3 Gawker Media Writers in Forbes Web Celeb 25

By Erin Pettigrew on Tue February 3, 2009

Every year, Forbes ranks the 25 most influential and recognizable digital celebrities, calling them "the biggest and brightest stars on the web." We're not sure what makes Forbes qualified to do this, but the money mag's accolades have not gone unnoticed. This year, three of our writers claimed spots on the critically eyed list - the Forbes Web Celeb 25:


Will Leitch - "rose to fame as the editor of Deadspin, the world's biggest independent sports blog"
Owen Thomas - "best known as the editor of Valleywag...infamous [!]"
Brian Lam - "man behind the curtain at one of the biggest blogs in the world—gadget site Gizmodo"

Our writers appear with other Internet notables and fameseekers: Matt Drudge, Seth Godin, Perez Hilton, Kevin Rose, etc.