list" rel="noopener" target="_blank">A new report finds that Silicon Valley’s power structure</a>, the conduits that determine which technologies will shape the fabric of society, is comprised of a representative mix of the people who use them. Ha ha, of course not, ha ha.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/white-people-control-all-the-power-in-silicon-valley-1735006694">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=olE_sb43AQs:ixyN6cuHnAs:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=olE_sb43AQs:ixyN6cuHnAs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=olE_sb43AQs:ixyN6cuHnAs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=olE_sb43AQs:ixyN6cuHnAs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/olE_sb43AQs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>diversitysilicon valleyventura capitalTue, 6 Oct 2015 19:00:00 GMT1735006694http://gawker.com/white-people-control-all-the-power-in-silicon-valley-1735006694http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/lLByoO4KP3c/a-strike-may-park-san-franciscos-tech-buses-1734571754<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Aehbq3UY--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1459375185189331748.png" /><p class="first-text">San Francisco’s tech workers may be looking for a new ride to work if their shuttle bus drivers go on strike over contract negotiations. At a meeting yesterday in San Leandro, leaders of the Teamsters Local 853 advised members to be prepared for a strike if there’s no progress on the contract proposal that the union approved and sent to Compass Transportation back in August. The proposal would increase pay and improve benefits for drivers.</p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/a-strike-may-park-san-franciscos-tech-buses-1734571754">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=lLByoO4KP3c:lz1Mw6Rmnjk:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=lLByoO4KP3c:lz1Mw6Rmnjk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=lLByoO4KP3c:lz1Mw6Rmnjk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=lLByoO4KP3c:lz1Mw6Rmnjk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/lLByoO4KP3c" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>tech buseswar on tech busessan franciscoappletransportationurbanismcitiespaypalebaygenentechevernoteyahooSun, 4 Oct 2015 18:00:00 GMT1734571754http://gizmodo.com/a-strike-may-park-san-franciscos-tech-buses-1734571754http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/6gh7Fak3zhk/why-apple-decided-to-block-ads-on-the-same-day-it-start-1731252095<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--QwdsTdk4--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1436514781900352034.jpg" /><p class="first-text">Well that’s quite a coincidence. The very same day Apple turned its News app into a mandatory blob on your home screen, it also rolled out ad blocking capabilities in iOS 9. </p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/why-apple-decided-to-block-ads-on-the-same-day-it-start-1731252095">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=6gh7Fak3zhk:f27K5E0QWwM:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=6gh7Fak3zhk:f27K5E0QWwM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=6gh7Fak3zhk:f27K5E0QWwM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=6gh7Fak3zhk:f27K5E0QWwM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/6gh7Fak3zhk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>ios9applebadvertisingadvertisingappsad blockersnews appeditors picksThu, 17 Sep 2015 18:50:00 GMT1731252095http://gizmodo.com/why-apple-decided-to-block-ads-on-the-same-day-it-start-1731252095http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/uoqz6yODLAA/silicon-valley-banded-together-to-protect-abusive-ceo-b-1729817856<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--vzMN_lx---/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1424604903401531825.jpg" /><p class="first-text">In April of 2014, Gurbaksh Chahal was fired as the CEO of the tech company RadiumOne, amid fallout from a domestic violence case. Chahal had managed to escape felony charges <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/tech-ceo-dodges-felony-charge-despite-horrifying-abuse-1566515135#_ga=1.227545885.1494277917.1433959547" rel="noopener" target="_blank">despite being caught on camera striking his girlfriend over 100 times</a>, according to prosecutors. But before Chahal was axed, <a href="http://www.wsj.com/article_email/radiumone-worked-to-save-ipo-amid-scandal-1441837667-lMyQjAxMTE1NjAxOTMwMzk2Wj" rel="noopener" target="_blank">a new <em>Wall Street Journal </em>report shows</a>, power players in Silicon Valley were working overtime to protect him and his company’s upcoming IPO.