Steve Gibson is the cofounder of Shacknews.com. Originally known as sCary's Quakeholio back in 1996, Steve is now President of Gearbox Publishing after selling Shacknews to GameFly in 2009.
Click on "Contacts." If it looks new, you've got it. If it looks the same, then I guess it's a roll-out. I got my Gmail account relatively early, I think, if that matters.