The news of Gawker Media's recent "acquisition" of cityfile and dismissal of Editor-in-Chief Gabriel Snyder has sent the New York Media gossip machine into overdrive.  Many have lamented Gawker owner Nick Denton's mercurial nature and willingness to abruptly change course despite positive double-digit growth in his flagship website.  But it is the semantic packaging of this Potemkin deal that is perhaps most discouraging.

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• Talk of Tiger making a return to golf. [TMZ]

• Butter opens second location in North Carolina, this weekend. [ChiChi212]

• The Guide to All Gay Men. [Gawker]

• Gawker staff reaction to Cityfile acquisition, management shake up. [Intel]

• Suri Cruise channeling Blair Waldorf? [FabLife]

• Blog swarm over "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." [Mediaite]

• Gawker buys Cityfile. [TBI]

• "The Situation" looking for the perfect hoe bag woman. What a lucky lady that will be... [People]

• Jeremy Piven's hangover cure. [TMZ]

• Spam quickly taking over Google Buzz. [Geekosystem]

• Valentine's Day horror stories. [Gawker]

• Emily Blunt declares, "Twitter is awful." [Wonderwall]