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/silicon-valley-banded-together-to-protect-abusive-ceo-b-1729817856">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=uoqz6yODLAA:fZWFiaHdwIM:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=uoqz6yODLAA:fZWFiaHdwIM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=uoqz6yODLAA:fZWFiaHdwIM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=uoqz6yODLAA:fZWFiaHdwIM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/uoqz6yODLAA" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>silicon valleyradiumonegurbaksh chahalThu, 10 Sep 2015 17:58:00 GMT1729817856http://gawker.com/silicon-valley-banded-together-to-protect-abusive-ceo-b-1729817856http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/4H8R-ftpXPI/silicon-valley-trend-watch-growing-a-beard-to-mask-pur-1729378729<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Y1Q3XVOG--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1422984312753607720.jpg" /><p class="has-media media-medium has-image"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--U86q9iXZ--/1422984312753607720.jpg" width="772" height="477" alt="Silicon Valley Trend Watch: Growing a Beard to Mask Pure Evil" lazyload="true" data-chomp-id="1422984312753607720" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--U86q9iXZ--/1422984312753607720.jpg" data-format="jpg" firstasset="true" /></p> <p class="first-text">In a past age, the American robber baron class would combat bad publicity by building a library or calling in the Pinkertons. Today, Silicon Valley’s captains of industry convince people they’re not a horror-show money vampires simply by growing cool beards.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/silicon-valley-trend-watch-growing-a-beard-to-mask-pur-1729378729">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=4H8R-ftpXPI:p7fmhinzcVo:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=4H8R-ftpXPI:p7fmhinzcVo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=4H8R-ftpXPI:p7fmhinzcVo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=4H8R-ftpXPI:p7fmhinzcVo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/4H8R-ftpXPI" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>beardstravis kalanickjack dorseysteve jobsmarc andreessenTue, 8 Sep 2015 19:27:00 GMT1729378729http://gawker.com/silicon-valley-trend-watch-growing-a-beard-to-mask-pur-1729378729http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/8J9FcBoe_E8/burning-man-riddled-with-brutal-pest-infestation-1725105798<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--I3xzIucy--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1392946000938244423.jpg" /><p class="first-text">Burning Man, favorite summertime gathering place for Silicon Valley’s VC-funded shirtless <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/rich-pricks-ruined-burning-man-again-1624964168" rel="noopener" target="_blank">mollybros</a> <inset id="1624964168" />, is combating a large-scale pest infestation at Blackrock City, Nevada. Crawling over every surface of the pop-up desert city—biting, sowing mayhem and discontent—this scourge of pestilence has proven damn near impossible to banish from the once-peaceful windswept playa. </p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/burning-man-riddled-with-brutal-pest-infestation-1725105798">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=8J9FcBoe_E8:-4QnbCP8x_I:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=8J9FcBoe_E8:-4QnbCP8x_I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=8J9FcBoe_E8:-4QnbCP8x_I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=8J9FcBoe_E8:-4QnbCP8x_I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/8J9FcBoe_E8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>bugsburning mansilicon valleyWed, 19 Aug 2015 17:39:09 GMT1725105798http://gizmodo.com/burning-man-riddled-with-brutal-pest-infestation-1725105798http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/s4pXQnRDRuo/snapchat-lost-a-ton-of-money-last-year-1706957414<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Jer3arak--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1392562351486777744.gif" /><p class="first-text">In 2013, teenage attention-pit Snapchat turned down a $3 <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/confirmed-snapchat-turned-down-more-than-3-billion-la-1671970191" rel="noopener" target="_blank">billion</a> <inset id="1671970191" /> buyout offer from Facebook, which is only <em>not</em> an insane and arrogant decision if you’re going to reap so much profit that you’re eventually worth more than that. Internal financial documents obtained by Gawker show Snapchat was very far from profitable last year.