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Gawker Media is an online media company founded and owned by Nick Denton based in New York City. "Popular press" redirects here note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press" Nick Denton (born August 24 1966 is a British journalist and Internet entrepreneur, the founder and proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media The City of New York It is considered to be one of the most visible and successful blog-oriented media companies. A blog (a contraction of the term " Web log " is a Web site, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary descriptions of As of April 2008, it is the parent company for 12 different weblogs, including Gawker.com, Defamer, Fleshbot, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, Consumerist, io9, and Kotaku. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A holding company is a company that owns part all or a majority of other companies' outstanding Stock. Gawkercom is a Blog based in New York City that bills itself as "The source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip" and focuses on celebrities and Gawker Media is an Online media company founded and owned by Nick Denton based in New York City. Fleshbot is a sex-oriented weblog published by Gawker Media. It was launched in November 2003 as the third online title from Gawker Deadspin is a sports website owned by Gawker Media that claims to deliver sports "without access favor or discretion Gizmodo is a popular technology Weblog about Consumer electronics. Consumerist is a consumer affairs Blog run by Editor Ben Popken, along with Senior Editor Meghann Marco Associate Editor Chris Walters and Weekend io9 is a Science fiction Blog launched in 2008 by Gawker Media. Kotaku is a Blog which focuses on Video games Kotaku is part of Gawker Media 's "Glocker" network of sites which also includes Gizmodo

While Denton does not go into detail over Gawker Media's finances, he has downplayed the profit potential of blogs[1], declaring that "[b]logs are likely to be better for readers than for capitalists. While I love the medium, I've always been skeptical about the value of blogs as businesses," on his personal site[2]. However, in the February 20, 2006 issue of New York Magazine, Jossip founder David Hauslaib estimated Gawker.com's annual advertising revenue to be at least $1 million two years ago, and possibly over $2 million a year[3]. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City. Gawkercom is a Blog based in New York City that bills itself as "The source for daily Manhattan media news and gossip" and focuses on celebrities and Combined with low operating costs — mostly web hosting fees and writer salaries — Denton is believed to be turning a healthy profit. [4]

On April 14, 2008, Gawker. com announced that Gawker Media had sold three sites: Idolator, Gridskipper, and Wonkette. Denton explained the sale by saying, in a memo, "they each had their editorial successes; but someone else will have better luck selling the advertising than we did. "[5]

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References

  1. ^  Penenberg, Adam L. Defamer Australia is an Australian celebrity gossip website Like its Hollywood-based namesake, it covers movies television and personalities it also adds a dash Weblogs Inc is a network of around 90 weblogs, covering a variety of subjects from computers and gaming to the likes of food and independent film Gizmodo is a popular technology Weblog about Consumer electronics. "Can Bloggers Strike It Rich?" Wired. Wired is a full-color monthly American Magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993 September 22, 2005. Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
  2. ^  Denton, Nick. Nick Denton (born August 24 1966 is a British journalist and Internet entrepreneur, the founder and proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media "Nano Wars" March 8, 2005. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
  3. ^  Thompson, Clive. "Blogs to Riches - The Haves and Have-Nots of the Blogging Boom" New York Magazine. New York is a weekly magazine concerned with the life culture politics and style of New York City. February 20, 2006. Events 1472 - Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a Dowry payment Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.
  4. ^  Carr, David. "A Blog Mogul Turns Bearish on Blogs", New York Times, July 3, 2006
  5. ^  Pareene, Alex. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "Memo: Gawker Sells Three Sites" April 14, 2008. Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

External links


Gawker Media weblogs


Australian licenced weblogs


Other Nick Denton-related sites


Sites launched by Gawker, then sold


Gawker Media "Shuttered" Weblogs

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