paidContent Quick Hits: 7.28.09

»  Gawker’s revenue over the second quarter spiked 45 percent — even as site founder Nick Denton predicted a disastrous year of ad revenue — and Thrillist’s revenue more than doubled in the first half of ’09. Are lifestyle internet properties recession-proof? [ClickZ]

»  Even with all the free publicity Twitter is getting, 69 percent of people don’t know enough about the site to talk about it. [LA Times]

»  American Media Inc. is shedding some weight as it suspends publication of Mom & Baby and Natural Health goes from 10 issues to eight a year starting in ’10. [MediaWeek]

»  Jeff Jarvis on how the coupon industry is the only thing keeping the newspaper business going. [Seeking Alpha]

»  The publisher of Seventeen says that people who think teens don’t read are “misinformed.” [Mr. Magazine]

»  Will there be any new games available this holiday season? Ubisoft announced it will delay the releases of Splinter Cell: Conviction and Red Steel II until next year. [Variety]

»  As if the Pirate Bay needed any more legal troubles, thirteen Hollywood studios are suing to shut the site down. [Guardian]

»  After only five months on the job, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Corporate Communications CVP Simon Sproule is stepping down to join the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Sproule is being replaced by Frank Shaw, the head of the Microsoft account at PR firm Waggener Edstrom. [ZDNet]

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