<a x-inset="hidden" href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/confirmed-snapchat-turned-down-more-than-3-billion-la-1671970191" rel="noopener" target="_blank">http://valleywag.gawker.com/confirmed-snap…</a> <inset id="1671970191" /></p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/snapchat-lost-a-ton-of-money-last-year-1706957414">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=s4pXQnRDRuo:aCZws1qmJ1g:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=s4pXQnRDRuo:aCZws1qmJ1g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=s4pXQnRDRuo:aCZws1qmJ1g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=s4pXQnRDRuo:aCZws1qmJ1g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/s4pXQnRDRuo" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>snapchatleaksmoneyWed, 19 Aug 2015 14:30:00 GMT1706957414http://gawker.com/snapchat-lost-a-ton-of-money-last-year-1706957414http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/uGTbRocngwg/here-are-the-internal-documents-that-prove-uber-is-a-mo-1704234157<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--SYXSJQ85--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1372623315289447272.png" /><p class="first-text">Uber, Silicon Valley’s prized <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-jobs-1583417394#_ga=1.173005091.1652696571.1429540144" rel="noopener" target="_blank">amoral</a> <a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/let-no-man-leave-this-earth-without-wildly-speculating-1605536508#_ga=1.173005091.1652696571.1429540144" rel="noopener" target="_blank">unicorn</a>, is presumed to be a financial titan and a sure-thing IPO in the near future. Which may be true. But one thing that’s frequently missing from the conversation about its inevitable dominance over virtually every facet of our lives is the answer to a fundamental question: Does it make money? According to internal financial documents obtained by Gawker, the answer is a resounding no. Uber has lost tens of millions of dollars since 2012, and the documents suggest that CEO Travis Kalanick’s boasts about the company’s exponential revenue growth may be overblown.<a x-inset="hidden" href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/let-no-man-leave-this-earth-without-wildly-speculating-1605536508#_ga=1.173005091.1652696571.1429540144" rel="noopener" target="_blank">http://valleywag.gawker.com/let-no-man-lea…</a><a x-inset="hidden" href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-doesnt-give-a-damn-about-jobs-1583417394#_ga=1.173005091.1652696571.1429540144" rel="noopener" target="_blank">http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-doesnt-gi…</a></p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/here-are-the-internal-documents-that-prove-uber-is-a-mo-1704234157">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=uGTbRocngwg:nscBsqDoEuY:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=uGTbRocngwg:nscBsqDoEuY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=uGTbRocngwg:nscBsqDoEuY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=uGTbRocngwg:nscBsqDoEuY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/uGTbRocngwg" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>ubermoneytravis kalanickrevenuefinancialsWed, 5 Aug 2015 17:07:00 GMT1704234157http://gawker.com/here-are-the-internal-documents-that-prove-uber-is-a-mo-1704234157http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/fmQ5ggPgoI4/heres-what-a-party-for-elite-white-iphone-daters-looks-1721771809<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--zlw3kJfE--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1391282939977689122.jpg" /><p class="has-media media-medium has-image"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xwjE0BRb--/1391282939977689122.jpg" width="645" height="384" alt="Here's What a Party for Elite White iPhone Daters Looks Like" lazyload="true" data-chomp-id="1391282939977689122" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--xwjE0BRb--/1391282939977689122.jpg" data-format="jpg" firstasset="true" /></p> <p class="first-text">Have you heard of “The League”? It’s like Tinder, but for white people people who fancy themselves “elite” and aspire to white collar crime. Business Insider, a website run by <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/11/18/kicked-out-of-finance-and-into-journalism/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">an actual disgraced banker</a>, recently attended a party thrown by <a href="http://www.theleague.com/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">The League</a>.