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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...

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05/31/12 Gawker Goes Colonial with New Commenting System Source: New York Observer - New York NY Gawker Media is eyeing an international expansion to harvest licensing revenue from its shiny, new commenting system, according to an internal memo sent out by proprietor Nick Denton Wednesday afternoon.
05/23/12 Roundup of today's media news Source: Chicago Reader - Chicago IL Poynter reports that Denver's remaining daily newspaper, the Denver Post , is eliminating it's [SIC] copy desk!
05/23/12 How Gawker wants to monetize comments Source: OLDaily - Stephen Downes Back in November, I grappled with the fact that online display ads in general, and banner ads in particular, are clearly not working very well; my suggested alternative was for brand advertisers to embrace the power of the external link.
05/22/12 Inside Forbes: The 5 Real-Time Screens That Help Us... Source: Forbes Journalists are a protective bunch, especially when it comes to their newsroom meetings.
05/13/12 Searching for civility online Source: f2 Network The internet is full of awful people saying awful things to each other.

Background on nick denton

Nick Denton, born August 24, 1966, is a British journalist and internet entrepreneur, the founder and proprietor of the blog collective Gawker Media, and the managing editor of the New York-based Gawker.com.

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