| Website | elizabethspiers.com |
| Blog | spiers.tumblr.com |
| @espiers |
| Duke University, B.A. | 1999 |
| Public Policy/Political Science |
Photo credit: Paul Sarkis
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.