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/heres-what-a-party-for-elite-white-iphone-daters-looks-1721771809">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=fmQ5ggPgoI4:2y6pLbkb7xM:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=fmQ5ggPgoI4:2y6pLbkb7xM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=fmQ5ggPgoI4:2y6pLbkb7xM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=fmQ5ggPgoI4:2y6pLbkb7xM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/fmQ5ggPgoI4" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>white peoplethe leaguebusiness insidermontaukMon, 3 Aug 2015 17:10:00 GMT1721771809http://gawker.com/heres-what-a-party-for-elite-white-iphone-daters-looks-1721771809http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/ssQz3LnoNK0/no-one-wants-to-admit-it-but-reddit-cant-be-saved-1717577917<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--jyenhhQd--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1341054669361611877.png" /><p class="first-text">It’s looking more and more like Ellen Pao was, in some sense, set up to fail by her male board of directors. Her predecessor Yishan Wong says it. A top Reddit engineer said it <a href="http://gawker.com/top-reddit-engineer-quits-saying-ousted-ceo-ellen-pao-w-1717690102">right after quitting</a> <inset id="1717690102" />. It might sound conspiratorial if it weren’t about this particular site.<a x-inset="hidden" href="http://gawker.com/top-reddit-engineer-quits-saying-ousted-ceo-ellen-pao-w-1717690102">http://gawker.com/top-reddit-eng…</a> <inset id="1717690102" /></p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/no-one-wants-to-admit-it-but-reddit-cant-be-saved-1717577917">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=ssQz3LnoNK0:YEgdr1KqCX0:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=ssQz3LnoNK0:YEgdr1KqCX0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=ssQz3LnoNK0:YEgdr1KqCX0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=ssQz3LnoNK0:YEgdr1KqCX0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/ssQz3LnoNK0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>redditellen paovictoria tayloralexis ohaniansteve huffmaninternetgamergateyishan wongTue, 14 Jul 2015 20:18:00 GMT1717577917http://gawker.com/no-one-wants-to-admit-it-but-reddit-cant-be-saved-1717577917http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/PpOdo_tDWcE/was-ellen-pao-set-up-former-reddit-ceo-unleashes-on-fo-1717513252<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--2xWWPbGr--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1339080960567658822.jpg" /><p class="has-media media-medium has-image"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--m76kWcph--/1339080960567658822.jpg" width="700" height="447" alt="Was Ellen Pao Set Up? Former Reddit CEO Unleashes on Founders" lazyload="true" data-chomp-id="1339080960567658822" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--m76kWcph--/1339080960567658822.jpg" data-format="jpg" firstasset="true" /></p> <p class="first-text">The story so far: Reddit already despised recently ousted CEO Ellen Pao, and the firing of community liaison Victoria Taylor was the final screwup that did her in. But what if the whole time, she was taking the heat for someone else’s mistake?<a x-inset="hidden" href="http://gawker.com/did-reddits-former-ceo-just-reveal-a-long-con-plan-to-1717334704">http://gawker.com/did-reddits-fo…</a> <inset id="1717334704" /></p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/was-ellen-pao-set-up-former-reddit-ceo-unleashes-on-fo-1717513252">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=PpOdo_tDWcE:lO-kl9AgKsg:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=PpOdo_tDWcE:lO-kl9AgKsg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=PpOdo_tDWcE:lO-kl9AgKsg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=PpOdo_tDWcE:lO-kl9AgKsg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/PpOdo_tDWcE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>redditellen paoalexis ohanianyishan wongvictoria taylorMon, 13 Jul 2015 17:57:00 GMT1717513252http://gawker.com/was-ellen-pao-set-up-former-reddit-ceo-unleashes-on-fo-1717513252http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/W8OGJR76oJ8/did-reddits-former-ceo-just-reveal-a-long-con-plan-to-1717334704<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--oc5zPbqY--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1337604709236061218.png" /><p class="has-media media-medium has-image"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--uOn8z-2G--/1337604709236061218.png" width="636" height="358" alt="Did Reddit's Former CEO Just Reveal a &quot;Long Con&quot; to Sabotage the Site?" lazyload="true" data-chomp-id="1337604709236061218" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--uOn8z-2G--/1337604709236061218.png" data-format="png" firstasset="true" /></p> <p class="first-text">After Reddit’s surrender to white supremacy this week, users and observers alike have been trying to figure out how exactly we got to this nadir. How could something so popular get so much wrong, over and over again? A new post by Reddit’s ex-chief suggests it’s all been an inside job.<a x-inset="hidden" href="http://gawker.