A forward-looking item over at The New York Times‘ DealBook today asks: Which companies could, possibly, follow The Huffington Post into the arms of some deep-pocketed acquirer?
The Times mentions a few potential candidates for hypothetical buyouts: Gawker Media, Glam Media and Business Insider.
To find out whether there was any substance behind buyout Read More
Nick Denton is putting his money where his mouth is, placing a cash bet with Rex Sorgatz that the redesign of Gawker Media sites will help grow pageviews.
Official terms of the bet with Denton: We will check Quantcast on October 1, 2011. The goal is 510M pageviews/month. It’s $10 for every million over/under. Read More
The Washington Post was really asking for it when, for a straight-faced story about paying sources for information, they talked to Gawker media overlord Nick Denton. The conversation consisted of “an exchange of electronic messages.”
“I’m content for the old journalists not to pay for information. It keeps the price down,” Denton electronically messaged Read More
On Oct. 25, Gawker received a graphic crime scene photo from a tipster in the East Village. Gawker ran the photo, which showed the dead body of Christopher Jusko, a 21-year-old who was stabbed to death that same morning. After complaints from Jusko’s friends and family, the picture was removed.
TBD’s Ryan Kearney, Read More
Simon Dumenco writes about Gawker and the “Big Blog Era” today, focusing on how the media company has grown — traffic-wise and snark target–wise.
Gawker Media is privately held, mostly by its founder Nick Denton, and it doesn’t reveal its earnings. But it’s clear from the omnipresence of major brand marketers on its network Read More
