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The DCeiver (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008
At this point, it's safe to say that Hillary Clinton is not going to be the vice-presidential pick for the Democratic Party. That's probably good for all concerned. Over at Gawker, Nick Denton says that's especially good for Clinton because the Veep slot is a "political dead end." O RLY? Certainly, becoming vice-president is no guarantee of ascending to the throne, but as positions go, it seems to...
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Brier Dudley's blog (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Rex Sorgatz, the former Seattle man-about-town and MSNBC.com executive producer, is the subject of a frothy writeup today by Gawker's Nick Denton . Sorgatz has become an expert on microcelebrity in more ways than one. One of his projects is producing a rate-the-microceleb feature for Men's Style, according to the Gawker piece. The entry has pictures of him frolicking in the Hamptons, while his Fimoculous...
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The Blog Herald (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008
Gawker Media, the blog network lead by Nick Denton, had a great July, it would seem, with no less than 6 sites setting new traffic records. Impressive indeed. The official posting also notes: Also important is the year-over-year growth that continues with this new high. Gawker Media’s network traffic level is 70% higher than last year, [...]
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
The poor souls who work at the Los Angeles Times are the definition of beleaguered: They're at an ailing company, in a shrinking industry, and they're being subjected to a barrage of rambling memos by their new boss, who is trying learn the business after a lifetime in radio . So you can see why they'd want to throw themselves a little party -- or at least release a congratulatory email -- after posting...
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FlickFilosopher.com (Free subscription) | 07/31/2008
A commenter at Gawker -- Nick Denton’s über hip Manhattan media gossip blog -- is calling himself “the Doctor,” and is using an image of the TARDIS as his avatar: I’ll just remind everyone that I was uncool long before...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Stop the presses. Or moveable type. Or whatever. Radar has just informed us that Jezebel's Moe Tkacik is staying put. Sort of. According to Radaronline.com executive editor Alex Balk , who posted the news just a few minutes ago, Gawker lord Nick Denton has managed to convince Moe to remain under his umbrella. He is apparently moving her over to Gawker's flagship site, where she will be accorded "more...
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Radar (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
A few moments ago I received an e-mail from Maureen "Moe" Tkacik, informing me that she needed to rescind her previous acceptance of Radaronline's Senior Writer position. Apparently Gawker Media impresario Nick Denton, panicked at the thought of losing
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
"Thiel makes me sick!" read the note from Gawker Media publisher Nick Denton. His oddly personal declaration was prompted by a brief in the New York Post about former PayPal CEO Peter Thiel's success... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
There's been an awful lot of negative press aimed at the House of Gawker over the past year or so, and even the most unctuous of Nick Denton apologists would have to admit that quite a bit of it is well-deserved.
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Manhattan Offender (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Gawker's Nick Denton recently brought light to a new site, CityFile. The site has, essentially, much of the content that Gawker, after it sought a...
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Titivil (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Hey, Nick Denton did something I agree with , for once. Not like usual . But happy Freedom Day! I forget which aspect of freedom we're actually celbrating today -- can't we color-code these freedom holidays or something? Whatever, I gotta have this slaw done in a half-hour. Because that's how I celebrate freedom, with peanut-lime slaw, and the potato salad I made earler, and an afternoon viewing of...
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mathewingram.com/work (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
If you’re any kind of online publisher — a traditional outlet looking to learn about online media, or a blog network looking to grow — you could do a lot worse than to follow the career of Nick Denton, a former traditional journalist (or at least the British version of same) who has become a [...]
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Silicon Alley Insider (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Gawker's pay-by-the-pageview compensation system is novel, but it's proving tricky to sustain. Founder Nick Denton ( SA 100 #7 ) has cut his writers' pay rate for the second straight quarter, Radar reports . Gawker writers' pay rate in Q1 was $7.50 per 1,000 page views. In Q2, it dropped to $6.50. Now it stands at $5.00 -- a 33% cut since January. Other Gawker properties have seen their rates cut,...
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calacanis.com (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Interesting post on RADAR online about Nick Denton cutting pay rates for Gawker Media bloggers. I posted a comment which I'll share below. Hey Choire, Some notes on your story from one of Nick's top three Frienemies. 1. Despite this change in pay Gawker is very, very competitive in terms of not only blogging jobs, but MSM jobs. Most full-time folks at Gawker are probably making 3-5k a month/36-60k...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Over at Gawker Nick Denton is reporting that page views for the site are 108% ahead of the level they were at at the end of last year. Many will remember that Gawker suffered a much talked about mass exodus late last fall with the successive departures of Alex Balk , Choire Sicha , Emily Gould , Josh Stein , and Doree Shafrir , causing many in the media world to wonder if Gawker's day in the sun had...