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-reddits-ellen-pao-timeline-of-a-t-1717201369">http://gawker.com/the-rise-and-f…</a> <inset id="1717201369" /></p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/did-reddits-former-ceo-just-reveal-a-long-con-plan-to-1717334704">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=W8OGJR76oJ8:qTfAvTj6zkY:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=W8OGJR76oJ8:qTfAvTj6zkY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=W8OGJR76oJ8:qTfAvTj6zkY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=W8OGJR76oJ8:qTfAvTj6zkY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/W8OGJR76oJ8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>reddityishan wongellen paoalexis ohanianconde nastSun, 12 Jul 2015 17:25:00 GMT1717334704http://gawker.com/did-reddits-former-ceo-just-reveal-a-long-con-plan-to-1717334704http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/sGPvPov9OBE/ellen-pao-officially-replaced-as-reddit-ceo-updating-1717116420<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--4R9ExZPO--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1335176125852475312.jpg" /><p class="first-text">After spending the last few months <a href="http://gawker.com/reddit-in-chaos-after-allegedly-firing-ama-coordinator-1715556970">turning Reddit into a virtual guillotine</a> <inset id="1715556970" /> for its widely despised CEO Ellen Pao, it looks like redditors are finally getting their wish. <a href="http://recode.net/2015/07/10/pao-out-as-reddit-ceo-co-founder-huffman-takes-over/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ellen Pao is officially stepping down</a> as CEO, and Steve Huffman, co-founder and original CEO, is taking her place. </p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/ellen-pao-officially-replaced-as-reddit-ceo-updating-1717116420">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=sGPvPov9OBE:M8ZEE56mbOA:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=sGPvPov9OBE:M8ZEE56mbOA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=sGPvPov9OBE:M8ZEE56mbOA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=sGPvPov9OBE:M8ZEE56mbOA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/sGPvPov9OBE" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>redditellen paoFri, 10 Jul 2015 21:26:14 GMT1717116420http://gawker.com/ellen-pao-officially-replaced-as-reddit-ceo-updating-1717116420http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/zIJ3_Ja1nHY/fired-reddit-administrator-victoria-taylor-finally-brea-1716642755<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Y2tH6RKM--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1332345945646143407.png" /><p class="first-text"><a href="http://gawker.com/reddit-in-chaos-after-allegedly-firing-ama-coordinator-1715556970">After Reddit effectively consumed itself this weekend</a> <inset id="1715556970" /> over the firing of beloved AMA coordinator Victoria Taylor, redditors have been clawing at themselves for a chance to hear Taylor’s side of things. And now, at long last, the ex-employee has made her first public statement since the real chaos began. <a x-inset="hidden" href="http://gawker.com/reddit-in-chaos-after-allegedly-firing-ama-coordinator-1715556970">http://gawker.com/reddit-in-chao…</a> <inset id="1715556970" /></p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/fired-reddit-administrator-victoria-taylor-finally-brea-1716642755">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=zIJ3_Ja1nHY:OsYw3crcjWs:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=zIJ3_Ja1nHY:OsYw3crcjWs:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=zIJ3_Ja1nHY:OsYw3crcjWs:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=zIJ3_Ja1nHY:OsYw3crcjWs:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/zIJ3_Ja1nHY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>redditvictoria tayloramareddit revoltWed, 8 Jul 2015 23:14:46 GMT1716642755http://gawker.com/fired-reddit-administrator-victoria-taylor-finally-brea-1716642755http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/-sJ2OvlVBEk/reddit-in-chaos-after-allegedly-firing-ama-coordinator-1715556970<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--Rh9ofEFc--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1326107685100995944.png" /><p class="first-text">If you tried to visit<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/iama" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> r/IAmA</a> (one of Reddit’s biggest subs) recently, you were probably greeted by the image above. And if you’ve been absolutely anywhere else on the site at all in the past few hours, you probably noticed that everyone is flipping their collective shit over speculation that Victoria Taylor, the high-profile coordinator that kept IAmA afloat, was suddenly and mysteriously fired. Also, something about Jesse Jackson.