Blind Items are like the James Joyce of gossip. They’re challenging, but with hard work comes great rewards.

From Gatecrasher:

Don't Shoot the Messenger

Which recently launched gossip Web site can't keep staff? "Our new editor went partying in Miami a few weeks ago and just sort of never came back," complains one insider, who now has to cover her 6 a.m.-3 p.m. shift. "It's awful."

Don’t fall for the red herring clue about the new editor partying in Miami.

The key to this blind item is its source, the Daily News. This is an attack piece, so first we need to determine who the Daily News hates.

They hate Eli Manning, but now that he’s gotten the Giants to the Super Bowl, they hate him a bit less. Also, he didn’t launch a gossip site recently. Same problem with Hillary Clinton. And of all the recently launched gossip sites, why would the Daily News go after some random girl in Kansas who started a gossip blog she’ll drop in a week?

So what is this recently launched gossip website that’s allegedly falling apart?

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