Gawker Media

Gawker Media Suffers Denial-of-Service Attack

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 4, 2009 - 12:33pm.

New York - Blog network Gawker Media experienced a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) hacker attack over the weekend, CNET News.com reported. The attack was apparently launched against Consumerist, a site that Gawker sold to Consumer Reports but is still hosted on the same servers. The motive for the attack remains unclear.

tags: Blogs | Hackers | Publishing | Gawker Media |

Gawker Media: Ad Revenues Up 45% in First Half of '09

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 27, 2009 - 11:18am.

New York - Blog network Gawker Media has seen its revenues increase 45% in the first half of 2009, according to post on CEO Nick Denton's blog. Denton has predicted last year that media companies would see a decline of up to 40% in ad revenues, given the state of the publishing industry and the economy. "But I was wrong in one respect: a few premium internet brands, Gawker's among them, have withstood the advertising apocalypse," Denton wrote. In addition to its flagship Gawker.com, the company also runs sites including Jezebel, Gizmodo and Kotaku.

Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas Moves to NBC

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 4, 2009 - 11:33am.

New York - Blog network Gawker Media announced on Friday that Valleywag editor Owen Thomas has left the company to work at NBC, and will be replaced by night editor Ryan Tate. The Valleywag blog was folded into Gawker's flagship site in December.

Gawker, Huffington Post Top List of Most Valuable Blogging Firms

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 24, 2009 - 9:09am.

New York - Gawker Media, the New York-based publisher of popular blogs including Gawker, Jezebel, Gizmodo, Lifehacker and Jalopnik, tops a newly released list of the 25 most valuable blogging companies, as determined by 24/7 Wall St.

Gawker Media Folds Defamer Into Flagship Gossip Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 23, 2009 - 12:01pm.

Los Angeles - Blog network Gawker Media announced yesterday that it will fold its four-year-old Hollywood gossip site Defamer into its flagship Gawker.com property, after failing to attract an acceptable deal when it put Defamer up for sale several months back.

Gawker Media Folds Valleywag Blog Into Flagship Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 13, 2008 - 10:28am.

New York - Blog publisher Gawker Media has shut down its Valleywag site, a gossip rag focused on Silicon Valley technology companies, and folded its content into a column on its flagship Gawker.com site, CNET News.com reported.

Blog Publisher Gawker Media Lays Off 19 Staffers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 3, 2008 - 9:15am.

New York - Gawker Media, the online publisher of blogs including Gawker, Valleywag, Defamer, Gizmodo and Kotaku, has laid off 19 of 133 staffers across its stable of sites, Silicon Alley Insider reported.

tags: Blogs | Layoffs | Publishing | Gawker Media |

Gawker Media Sells Wonkette, Idolator, Gridskipper Blogs

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 14, 2008 - 10:23am.

New York - Gawker Media, the blog network that includes Gawker, Defamer, Gizmodo, Wonkette and Jezebel, announced on Monday that is selling its Idolator, Gridskipper and Wonkette sites. "To be blunt: they each had their editorial successes; but someone else will have better luck selling the advertising than we did," Gawker Media founder and publisher Nick Denton said in a post on Gawker.com.

Founder Nick Denton to Take Over Editor Post at Gawker

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 17, 2007 - 12:42pm.

New York - Gawker Media founder Nick Denton will take over as managing editor of the company's 14 blogs, in the wake of the resignation of the top three editors at its flagship Gawker.com site, The New York Times reported. In addition to Gawker, which claims an average of 10 million monthly page views, Gawker Media also operates Valleywag, Gizmodo, Defamer and Idolator.

tags: Blogs | Publishing | Nick Denton | Gawker Media |