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/reddit-in-chaos-after-allegedly-firing-ama-coordinator-1715556970">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=-sJ2OvlVBEk:zPUXiipKEJw:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=-sJ2OvlVBEk:zPUXiipKEJw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=-sJ2OvlVBEk:zPUXiipKEJw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=-sJ2OvlVBEk:zPUXiipKEJw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/-sJ2OvlVBEk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>redditamavictoria taylorFri, 3 Jul 2015 01:55:00 GMT1715556970http://gawker.com/reddit-in-chaos-after-allegedly-firing-ama-coordinator-1715556970http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/hzth-LN8oW0/31-flavors-of-bullshit-your-horror-stories-of-working-1714986653<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--e0QvUAmR--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1321448334544030892.png" /><p class="has-media media-medium has-image"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--KewDWmR0--/1321448334544030892.png" width="691" height="347" alt="31 Flavors of Bullshit: Your Horror Stories of Working At a Startup" lazyload="true" data-chomp-id="1321448334544030892" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--KewDWmR0--/1321448334544030892.png" data-format="png" firstasset="true" /></p> <p class="first-text">We asked for your nightmare tales of startup employment. Did you ever deliver—sending narratives of woe, scams, drugs, psychotic managers, drinking at your desk and more hookers than a venture capitalist could handle. <br /></p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/31-flavors-of-bullshit-your-horror-stories-of-working-1714986653">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=hzth-LN8oW0:yKvIYgGGdXE:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=hzth-LN8oW0:yKvIYgGGdXE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=hzth-LN8oW0:yKvIYgGGdXE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=hzth-LN8oW0:yKvIYgGGdXE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/hzth-LN8oW0" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>ask gizmodonightmare itstartupssilicon valleyhorror storiesWed, 1 Jul 2015 14:00:00 GMT1714986653http://gizmodo.com/31-flavors-of-bullshit-your-horror-stories-of-working-1714986653http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/DPxpcaUyilk/inspiring-a-full-0-56-of-facebooks-2013-hires-were-bl-1714119576<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--uGKNaU_U--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1314234597754892357.jpg" /><p class="has-media media-medium has-image"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--_N2TZIWL--/1314234597754892357.jpg" width="640" height="400" alt="Inspiring: A Full 0.56% of Facebook's 2013 Hires Were Black" lazyload="true" data-chomp-id="1314234597754892357" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--_N2TZIWL--/1314234597754892357.jpg" data-format="jpg" firstasset="true" /></p> <p class="first-text">Love Facebook or hate Facebook, you’ve got to respect the company’s commitment to inspiring everyone else in America to do worse. </p><p><a href="http://jezebel.com/inspiring-a-full-0-56-of-facebooks-2013-hires-were-bl-1714119576">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=DPxpcaUyilk:N0L24RzRwPU:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=DPxpcaUyilk:N0L24RzRwPU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=DPxpcaUyilk:N0L24RzRwPU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=DPxpcaUyilk:N0L24RzRwPU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/DPxpcaUyilk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>literally so tightso cooldiversityfacebookmark zuckerberghiringrunning in heelsfuck off facebook tbhFri, 26 Jun 2015 14:50:00 GMT1714119576http://jezebel.com/inspiring-a-full-0-56-of-facebooks-2013-hires-were-bl-1714119576http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/HTN95GaY2z8/jay-zs-troubled-tidal-music-service-loses-another-ceo-1713343320<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--UdmIQGSV--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1309967977228587111.jpg" /><p class="first-text">The latest boss of Jay Z’s floundering music streaming service Tidal has already washed out. </p><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/jay-zs-troubled-tidal-music-service-loses-another-ceo-1713343320">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=HTN95GaY2z8:Sg0Pay1gh3Y:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=HTN95GaY2z8:Sg0Pay1gh3Y:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=HTN95GaY2z8:Sg0Pay1gh3Y:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=HTN95GaY2z8:Sg0Pay1gh3Y:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/HTN95GaY2z8" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>99 