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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dear Nick Denton , please make up your damn mind. First, you're canning 19 staffers , in light of the coming ad recession. Now, you're saying we shouldn't panic . Well, which is it? We don't deal well with ambiguity. Fine. We're going to crawl into the corner with a bottle of Jack and stay there until John Carney , says it's okay to come out . New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
"The best content will win. And we have the best content." That's what American Society of Magazine Editors president David Willey told a roomful of spooked magazine leaders this week. But what about the content that magazines don't want? Gawker publisher Nick Denton caused a stir on his flagship site when he told scorned magazine writers that he would publish their rejected articles. The New York...
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Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
New York Times Nick Denton wonders how many others will regularly visit Tina Brown 's new website . "The design is lively," says Gawker's founder, but "it has to be simpler to work." Brown tells David Carr : "We have heard from a lot of people who love what we came up with, but we are tweaking and refining even as we speak." > Russo: TDB is a thematic relative of Brown's defunct Talk
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alarm:clock (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
GigaOm Media and Gawker Media are not mirror images but they are both fast growth, multi-blog startups that are dependent on online ad revenues. Gawker Media, under founder Nick Denton, has reinforced its stance that our lousy global economy cannot be ignored by online media companies, no matter how strong their growth might be. Gawker in recent months shed some of its slower growth sites and this...
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The Media Mob (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Nick Denton, out-going managing editor of Gawker, has just introduced a new feature to his Web site called The Unspiked Files . According to Mr. Denton: [M]agazine articles are often dropped not because they're bad but because they're good. Or—more often—simply because they've been overtaken by events or clash with some other article or because an insecure editor has over-commissioned... Anyway, here's...
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The Editorialiste (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
Sharon Waxman on the latest Gawker Media layoffs : "So, now Nick Denton is laying people off, just like those dinosaurs in mainstream media. The difference is, mainstream newspapers fired real journalists. What the Gawker empire represents is as transitory as the people he employs. Denton has indisputably proved that you can create a lucrative business model out of highly targeted blogs, fed by tightly...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Sharon Waxman takes aim at Snarker-in-chief Nick Denton (which we get) as well as the flight of talented journalists to the Internet (which we don't get). As she says: "And while I'm at it, let me publicly lament the flight of talented colleagues, Jeff Leeds of the Times and Gabriel Snyder , once of Variety, to the world of celebrity infotainment, and the kingdom of snark, respectively. Leeds, one...
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MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Our sister site, Agency Spy has an interview today with Gawker 's Nick Denton about the recent layoffs, hires and rehires . One of the most interesting aspects of the Gawker changes has been Denton finding a replacement for himself as managing editor. As Agency Spy has it: Matt: On your managing editor replacement, Gabriel Snyder ; Why have you chosen to replace yourself? Gabriel has an independent...
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Slog (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
This past Friday night, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton announced he was laying off 19 editorial positions on his blogs, and cancelling his bonus plan , which had something to do with the number of comments each post received. Denton cites a probable dearth of future ad sales as the reason for the layoffs. One of the editors he laid off was Moe Tkacik, who was one of Gawker Media's big up-and-comers....
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WebPro News (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Giga Omni Media has raised another $4.5 million to help it continue expanding. This is quite the contrast to Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton's announcement of cutbacks due to economic "doom" planned for January. Om Malik has now raised $5.8 million since his firms inception. The latest funding round was led by Alloy Ventures , an early-stage venture capital firm. read more
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bnox (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Gawker's Nick Denton Predicts Tough 2009 - Advertising Age - Digital : "Traffic was the only concern; my belief was that juicy news would draw the readers and the advertising would take care of itself. We were patient; even if it took four years for a site to develop the audience that finally registered with advertisers, we had the time. No longer." I think ( British journalist and internet entrepreneur...
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Jezebel (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Amid the avalanche of grim news on Friday about the continuing economic crisis, coming recession and related decision by Gawker Media head honcho Nick Denton to let go close to two dozen staffers at... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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GamePolitics.com (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
The parent company of top video game blog Kotaku is girding for tough economic times. Silicon Alley Insider reports that Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton axed 19 (of 133) employees late Friday. Those getting the chop toiled for blogs apparently judged less competitive by Denton, including Valleywag and Consumerist (a GP favorite). Kotaku is in no jeopardy, and is actually getting more writers, as Denton...
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The Blog Herald (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
Nick Denton’s successful blog network is getting ready for harder times. 19 of the 133 employers is being laid off, while another 10 is hired to strengthen the successful sites like Gawker, Kotaku, Gizmodo and Lifehacker. He’s also temporarily suspending the pageview bonus system, which have already seen some slashing, for the first quarter next [...]
