Gawker ran a piece on Friday saying that the Brooklyn Paper is in turmoil.

I have to say it’s the first I’ve heard about that and I work for them.

Today, Gothamisthad word from BP editor Gersh Kuntzman that the Gawker story is completely fabricated and that there’s nothing to worry about except whether someone’s gonna bid more on Gersh’s cast on eBay.

All I can say is: phew.

“The Gawker story is a complete fabrication. The Brooklyn Paper, which just won ‘Newspaper of the Year’ from a major national trade group, is certainly not going out of business. Brooklyn needs us too much right now, what with local papers being snapped up by billionaire moguls who have no interest in local news except maximizing classified ad sales. Has Rupert Murdoch even BEEN to Brooklyn? His reporters don’t know the territory, either.”