problemstidaljay zstreaming musicmusicbusinessspotifyTue, 23 Jun 2015 15:25:00 GMT1713343320http://gizmodo.com/jay-zs-troubled-tidal-music-service-loses-another-ceo-1713343320http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/KW7fjf4lLyk/everything-really-hit-rock-bottom-how-nasty-gals-cultu-1711454805<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--KoXcHT61--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1302644854564588646.jpg" /><p class="first-text">“Be a nice person at work,” Sophia Amoruso writes in her 2014 book <em>#GIRLBOSS, </em>a combination memoir and self-help book for hungry millennial feminists looking to get ahead in life and business. “If you are a total terror to work with, no one will want to keep you around. And the worst kind of mean is selective mean—the people who are nice to their boss and superiors, but completely rude to their peers or subordinates. If you are a habitual bitch to the front desk girl, the security guard, or even the Starbucks staff downstairs, the news will eventually make its way up the chain. And the top of the chain ain’t gonna like it.”<br /></p><p><a href="http://jezebel.com/everything-really-hit-rock-bottom-how-nasty-gals-cultu-1711454805">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=KW7fjf4lLyk:6S81v9GV6U0:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=KW7fjf4lLyk:6S81v9GV6U0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=KW7fjf4lLyk:6S81v9GV6U0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=KW7fjf4lLyk:6S81v9GV6U0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/KW7fjf4lLyk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>nasty galsophia amorusosheree watersonkim huntretaillos angelesfashionclothinggirlbosseditors picksWed, 17 Jun 2015 15:30:00 GMT1711454805http://jezebel.com/everything-really-hit-rock-bottom-how-nasty-gals-cultu-1711454805http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/4KmkWrlFydU/all-the-trash-verizon-now-owns-1703974290<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--cRZzphjr--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1249364408232314659.jpg" /><p class="has-media media-medium has-image"><img src="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--aEU5wrI0--/1249364408232314659.jpg" width="636" height="358" alt="All the Trash Verizon Now Owns" lazyload="true" data-chomp-id="1249364408232314659" data-asset-url="http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--aEU5wrI0--/1249364408232314659.jpg" data-format="jpg" firstasset="true" /></p> <p class="first-text">AOL Desktop for PC 9.7 <br /></p><p><a href="http://valleywag.gawker.com/all-the-trash-verizon-now-owns-1703974290">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=4KmkWrlFydU:JTNHD65_a4E:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=4KmkWrlFydU:JTNHD65_a4E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=4KmkWrlFydU:JTNHD65_a4E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=4KmkWrlFydU:JTNHD65_a4E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/4KmkWrlFydU" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>trashverizonaolshingymistakesweb 10somewhere the shards of michael arringtons discarded soul withermoneyTue, 12 May 2015 19:23:00 GMT1703974290http://valleywag.gawker.com/all-the-trash-verizon-now-owns-1703974290http://feeds.kinja.com/~r/valleywag/full/~3/sfxHq-_Zm0Q/a-salute-to-aols-tim-armstrong-a-real-shitty-boss-1703912271<img src="https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--fYRrHPsK--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/1249256000548084879.png" /><p class="first-text">In May 2011, Tim Armstrong spent a day at work <a href="http://gawker.com/5789118/put-your-shoes-back-on-privileged-techies" x-inset="1">barefoot</a> <inset id="5789118" /> to raise awareness about barefoot children, instead of just donating money to barefoot children to buy them shoes. This is the kind of boss Tim Armstrong is: ineffectual, vapid and stupid.</p><p><a href="http://gawker.com/a-salute-to-aols-tim-armstrong-a-real-shitty-boss-1703912271">Read more...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=sfxHq-_Zm0Q:On4O0UuHUxo:H0mrP-F8Qgo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=sfxHq-_Zm0Q:On4O0UuHUxo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.kinja.com/~ff/valleywag/full?a=sfxHq-_Zm0Q:On4O0UuHUxo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/valleywag/full?i=sfxHq-_Zm0Q:On4O0UuHUxo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/valleywag/full/~4/sfxHq-_Zm0Q" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>bad bossestim armstrongaolverizonTue, 12 May 2015 18:05:00 GMT1703912271http://gawker.com/a-salute-to-aols-tim-armstrong-a-real-shitty-boss-1703912271