that is to say...

consider this for a second. All of Gawker was originally one editor, one site. Slowly as the brands grew, they took on more and more: this is evidenced through Gizmodo and Kotaku, later by fleshing out io9 and Jezebel with complete editorial staffs and months of beta.

But the Radosh thing: while not explicit, this had to have happened somewhere down the line in 2004 or early ‘05 when Gawker was gaining steam.

Which kind of makes me wonder, who else had these magical “way…to crosspost on Gawker" ? And more fun: would that mean he originally intended to have a Huffington Post format before doing the whole bloggers reporters writers masthead?

And more importantly: who the fuck cares.

Of course, it’s entirely speculation based on diet Dr. Pepper, whiskey and those delicious cheese/peanut butter crackers that are sold cheaply at Odd Lots. And there’s a good chance pay would’ve been based on the site traffic, as it is now, rather than a set quota.  Or not. Alternative Universe Gawker would still likely be staffed by 3/4ths of  The Black Table anyway.