The New York Times acquires online consumer guide The Wirecutter, founded by former Gizmodo editor-in-chief Brian Lam; sources say NYT will pay more than $30M
maybe the — way to go for journalism startups. Brian Lam / @blam : All this love, thank you! Ben French / @benfrench : The Times opened 9 jobs today for @wirecutter, including GM, design, technology and product roles: http://www.nytco.com/... The Wirecutter / @wirecutter : Hey, we're still us. But we're a part of The New York Times now: http://investors.nytco.com/... Joshua Topolsky / @joshuatopolsky : I've been away all day but this is awesome news. Very smart. Congrats @blam and crew! http://www.recode.net/... Brian Lam / @blam : @nytimes @ejacqui @ccmascari http://twitter.com/... NYTimes Bits / @nytimesbits : The New York Times has made another bet on service journalism, buying the product recommendation site The Wirecutter http://www.nytimes.com/... Sonal Chokshi / @smc90 : they've long been tracking his work it seems, remember this awesome 2012 profile of @blam? http://www.nytimes.com/... and I was wondering when Sonia Faleiro / @soniafaleiro : Obsessed with @wirecutter & now @nytimes has bought it. Match made in geek paradise. http://www.nytimes.com/... Peter Pham / @peterpham : By far my favorite site for everything I buy. If they say it's the best. I buy. @blam congratulations http://twitter.com/... Kevin C. Tofel / @kevinctofel : What an amazing (and well deserved) success story for @blam and team at @thewirecutter! http://www.recode.net/... Rafat Ali / @rafat : Very happy for Brian, very smart of NYT, better them that realize the value of independent media/reporting than any other large media co. http://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer