Peter Kafka in Media on May 15 at 11:38 am PT
No, you don’t have to spam that AdWeek story to your pals before you read it. But somebody’s gotta pay something for this stuff, someday.
… Peretti’s craving for the quick viral fix will not be satisfied by the nourishing fare put out by prestige hires like Doree Shafrir and Matt Buchanan. Either before or after acquisition, Buzzfeed will collapse under the weight of its own contradictions.
– Nick Denton, in a comment on his own post on Gawker about its new commenting system
Liz Gannes in Media on March 11 at 10:32 am PT
Gawker plans to launch an ambitious new commenting model within the next couple months, said its founder Nick Denton at SXSW today.
Peter Kafka in Media on March 9 at 10:45 am PT
Of course, Gawker also calls Twitter the “World’s Worst Tech or Media Business.” Can’t win ’em all!
For obsessive Gawker watchers and redesign doom-mongers: the 35.6m uniques in Jan 2012 is record and 55% up from last April’s nadir.
– Nick Denton, via Twitter, almost a year after Gawker’s controversial redesign
Can you please have the post of Brian Williams’ email to Nick Denton taken down immediately? That was sent in confidence as friends and absolutely never intended to be public. A speedy removal would go a long way in maintaining the trust and respect we have for your site.
– An email from NBC’s PR department requesting that Gawker take down its posting of an email from Brian Williams to Nick Denton, criticizing, among other things, the site’s recently reduced postings on the weekends; the request was added to the original post
Superior writers, videographers and other content makers want to work with their own kind and for their own kind.
– Nick Denton, in his memo to staff on the Gawker empire in 2012
Kara Swisher in Media on January 6 at 11:12 am PT
Kevin Delaney is headed out to start a secret new online thing for the D.C.-based media company.
Shhh!
Peter Kafka in Media on November 17, 2011 at 6:37 am PT
Fleshbot is for sale. Why now? Why not?
