Old Media, new media, who can tell the difference anymore? As Wonkette begins its search for its next batch of recent college grads to work for criminally low wages, you gotta wonder if this is really what Web 2.0 was supposed to look like. From their latest job description:

Would you like to get paid to sit on your ass all day and TiVo? If you answered in the affirmative to this question then you may have a place on the Gawker team. We’re looking for a DC tv watcher for an exciting array of future projects such as recontextualizing tv shows…

Typical duties will include cutting clips from popular political news shows. Perfect for someone fresh from film/broadcasting school looking to get a start in the business. Please submit a one-liner bio and a link to some of your past work to dcvideo[AT]gawker.com (Important: Do NOT send submission to any other e-mail addresses, as those resumes will be deleted unread.)

Yeah, because Gawker Media owner Nick Denton is so busy counting his millions that he can’t read your damn one-liner if you send it to his real e-mail address.

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Wonkette publisher and Gawker Media owner Nick Denton is “pleading ignorance” over why his book The Gawker Guide to Conquering All Media has sold a pathetic 242 copies since it went on sale Oct. 2, according to Nielsen BookScan (maybe not the best way to prove you’re conquering this whole media thing, Nick). The number, of course, would be shockingly low for any book, but consider that it has been heavily promoted on all of the blogs in the Gawker Media network, including Wonkette. Perhaps this means that the number of people Denton says read the blogs has been dramatically overhyped? Or maybe editorial affairs have helped sink the ship? Or maybe, just maybe, the book was seen for what it really is: worthless.

Earlier: Hell Froze Over: Accountability from Wonkette

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Oops, she did it again. Anne “Mellons” Schroeder, the recently-wed gossip columnist of The Politico, has referenced the reporting of columnist Lloyd Grove in the context of her own reporting for the dozenth time today since she started writing for the paper in late January. Grove, you’ll recall, is Schroeder’s former boss at the Washington Post. Don’t get us wrong, we talk about other reporters’ work all the time — but we’re just curious, does Grove send her tips to point out about his work, so she’ll then shill it, or does Schroeder just always have stars in her eyes for Mr. G? If that’s the case, she’s a whole lot different than Hud Morgan, who worked as Grove’s beleaguered assistant at The New York Daily News.

Related: Some Lady Had a Dream About Anne Schroeder

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Politico’s Anne “Mellons” Schroeder is floating a rumor that FOX News is “waving a white flag” by going all Democratic this weekend. But she’s wrong — lots of conservatives will be in their proper place. Big Head DC has confirmed that Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager will be on FOX News Sunday with Chris Wallace, which is pretty much not surprising. But, hey! We hear the Politico is going all conservative today, since their current top story talks about Newt Gingrich.

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What more does former Senate staffer Robert Steinbuch want from Jessica Cutler?

First, he sued her for using his initials within her infamous “Washingtonienne” online sex diary–in effect outing himself as one of the politicos who paid her for sex. In turn, the gal went bankrupt, filing for Chapter 7 in May as a result of debts of nearly 100K — of which about two-thirds was for the cost of paying lawyers to fend off Steinbuch.

That action stymied Steinbuch for a few summer moments, but now, according to new court papers, he’s going after her in bankrupcy court, still claiming emotional distress and invasion of privacy. Cutler has filed to dismiss the claim — and, yes, his full name is on the suit.

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