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Slate Hiring To Launch A Jezebel Competitor

Slatebel.jpgAfter online publishing layoffs at Condé Nast, Gawker and Radar, Web-friendly writing talent is cheap right now. Online magazine Slate is taking advantage, hiring up to launch a site for women, says a source.

He says in interviews, Slate tells potential hires it wants to launch a rival to Gawker Media's women-focused site, Jezebel.  According to its tagline, Jezebel covers "celebrity, sex fashion. Without airbrushing."

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Jezebel is smart, funny and, according to its own numbers, very popular. No surprise, then, that Slate's not the only publisher building an imitation. Gawker's original editor Elizabeth Spiers -- who left Nick Denton's empire to found Dead Horse Media -- recently said she wanted to launch a women's site like Jezebel, but for older, less "urban" readers.

What will Slatebel look like?  Our guy says to expect more of Slate's standard 600-word what-everyone-thinks-is-wrong articles and their close cousin what-everyone-thinks-is-right-but-not-for-the-reasons-everyone-thinks -- just in a new vertical.

See Also:
Slate's Business Spinoff, "The Big Money," Has A Launch Date

Black Friday At Gawker Media: 19 Layoffs At Blog Network

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