As the tech-media market becomes more competitive thanks to aggressive expansion by both Vox Media and BuzzFeed, Gawker Media is merging its tech blogs into a single unit as part of a growth strategy called the Future Initiative…
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Nick Denton says the traffic game is over, and BuzzFeed has won
In a memo to staff, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton says the site will no longer judge the value of posts purely on how much traffic they generate, and that when it comes to the readership wars, BuzzFeed has won…
Read MoreNick Denton unveils “the great unclenching” at Gawker Media
Gawker founder Nick Denton unveiled a management shakeup he referred to as "the great unclenching," in which he will share power over the blog network with a management committee of seven, a change he hopes will help Gawker compete with BuzzFeed and Vox…
Read MoreNick Denton admits he was overly ambitious with Kinja, but insists the platform is on track
Even as it announces a move to a swanky uptown New York office, Gawker Media remains a work in progress, says founder Nick Denton -- especially the somewhat balky commenting/blogging platform known as Kinja that was supposed to reinvent online media…
Read MoreGawker Media looks to boost traffic and wants to double staff, but its Kinja community platform still needs work
Gawker wants to add more staff and boost its traffic so that it can try to catch up to its nemesis BuzzFeed, but its ambitious Kinja commenting and community-engagement platform is having some growing pains, according to editorial director Joel Johnson…
Read MoreBelieve it or not, Nick Denton and Gawker Media want the same thing that Wikipedia does
The force behind Gawker's revolutionary Kinja commenting platform is a vision of the future in which the truth about events is determined democratically by journalists and non-journalists alike, Gawker founder Nick Denton tells Playboy magazine…
Read MoreIn 12 years of blogging, the more things change, the more they stay the same
Over the past 12 years, blogging has gone from being a niche curiosity to becoming a catch-all phrase for everything from rants to press release rewrites. However, what has not changed is its ethos and its importance in an increasingly content rich world.…
Read MoreNo, Nick Denton is not buying Business Insider — but he admits that he has thought about it
Rumors have been swirling that Gawker founder Nick Denton has been talking to Henry Blodget about acquiring or merging with his site Business Insider, but Denton says in an IM conversation that that's not entirely true…
Read MoreGawker founder Nick Denton is still trying to reinvent reader comments — and it’s working
Many publishers have given up on reader comments, but Gawker founder Nick Denton says he not only finds them worthwhile, he sees them as one of the key factors in the network's future growth.…
Read MoreWe did our best, but we were powerless to reinvent journalism — it was a digital riptide!
The Digital Riptide project interviewed more than 60 senior media and technology players about the disruption of journalism and the media industry over the past three decades -- but is their conclusion a fair one?…
Read MoreWhy Nick Denton could be the most disruptive force in online media right now
With the rollout of new blogging and rewriting features for readers who use its Kinja platform, Denton and Gawker Media continue to blur the line between their writers and editors and the people formerly known as the audience.…
Read MoreNick Denton makes peace with the banner ad
Nick Denton’s Beef With BuzzFeed Gawker Media founder Nick Denton used to say that the days of banner ads were numbered, but…
Read MoreWant a job at Gawker Media? You can get a head start by being a regular commenter
The new weekend editor at Gawker's auto-focused Jalopnik blog got hired because he was a knowledgeable commenter on the site, an example of how the feedback loop between writers and readers can pay off for blogs.…
Read MoreAre comments a wretched hive of scum and villainy or an underused resource for publishers?
Although many traditional media outlets and journalists see reader comments as having little or no value, publishers like Gawker and The Verge see them as a potential source of revenue -- and even potential hires.…
Read More“The brain of the New York Times, the body of BuzzFeed” — Slate’s third act
In its 17 years, Slate has distinguished itself as a publishing innovator and a home for well-written news and ideas. But, until recently, it has been hampered by a lack of technology and a business model. Is that about to change?…
Read MoreGawker Media says its advertising future is affiliate links and commerce journalism
In a leaked internal memo, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton says that what the network describes as "a new type of service journalism" -- posts filled with affiliate links -- will become a major focus for the company.…
Read MoreDisqus says web comments aren’t just popular — they’re a good business
The comments you leave on a website -- are they garbage or a gold mine? Disqus says comments are more popular than you might think and has big plans to make money off them.…
Read MoreGawker expands into India as part of Nick Denton’s plan for world domination
Gawker Media has embarked on an ambitious international expansion plan, including the launch of a new partnership with the Times of India. The network also has a Spanish-language site and a series of Brazilian sites, and founder Nick Denton says China is next.…
Read MoreCurbed’s Lockhart Steele weighs in on advertising — and Nick Denton
Everyone likes the idea of a thriving website sustained by a community of local readers. But too often "local" has been the stuff of journalistic ideals rather than real-world business plans. Real estate blog, Curbed, appears to be bucking this trend. How?…
Read MorepaidContent turns 10: A brief history of digital media
Remember when Friendster was the hot social network, publishers doubted that ebooks would ever sell, and Netflix (s NFLX) thought DVDs in red envelopes was the future? We do -- that was that state of digital media when paidContent launched in 2002.…
Read MoreHas Nick Denton really reinvented comments?
When Gawker Media launched its new commenting system earlier this year, founder Nick Denton said that he wanted to reinvent the way readers and writers interact around a story and turn the discussion into the most important feature of a post. Has he succeeded?…
Read MoreNick Denton is betting the future of advertising is conversational
Gawker Media CEO Nick Denton says he is making the network's revamped discussion platform the centerpiece of a new advertising effort -- hoping to convince brands that they should come and talk about their products and services in Gawker's comment section instead of on Facebook.…
Read MoreTech bubbles, ad revenue and Twitter — five questions with Nick Denton
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton talks about whether we are in another technology bubble, what the decline of Facebook and Twitter as conversational media say about social networks, the death of advertising and whether he has any interest in selling his digital empire.…
Read MoreNick Denton wants to turn the online media world on its head
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton says that he wants to fix the way that online comments work, but in order to do that he is having to reinvent Gawker itself -- by trying to flip on its head the way that online content works.…
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