Gawker Media has just announced that io9 Editor-in-Chief Annalee Newitz will replace Brian Barrett as Editor-in-Chief of Gizmodo and that Newitz will merge the editorial programs of both io9, Gizmodo, and its Kinja offshoots into a “Future Initiative.”
From the announcement:
Now it’s time to bring them together, and build a habitat for slipstream journalism that combines speculative wonder with skepticism and hard truths.
I’ll be serving as the editor-in-chief of Gizmodo, and Charlie Jane Anders is going to become editor-in-chief of io9. The two sites, along with Sploid and our diagonals, will be collaborators within the greater universe of the Future Initiative.
Interesting stuff! The initiative will focus on more scientific and explanatory research pieces going forward. Check out the full details in the announcement!
This is the first thing I read when I went to iO9.
TRENDING ON KINJA
Clueless Mom Doesn’t Get Why Her Kids Hate Her
The Majora’s Mask 3DS Is Sold Out For Now
[b]PGA Golfer Robert Allenby Allegedly Kidnapped, Beaten In Hawaii
I’m not making this up. And here’s the leading story today:
10 Flaws From The Otherwise Perfect Batman The Animated Series
There was a time when io9 had interesting stuff on there for science fiction fans. Now I have no idea who they are writing for….
You realize that io9 is part of large media blog site right? If I had to guess those three articles are probably from Jezebel a general media blog with a feminist bent, Kotaku a gaming blog, and Deadspin a sports/news blog.
io9 still puts out greats peices on science fiction, actual science (though they need an social science reporter), fantasy, and otherwise general popular culture. Also I think that article is a readers blog that was highlighted.