“There are stories our writers are afraid to write because they're afraid of jeers from the commenters,” Denton says. The Gawker media founder also told interviewer Anil Dash yesterday at SXSW that he'll never, ever only use Facebook comments on his sites. Read More ›
BW likes Gawker! BW doesn't like Lana Del Ray. A PR flack for NBC wrote Gawker to take the email down, but why? Once again, Brian Williams comes off as unreasonably cool. (via gawker.com) Read More ›
A single-serving site that generates a letter to Nick Denton asking what he'd pay for legendary or impossible to find items. For instance, say I found an explanation on how f*cking magnets worked. I wonder what Gawker would pay for that exclusive. View Image ›
What would Nick Denton pay for these things I found in a bar? Directions to Sesame Street, the Lost Finale, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's Playgirl stash, etc. $5k sounds like a good price!
Currently at a bid of $202.50, this original piece of artwork featuring Gawker-mogul, Nick Denton, with pancakes on his head could be yours if the price is right. Painter Dan Lacey is quite famous for panting pancakes on celebrities heads — so far he's done everyone from Sarah Palin to Oprah. Do we think he's taking inspiration from Internet lore? View Image ›
Rex Sorgatz of Fimoculous proposes a term for the charts and graphs predicting doom for the media industry: Scare Charts! Denton's got a handful…does your boss? Read More ›
Denton's Perfect Storm Of Gloom (TM) continues heading towards land, but it looks like Valleywag has already been hit. For a man of infamous balls, Denton is impressively pessimistic about the future of publishing. Valleywag is rumored to be closing, Consumerist may be up for sale. Read More ›
Tips and tricks from Nick Denton and his minions about how to write the perfect Gawker item. Pearls of web-writing advice like “one joke per post” and “not longer than 200 words.” Read More ›
