As fate would have it, I spent a fair amount of time at the New York talking to the current Jalopnik guys --- Hardigree, Okulski, Patrick George, et al. No matter what you think about their content, it's impossible to deny that the Gawker cars-and-drunk-girls-and-planes-and-construction-equipment-and-accessories-and-watches-and-whatnot site has the lion's share of the available mojo remaining in the autojourno "space". Much of what they do is pretty good.
Watching TTAC become TGINAC and Jalopnik become the auto section of HuffPo (holding David Tracy as a hostage) has been a major downer over the last couple years for me.
Watching TTAC become TGINAC and Jalopnik become the auto section of HuffPo (holding David Tracy as a hostage) has been a major downer over the last couple years for me.