Maggie Shnayerson (born Margot Beahan Shnayerson June 20, 1981 in

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) is an American journalist and blogger. She was an editor at

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's flagship site,

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and has written for ''

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'' magazine, the ''

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'', and the ''

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''. Before joining Gawker, Shnayerson was the public relations director for the ''

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'' and the ''

''. While at Gawker, Shnayerson's coverage of benefit cuts for freelancers working at media giant

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was credited by ''

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'' as having "helped instigate one of the most unlikely and successful labor campaigns of recent years." On February 25, 2008, Shnayerson was fired via email by Gawker Media publisher

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for failing to bring in enough page views under the company's new web traffic-based payment system. Several other Gawker editors left the site shortly before Shnayerson's departure, citing the new compensation scheme among their reasons for doing so.

Personal

Shnayerson is a graduate of

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and attended

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and

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. She's the daughter of the journalist and editor Robert Shnayerson, a former editor at ''

'' and of '' Harper's'' Harper's Magazine, September 1971
/ref> magazine. She is also the sister of '' Vanity Fair'' journalist

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References

External links

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Newsmakers: Shnayerson helps the ''Voice'' send a new message
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Web Outfit To "Change Journalism Forever" With Pay-For-Traffic Scheme

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,'' March 3, 2008
Maggie Shnayerson Out At Gawker
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,'' February 25, 2008
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