Amit Chowdhry | February 10, 2011 | 670 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Christopher Lee, craigslist, Gawker, Maureen O'Connor
Gawker had posted an article yesterday about Rep. Chris Lee. Lee is a married Republican that had posted pictures of himself topless on Craigslist. Gawker also published an e-mail correspondence between him and a 34-year old woman he met after she put an ad in the “Women for Men” section. Three hours and a half hours after Gawker published the article, Chris Lee resigned from his position.
Amit Chowdhry | December 13, 2010 | 1,161 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Gawker, Gnosis, Nick Denton
Gawker Media, a network of websites founded by Nick Denton, was hit with a major hack attack over the weekend. A hacker group known as “Gnosis” was responsible for the attack. 4chan was falsely accused of the attack. Gnosis explained why they hacked Gawker.
Amit Chowdhry | November 22, 2010 | 481 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Gawker, Gawker Media, HarperCollins Publishers, Sarah Palin
Gawker.com has taken down leaked excerpts from Sarah Palin’s unreleased and upcoming book “America by Heart: Reflections on Family, Faith and Flag” from their website after being hit by a lawsuit by HarperCollins. The injunction prohibits Gawker from “continuing to distribute, publish or otherwise transmit pages from the book.” There is a hearing expected on November 30th as well. The blog post that had the leaked excerpt now leads to a 404 error message. [AllThingsD]
Simon Owens | November 9, 2010 | 508 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Gawker, Gawker Media, Jason Chen, Nick Denton
This is a guest post by Simon Owens, a social media consultant and online journalist. You can read more about him on his blog at Bloggasm.com and follow him on Twitter at @simonowens.
It seems that every time a blog under the Gawker Media banner breaks a major, internet-consuming story — whether it’s an iPhone prototype, nude pictures of Brett Favre, or a first-person account of a 25-year-old’s sleepover with Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell — there’s a certain subset of media critics who focus on Gawker-owner Nick Denton’s payment for the scoop. This despite the fact that paying for stories is a rather common business decision made by dozens of news outlets, including tabloid magazines and even major TV news networks (who pay exorbitant “licensing fees” to gain access to exclusive photos, which almost always result in an exclusive interview as well).
Amit Chowdhry | September 24, 2010 | 1,153 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Gawker, John Cook, Yahoo!, Yahoo! News
John Cook is leaving Yahoo! News blog The Upshot to return to Gawker. The Upshot hired Cook from Gawker this past April. “John’s a brilliant reporter, but he decided that he prefers the license Gawker gave him to add his opinions into his reporting to the scale and credibility Yahoo! News could offer,” stated Upshot editor Andrew Golis. [BusinessInsider]
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