Elizabeth Spiers is a media launch consultant, entrepreneur, and writer. She was the founder of Breaking Media, where she launched Dealbreaker.com, AboveTheLaw.com, and Fashionista.com. She has also launched sites for other companies, including Flavorwire.com, HalogenLife.com, Crushable.com, TheGloss.com, BlissTree.com, and a number of blogs for mediabistro.com. She was also the founding editor of Gawker.com, Gawker Media’s flagship property. She is also an advisor to Flavorpill Productions, Halogen Networks, b5media, Counsyl, Topsicle.com and Wall Street Cheat Sheet.
As a writer, she is the author of an upcoming novel, And They All Die in the End, to be published by Riverhead. She has also written for New York, Slate, The New Republic Online, Salon.com, The New York Times, The New York Sun, New York Observer, The New York Post, CBS Moneywatch, and been a columnist at Fast Company and Fortune. She has spoken at various media and technology conferences and been a guest commentator on CNN, Fox News, CBS Marketwatch, MSNBC, VH1 and NPR. She also teaches a new media seminar in SVA’s pioneering Design Criticism MFA program.
Recent Blog Entries
Fast Company: Most Influential Women in Technology
Apr. 26, 2010
Fast Company put me on their 2010 “Most Influential Women in Technology” list. (Thanks, FC!) You can see the whole list here.
Most Influential Women in Technology [Fast Company]
The Rising Stars of Gossip Blogs (NYT)
Apr. 18, 2010
Wherein Lilit Marcus (TheGloss.com’s managing editor) and Erin Carlson (Crushable.com’s managing editor) are profiled along with Bess Levin, my former writer at Dealbreaker.com.
The Rising Stars of Gossip Blogs [The New York Times]
BlissTree launches
Mar. 13, 2010
Another site launch! I’m starting to feel like the Internet version of Octomom. (Don’t worry; this is the last one for a bit.)
Anyway, Blisstree is a re-launch of an existing b5 property that was essentially an aggregator. It’s now a stand-alone property that offers “a smart and saucy take on health, wellness, fitness, style, parenting [...]
TheGloss launches
Mar. 13, 2010
The Gloss is the second site I’ve launched for b5media and it goes live today, as Peter notes here. It’s a smart, funny mix of fashion, beauty and relationship features helmed by editor-in-chief Lilit Marcus (the former editor of Jewcy and founder of SaveTheAssistants) and deputy editor Jennifer Wright (formerly of AskMelissa).
From the press release:
The [...]
Crushable launches
Mar. 13, 2010
Introducing Crushable.com, a new site from b5media covering style and entertainment for women 15 – 25. This is the first of several site launches I’ve been working on recently. I hired Erin Carlson (formerly at the AP, covering celebrities and entertainment) as Editor-in-Chief, Amanda Ernst (formerly the editor of FishbowlNY.com) as Deputy Editor and Jean [...]
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Jan. 23, 2010
A year or so ago, I thought I’d create a monthly email newsletter to update people on projects I’m working on, positions I’m hiring for, things I’ve written elsewhere, etc., but I never got around to it. So I’m giving it a shot again.
I’m also going to include some component that goes beyond shameless gratuitous [...]