As Gawker.com prepares to head off into the hot taek-y, Brooklyn-splaining sunset, I'm reminded that the Gawker Media blog I'm going to miss most is Defamer.
Not the most recent incarnation of Defamer, which was basically Gawker Talkin' Hollywood.
Not even the incarnation before that when Defamer was resurrected without much luck after editor Mark Lisanti shuffled off.
I'm talking about the original Defamer.com, back when it rivaled and even surpassed Gawker in terms of quality and comedy.
I often say that Deadspin under Will Leitch was one of the influences that tried to emulate most when I started TNIAAM.