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Did Chris Lee's Resignation Have Anything to Do With the Gawker Redesign?

Nick Denton can't help feeling somewhat vindicated. Just two days after readers greeted the Gawker Media mastermind's drastic site redesign with antagonistic reviews, the Manhattan-based blog scored one of its "most significant scoops" in its nine-year history. U.S. Rep. Christopher Lee resigned Wednesday after Gawker...

Gawker Redesign Does Not Exactly Thrill the Internet

It was dubbed "the biggest event in Gawker Media history," and now it's live. This morning Gawker, Jezebel, Lifehacker, Deadspin and other Gawker Media sites unveiled their new site designs. The overhaul, months in the making, was described by Gawker Media founder Nick Denton as an opportunity to transition from standard...

Hackers Strike Gawker Media, Leaking User Accounts, Passwords

(Dec. 13) -- Gawker media has been hacked in a massive attack that temporarily stopped the company's websites from publishing new material this weekend and compromised 1.3 million user accounts. In a statement on its website, Gawker Media, owned by digital publishing mogul Nick Denton, encouraged registered users on...

Police Raid Raises Question: Are Bloggers Journalists?

(April 27) -- The saga of the wayward iPhone 4G just got even stranger. Jason Chen, the Gizmodo editor who made headlines last week with stories about the prototype device his tech blog purchased, came home Friday night to find police had broken into his house and confiscated his computers. Gizmodo, a Gawker Media blog,...