Nick Denton

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Nicholas Guido Anthony Denton
Place of Birth
England
High School
University College School (London)
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Oxford University
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SoHo
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www.nickdenton.org
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Salisbury suit singles out Deadspin editor for damages (The Frisco Enterprise)

Posted: 10:34PM on Nov 20, 2009
Attorneys for former ESPN sports analyst Sean Salisbury have added one of Deadspin's editors to his civil lawsuit against a major media blog company.


Go Fisch (New York Post)

Posted: 10:55PM on Nov 18, 2009
The Dakota is one of the city’s most prestigious buildings, but that doesn’t mean it’s immune to massive price reductions. A four-bedroom, four-bathroom condo at the building located at 1 W. 72nd St. is in contract for $11.5 million — less than half ...


The Truth about Cyber Monday; Tour the Gawker Offices (Inc Magazine)

Posted: 10:02AM on Nov 06, 2009
Tour a Start-up's Office: The Gawker edition. Gawker Media, the parent company behind blogs like Valleywag and io9, has been experiencing a growth spurt of 40 percent year-over-year. Now Silicon Alley Insider takes us inside CEO Nick Denton's "steampunk" headquarters in downtown New York as part of its new tour a startup photo feature. What should you expect from inside the belly of the blogging ...


In The Eye Of The Levi Johnston Media Hurricane (Defamer)

Posted: 12:57PM on Nov 12, 2009
At this very moment, Levi Johnston is undressing for a Playgirl photo shoot. But last night he was at The Box accepting an award from Fleshbot while a scrum of reporters poked and probed the Wasilla boy for a story. (more…)


In the Eye of the Levi Johnston Media Hurricane [Levi's Johnston Watch] (Gawker)

Posted: 10:43AM on Nov 12, 2009
At this very moment, Levi Johnston is undressing for a Playgirl photo shoot. But last night he was at The Box accepting an award from Fleshbot while a scrum of reporters poked and probed the Wasilla...


Gawker Media Launches Video Site Gawker.TV (The Inquisitr)

Posted: 7:37PM on Nov 03, 2009
You know times are on the up when Nick Denton starts launching new blogs instead of flogging them off or shuttering them, and today Gawker Media turned the tide of the last 18 months with a new blog Gawker.TV. Gawker TV offers a range of videos from the Gawker network, as well as content from around [...]


Rush Limbaugh Loves "Leftist Gay" Site (The Advocate)

Posted: 3:23PM on Nov 03, 2009
When ultraconservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh praised Gawker recently on his show, many wondered, What other sites is Rush catching up with? Advocate.com?


Shatner, Fleshbot, Playgirl: A week in Levi's genes (Johnston, of course) (Zap2It)

Posted: 2:40PM on Nov 05, 2009
Levi Johnston is at it again -- first Playgirl, then the Fleshbot awards and now William Shatner reading Johnston's Tweets on "The Tonight Show." Levi Johnston has been a busy boy since knocking up the daughter of a Vice Presidential candidate. On the Nov. 4 "Tonight Show," William Shatner read Levi's tweets aloud, which included, "Anybody know where I can get some good weed" and "Whats the deal ...


NYT subtly frowns on Deadspin’s ESPN horndog dossier shenanigans (The Inquisitr)

Posted: 5:25PM on Oct 26, 2009
A new media campaign retaliating against ESPN for scandal related subterfuge got some old media attention today. Deadspin, a Gawker media blog, gets oodles of sports and sportscaster news related tips and rumors in their inbox. Back at the beginning of September, Deadspin’s editor AJ Daulerio contacted ESPN for confirmation of the rumors swirling around Steve [...]


NBC Grabs a High Profile Blogger to Boost its Local Site: Eater Cofounder Ben Leventhal (AllThingsD Online via Yahoo! Finance)

Posted: 3:00PM on Oct 27, 2009
If you follow the New York blog and/or blog/foodie scene, this one's for you. The rest of you folks can probably move on. OK? OK. Ben Leventhal, cofounder of the influential Eater blog, is headed to GE's NBC Universal , where he'll oversee "lifestyle content" for NBC's growing local Web unit.